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+++ b/testdata/goldens/SingleLang_EN.quickdic.text
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ See also HtmlEntry:A
***A***
HtmlEntry: A <<<
Etymology 1
-Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters replaced by AFrom lang:enm and lang:ang upper case letter A and split of lang:enm and lang:ang upper case letter Æ.
-- Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, "āc") lang:ang upper case letter A from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter A of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, "āc"), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, "Ansuz").
-- Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, "æsc") lang:ang upper case letter Æ from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, "æsc"), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, "Ansuz").
+Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters replaced by AFrom lang:enm and lang:ang upper case letter A and split of lang:enm and lang:ang upper case letter Æ.
+- Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, "āc") lang:ang upper case letter A from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter A of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, "āc"), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, "Ansuz").
+- Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, "æsc") lang:ang upper case letter Æ from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, "æsc"), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, "Ansuz").
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc let
Related terms
See also
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc let
Etymology 2
@@ -69,50 +69,50 @@ Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc let
- The highest rank on any of various scales that assign letters.
- We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.
-- {{context|education}} The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
+- {{context|education}} The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- I was so happy to get an A on that test.
-- {music} A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.<ref name=SOED/><ref name=OCD>Lindberg, Christine A., (2007)</ref>
+- {music} A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.<ref name=SOED/><ref name=OCD>Lindberg, Christine A., (2007)</ref>
- Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
-- {medicine} A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. They may receive blood from type A or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
+- {medicine} A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. They may receive blood from type A or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
- My blood type is A negative.
-- {chemistry} Mass number.
+- {chemistry} Mass number.
- {logic}A universal affirmative suggestion.<ref name=SOED>Brown, Lesley (2003)</ref>
Derived terms
{{rel-top|Rank or size}}
-- A game
-- A levels
-- A list
-- A team
-- grade A
+
{{rel-top|Letter grade}}
-- straight A's
+
-- A minus
-- A plus
+
{{rel-top|(music) tone three fifths above C}}
{{rel-top|Blood type}}
-- A positive
-- A negative
+
Abbreviation
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Runic letter ᚫ (a, "ansuz"), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc let
Synonyms
-- {{sense|physics|angstrom}} Å
+- {{sense|physics|angstrom}} Å
Derived terms
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:adjective
***adjective***
HtmlEntry: adjective <<<
Etymology
-From lang:fro adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from ad ("next to") + iectus, perfect passive participle of iacio ("throw") + -ivus, adjective ending; hence, a word "thrown next to" a noun, modifying it.
+From lang:fro adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from ad ("next to") + iectus, perfect passive participle of iacio ("throw") + -ivus, adjective ending; hence, a word "thrown next to" a noun, modifying it.
Pronunciation
- {{audio|En-us-adjective.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ From lang:fro adjectif, from Latin adjectival
-- adjective clause
-- adjective phrase
-- adjective patterns
-- proper adjective
+- adjective clause
+- adjective phrase
+- adjective patterns
+- proper adjective
Noun
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ HtmlEntry: alphabetical <<<
Derived terms
-- alphabetical order
+
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ From {{confix|anti|disestablishmentarian|ism}}.
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@ circa 1870: {{confix|ant|onym}}
- antonymous
-- gradable antonym
-- polar antonym
-- relational antonym
+
See also
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:deal
***April***
HtmlEntry: April <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from lang:fro avrill, from Latin aprilis ("of the month of the goddess Venus"), perhaps based on lang:ett Apru, from Ancient Greek Αφροδίτη (Afrodíte, "Venus").
+From lang:enm apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from lang:fro avrill, from Latin aprilis ("of the month of the goddess Venus"), perhaps based on lang:ett Apru, from Ancient Greek Αφροδίτη (Afrodíte, "Venus").
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ˈeɪprɪl/, {{X-SAMPA|/"eIprIl/}} or as US
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|āʹprəl}}, IPA: /ˈeɪprəl/, {{X-SAMPA|/"eIpr@l/}}
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ From lang:enm apprile, re-Latin
Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|plural: Aprils}}
-- The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
+- The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
- 1845 Robert Browning: Home-Thoughts From Abroad:
Verb
@@ -563,14 +563,14 @@ HtmlEntry: book <<<
Etymology 1
-From lang:enm book, from lang:ang boc, first and third person singular preterite of bacan ("to bake"). Cognate with lang:sco beuk ("baked"), German buk ("baked") and probably Albanian bukë ("bread, baked dough"). More at {{l|en|bake}}.
+From lang:enm book, from lang:ang boc, first and third person singular preterite of bacan ("to bake"). Cognate with lang:sco beuk ("baked"), German buk ("baked") and probably Albanian bukë ("bread, baked dough"). More at {{l|en|bake}}.
Verb
{{head|en|verb form}}
- {{context|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England}} {{form of|Alternative simple past|bake}}.
Etymology 2
-From lang:enm book, from lang:ang boc ("a book, a document, register, catalog, a legal document, a bill of divorce, a charter, a title deed, conveyance, a volume, literary work, pages, main division of a work"), from {{proto|Germanic|bōks|beech, book}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|bheh₁g̑ós|beech}}. Cognate with lang:sco buik, beuk ("book"), lang:fy boek ("book"), Dutch boek ("book"), German Buch ("book"), Swedish bok ("book"). Related also to Latin fagus ("beech"), Russian бук (buk, "beech"), Albanian bung ("chestnut, oak"), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, "oak"), Armenian բուն (bun, "trunk"), Kurdish bûz ("elm"). More at beech, buckwheat.The sense development of beech to book is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.<ref>J.P. Mallory, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.</ref>
+From lang:enm book, from lang:ang boc ("a book, a document, register, catalog, a legal document, a bill of divorce, a charter, a title deed, conveyance, a volume, literary work, pages, main division of a work"), from {{proto|Germanic|bōks|beech, book}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|bheh₁g̑ós|beech}}. Cognate with lang:sco buik, beuk ("book"), lang:fy boek ("book"), Dutch boek ("book"), German Buch ("book"), Swedish bok ("book"). Related also to Latin fagus ("beech"), Russian бук (buk, "beech"), Albanian bung ("chestnut, oak"), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, "oak"), Armenian բուն (bun, "trunk"), Kurdish bûz ("elm"). More at beech, buckwheat.The sense development of beech to book is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.<ref>J.P. Mallory, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.</ref>
Noun
A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. If initially blank, commonly referred to as a notebook.
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- The script of a musical.
- {{usually|in the plural}} Records of the accounts of a business.
- A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
-- {{context|legal}} A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
-- {{context|poker slang}} four of a kind<ref>Weisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523</ref>
+- {{context|legal}} A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
+- {{context|poker slang}} four of a kind<ref>Weisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523</ref>
- {sports} A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- {{sports|by extension}} A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- {{quote-news|year=2011|date=March 2|author=Andy Campbell|title=Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers|work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9409758.stm|page=|passage=Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close }}
@@ -612,12 +612,12 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from the noun book}}
-- address book
+
- bookmark, bookmarker
-- book match
+- book match
- book-mate
- book-mindedness
-- book mite
+- book mite
- bookmobile
- book-muslin
-- book name
+- book name
- book-number
- book-oath
-- book of first entry
-- book of original entry
-- Book of the Dead
-- book of the film
-- Book of God
-- book of lading
-- book of life
-- book of rates
-- book of reference
-- book of the living
-- book of words
+- book of first entry
+- book of original entry
+- Book of the Dead
+- book of the film
+- Book of God
+- book of lading
+- book of life
+- book of rates
+- book of reference
+- book of the living
+- book of words
- book-packet
-- book piles
+- book piles
- bookplate
-- book pocket
+- book pocket
- book-post
- book-postage
- book-press
-- book price
-- book prop
+- book price
+- book prop
- book-rate
- book-read
- bookrest
@@ -721,15 +721,15 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- book-stamp
- bookstand
- bookstore
-- book support
+- book support
- booksy
- book-table
-- book token
-- book trade
+- book token
+- book trade
- book-tray
- book-trough
-- book type
-- book value
+- book type
+- book value
- bookwards
- book-ways
- bookwise
@@ -739,55 +739,55 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- bookworm
- book-wright
- booky
-- bring to book
-- burn book
-- by the book
+- bring to book
+- burn book
+- by the book
- casebook
-- closed book
-- close the books
-- coffee-table book
-- comic book
+- closed book
+- close the books
+- coffee-table book
+- comic book
- cookbook
-- cookery book
-- cook the books
+- cookery book
+- cook the books
- copybook
- coursebook
- e-book
-- exercise book
-- the Good Book
+- exercise book
+- the Good Book
- guidebook
- handbook
-- hymn book
-- in anyone's book
-- in my book
-- in someone's bad books
-- in someone's good books
+- hymn book
+- in anyone's book
+- in my book
+- in someone's bad books
+- in someone's good books
- logbook
-- make book
+- make book
- matchbook
- notebook
-- on the books
-- open book
+- on the books
+- open book
- passbook
-- pension book
+- pension book
- phrasebook
- pocket-book, pocketbook
-- prayer book
-- ration book
-- reading book
-- read someone like a book
-- reference book
-- rough book
+- prayer book
+- ration book
+- reading book
+- read someone like a book
+- reference book
+- rough book
- scrapbook
-- sketch book
+- sketch book
- songbook
- storybook
-- suit one's book
-- take a leaf out of someone's book
-- talk like a book
+- suit one's book
+- take a leaf out of someone's book
+- talk like a book
- textbook
-- throw the book at
-- without book
+- throw the book at
+- without book
- wordbook
- workbook
- yearbook
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- {{law enforcement|transitive}} To penalise (someone) for an offence.
- The police booked him for driving too fast
-- {sports} To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
+- {sports} To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- {{intransitive|slang}} To travel very fast.
- He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
- {{sense|reserve}} reserve
- {{sense|penalise}} penalise/penalize, punish
- {{sense|slang: travel very fast}} bomb (slang), hurtle, rocket (informal), speed, shoot, whiz (informal)
-- {{sense|write down}} make a note of, note down, record, write down
+- {{sense|write down}} make a note of, note down, record, write down
Derived terms
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ A hard-cover book{en-noun}
>>>
HtmlEntry: book <<<
Etymology
-lang:ang boc
+lang:ang boc
Noun
{enm-noun}
- {{alternative form of|booke|lang=enm}}
@@ -863,9 +863,9 @@ See also HtmlEntry:head
===broadwing===
See also HtmlEntry:eagle
***brown***
-HtmlEntry: brown <<<Various shades of brown.Brown is a common hair color.A glass of hot chocolate.
+HtmlEntry: brown <<<Various shades of brown.Brown is a common hair color.A glass of hot chocolate.
Etymology
-lang:enm broun, from lang:ang brun 'dark, shining', from {{proto|Germanic|brūnaz}} (compare lang:fy brún, Dutch bruin, German braun), from {{proto|Indo-European|bʰruhₓnos}} (compare Ancient Greek phrýnē, phrŷnos ‘toad’), enlargement of {{proto|Indo-European|bʰreu-|shiny, brown|title=}} (compare Lithuanian beras ‘brown’, Sanskrit babhrú ‘reddish-brown’ {{rfscript|Devanagari|lang=sa}}).
