OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# wertlosem
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

wertlosem
* strong dative masculine/neuter singular of wertlos
# pilotasteis
## Spanish
### Verb

pilotasteis
* second-person plural preterite indicative of pilotar
# werpers
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

werpers
* plural of werper
# werpertjes
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

werpertjes
* plural of werpertje
# pindurares
## Portuguese
### Verb

pindurares
* inflection of pindurar:
** second-person singular future subjunctive
** second-person singular personal infinitive
# whole step
## English
### Noun

whole step (plural whole steps)
* (music) An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone.

### Anagrams

* pot wheels
# whole steps
## English
### Noun

whole steps
* plural of whole step
# wiha
## Laboya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwiːha]

### Noun

wiha
* uncooked rice

### See also

* pare (“rice plant”)
* kadodo (“cooked rice”)

### References

* Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wiha”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah
# wihkke
## Mokilese
### Noun

wihkke
* first-person singular demonstrative of wihk
# wharf borers
## English
### Noun

wharf borers
* plural of wharf borer
# pingisracket
## Swedish
### Etymology

pingis (“table tennis (informal)”) +‎ racket (“racket”)

### Noun

pingisracket c
* (informal) a table tennis racket/bat/paddle
    Synonyms: pingpongracket, (not informal) bordtennisracket

#### Declension
### References

* pingisracket in Svensk ordbok (SO)
# pingisracketens
## Swedish
### Noun

pingisracketens
* definite genitive singular of pingisracket
# pingisracketen
## Swedish
### Noun

pingisracketen
* definite singular of pingisracket
# whitenings
## English
### Noun

whitenings
* plural of whitening
# whitenesses
## English
### Noun

whitenesses
* plural of whiteness
# pinchitos
## Spanish
### Noun

pinchitos
* plural of pinchito
# pinchings
## English
### Noun

pinchings
* plural of pinching
# pinxerat
## Latin
### Verb

pīnxerat
* third-person singular pluperfect active indicative of pingō
# windies
## English
### Noun

windies
* plural of windy
# windiest
## English
### Adjective

windiest
* superlative form of windy: most windy
# windhond
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch winthont. Equivalent to wind (“greyhound”) +‎ hond (“dog”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɪnt.ɦɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: wind‧hond
* Rhymes: -ɪntɦɔnt
* Homophone: Windhond

### Noun

windhond m (plural windhonden, diminutive windhondje n)
* greyhound

#### Derived terms

* hazewindhond
# wharl
## English
### Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic.

### Noun

wharl (plural wharls)
* (medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.

#### Synonyms

* burr
# wild lilies-of-the-valley
## English
### Noun

wild lilies-of-the-valley
* plural of wild lily-of-the-valley
# wild lines
## English
### Noun

wild lines
* plural of wild line
# wilikek
## Mokilese
### Etymology

awal (“to wilik something”) +‎ -ek

### Verb

wilikek
* (intransitive) to open
# pin'in
## Japanese
### Romanization

pin'in
* Rōmaji transcription of ピンイン
# pimxkhwikàn
## Unami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

pimxkhwikàn inan (plural pimxkhwikàna)
* stirring-ladle

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pimxkhwikàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
# pimàdjiwowin
## Algonquin
### Alternative forms

* pimàdjwowin

### Noun

pimàdjiwowin
* culture, lifestyle
# wileima
## Gothic
### Romanization

wileima
* Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰
# pinky toe
## English
### Etymology

pinky + toe

### Noun

pinky toe (plural pinky toes)
* (anatomy, informal) The smallest, outermost toe on human feet.
    Synonym: little toe
** 1972, D. Keith Mano, The Proselytizer, page 102:[…] Esther hobbled, blowing gasps of pain, her pinky toe stubbed.
** 1984, James Howard Kunstler, Blood Sostice, page 4:One of these visits included a winter Camping trip I dreamed up, which turned into a minor disaster for me because I caught frostbite and had to have my right pinky toe amputated two weeks later.
** 1994 June 15, Congressional record, page 12927:Over the next six days I had three more operations. The last one lasting 12 hours. The doctors had used my stomach muscle to replace the lost foot tissue. They sewed the blood vessels together. They also moved the pinky toe to the place of my missing fourth toe.
# pipetada
## Portuguese
### Participle

pipetada f sg
* feminine singular of pipetado
# whiteywoods
## English
### Noun

whiteywoods
* plural of whiteywood
# wisselkantoor
## Dutch
### Etymology

Compound of wisselen +‎ kantoor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɪsəlkɑnˌtoːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: wis‧sel‧kan‧toor

### Noun

wisselkantoor n (plural wisselkantoren, diminutive wisselkantoortje n)
* bureau de change, currency exchange (exchange bureau) [from early 19th c.]
# wisselingetje
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wisselingetje n (plural wisselingetjes)
* diminutive of wisseling
# piromanía
## Spanish
### Etymology

From piro- +‎ -manía.

### Noun

piromanía f (uncountable)
* pyromania

### Further reading

* “piromanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
# piromanție
## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pyromancie. Equivalent to piro- +‎ -manție.

### Noun

piromanție f (uncountable)
* pyromancy
# pistiladas
## Spanish
### Adjective

pistiladas f pl
* feminine plural of pistilado
# whizzbangery
## English
### Noun

whizzbangery (uncountable)
* Alternative form of whizbangery
# whizzer
## English
### Etymology

From whizz +‎ -er.

### Noun

whizzer (plural whizzers)
* A set of horizontal blades used to separate mineral particles.
* A device used in milling to dry wheat, etc. by rapid spinning.
* (UK, slang) A pickpocket.
** 1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 504:In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]
** 1976, Michael Harrison, Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology, page 117:It is doubtful if the Victorian Londoner needed any warning, for the artful mobsmen, toolers, whizzers and dippers, together with their stickman accomplices, were everywhere in the crowds, in the underground, on railway trains […]
** 1981, East End Underworld, page 146:They were whizzers (pickpockets) but they would also take part in burglaries.
** 2012, Edgar Wallace, The Flying Squad:He knew the whizzers – those innocent-looking men who crowd into omnibuses and rob the poor of their bitterly won earnings […]
* (historical) Synonym of whizgig (“spinning toy”)
# whizzgig
## English
### Noun

whizzgig (plural whizzgigs)
* Alternative form of whizgig
# witte kool
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* wittekool (uncommon)

### Etymology

Literally, “white cabbage”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌʋɪ.tə ˈkoːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

witte kool f (plural witte kolen)
* white cabbage

#### Synonyms

* boeskool (Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel)

#### Hyponyms

* spitskool
* witte spitskool
# witte kwikstaartjes
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

witte kwikstaartjes
* plural of wit kwikstaartje
# witrenosters
## Afrikaans
### Noun

witrenosters
* plural of witrenoster
# pirsumei nisa
## English
### Noun

pirsumei nisa (uncountable)
* The mitzvah of publicizing the miracle of Purim or Hanukkah.
** 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 171:Another reason for lighting the Hanukkah candles first is pirsumay nissa ("publicly proclaiming the miracle"), which should take place as soon as possible.
# pintad
## Spanish
### Verb

pintad
* second-person plural imperative of pintar
# pintables
## English
### Noun

pintables
* plural of pintable

### Anagrams

* bit planes, bitplanes
# pistoliis
## Latin
### Noun

pistōliīs
* dative/ablative plural of pistōlium
# wischt auf
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌvɪʃt ˈaʊ̯f]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: wischt auf

### Verb

wischt auf
* inflection of aufwischen:
** second-person plural present
** third-person singular present
** plural imperative
# wischt
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wischt
* inflection of wischen:
** third-person singular present
** second-person plural present
** plural imperative
# wokewashed
## English
### Verb

wokewashed
* simple past and past participle of wokewash
# pistole a tamburo
## Italian
### Noun

pistole a tamburo f
* plural of pistola a tamburo
# wodniczką
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (standard) /vɔdˈɲit͡ʂkɔw̃/, (regional or dialectal, proscribed) /vɔdˈɲit͡ʂkɔm/
* Rhymes: -it͡ʂkɔw̃, -it͡ʂkɔm
* Syllabification: wod‧nicz‧ką

### Noun

wodniczką f
* instrumental singular of wodniczka
# pisztolyotok
## Hungarian
### Etymology

pisztoly +‎ -otok (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpistojotok]
* Hyphenation: pisz‧to‧lyo‧tok

### Noun

pisztolyotok
* second-person plural single-possession possessive of pisztoly
# pisztolyt
## Hungarian
### Noun

pisztolyt
* accusative singular of pisztoly
# piszuur
## Dutch
### Etymology

Compound of pis (“pee, piss”) +‎ zuur (“acid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪ.syːr/
* Hyphenation: pis‧zuur

### Noun

piszuur n (plural piszuren, diminutive piszuurtje n)
* (archaic) uric acid
    Synonym: urinezuur

### Adjective

piszuur (not comparable)
* (archaic) pertaining to uric acid
    Synonym: urinezuur
# piovaschi
## Italian
### Noun

piovaschi m
* plural of piovasco
# pitte
## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From pittan (“to request”). Compare German bitte.