+lang:enm broun, from lang:ang brun 'dark, shining', from {{proto|Germanic|brūnaz}} (compare lang:fy brún, Dutch bruin, German braun), from {{proto|Indo-European|bʰruhₓnos}} (compare Ancient Greek phrýnē, phrŷnos ‘toad’), enlargement of {{proto|Indo-European|bʰreu-|shiny, brown|title=}} (compare Lithuanian beras ‘brown’, Sanskrit babhrú ‘reddish-brown’ {{rfscript|Devanagari|lang=sa}}).
Pronunciation
- {{context|snooker}} One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 4 points.
-- black tar heroin
+- black tar heroin
Adjective
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ lang:enm broun, from lang:ang brun
Descendants
-- American Sign Language: {{l|ase|B@Cheek-PalmForward B@Jaw-PalmForward}}
+
Verb
@@ -907,51 +907,51 @@ lang:enm broun, from lang:ang brunDerived terms
{{rel-top|terms derived from "brown"}}
-- brown adipose tissue
-- brown ale
-- brown bastard
-- brown bear
-- Brown Bess
-- Brown Betty
+
-
+
Related terms
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ lang:enm broun, from lang:ang brunSee also
>>>
===bucket===
@@ -999,22 +999,22 @@ HtmlEntry: cat <<
Etymology 1
-From lang:enm cat, catte, from lang:ang catt ("male cat") and catte ("female cat"), from lang:LL. cattus ("domestic cat"), from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial)<ref>Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cat].</ref>, from lang:afa (compare Nubian kadís, lang:ber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute,<ref>Jean-Paul Savignac, Dictionnaire français-gaulois, s.v. "chat" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.</ref> feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier lang:egy tešau 'female cat'. Cognate with lang:sco cat ("cat"), West Frisian kat ("cat"), lang:frr kåt ("cat"), Dutch kat ("cat"), lang:nds katte ("cat"), German Katze ("cat"), Danish kat ("cat"), Swedish katt ("cat"), Icelandic köttur ("cat"), and also with German Kater ("tomcat") and Dutch kater ("tomcat").
+From lang:enm cat, catte, from lang:ang catt ("male cat") and catte ("female cat"), from lang:LL. cattus ("domestic cat"), from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial)<ref>Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cat].</ref>, from lang:afa (compare Nubian kadís, lang:ber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute,<ref>Jean-Paul Savignac, Dictionnaire français-gaulois, s.v. "chat" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.</ref> feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier lang:egy tešau 'female cat'. Cognate with lang:sco cat ("cat"), West Frisian kat ("cat"), lang:frr kåt ("cat"), Dutch kat ("cat"), lang:nds katte ("cat"), German Katze ("cat"), Danish kat ("cat"), Swedish katt ("cat"), Icelandic köttur ("cat"), and also with German Kater ("tomcat") and Dutch kater ("tomcat").
Noun
{en-noun}
-- A domesticated subspecies, {{tritaxon|Felis silvestris catus}}, of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. {{defdate|from 8th c.}}
+- A domesticated subspecies, {{tritaxon|Felis silvestris catus}}, of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. {{defdate|from 8th c.}}
- Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
- A catfish.
- {offensive} A spiteful or angry woman. {{defdate|from earlier 13th c.}}
- An enthusiast or player of jazz.
- {slang} A person (usually male).
- {nautical} A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
-- {nautical} Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
+- {nautical} Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- {slang} Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
- {archaic} A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
-- {{archaic|uncountable}} The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
+- {{archaic|uncountable}} The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
- {{archaic|uncountable}} The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
- {slang} Prostitute. {{defdate|from at least early 15th c.}}
- {{slang|vulgar|African American Vernacular English}} A vagina; female external genitalia
@@ -1033,36 +1033,36 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
Synonyms
- {{sense|any member of the suborder (sometimes superfamily) Feliformia or Feloidea}} feliform ("cat-like" carnivoran), feloid (cf. Caniformia, Canoidea)
- {{sense|any member of the family Felidae}} felid
-- {{sense|any member of the subfamily Felinae, genera Puma, Acinonyx, Lynx, Leopardus, and Felis)}} feline cat, a feline
-- {{sense|any member of the subfamily Pantherinae, genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis}} pantherine cat, a pantherine
-- {{sense|technically, all members of the genus Panthera}} panther (i.e. tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), (narrow sense) panther (i.e. black panther)
-- {{sense|any member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, genera Smilodon, Homotherium, Miomachairodus, etc.}} Smilodontini, Machairodontini (Homotherini), Metailurini, "saber-toothed cat" (saber-tooth)
+- {{sense|any member of the subfamily Felinae, genera Puma, Acinonyx, Lynx, Leopardus, and Felis)}} feline cat, a feline
+- {{sense|any member of the subfamily Pantherinae, genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis}} pantherine cat, a pantherine
+- {{sense|technically, all members of the genus Panthera}} panther (i.e. tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), (narrow sense) panther (i.e. black panther)
+- {{sense|any member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, genera Smilodon, Homotherium, Miomachairodus, etc.}} Smilodontini, Machairodontini (Homotherini), Metailurini, "saber-toothed cat" (saber-tooth)
- {{sense|domestic species}} housecat, puss, pussy, malkin, kitten, kitty, pussy-cat, mouser, tomcat, grimalkin
- {{sense|man}} bloke (UK), chap (British), cove (UK), dude, fellow, fella, guy
- {{sense|spiteful woman}} bitch
- See also
-- See also Wikisaurus:man
+- See also Wikisaurus:man
Derived terms
{{rel-top|Terms derived from cat in the above senses}}
-- a cat may look at a king
-- all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night
-- alley cat
-- African golden cat
-- Andean cat
-- Asiatic golden cat
-- bay cat
-- black-footed cat
+- a cat may look at a king
+- all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night
+- alley cat
+- African golden cat
+- Andean cat
+- Asiatic golden cat
+- bay cat
+- black-footed cat
- bobcat
-- barn cat
-- Burmese cat, Burmese
-- cat and mouse
-- cat box
-- cat food
-- cat that ate the canary, cat that swallowed the canary
-- cat in the meal-tub
-- cat in the sack
+- barn cat
+- Burmese cat, Burmese
+- cat and mouse
+- cat box
+- cat food
+- cat that ate the canary, cat that swallowed the canary
+- cat in the meal-tub
+- cat in the sack
- catbird
- cat-block
- cat-burglar
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
- catfish
- cat-flap
- cat-footed
-- cat got someone's tongue, cat got your tongue?
+- cat got someone's tongue, cat got your tongue?
- catgut
- cat-harpin
- cathead, cat-head
@@ -1086,21 +1086,21 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
- catloaf
- catly
- catmint
-- cat-nap/cat nap
+- cat-nap/cat nap
- catnip
-- cat-o'-nine-tails
-- cat person
-- cat's cradle
-- cat's eye
-- cat's meat
-- cat's meow
-- cat's pajamas, the cat's pyjamas
-- cat's paw
-- cat scratch fever
-- cat state
-- cat's-tail
-- cat's whisker
-- cat's whiskers
+- cat-o'-nine-tails
+- cat person
+- cat's cradle
+- cat's eye
+- cat's meat
+- cat's meow
+- cat's pajamas, the cat's pyjamas
+- cat's paw
+- cat scratch fever
+- cat state
+- cat's-tail
+- cat's whisker
+- cat's whiskers
@@ -1108,55 +1108,55 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
- catty
- catwalk, cat-walk
- cat-witted
-- Chinese desert cat
+- Chinese desert cat
- copycat
-- curiosity killed the cat
-- domestic cat
-- fat cat
-- feral cat
-- fight like cats and dogs
-- fishing cat
-- flat-headed cat
-- Geoffroy's cat
+- curiosity killed the cat
+- domestic cat
+- fat cat
+- feral cat
+- fight like cats and dogs
+- fishing cat
+- flat-headed cat
+- Geoffroy's cat
- housecat
-- it would make a cat laugh
-- jungle cat
-- lead a cat-and-dog life
-- leopard cat
-- let the cat out of the bag
-- like a cat in a strange garret
-- like a cat on hot bricks
-- like a cat on a hot tin roof
-- like herding cats
-- like the cat that got the cream
-- little spotted cat
+
-
+
- scaredy-cat
-- Schrödinger's cat
-- Siamese cat, Siamese
+- Schrödinger's cat
+- Siamese cat, Siamese
- spokescat
-- tabby cat, tabby
-- there's more than one way to skin a cat, there is more than one way to skin a cat
-- tom cat, tomcat
-- wait for the cat to jump
-- wildcat, wild cat
-- when the cat's away the mice will play
+- tabby cat, tabby
+- there's more than one way to skin a cat, there is more than one way to skin a cat
+- tom cat, tomcat
+- wait for the cat to jump
+- wildcat, wild cat
+- when the cat's away the mice will play
See also
@@ -1164,14 +1164,14 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
- feline
- kitten, kitty
- Manx
-- Maine Coon
+- Maine Coon
- meow
- mog, moggie, moggy
- miaow
-- nine lives
+- nine lives
- Persian
-- Russian Blue
-- Schrödinger’s cat
+- Russian Blue
+- Schrödinger’s cat
- Siamese
- tabby
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ From lang:enm cat, catte, from lan
Verb
{{en-verb|cat|t|ed}}
- {nautical} To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
-- {nautical} To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
+- {nautical} To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- {slang} To vomit something.
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:cat
***craft***
HtmlEntry: craft <<<{{wikipedia|craft|dab=craft (disambiguation)}}
Etymology
-From lang:enm, from lang:ang cræft ("physical strength, might, courage, science, skill, art, ability, talent, virtue, excellence, trade, handicraft, calling, work or product of art, hex, trick, fraud, deceit, machine, instrument"), from {{proto|Germanic|kraftaz|power}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|ger-|to turn, wind}}. Cognate with lang:frs craft ("strength"), lang:fy krêft ("strength"), Dutch kracht ("strength, force, power"), German Kraft ("strength, force, power"), Swedish kraft ("power, force, drive, energy"), Icelandic kraftur ("power").
+From lang:enm, from lang:ang cræft ("physical strength, might, courage, science, skill, art, ability, talent, virtue, excellence, trade, handicraft, calling, work or product of art, hex, trick, fraud, deceit, machine, instrument"), from {{proto|Germanic|kraftaz|power}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|ger-|to turn, wind}}. Cognate with lang:frs craft ("strength"), lang:fy krêft ("strength"), Dutch kracht ("strength, force, power"), German Kraft ("strength, force, power"), Swedish kraft ("power, force, drive, energy"), Icelandic kraftur ("power").
Pronunciation
- {{a|RP}} IPA: /kɹɑːft/
- {{rhymes|ɑːft}}
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang cræft ("physica
- {{context|nautical}} Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
- {{context|nautical|British Royal Navy}} Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
-- {{countable|plural: craft}} A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
+- {{countable|plural: craft}} A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
- {{countable|plural: crafts}} A particular kind of skilled work.