### Interjection

pitte
* (Luserna) please

### References

* “pitte” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From pitten (“to request”). Compare German bitte.

### Adverb

pitte
* please

### References

* “pitte” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* पित्ते (Devanagari script)
* পিত্তে (Bengali script)
* පිත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ပိတ္တေ or ပိတ်တေ (Burmese script)
* ปิตฺเต or ปิตเต (Thai script)
* ᨷᩥᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ປິຕ຺ເຕ or ປິຕເຕ (Lao script)
* បិត្តេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

pitte
* locative singular of pitta (“bile”)

## Veps
### Adjective

pitte
* equative degree of pit'k
# witchmeal
## English
### Noun

witchmeal (uncountable)
* Alternative form of witch-meal
# wielowyrazowy
## Polish
### Etymology

From wiele +‎ -o- +‎ wyraz +‎ -owy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vjɛlɔvɘraˈzɔvɘ/
* Rhymes: -ɔvɘ
* Syllabification: wie‧lo‧wy‧ra‧zo‧wy

### Adjective

wielowyrazowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* multi-word

#### Declension
### Further reading

* wielowyrazowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# women kings
## English
### Noun

women kings
* plural of woman king; Synonym of queens regnant
# women about town
## English
### Noun

women about town
* plural of woman about town
# pitorréense
## Spanish
### Verb

pitorréense
* third-person plural imperative of pitorrearse
# pitosga
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈtɔz.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈtɔz.ɡɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /piˈtɔʒ.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈtɔz.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈtɔʒ.ɡɐ/ [piˈtɔʒ.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: pi‧tos‧ga

### Adjective

pitosga m or f (plural pitosgas)
* short-sighted, myopic
    Synonym: míope
* having a bad vision e.g. vision-impaired
    Synonym: cegueta
* constantly blinking

### Noun

pitosga m or f by sense (plural pitosgas)
* a short-sighted person
* someone who does not see well
* a person who blinks often
# pitorréese
## Spanish
### Verb

pitorréese
* third-person singular imperative of pitorrearse
# pitos
## Galician
### Noun

pitos m pl
* plural of pito

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpitɔs/
* Rhymes: -itɔs
* Syllabification: pi‧tos

### Noun

pitos m inan
* (Ancient Greece, historical) pithos

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pitos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

pitos m pl
* plural of pito

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpitos/ [ˈpi.t̪os]
* Rhymes: -itos
* Syllabification: pi‧tos

### Noun

pitos m pl
* plural of pito
# pizzlies
## English
### Noun

pizzlies
* plural of pizzly
# pizzles
## English
### Noun

pizzles
* plural of pizzle
# pipemaker
## English
### Noun

pipemaker (plural pipemakers)
* A person who makes pipes
** bagpipes maker
** smoking pipes maker
# pipemakers
## English
### Noun

pipemakers
* plural of pipemaker
# pipem
## Catalan
### Verb

pipem
* inflection of pipar:
** first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
** first-person plural imperative
# pittings
## English
### Noun

pittings
* plural of pitting

### Anagrams

* spitting
# wonderwork
## English
### Alternative forms

* wonder-work

### Etymology

From Middle English wonderworc, from Old English wundorweorc, wundorġeweorc (“a wondrous work, miracle”), equivalent to wonder +‎ work. Compare Dutch wonderwerk, German Wunderwerk.

### Noun

wonderwork (plural wonderworks)
* A wonderful work or act
* A miracle.
** 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza X:Unheeded, searching through the crowd to find / Fit speculation; such as in strange land / He found in wonder-works of God and Nature's hand.

#### Related terms

* work wonders

### References

* “wonderwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
# wonderworks
## English
### Noun

wonderworks
* plural of wonderwork

### Anagrams

* work wonders
# woskówki
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔsˈkufki/
* Rhymes: -ufki
* Syllabification: wos‧ków‧ki

### Noun

woskówki
* genitive singular of woskówka
* nominative plural of woskówka
* accusative plural of woskówka
* vocative plural of woskówka
# piśāka
## Tocharian B
### Numeral

piśāka
* fifty
# pisolante
## Italian
### Participle

pisolante (plural pisolanti)
* present participle of pisolare

### Anagrams

* insepolta, sinpetalo, spoliante
# workier
## English
### Adjective

workier
* comparative form of worky: more worky
# workin'
## English
### Verb

workin'
* Pronunciation spelling of working.

### Anagrams

* inwork
# wood ferns
## English
### Noun

wood ferns
* plural of wood fern
# pixeláis
## Spanish
### Verb

pixeláis
* second-person plural present indicative of pixelar
# pixeláramos
## Spanish
### Verb

pixeláramos
* first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of pixelar
# pixelwise
## English
### Etymology

From pixel +‎ -wise.