- He learned his craft as an apprentice.
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang cræft ("physica
Derived terms
Etymology 1
-lang:enm crowe, from lang:ang crawe, from {{proto|Germanic|krāwō}} (compare lang:fy krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from {{proto|Germanic|krāhanan|title=}} ‘to crow’. See below.
+lang:enm crowe, from lang:ang crawe, from {{proto|Germanic|krāwō}} (compare lang:fy krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from {{proto|Germanic|krāhanan|title=}} ‘to crow’. See below.
Noun
{en-noun}
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
@@ -1390,21 +1390,21 @@ lang:enm crowe, from lang:ang crawe
Derived terms
{{rel-top|terms derived from crow (noun)}}
-
-- hooded crow
+
+
Related terms
-
Etymology 2
-lang:enm crowen, from lang:ang crawan, from {{proto|Germanic|krāhanan}} (compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen), from {{proto|Indo-European|greh₂-}} ‘to caw, croak’ (compare Lithuanian gróti, Russian граять (grájat')). Related to {{l|en|croak}}.
+lang:enm crowen, from lang:ang crawan, from {{proto|Germanic|krāhanan}} (compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen), from {{proto|Indo-European|greh₂-}} ‘to caw, croak’ (compare Lithuanian gróti, Russian граять (grájat')). Related to {{l|en|croak}}.
Verb
{{en-verb|crows|crowing|crowed or crew (Br. Eng. sense 1 only)|crowed}}
- To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance.
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ HtmlEntry: current events <<<
See also
-- current affairs
+
>>>
***day***
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ HtmlEntry: day <<<{{wikipedia|Day (disambiguation)}}
Etymology
-From lang:enm day, from lang:ang dæg ("day"), from {{proto|Germanic|dagaz|day}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dʰegʰ-|to burn}}. Cognate with lang:fy dei ("day"), Dutch dag ("day"), German Tag ("day"), Swedish dag ("day"), Icelandic dagur ("day"). Compare Albanian djeg ("to burn"), Lithuanian degti ("to burn"), Sanskrit day (dāhas, "heat").Not related to Latin dies (from {{proto|Indo-European|dyeu-|to shine}}).
+From lang:enm day, from lang:ang dæg ("day"), from {{proto|Germanic|dagaz|day}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dʰegʰ-|to burn}}. Cognate with lang:fy dei ("day"), Dutch dag ("day"), German Tag ("day"), Swedish dag ("day"), Icelandic dagur ("day"). Compare Albanian djeg ("to burn"), Lithuanian degti ("to burn"), Sanskrit day (dāhas, "heat").Not related to Latin dies (from {{proto|Indo-European|dyeu-|to shine}}).
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|dā}}, IPA: /deɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/deI/}}
- {{audio|en-us-day.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -1489,62 +1489,62 @@ From lang:enm day, from lang:ang d&ael
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|terms derived from day}}
-- a broken clock is right twice a day
+
-- day off
-- day of reckoning
-- day one
-- day return
-- day school
+
-
Etymology 1
-From lang:enm dele, from lang:ang dæl ("part, share, portion"), from {{proto|Germanic|dailiz|part, deal}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dhAil-|part, watershed}}. Cognate with lang:sco dele ("part, portion"), lang:fy diel ("part, share"), Dutch deel ("part, share, portion"), German Teil ("part, portion, section"), Danish del ("part"), Icelandic deila ("division, contention"), lang:got 𐌳�𐌰�𐌹 (dails, "portion"). Related to lang:ang dal ("portion"). More at {{l|en|dole}}.
+From lang:enm dele, from lang:ang dæl ("part, share, portion"), from {{proto|Germanic|dailiz|part, deal}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dhAil-|part, watershed}}. Cognate with lang:sco dele ("part, portion"), lang:fy diel ("part, share"), Dutch deel ("part, share, portion"), German Teil ("part, portion, section"), Danish del ("part"), Icelandic deila ("division, contention"), lang:got 𐌳�𐌰�𐌹 (dails, "portion"). Related to lang:ang dal ("portion"). More at {{l|en|dole}}.
Noun
{en-noun}
- {obsolete} A division, a portion, a share.
@@ -1609,16 +1609,16 @@ From lang:enm dele, from lang:ang d&ae
Synonyms
-- {{sense|act of apportioning or distributing}} allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
-- {{sense|large number or amount or extent}} batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
+- {{sense|act of apportioning or distributing}} allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
+- {{sense|large number or amount or extent}} batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
Derived terms
-- {{sense|indefinite quantity}} a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal
+
Etymology 2
-From lang:enm delen, from lang:ang dælan ("to divide, part"), from {{proto|Germanic|dailijanan|to divide, part, deal}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dʰail-|part, watershed}}. Cognate with lang:fy diele ("to divide, separate"), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti ("divide"), Russian делить.
+From lang:enm delen, from lang:ang dælan ("to divide, part"), from {{proto|Germanic|dailijanan|to divide, part, deal}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dʰail-|part, watershed}}. Cognate with lang:fy diele ("to divide, separate"), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti ("divide"), Russian делить.
Verb
{{en-verb|deals|dealing|dealt}}
- {transitive} To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
@@ -1672,8 +1672,8 @@ From lang:enm delen, from lang:ang
Synonyms
-- {{sense|distribute among a number of recipients}} apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
-- {{sense|administer in portions}} administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
+- {{sense|distribute among a number of recipients}} apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
+- {{sense|administer in portions}} administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
- {{sense|distribute (cards)}}
- {{sense|baseball slang: to pitch}} pitch, throw
- {{sense|have dealings with}}
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ From lang:enm delen, from lang:ang
Derived terms
-- deal with
+
@@ -1722,23 +1722,23 @@ From lang:enm delen, from lang:ang
Synonyms
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from deal (noun)}}
-- no deal
-- package deal
+
-- raw deal
+
-- sweetheart deal
+
Etymology 3
-lang:gml dele, cognate with Old English þille.
+lang:gml dele, cognate with Old English þille.
Noun
{en-noun}
- {uncountable} Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
@@ -1779,19 +1779,19 @@ From lang:enm decembre, from lang:fro month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year. Abbreviation: Dec or Dec.
+- The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year. Abbreviation: Dec or Dec.
Derived terms
-
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:dialect
***dialect***
HtmlEntry: dialect <<<
Etymology
-From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, "conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language"), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, "I participate in a dialogue"), from διά (diá, "inter, through") + λέγω (légō, "I speak").
+From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, "conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language"), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, "I participate in a dialogue"), from διά (diá, "inter, through") + λέγω (légō, "I speak").
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ˌlɛkt/
- {{audio|En-us-dialect.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:dialect
***dictionary***
HtmlEntry: dictionary <<<{{wikipedia|Dictionary|dab=Dictionary (disambiguation)}}A multi-volume Latin dictionary in the University Library of Graz.
Etymology
-lang:ML. dictionarium, from Latin dictionarius, from dictio ("speaking"), from dictus, perfect past participle of dico ("speak") + -arium ("room, place").
+lang:ML. dictionarium, from Latin dictionarius, from dictio ("speaking"), from dictus, perfect past participle of dico ("speak") + -arium ("room, place").
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"dIkS@n(@)ri/}}
- {{a|North America}} {{enPR|dĭk'shə-nĕr-ē}}, IPA: /ˈdɪkʃənɛɹi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"dIkS@nEri/}}
@@ -1903,8 +1903,8 @@ lang:ML. dictionarium, from Latin reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing information on its etymology, usage, translations{,} and other data.
-- {computing} An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
+- A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing information on its etymology, usage, translations{,} and other data.
+- {computing} An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
@@ -1914,13 +1914,13 @@ lang:ML. dictionarium, from Latin encyclopedic dictionary
-- explanatory dictionary
+
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:cat
***eagle***
HtmlEntry: eagle <<Etymology
-lang:enm egle, from lang:xno egle, from lang:fro aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English earn, from lang:ang earn. More at erne.
+lang:enm egle, from lang:xno egle, from lang:fro aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English earn, from lang:ang earn. More at erne.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈiːɡəl/, {{X-SAMPA|/"i:g@l/}}
- {{audio|en-us-eagle.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -1980,31 +1980,31 @@ lang:enm egle, from lang:xno egle,
{en-noun}
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem
-- {{US|currency}} A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
-- {golf} A score of two under par for a hole.
+- {{US|currency}} A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
+- {golf} A score of two under par for a hole.
Derived terms
{{rel-top|terms derived from the carnivorous bird}}
-- American eagle
-- bald eagle
+
-- Haast's eagle
-- Philippine eagle
-- sea eagle
-- spread eagle
-- white-tailed eagle
-- Eagle Scout
+
{{rel-top|terms derived from U.S. coin}}
-- double eagle
+
-- half eagle
+
Synonyms
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:word
***elephant***
HtmlEntry: elephant <<<
Etymology
-lang:enm elefant, elefaunt, from lang:frm elephant, learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)), compound of Berber {{recons|eḷu|elephant|lang=ber}} (compare Tamahaq (Tahaggart) êlu, (Ghat) alu) and lang:egy 𓍋�𓃀� (ȝbw) (ābu) ‘elephant; ivory’. More at {{l|en|ivory}}. Replaced Middle English olifant, which replaced Old English elpend, olfend.
+lang:enm elefant, elefaunt, from lang:frm elephant, learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)), compound of Berber {{recons|eḷu|elephant|lang=ber}} (compare Tamahaq (Tahaggart) êlu, (Ghat) alu) and lang:egy 𓍋�𓃀� (ȝbw) (ābu) ‘elephant; ivory’. More at {{l|en|ivory}}. Replaced Middle English olifant, which replaced Old English elpend, olfend.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛləfənt/, /ˈɛlɪfənt/
- {{audio|En-us-elephant.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -2051,108 +2051,108 @@ lang:enm elefant, elefaunt,
{-}
Derived terms
{{rel-top4|Terms derived from the noun elephant}}
-- African bush elephant
-- African elephant
-- African forest elephant
-- Asian elephant
-- Asiatic elephant
-- Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant
-- double elephant, double elephant paper
-- dwarf elephant
-- elephant apple
-- elephant bed
-- elephant beetle
-- elephant bird, elephantbird
-- elephant chess
+
-- elephant gun
+
-
+
Related terms
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ lang:enm elefant, elefaunt,
- {pedia}
- {{pedia|Elephant (disambiguation)}}
-*---->>>
+*---->>>
===Elephas===
See also HtmlEntry:elephant
***encyclopaedia***
@@ -2198,11 +2198,11 @@ HtmlEntry: encyclopaedia <<<{rfm}
HtmlEntry: encyclopedia <<Alternative forms
Etymology
-From Latin encyclopaedia, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία (enkuklios paideia, "the circle of arts and sciences, curriculum"), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkuklios, "circular, rounded, round"), from κύκλος (kuklos, "circle") + παιδεία (paideia, "the rearing of a child, education"), from παιδίον (paidion, "child").
+From Latin encyclopaedia, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία (enkuklios paideia, "the circle of arts and sciences, curriculum"), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkuklios, "circular, rounded, round"), from κύκλος (kuklos, "circle") + παιδεία (paideia, "the rearing of a child, education"), from παιδίον (paidion, "child").
Pronunciation
- {{a|Canada}} IPA: /ənˌsəɪ.kləˈpi.diə/
- {{a|UK|US}} IPA: /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).diə/
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ From Latin encyclopaedia, from Ancient Greek Noun
{{en-noun|s|pl2=encyclopediae|pl3=encyclopediæ}}
-- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
+- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
- I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.
- His life's work was a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.
@@ -2229,10 +2229,10 @@ The spelling encyclopedia is standard in American English, preferred in
{rel-top}
See also
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:etymology
***etymology***
HtmlEntry: etymology <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm etimologie, from lang:fro ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumologia), from ἔτυμον (etumon, "true sense") and -λογία (-logia, "study of") (from λόγος (logos)).
+From lang:enm etimologie, from lang:fro ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumologia), from ἔτυμον (etumon, "true sense") and -λογία (-logia, "study of") (from λόγος (logos)).
Pronunciation
Related terms
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:cat
***f***
HtmlEntry: f <<<
Etymology 1
-Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’ lang:ang lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, "fe"). f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in English five, from Greek πέντε (pente); English wolf, from Latin lupus, and Greek lykos; English fox, vixen; fragile, break; fruit, brook; English verb bear, from Latin ferre.<br clear="left"/>
+Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’ lang:ang lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, "fe"). f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in English five, from Greek πέντε (pente); English wolf, from Latin lupus, and Greek lykos; English fox, vixen; fragile, break; fruit, brook; English verb bear, from Latin ferre.<br clear="left"/>
Pronunciation
- {{sense|letter name}} IPA: /ɛf/, {{X-SAMPA|/Ef/}}
- {{audio|en-us-f.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ HtmlEntry: f <<<
Derived terms
-- effing and blinding
+
Synonyms
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ From the first syllable of the Latin word famuli, extra
Noun
{en-noun}
-- {music} A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
+- {music} A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
See also
@@ -2436,12 +2436,12 @@ HtmlEntry: false friend <<<{{was wotd|2007|May|4}}
Hyponyms
-- partial false friend
+
See also
>>>
===family===
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:cat
***February***
HtmlEntry: February <<<
Etymology
-Re-Latinized from lang:enm feoverel, from lang:fro feverier, from Latin februarius, of the month of purification, from februa, the Roman festival of purification, plural of februum; perhaps from Latin febris ("fever"), from Proto-Indo-European base *dhegh-, to burn.
+Re-Latinized from lang:enm feoverel, from lang:fro feverier, from Latin februarius, of the month of purification, from februa, the Roman festival of purification, plural of februum; perhaps from Latin febris ("fever"), from Proto-Indo-European base *dhegh-, to burn.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
-
-- February Revolution
-- February Strike
-- February Uprising
+
+
@@ -2553,14 +2553,14 @@ See also HtmlEntry:portmanteau word
***free***
HtmlEntry: free <<<{{wikipedia|dab=free}}
Etymology
-lang:enm fre, from lang:ang freo.
+lang:enm fre, from lang:ang freo.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɹiː/, {{X-SAMPA|/fri:/}}
- {{audio|en-us-free.ogg|Audio (US)}}
- {{audio|En-uk-free.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
- {{rhymes|iː}}
-A sign advertising free beer (obtainable without payment).A "buy one get one free" sign at a flower stand (obtainable without additional payment).This food product is labelled "fat free", meaning it contains no fat.
+A sign advertising free beer (obtainable without payment).A "buy one get one free" sign at a flower stand (obtainable without additional payment).This food product is labelled "fat free", meaning it contains no fat.
Adjective
{{en-adj|freer|freest}}
- Not {{l|en|imprisoned}} or {{l|en|enslaved}}.
@@ -2737,12 +2737,12 @@ HtmlEntry: freedom of speech <<<{{wikipedia|Freedom of speech}}{{wikinews|Catego
Quotations
{seemoreCites}
Related terms
-- free speech
-- freedom of expression
+
Coordinate terms
-- freedom of movement, freedom of contract, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, right to petition, right to privacy, right to keep and bear arms
+
See also
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ HtmlEntry: freedom of speech <<<{{wikipedia|Freedom of speech}}{{wikinews|Catego
***Friday***
HtmlEntry: Friday <<<
Etymology
-lang:ang frigedæg. Compound of frīġe and dæġ "day".Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Common Germanic Frijjō.[5] Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā́ which means "wife."[5] The root also appears in Old Saxon fri which means "beloved lady", in Swedish as fria ("to propose for marriage") and in Icelandic as frjá which means "to love."A calque of Latin dies Veneris, via an association of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.
+lang:ang frigedæg. Compound of frīġe and dæġ "day".Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Common Germanic Frijjō.[5] Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā́ which means "wife."[5] The root also appears in Old Saxon fri which means "beloved lady", in Swedish as fria ("to propose for marriage") and in Icelandic as frjá which means "to love."A calque of Latin dies Veneris, via an association of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|frīʹdā|frīʹdē}}; IPA: /ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/, /ˈfraɪdi/; {{X-SAMPA|/"fraIdeI/|/"fraIdi/}}
- {{audio|en-us-Friday.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -2768,50 +2768,50 @@ lang:ang frigedæg. Co&#
Derived terms
{{rel-top4|Derived terms}}
-- Black Friday
-- Bloody Friday
-- casual Friday
-- dress-down Friday
-- expiration Friday
-- First Friday
+
-
-- the Long Friday
-- man Friday, Man Friday
-- Marlboro Friday
-- next sitting Friday
-- person Friday
-- Red Friday
-- thank God it's Friday, thank goodness it's Friday
-- virtual Friday
-- when two Fridays come together
+
+
Adverb
@@ -2829,8 +2829,8 @@ See also HtmlEntry:march
HtmlEntry: GDP <<<{{wikipedia|GDP (disambiguation)}}
{initialism}
GDP
-- {economics} gross domestic product
-- {biochemistry} guanosine diphosphate
+- {economics} gross domestic product
+- {biochemistry} guanosine diphosphate
See also
@@ -2864,20 +2864,20 @@ See also HtmlEntry:product
***grain of salt***
HtmlEntry: grain of salt <<<
Etymology
-From Latin cum grano salis, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense.
+From Latin cum grano salis, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense.
Noun
{{en-noun|-|sg=grain of salt}}
-- {idiomatic} A bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of to take with a grain of salt.
+- {idiomatic} A bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of to take with a grain of salt.
- I'd take anything I read in that paper with a grain of salt.
Synonyms
-
Synonyms
-- free as in beer (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech")
+
Related terms
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ HtmlEntry: head <<<{{wikipedia|Head|dab=Head (disambiguation)}}{{rfc|still missi
Etymology
-From lang:enm hed, heed, heved, heaved, from lang:ang heafod ("head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital"), from {{proto|Germanic|haubudan|head}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|káput|head}}, a variant of {{proto|Indo-European|kapōlo|head, bowl|title=}}. Cognate with lang:sco heid, hede, hevid, heved ("head"), lang:ang hafola ("head"), lang:frr hood ("head"), Dutch hoofd ("head"), German Haupt ("head"), Swedish huvud ("head"), Icelandic höfuð ("head"), Latin caput ("head"), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, "cup, bowl, skull"), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, "skull"), and (through borrowing from Sanskrit) Japanese 骨 (kawara, "a covering bone: kneecap, skull"), 瓦 (kawara, "a roof tile").
+From lang:enm hed, heed, heved, heaved, from lang:ang heafod ("head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital"), from {{proto|Germanic|haubudan|head}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|káput|head}}, a variant of {{proto|Indo-European|kapōlo|head, bowl|title=}}. Cognate with lang:sco heid, hede, hevid, heved ("head"), lang:ang hafola ("head"), lang:frr hood ("head"), Dutch hoofd ("head"), German Haupt ("head"), Swedish huvud ("head"), Icelandic höfuð ("head"), Latin caput ("head"), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, "cup, bowl, skull"), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, "skull"), and (through borrowing from Sanskrit) Japanese 骨 (kawara, "a covering bone: kneecap, skull"), 瓦 (kawara, "a roof tile").
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|hĕd}}, IPA: /hɛd/, {{X-SAMPA|/hEd/}}
- {{audio|en-us-head.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, sharp end of an arrow, spear{,} or pointer.
- The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.
-- {lacrosse} The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
+- {lacrosse} The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.
@@ -3025,12 +3025,12 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, headstock of a guitar.
-- {music} A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
+- {music} A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Tap the head of the drum for this roll.
-- {engineering} The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
-- {automotive} The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
-- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
+- {engineering} The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
+- {automotive} The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
+- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Let the engine build up a good head of steam.
- {fluid dynamics} The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
@@ -3040,10 +3040,10 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, toilet of a ship.
- I've got to go to the head.
-- {{uncountable|slang}} Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
+- {{uncountable|slang}} Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
-- {slang} The glans penis.
+- {slang} The glans penis.
- {{countable|slang}} A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- 1936, Lee Duncan, Over The Wall, Dutton
- Then I saw the more advanced narcotic addicts, who shot unbelievable doses of powerful heroin in the main line – the vein of their arms; the hysien users; chloroform sniffers, who belonged to the riff-raff element of the dope chippeys, who mingled freely with others of their kind; canned heat stiffs, paragoric hounds, laudanum fiends, and last but not least, the veronal heads.
@@ -3054,7 +3054,7 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, headland.
-- {computing} The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.
+- {computing} The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.
Quotations
@@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, lavatory, toilet
- {{sense|top of a sail}}
- {{sense|foam on carbonated beverages}}
-- {{sense|fellatio}} blowjob, blow job, fellatio, oral sex
+- {{sense|fellatio}} blowjob, blow job, fellatio, oral sex
- {{sense|end of tool used for striking}}
- {{sense|blunt end of fastener}}
- See also
@@ -3086,42 +3086,42 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, give something its head is to allow it to run freely. This is used for horses, and, sometimes, figuratively for vehicles.
+- To give something its head is to allow it to run freely. This is used for horses, and, sometimes, figuratively for vehicles.
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from head (noun)}}
- headcount
-- head down, bum up
+- head down, bum up
- headdress
- header
- headfirst
@@ -3133,10 +3133,10 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, headlock
- headlong
- headly
-- head up
-- heads up
-- head off
-- head over heels
+- head up
+- heads up
+- head off
+- head over heels
- headphone
- headpiece
- headquarter
@@ -3147,35 +3147,35 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, headshunt
- headscarf
- headstand
-- headstart
+- headstart
Adjective
@@ -3202,13 +3202,13 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, head up
+- {transitive} To be in command of. - see also head up
- Who heads the board of trustees?
- {transitive} To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- {intransitive} To move in a specified direction. heading towards something
-- We are going to head up North for our holiday. We will head off tomorrow. Next holiday we will head out West, or head to Chicago. Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.
-- I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.
+- We are going to head up North for our holiday. We will head off tomorrow. Next holiday we will head out West, or head to Chicago. Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.
+- I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.
- {fishing} To remove the head from a fish.
- The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
@@ -3216,7 +3216,7 @@ From lang:enm hed, heed, head for the hills
+
Related terms
@@ -3256,7 +3256,7 @@ HtmlEntry: hour <<<
Etymology
-lang:enm houre, from lang:xno houre, from lang:fro houre, from Latin hora ("hour"), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hōrā, "any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day"), from {{proto|Indo-European|yer-|yor-|year, season}}. Akin to {ang} gear ("year"). Displaced native {enm} stound ("hour, moment, stound") (from {ang} stund ("hour, time, moment")), {enm} itid ("hour, time") (from {ang} *ġetīd, compare lang:osx getīd "hour, time").
+lang:enm houre, from lang:xno houre, from lang:fro houre, from Latin hora ("hour"), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hōrā, "any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day"), from {{proto|Indo-European|yer-|yor-|year, season}}. Akin to {ang} gear ("year"). Displaced native {enm} stound ("hour, moment, stound") (from {ang} stund ("hour, time, moment")), {enm} itid ("hour, time") (from {ang} *ġetīd, compare lang:osx getīd "hour, time").
Pronunciation
- {{a|RP|Australia}} {{enPR|owʹər}}, IPA: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/, {{X-SAMPA|/"aU@(r)/}}
- {{a|US|Canada}} {{enPR|owr}}, IPA: /ˈaʊɚ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"aU@`/}}
@@ -3301,30 +3301,30 @@ lang:enm houre, from lang:xno
Derived terms
{rel-top}
-- hour hand
+
{{lookfrom|hour}}
Statistics
@@ -3396,7 +3396,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:cat
***January***
HtmlEntry: January <<<
Etymology
-Re-Latinized from lang:enm Ieneuer, from lang:xno genever, from Latin ianuarius ("(month) of Janus"), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".
+Re-Latinized from lang:enm Ieneuer, from lang:xno genever, from Latin ianuarius ("(month) of Janus"), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ˈdʒænjʊəɹi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"dZ{nju@ri/}} or as US
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē}}, IPA: /ˈdʒænjuˌɛɹi/, /ˈdʒænjuˌæɹi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"dZ{nju%Eri/}}
@@ -3405,25 +3405,25 @@ Re-Latinized from lang:enm Iene
Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|plural: Januarys or Januaries}}
-- The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
+- The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
Derived terms
{{rel-top|terms derived from January}}
-
-- January Rebellion
-- January sales
-- January thaw
-- January Uprising
-- May and January
+
+
@@ -3442,7 +3442,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:head
***July***
HtmlEntry: July <<<
Etymology
-lang:enm iulius, from lang:xno julie, from lang:fro jule, from Latin iulius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove", from Latin Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu-pəter-, vocative case of godfather, from Proto-Indo-European *deiw-os, god, + *pəter, father
+lang:enm iulius, from lang:xno julie, from lang:fro jule, from Latin iulius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove", from Latin Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu-pəter-, vocative case of godfather, from Proto-Indo-European *deiw-os, god, + *pəter, father
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|jo͝o-līʹ}}, IPA: /dʒʊˈlaɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/dZU"laI/}}
- {{audio|en-us-July.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -3451,29 +3451,29 @@ lang:enm iulius, from lang:xno juli
Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|Julys}}
-- The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Abbreviation: Jul or Jul.
+- The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Abbreviation: Jul or Jul.
Derived terms
{der-top}
-- Black July
-- Christmas in July
-- Fourth of July
-- Holiday in July
+
{der-mid}
-
See also
-- 7/7
+
@@ -3490,7 +3490,7 @@ lang:enm iulius, from lang:xno juli
***June***
HtmlEntry: June <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm jun, june, re-Latinized from lang:enm juyng, from lang:fro juing, from Latin iunius, the month of the goddess Iuno ("Juno"), perhaps from {{proto|Indo-European|yuwn̥kós}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|yew-|vital force, youthful vigor|title=}}.
+From lang:enm jun, june, re-Latinized from lang:enm juyng, from lang:fro juing, from Latin iunius, the month of the goddess Iuno ("Juno"), perhaps from {{proto|Indo-European|yuwn̥kós}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|yew-|vital force, youthful vigor|title=}}.
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|jo͞on}}, IPA: /dʒuːn/, /dʒjuːn/, {{X-SAMPA|/dZu:n/}}
- {{audio|en-us-June.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -3499,34 +3499,34 @@ From lang:enm jun, june, re-Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|Junes}}
-- The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
+- The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
- {{given name|female|from=English}} for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Derived terms}}
-- bird of June
-- Glorious First of June
+
-
-
+
+- June solstice
+- June sucker
- Juneteenth
-- June War
-- June Week
+- June War
+- June Week
- Junie
- mid-June
- {{w|Movement 2 June}}
@@ -3658,53 +3658,53 @@ lang:enm marchen from lang:frm marcher ("
-- hunger march
-- in a full march
-- in march
-- Jacksonian march
+
Related terms
-- démarche
+
@@ -3780,10 +3780,10 @@ lang:enm marchen from lang:frm marcher ("
-- march to the beat of a different drum
+
Derived terms
-
Etymology 1
-lang:ang magan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch mogen, Low German mægen, German mögen, Icelandic megum.
+lang:ang magan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch mogen, Low German mægen, German mögen, Icelandic megum.
Verb
{{en-verb|may|-|might|-|head=-}}
- {{obsolete|intransitive}} To be strong; to have power (over). {{defdate|8th-17th c.}}
@@ -3891,9 +3891,9 @@ lang:ang magan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch
Usage notes
-- may is now a defective verb. It has no infinitive, no past participle, and no future tense. Forms of to be allowed to are used to replace these missing tenses.
+- may is now a defective verb. It has no infinitive, no past participle, and no future tense. Forms of to be allowed to are used to replace these missing tenses.
- The simple past (both indicative and subjunctive) of may is might
-- The present tense is negated as may not, which can be contracted to mayn't, although this is old-fashioned; the simple past is negated as might not, which can be contracted to mightn't.
+- The present tense is negated as may not, which can be contracted to mayn't, although this is old-fashioned; the simple past is negated as might not, which can be contracted to mightn't.
- may has archaic second-person singular present indicative forms mayest and mayst.
- Usage of this word in the sense of possibly is considered incorrect by some speakers and writers, as it blurs the meaning of the word in the sense have permission to. These speakers and writers prefer to use the word might instead.
- Wishes are often cast in the imperative rather than the subjunctive mood, not using the word may, as in Have a great day! rather than May you have a great day.
@@ -3907,34 +3907,34 @@ lang:ang magan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch Derived terms
{{rel-top3|term derived from "may"}}
-- as the case may be
-- be it as it may, be that as it may, be this as it may
-- come what may
+
-- may as well
+
See also
-- Appendix:English tag questions
+
Etymology 2
@@ -3945,14 +3945,14 @@ French mai, so called because it blossoms in Italian may
+
Verb
{en-verb}
- To gather may.
-- 1922, A. E. Housman, Last Poems, VII, lines 1-2
+- 1922, A. E. Housman, Last Poems, VII, lines 1-2
- In valleys green and still / Where lovers wander maying
@@ -4037,7 +4037,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:minute
***minute***
HtmlEntry: minute <<<
Etymology 1
-From lang:fro minute, from lang:ML. minuta ("60th of an hour", "note")
+From lang:fro minute, from lang:ML. minuta ("60th of an hour", "note")
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|mĭn'ĭt}}, IPA: /ˈmɪnɪt/, {{X-SAMPA|/"mInIt/}}
- {{audio|en-uk-a minute.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ From lang:fro minute, from lang:ML. minutes}} A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
- Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
-- A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
+- A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
- If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
@@ -4070,7 +4070,7 @@ From lang:fro minute, from lang:ML. instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic
-- {{sense|unit of angular measure}} minute of arc
+- {{sense|unit of angular measure}} minute of arc
Verb
@@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@ From lang:fro minute, from lang:ML. minutus ("small", "petty"), perfect passive participle of minuo ("make smaller").
+From Latin minutus ("small", "petty"), perfect passive participle of minuo ("make smaller").
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} {{enPR|mīnyo͞ot'}}, IPA: /maɪˈnjuːt/, {{X-SAMPA|/maI'nju:t/}}
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|mīn(y)o͞ot'}}, IPA: /maɪˈn(j)ut/, {{X-SAMPA|/maI"n(j)ut/}}
@@ -4109,10 +4109,10 @@ From Latin minutus ("small", "petty&qu
Synonyms
Antonyms
@@ -4128,7 +4128,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:minute
***Monday***
HtmlEntry: Monday <<<
Etymology
-- lang:ang monandæg ("day of the moon"), from mona ("moon") + dæg ("day"), a translation of Latin dies lunae
+
Pronunciation
@@ -4151,51 +4151,51 @@ HtmlEntry: Monday <<<
Derived terms
{{rel-top4|Derived terms}}
-- Ash Monday
-- Black Monday
-- Bloody Monday
-- blue Monday
-- Clean Monday
-- Collop Monday
-- Cyber Monday
-- Ducking Monday
-- Easter Monday
-- Fat Monday
+
-- Green Monday
-- Handsel Monday
-- Hock Monday
-- Holy Monday
-- Meal Monday
+
-- Monday hammer
+
-
Etymology
-From lang:enm month, moneth, from lang:ang monaþ ("month"), from {{proto|Germanic|mēnōþs|month}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|mḗh₁n̥s|moon, month}}, probably from {{proto|Indo-European|mê-|to measure}}, referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to {{suffix|moon|th}}. Cognate with lang:sco moneth ("month"), lang:frr muunt ("month"), Dutch maand ("month"), lang:nds maand ("month"), German Monat ("month"), Danish måned ("month"), Swedish månad ("month"), Icelandic mánuði ("month"), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Armenian ամիս (amis), Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ). See also {{l|en|moon}}.
+From lang:enm month, moneth, from lang:ang monaþ ("month"), from {{proto|Germanic|mēnōþs|month}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|mḗh₁n̥s|moon, month}}, probably from {{proto|Indo-European|mê-|to measure}}, referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to {{suffix|moon|th}}. Cognate with lang:sco moneth ("month"), lang:frr muunt ("month"), Dutch maand ("month"), lang:nds maand ("month"), German Monat ("month"), Danish måned ("month"), Swedish månad ("month"), Icelandic mánuði ("month"), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Armenian ամիս (amis), Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ). See also {{l|en|moon}}.
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|mŭnth}}, IPA: /mʌnθ/, {{X-SAMPA|/mVnT/}}
- {{audio|en-us-month.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -4242,15 +4242,15 @@ From lang:enm month, moneth, fr
Related terms
See also
Statistics
@@ -4312,14 +4312,14 @@ From lang:ang nama, from {{proto|Germanic|namô}}, f
- Reputation.
-- 1604, {{w|William Shakespeare}}, Othello, III-iii ,
+- 1604, {{w|William Shakespeare}}, Othello, III-iii ,
- Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[http://www.bartleby.com/100/138.34.42.html]
- 1952, {{w|Old Testament}}, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13,
- And David won a name for himself.[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]
-- A person (or legal person).
+- A person (or legal person).
- {{post|2002}} second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names]:
- Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall,....
@@ -4335,43 +4335,43 @@ From lang:ang nama, from {{proto|Germanic|namô}}, f
Synonyms
-- proper name
+
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from name (noun)}}
-- binomial name
-- botanical name
+
-- last name
-- maiden name
-- middle name
-- name day
-- name names
+
-- personal name
+
Verb
@@ -4398,10 +4398,10 @@ From lang:ang nama, from {{proto|Germanic|namô}}, f
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from name (verb)}}
-- name after
-- name names
+
-
-- nom de plume
+
@@ -4461,7 +4461,7 @@ HtmlEntry: nonsense <<<
Synonyms
- See
- {{sense|something that lacks meaning or absurd statement}}
-- {{sense|mostly colloquialisms or slang}} balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rhubarb (chiefly British), rubbish, twaddle
+- {{sense|mostly colloquialisms or slang}} balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rhubarb (chiefly British), rubbish, twaddle
- {{sense|vulgar slang}} bollocks (British), bullshit, crap, horseshit (US)
@@ -4515,7 +4515,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:book
***noun***
HtmlEntry: noun <<<
Etymology
-From lang:xno noun, non, nom, from Latin nomen ("name").
+From lang:xno noun, non, nom, from Latin nomen ("name").
Pronunciation
-- non-count noun
-- noun adjunct
-- noun clause
-- noun of assemblage
-- noun of multitude
-- noun phrase
-- plural noun
+
+
Related terms
@@ -4599,8 +4599,8 @@ lang:enm, from lang:fro novembre, from Latin Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|Novembers}}
-- The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December. Abbreviation: Nov or Nov.
-- The letter N in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
+- The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December. Abbreviation: Nov or Nov.
+- The letter N in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Derived terms
@@ -4608,20 +4608,20 @@ lang:enm, from lang:fro novembre, from Latin - Communist Party of Albania 8 November
- mid-November
- November 17
-- November class
+- November class
- November Coalition
-- November criminal
-- November Eve
+- November criminal
+- November Eve
- November Group
{der-mid}
{der-bottom}
See also
@@ -4637,7 +4637,7 @@ HtmlEntry: October <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm, from lang:ang, from Latin october ("eighth month"), from Latin octo ("eight"), from {{proto|Indo-European|oḱtṓw|twice four}}. October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
+From lang:enm, from lang:ang, from Latin october ("eighth month"), from Latin octo ("eight"), from {{proto|Indo-European|oḱtṓw|twice four}}. October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ɒkˈtəʊbə/, {{X-SAMPA|/Qk"t@Ub@/}}
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|äk-tōʹbər}}, IPA: /ɑkˈtoʊbəɹ/, {{X-SAMPA|/Ak"toUb@r/}}
@@ -4646,7 +4646,7 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang, from Latin october (&qu
Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|Octobers}}
-- The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct
+- The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct
Derived terms
@@ -4655,14 +4655,14 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang, from Latin october (&qu
- October-bird
- {{w|October Crisis}}
- {{w|October Diploma}}
-- October effect
+- October effect
- Octoberfest
- Octoberist, Octobrist
- {{w|October Manifesto}}
-- October Revolution
+- October Revolution
- {{w|October Revolution Island}}
-- October surprise
+- October surprise
- {{w|October War}}
- {{w|October Revolution|Red October}}
- {{w|Third Saturday in October}}
@@ -4731,7 +4731,7 @@ HtmlEntry: patronage <<<
- To summarize: a person with a party political background is thus defined as ‘a person that has served in (a) ... and/or (b) a non-elective position inside the party administration of patronaged position in another organisation, i.e. the political functionary’.
-- {transitive} To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize; to patronise; to support; to keep going.
+- {transitive} To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize; to patronise; to support; to keep going.
- {{circa|1880}} in The Primary Teacher (magazine), Volume III, Number ??, New-England Publishing Company, [http://books.google.com/books?id=sxgVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA33&dq=patronaged page 63]:
- This house is largely patronaged by the professors and students of many of the Educational Institutions of New England and the Middle States; and all perons visiting New York, either for business or pleasure, will find this an excellent place at which to stop.
@@ -4794,35 +4794,35 @@ From lang:enm, unknown origin.
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from pie}}
-
-
Etymology 3
-From Hindi पाई (pāī, "quarter"), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā).
+From Hindi पाई (pāī, "quarter"), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā).
Noun
{{en-noun|pl=pie|pl2=pies}}
- {historical} The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
@@ -4897,7 +4897,7 @@ HtmlEntry: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis <<<{{wikipedia|pneumono
Etymology
-Coined by Everett K Smith, President of the National Puzzlers’ League, at their convention in 1935, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneumōn, "lung") + Latin ultra ("beyond") + English microscopic + silico- + volcano + Ancient Greek κόνις (konis, "dust") + English -osis as an extension of the medical term pneumonoconiosis.
+Coined by Everett K Smith, President of the National Puzzlers’ League, at their convention in 1935, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneumōn, "lung") + Latin ultra ("beyond") + English microscopic + silico- + volcano + Ancient Greek κόνις (konis, "dust") + English -osis as an extension of the medical term pneumonoconiosis.
Pronunciation
- {{audio|Es-us-ncalif-pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconisis.ogg|Audio (US, Northern California)}}
@@ -4919,7 +4919,7 @@ Coined by Everett K Smith, President of the Nation
Noun
{{en-noun|pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses}}
- {{context|nonce}} A factitious disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from eruption of a volcano.
-- {{quote-journal| year = 1980 | month = March | title = Black Lung | first = Lorin E. | last = Kerr | journal = Journal of Public Health Policy | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | page = 50 | jstor = 3342357 | passage = Call it miner's asthma, silicosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung—they are all dust diseases with the same symptoms.}}
+- {{quote-journal| year = 1980 | month = March | title = Black Lung | first = Lorin E. | last = Kerr | journal = Journal of Public Health Policy | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | page = 50 | jstor = 3342357 | passage = Call it miner's asthma, silicosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung—they are all dust diseases with the same symptoms.}}
- {{quote-newsgroup| date = 1998-08-27 | title = Lament for a Lung Disease | author = Smokey | newsgroup = talk.bizarre | id = 6s3r8o$brt$1@camel15.mindspring.com | url = http://groups.google.com/group/talk.bizarre/browse_thread/thread/3db7020dcb5b531e/cbd79ebd7c266219?q=pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | passage = I say that it must be the silica dust<br />That we breathed through our mouths and our noses<br />That brought pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.}}
- {{quote-newsgroup| date = 2002-12-18T04:19:52 | group = alt.fan.scarecrow | author = Pod | title = Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | id = iHSL9.2091$h43.295898@stones | url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.scarecrow/msg/39876843908f9513 | passage = It's either pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, or a bad cough.}}
- {{quote-book| date = 2011-04-28 | title = Am I the Person My Mother Warned Me About?: A Four-year College Experience ... Only the Good Parts | first = Kurt D. | last = Stradtman | publisher = Xlibris | isbn = 9781462862887 | lccn = 2011906469 | page = 90 | pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=06v2Q_rL_dAC&pg=PA90&dq=pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | passage = I still can't watch House M.D. and not have my mind wonder... Even I can fear of having Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
after watching it.}}
@@ -4929,9 +4929,9 @@ Coined by Everett K Smith, President of the Nation
Quotations
{seemoreCites}
Coordinate terms
-- black lung
-- potter's rot
-- miner cough
+
Hypernyms
@@ -4998,7 +4998,7 @@ Variant of pound.
Noun
A pond{en-noun}
- An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
-- {colloquial} The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
+- {colloquial} The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
- I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.
- I haven't been back home across the pond in twenty years.
@@ -5036,15 +5036,15 @@ See also HtmlEntry:nonsense
***Pope Julius***
HtmlEntry: Pope Julius <<<
Alternative forms
-- Pope July
-- Pope Julio
+
Etymology
Unknown. Presumably named after Pope Julius II, the Warrior Pope.
Proper noun
{en-proper noun}
-- {obsolete} A sixteenth-century gambling card game about which little is known.
+- {obsolete} A sixteenth-century gambling card game about which little is known.
- {{quote-book|year=1525|author=John Skelton|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H1g1AAAAMAAJ|title=Speke, parrot|passage=Of Pope Julius cardys he ys chefe cardynall.}}
- {{quote-book|year=1532|date=November 30|title=Privy Purse Expences of King Henry VIII, 30 Novembre 1532|passage=Item the laste day delived unto the kings grace whiche his grace lost at pope July game wt my lady marquess and m Weston xvj cor}}
- {{quote-book|year={{circa2|1596}}|author=Sir John Harington|title=A Treatise on Playe|quoted_in=Nugae antiquae|year_published=1804|passage=Pope Julio (if I fail not in the name, and sure I am that there is a game of the cards after his name) was a great and wary player, a great vertue in a man of his profession}}
@@ -5081,18 +5081,18 @@ From French portemanteau, literally Through The Looking Glass to describe the words he coined in Jabberwocky.
+Coined by Lewis Carroll in Through The Looking Glass to describe the words he coined in Jabberwocky.
Noun
{{en-noun|pl2=portmanteaux}}
-- {linguistics} A portmanteau word.
-- 1872, Lewis Carroll, Through The Looking Glass (Chapter VI. Humpty Dumpty), the first usage in this sense:
+- {linguistics} A portmanteau word.
+
Synonyms
-- {{sense|portmanteau word}} blend, frankenword, portmanteau word
+
Adjective
@@ -5108,12 +5108,12 @@ Coined by Lewis Carroll in portmanteau film
-- portmanteau word
+
See also
-- List of portmanteau words defined in Wiktionary
+
>>>
@@ -5124,7 +5124,7 @@ HtmlEntry: portmanteau word <<<
Coined by Lewis Carroll in 1872, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge).
- 'Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy.” “Lithe” is the same as “active”. You see it’s like a portmanteau–there are two meanings packed up into one word.'
-Through The Looking Glass (Chapter VI. Humpty Dumpty)
+Through The Looking Glass (Chapter VI. Humpty Dumpty)
Noun
{{en-noun|sg=portmanteau word}}
- {linguistics} A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.
@@ -5154,12 +5154,12 @@ HtmlEntry: pound <<<
Etymology 1
-From lang:enm, from lang:ang pund ("a pound, weight"), from {{proto|Germanic|pundan|pound, weight}}, an early borrowing from Latin pondo ("by weight"), ablative form of pondus ("weight"), from {{proto|Indo-European|pend-|spend-|to pull, stretch}}. Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Swedish pund.
+From lang:enm, from lang:ang pund ("a pound, weight"), from {{proto|Germanic|pundan|pound, weight}}, an early borrowing from Latin pondo ("by weight"), ablative form of pondus ("weight"), from {{proto|Indo-European|pend-|spend-|to pull, stretch}}. Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Swedish pund.
Noun
{en-noun}
- Short for pound-force, a unit of force/weight.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g)
-- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g).
+- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g).
- {US} The symbol {{unsupported|#}} (octothorpe, hash)
- The unit of currency of used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
- Any of various units of currency used in Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland and Israel.
@@ -5172,15 +5172,15 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang pund ("a pound, weight&
Synonyms
- {{sense|16 avoirdupois ounces}} lb
-- {{sense|12 troy ounces}} lb t
-- {{sense|UK unit of currency}} <big>£</big>, pound sterling
+- {{sense|12 troy ounces}} lb t
+- {{sense|UK unit of currency}} <big>£</big>, pound sterling
- {{sense|Other units of currency}} punt (the former Irish currency)
- {{sense|# symbol}} hash (UK), sharp
Derived terms
-- pack on the pounds
-- take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
+
See also
@@ -5207,12 +5207,12 @@ From lang:enm pounde, from lang:ang dog pound
-- lobster pound
+
Etymology 3
-From lang:enm pounden, alteration of pounen, from lang:ang punian. Likely influenced by Etymology 2 lang:enm pounde, from lang:ang pyndan ("to enclose, impound"), in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.
+From lang:enm pounden, alteration of pounen, from lang:ang punian. Likely influenced by Etymology 2 lang:enm pounde, from lang:ang pyndan ("to enclose, impound"), in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.
Verb
{en-verb}
- {transitive} To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
@@ -5231,15 +5231,15 @@ From lang:enm pounden, alteration of Wikisaurus:drink
+
Derived terms
See also
@@ -5270,7 +5270,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:march
***product***
HtmlEntry: product <<<
Etymology
-Latin productus, perfect participle of produco, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.
+Latin productus, perfect participle of produco, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|prŏdʹ-ŭkt}}, IPA: /ˈprɒdˌʌkt/, {{X-SAMPA|/"prQd%Vkt/}}
- {{a|UK}} IPA: [ˈpɹɒd.ˌʌkt], {{X-SAMPA|["pr\Qd.%Vkt]}}
@@ -5298,7 +5298,7 @@ Latin productus, perfect participle of categorical product
+- {category theory} categorical product
- Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
Related terms
@@ -5352,7 +5352,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:word
HtmlEntry: pronunciation guide <<<
Noun
{{en-noun|sg=pronunciation guide}}
-- {countable} A table in a reference work explaining the symbols that it uses to represent the pronunciation of its entries.
+- {countable} A table in a reference work explaining the symbols that it uses to represent the pronunciation of its entries.
>>>
===proper===
@@ -5368,7 +5368,7 @@ HtmlEntry: pumpkin <<
Etymology
-From lang:frm pompon, from Latin pepo, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pepōn, "large melon"), from πέπων (pepōn, "ripe"), from πέπτω (peptō, "ripen").
+From lang:frm pompon, from Latin pepo, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pepōn, "large melon"), from πέπων (pepōn, "ripe"), from πέπτω (peptō, "ripen").
Pronunciation
- {{enPR|pŭmpʹkin}}, IPA: /ˈpʌmpkɪn/, {{X-SAMPA|/"pVmpkin/}}
- {{audio|en-us-pumpkin.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -5385,8 +5385,8 @@ From lang:frm pompon, from Latin pe
- The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
-- {Australia} Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
-- {US} {{non-gloss definition|A term of endearment for someone small and cute.}}
+- {Australia} Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
+- {US} {{non-gloss definition|A term of endearment for someone small and cute.}}
- 1991, John Prine, Pat McLaughlin, Daddy’s Little Pumpkin (song), The Missing Years (album):
- You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.
@@ -5426,18 +5426,18 @@ From Latin : "what for what" . See quid, Noun
{{en-noun|sg=quid pro quo|pl=quid pro quos|pl2=quae pro quibus|pl3=quid pro quibus|pl4=quid pro quibus}}
- Something understood as another ; an equivocation.
-- 1844, Arthur Schopenhauer, translated by Richard Burdon Haldane, The World as Will and Representation, 2nd edition, first book, section 13:
+- 1844, Arthur Schopenhauer, translated by Richard Burdon Haldane, The World as Will and Representation, 2nd edition, first book, section 13:
- The misunderstanding of the word or the quid pro quo is the unintentional pun, and is related to it exactly as folly is to wit.
-- 1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, part II, book V, chapter 5:
+- 1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, part II, book V, chapter 5:
- “Is it simply a wild fantasy, or a mistake on the part of the old man — some impossible quid pro quo?”
- {legal} This for that; giving something to receive something else ; something equivalent ; something in return.
-- 1895, Uchimura Kanzo, The Diary of a Japanese Convert, chapter 1:
+- 1895, Uchimura Kanzo, The Diary of a Japanese Convert, chapter 1:
- No less weightier was to be the youth's consideration for his master, who was to him no mere school teacher or college professor on quid pro quo principle, but a veritable didaskalos, in whom he could and must completely confide the care of his body and soul.
-- 2002, Barry G. Silverman, Sklar v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue - Concurrence by Judge Silverman (2002):
+- 2002, Barry G. Silverman, Sklar v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue - Concurrence by Judge Silverman (2002):
- Section 170 states that quid pro quo donations, for which a taxpayer receives something in return, are not deductible.
@@ -5451,8 +5451,8 @@ From Latin : "what for what" . See quid,
See also
-- tit for tat
-- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
+
>>>
===quite===
@@ -5467,14 +5467,14 @@ See also HtmlEntry:rain cats and dogs
***rain cats and dogs***
HtmlEntry: rain cats and dogs <<<
Etymology
-Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κατά (cata, "against") and δόξα (doxa, "opinion, expectation"), but see Etymology in Citations
+Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κατά (cata, "against") and δόξα (doxa, "opinion, expectation"), but see Etymology in Citations
Verb
{{en-verb|rains cats and dogs|raining cats and dogs|rained cats and dogs|head=rain cats and dogs}}
- {idiomatic} To rain very heavily.
Synonyms
-- {{sense|to rain very heavily}} bucket, bucket down, chuck it down, rain buckets, rain pitchforks, pelt, piss down (coarse slang), pour, stream, teem
+
>>>
===rally===
@@ -5488,10 +5488,10 @@ HtmlEntry: raven <<
Etymology 1
-lang:ang hræfn, from {{proto|Germanic|hrabnaz}} (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from {{proto|Indo-European|ḱorh₂-}} (compare lang:mga crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka ("magpie"), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka ‘id.’, Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from {{proto|Indo-European|ḱer|ḱor|title=}} (compare Latin crepare ‘to creak, crack’, Sanskrit kṛ́patē).
+lang:ang hræfn, from {{proto|Germanic|hrabnaz}} (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from {{proto|Indo-European|ḱorh₂-}} (compare lang:mga crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka ("magpie"), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka ‘id.’, Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from {{proto|Indo-European|ḱer|ḱor|title=}} (compare Latin crepare ‘to creak, crack’, Sanskrit kṛ́patē).
Noun
{en-noun}
-- A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
+- A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
Adjective
@@ -5502,11 +5502,11 @@ lang:ang hræfn, from {{proto|Germanic|hrabnaz}} (
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
-category:en:Colorscategory:en:Blacks
+category:en:Colorscategory:en:Blacks
Derived terms
- raven-black
- raven-haired
-- raven standard
+- raven standard
- ravenous
- ravenously
- ravenousness
@@ -5530,7 +5530,7 @@ From lang:fro raviner ("rush, seize by force"
- {archaic} To obtain or seize by violence.
- To devour with great eagerness.
- To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
-- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.
+- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.
@@ -5541,7 +5541,7 @@ From lang:fro raviner ("rush, seize by force"
See also
-- Appendix:English collective nouns
+
External links
@@ -5570,7 +5570,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:grain of salt
***Saturday***
HtmlEntry: Saturday <<<
Etymology
-lang:ang sæterndæg ("day of Saturn"), from Sætern ("Saturn"), from Latin Saturnus ("the god of agriculture"), possibly from Etruscan, + lang:ang dæg ("day"); a translation of Latin dies Saturni
+lang:ang sæterndæg ("day of Saturn"), from Sætern ("Saturn"), from Latin Saturnus ("the god of agriculture"), possibly from Etruscan, + lang:ang dæg ("day"); a translation of Latin dies Saturni
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ˈsætədeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"s{t@deI/}} or IPA: /ˈsætədi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"s{t@di/}}
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|săʹtər-dā}}, IPA: /ˈsætɚdeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"s{t@`deI/}} or {{enPR|săʹtər-di}}, IPA: /ˈsætɚdi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"s{t@`di/}}
@@ -5584,24 +5584,24 @@ lang:ang sæterndæg ("day of Sat
Derived terms
-
Derived terms
-
See also
-- Appendix:Glossary of semantics
+
External links
@@ -5695,7 +5695,7 @@ Late lang:ang, Latin september ("seventh month&
Proper noun
{{en-proper noun|s}}
-- The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October. Abbreviations: Sep or Sep., Sept or Sept.
+- The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October. Abbreviations: Sep or Sep., Sept or Sept.
- Late September is a beautiful time of year.
- This was one of the warmest Septembers on record.
@@ -5703,33 +5703,33 @@ Late lang:ang, Latin september ("seventh month&
Derived terms
-
See also
-- 9/11
+- 9/11
- {{list|en|Gregorian calendar months}}
---->>>
@@ -5838,7 +5838,7 @@ From lang:fro substantif.
Synonyms
-
Derived terms
-- substantive law
+
Noun
{en-noun}
-- {grammar} A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.
+- {grammar} A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
@@ -5874,7 +5874,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:deal
***Sunday***
HtmlEntry: Sunday <<<
Etymology
-lang:enm sunnenday from lang:ang sunnandæg ("day of the sun"), from sunne ("sun"), + dæg ("day"), as a translation of Latin dies solis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 {C.E.}.
+lang:enm sunnenday from lang:ang sunnandæg ("day of the sun"), from sunne ("sun"), + dæg ("day"), as a translation of Latin dies solis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 {C.E.}.
Pronunciation
-
Derived terms
-- swap in, swap out
+
Synonyms
@@ -6107,7 +6107,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:quid pro quo
***synonym***
HtmlEntry: synonym <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm sinonyme, from Latin synonymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunōnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunōnumos, "synonymous"), from σύν ("with") + ὄνομα ("name").
+From lang:enm sinonyme, from Latin synonymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunōnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunōnumos, "synonymous"), from σύν ("with") + ὄνομα ("name").
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɪnənɪm/
- {{audio|en-us-synonym.ogg|Audio (US)}}
@@ -6119,7 +6119,7 @@ From lang:enm sinonyme, from Latin valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
+- {{zoology|with respect to a name for a given taxon}} Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
- {{botany|with respect to a name for a given taxon}} Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
- {databases} An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
- 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible
@@ -6165,7 +6165,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:rain cats and dogs
***thesaurus***
HtmlEntry: thesaurus <<<
Etymology
-16th century, from Latin thesaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsauros, "storehouse, treasure"); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852
+16th century, from Latin thesaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsauros, "storehouse, treasure"); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852
Pronunciation
- IPA: /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/, {{X-SAMPA|/TI"sO:r@s/}}
- {{rhymes|ɔːrəs}}
@@ -6190,8 +6190,8 @@ HtmlEntry: thesaurus <<<
See also
External links
@@ -6205,7 +6205,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:deal
***Thursday***
HtmlEntry: Thursday <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm, from lang:ang þursdæg, þurresdæg ("Thursday"), possibly from a contraction of lang:ang þunresdæg ("Thursday", literally Thor's day), but more likely of lang:gmq origin, from lang:non þórsdagr or Old Danish þursdag ("Thursday"); all from {{proto|Germanic|Þunras dagaz|Thor's day}}. More at {{l|en|thunder}}, {{l|en|day}}.A calque of Latin dies Iovis (dies Jovis), via an association of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).
+From lang:enm, from lang:ang þursdæg, þurresdæg ("Thursday"), possibly from a contraction of lang:ang þunresdæg ("Thursday", literally Thor's day), but more likely of lang:gmq origin, from lang:non þórsdagr or Old Danish þursdag ("Thursday"); all from {{proto|Germanic|Þunras dagaz|Thor's day}}. More at {{l|en|thunder}}, {{l|en|day}}.A calque of Latin dies Iovis (dies Jovis), via an association of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).
Pronunciation
- {{a|UK}} IPA: /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"T3:zdeI/}} or IPA: /ˈθɜːzdi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"T3:zdi/}}
- {{a|US}} IPA: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"T3`zdeI/}} or IPA: /ˈθɝzdi/, {{X-SAMPA|/"T3`zdi/}}
@@ -6221,35 +6221,35 @@ From lang:enm, from lang:ang þursdæg, <
Derived terms
-
-
-- Shrove Thursday
-- Silver Thursday
-- Skire Thursday, Skis Thursday
-- Super Thursday
+
+
+
Adverb
@@ -6339,62 +6339,62 @@ From lang:enm trade ("path, course of conduct"
Derived terms
{{rel-top|terms derived from trade (noun)}}
-- anti trade/anti-trade
-- balance of trade
-- basket trade
-- block trade
-- bullet trade
-- carbon trade
-- carriage trade
-- carry trade
-- carousel trade
-- cash and carry trade
-- coasting trade
+
-
+
Synonyms
@@ -6425,9 +6425,9 @@ From lang:enm trade ("path, course of conduct"
Derived terms
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from the verb "trade"}}
-- insider trading
+
-- trade in
+
@@ -6436,7 +6436,7 @@ From lang:enm trade ("path, course of conduct"
See also
@@ -6481,7 +6481,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:minute
***Tuesday***
HtmlEntry: Tuesday <<<
Etymology
-From lang:enm Tewesday, from lang:ang Tiwesdæg ("Tuesday"), from {{proto|Germanic|Tīwas dagaz|Tuesday|lit=Tiw's Day}} (a rendering of Latin dies Martis (see {{w|interpretatio germanica}}), itself a translation of Ancient Greek Tuesday (Areos hemera) (see {{w|interpretatio romana}})), equivalent to {{proto|Germanic|Tīwaz|god of war}} (compare lang:non Tyr, lang:goh Ziu), from {{proto|Indo-European|dyewós|god}} + {{proto|Germanic|dagaz|day}}. Cognate with lang:sco Tysday ("Tuesday"), lang:fy tiisdei ("Tuesday"), German dialectal Ziestag ("Tuesday"), Danish tirsdag ("Tuesday"), Swedish tisdag ("Tuesday"). More at Zeus, day.A calque of Latin dies Martis, via an association of the god Tiw with the Roman god of war Mars.
+From lang:enm Tewesday, from lang:ang Tiwesdæg ("Tuesday"), from {{proto|Germanic|Tīwas dagaz|Tuesday|lit=Tiw's Day}} (a rendering of Latin dies Martis (see {{w|interpretatio germanica}}), itself a translation of Ancient Greek Tuesday (Areos hemera) (see {{w|interpretatio romana}})), equivalent to {{proto|Germanic|Tīwaz|god of war}} (compare lang:non Tyr, lang:goh Ziu), from {{proto|Indo-European|dyewós|god}} + {{proto|Germanic|dagaz|day}}. Cognate with lang:sco Tysday ("Tuesday"), lang:fy tiisdei ("Tuesday"), German dialectal Ziestag ("Tuesday"), Danish tirsdag ("Tuesday"), Swedish tisdag ("Tuesday"). More at Zeus, day.A calque of Latin dies Martis, via an association of the god Tiw with the Roman god of war Mars.
Pronunciation
- {{a|RP}} IPA: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"tju:zdeI/}} or IPA: /ˈtjuːzdɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"tju:zdI/}}
- {{a|US}} {{enPR|to͞ozʹdā}}, IPA: /ˈtuːzdeɪ/, {{X-SAMPA|/"tu:zdeI/}}
@@ -6495,31 +6495,31 @@ From lang:enm Tewesday, from lang:ang Black Tuesday
-- ecstasy Tuesday
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-
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Adverb
@@ -6575,41 +6575,41 @@ Verbs compose a fundamental category of words in most languages. In an English
Derived terms
{der-top}
{der-mid3}
-- impersonal verb
-- intransitive verb
-- irregular verb
-- linking verb
-- modal verb
-- passive verb
-- phrasal verb
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{der-mid3}
-- subject-verb agreement
-- transitive verb
-- verb inflection
-- verb phrase
-- verb tense
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{der-bottom}
Verb
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Pronunciation
Noun
@@ -6687,7 +6687,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:word
***Wednesday***
HtmlEntry: Wednesday <<<{{wikipedia|wednesday|dab=wednesday (disambiguation)}}
Etymology
-From lang:enm Wednesdai, Wodnesdei, from lang:ang wodnesdæg ("Wednesday"), from a Germanic calque of Latin dies ("day") Mercurii ("of Mercurii") and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hemera, "day") Ἕρμου (Hermou, "of Hermes"), via an association of the god Odin (Woden) with Mercury and Hermes.{{rel-top|additional etymological information}}
+From lang:enm Wednesdai, Wodnesdei, from lang:ang wodnesdæg ("Wednesday"), from a Germanic calque of Latin dies ("day") Mercurii ("of Mercurii") and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hemera, "day") Ἕρμου (Hermou, "of Hermes"), via an association of the god Odin (Woden) with Mercury and Hermes.{{rel-top|additional etymological information}}
@@ -6708,20 +6708,20 @@ From lang:enm Wednesdai, Wod
Derived terms
-- Ash Wednesday
-- Black Wednesday
-- calendar Wednesday
-- Good Wednesday
-- Holy Wednesday
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Adverb
@@ -6748,7 +6748,7 @@ See also HtmlEntry:craft
***word***
HtmlEntry: word <<<{{wikipedia|word|dab=word (disambiguation)}}
Etymology
-From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word ("word, speech, sentence, statement, command, order, subject of talk, story, news, report, fame, promise, verb"), from {{proto|Germanic|wurdan|word}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|werdʰo-|word}}. Cognate with lang:sco word ("word"), lang:fy wurd ("word"), Dutch woord ("word"), German Wort ("word"), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ord ("word"), Icelandic orð ("word"), Latin verbum ("word"), Lithuanian vardas ("name"), Albanian urtë ("sage, wise, silent").
+From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word ("word, speech, sentence, statement, command, order, subject of talk, story, news, report, fame, promise, verb"), from {{proto|Germanic|wurdan|word}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|werdʰo-|word}}. Cognate with lang:sco word ("word"), lang:fy wurd ("word"), Dutch woord ("word"), German Wort ("word"), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ord ("word"), Icelandic orð ("word"), Latin verbum ("word"), Lithuanian vardas ("name"), Albanian urtë ("sage, wise, silent").
Pronunciation
-- A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern. {{defdate|from 10th c.}}
+- A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern. {{defdate|from 10th c.}}
- {RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet}, II.ii
- Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
- Hamlet: Words, words, words.
@@ -6829,14 +6829,14 @@ From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word
- {{sense|distinct unit of language}} In English and other space-delimited languages, it is customary to treat "word" as referring to any sequence of characters delimited by spaces. However, this is not applicable to languages such as Chinese and Japanese, which are normally written without spaces, or to languages such as Vietnamese, which are written with a space between each syllable.
{{wikipedia|word (computing)}}
-- {{sense|computing}} The size (length) of a word, while being fixed in a particular machine or processor family design, can be different in different designs, for many reasons. See Wikipedia:Word_(computing) for a full explanation.
+- {{sense|computing}} The size (length) of a word, while being fixed in a particular machine or processor family design, can be different in different designs, for many reasons. See Wikipedia:Word_(computing) for a full explanation.
Synonyms
@@ -6848,7 +6848,7 @@ From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word
Synonyms
-- {{sense|say or write using particular words}} express, phrase, put into words, state
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Interjection
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- {{slang|AAVE}} truth, to tell or speak the truth; the shortened form of the statement, "My word is my bond," an expression eventually shortened to "Word is bond," before it finally got cut to just "Word," which is its most commonly used form.
- "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
-- {{slang|emphatic|stereotypically|AAVE}} An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
+- {{slang|emphatic|stereotypically|AAVE}} An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
- 2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel, page 218
- "... Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word!" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "
@@ -6874,54 +6874,54 @@ From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word
-- in so many words
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@@ -6931,7 +6931,7 @@ From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word
See also
@@ -6950,11 +6950,11 @@ From lang:enm word, from lang:ang word
>>>
HtmlEntry: word <<<
Alternative forms
-- ƿord
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Etymology
-From {{proto|Germanic|wurdan|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|werdʰo-|word|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|wer-|speak|lang=ang}}; cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word (Dutch woord), Old High German wort (German Wort), Old Norse orð (Icelandic orð, Swedish ord), Gothic 𐍅�𐌰�𐌿 (waurd). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eirō, "I say") and Old Slavonic rotiti sę ("to swear") (Russian ротиться (rotit’cja, "to vow")).
+From {{proto|Germanic|wurdan|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|werdʰo-|word|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|wer-|speak|lang=ang}}; cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word (Dutch woord), Old High German wort (German Wort), Old Norse orð (Icelandic orð, Swedish ord), Gothic 𐍅�𐌰�𐌿 (waurd). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eirō, "I say") and Old Slavonic rotiti sę ("to swear") (Russian ротиться (rotit’cja, "to vow")).
Pronunciation