### Adverb

pixelwise (not comparable)
* In terms of pixels; one pixel at a time.
** 2015, Jun Xie, Martin Kiefel, Ming-Ting Sun, Andreas Geiger, “Semantic Instance Annotation of Street Scenes by 3D to 2D Label Transfer”, in arXiv‎:Unfortunately, pixelwise annotation of images at very large scale is labor-intensive and only little labeled data is available, particularly at instance level and for street scenes.
# pixeltje
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pixeltje n (plural pixeltjes)
* diminutive of pixel
# pjecers
## Danish
### Noun

pjecers c
* indefinite genitive plural of pjece
# pjeces
## Danish
### Noun

pjeces c
* indefinite genitive singular of pjece
# placation
## English
### Etymology

From Latin placatio.

### Pronunciation

    Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

placation (countable and uncountable, plural placations)
* A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement.
** 1888, “Manners and meals”, in Science, volume 12, number 283, page 3:The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men.
** 1917 April, Jack London, chapter VII, in Jerry of the Islands, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 100:Instead, Jerry [a dog] was all placation and appeal, all softness of pleading in a body denied speech that nevertheless was articulate, from wagging tail and wriggling sides to flat-laid ears and eyes that almost spoke, to any human sensitive of understanding.
** 2006 May 14, Dan DeWalt, “Impeachment is too important to leave to the Democrats”, in OpEdNews.com, retrieved 8 Aug. 2009:While these political sellout artists have been intoning their mind numbing placations, citizens across the nation have been speaking and acting.

#### Derived terms

* placative, placatory

### Anagrams

* Pactolian, pactional
# placationem
## Latin
### Noun

plācātiōnem
* accusative singular of plācātiō
# placatis
## Latin
### Verb

plācātis
* second-person plural present active indicative of plācō
# wrinklelessness
## English
### Etymology

From wrinkleless +‎ -ness.

### Noun

wrinklelessness (uncountable)
* Absence of wrinkles.
# wrinklet
## English
### Etymology

From wrinkle +‎ -let.

### Noun

wrinklet (plural wrinklets)
* A little wrinkle.

### Anagrams

* twinkler
# worsifies
## English
### Verb

worsifies
* third-person singular simple present indicative of worsify
# worsi
## Middle English
### Verb

worsi
* (Kent) Alternative form of worsen
# wriggling out of
## English
### Verb

wriggling out of
* present participle and gerund of wriggle out of
# wrigglier
## English
### Adjective

wrigglier
* comparative form of wriggly: more wriggly
# wriggliness
## English
### Etymology

From wriggly +‎ -ness.

### Noun

wriggliness (uncountable)
* The quality of being wriggly.
# wriggling
## English
### Verb

wriggling
* present participle and gerund of wriggle

### Noun

wriggling (plural wrigglings)
* The act of one who wriggles.
    The child's constant wrigglings made her difficult to hold.
# wine whey
## English
### Noun

wine whey (uncountable)
* Whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.
# wrength
## English
### Etymology

Probably originally a nonce formation from wrong +‎ -th by analogy with strong ~ strength and long ~ length; compare Middle English wrengthe (“crookedness, distortion”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: rĕngth, IPA: /ɹɛŋθ/
* Rhymes: -ɛŋθ

### Noun

wrength (uncountable)
* (rare and now nonstandard) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; error.
** 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
** 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction:[...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
** 2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:"Dad," I said, "this isn't an in-between, is it?" "This isn't an in-between," He said. "Honestly, Cass, I'm at a loss for what to call this." "I know exactly what to call it," I said. "Wrength." "Wrength?" "Wrongness." In fact, the way I saw it, Mom had invented a whole new level of wrongness. A bad so bad that wrength might not even be capable of describing it. [...]"
** 2022, Jaymin Shah, Life Travel, page 12:This world is full of wrength, Nothing will be done till we stand up to it upto its maximum length […]
** 2024, Maria Qatato, The Return of the Sun & Other Poems:In wrength they banished him, astride His vengeful rage now rode, and chide He did his sense, his kin and home; Yet sunderance he would not abide.

#### Related terms

* wrangle
* wring
* wrong
* wrongeous

## Scots
### Etymology

1823, from wrang, wrong (“wrong”), formed on analogy with strength (from strong), length (from long) by R. Gilhaize Galt, or from Middle English wrengðe (“wrongfulness”). More at wrong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛŋθ/

### Noun

wrength (plural wrengths)
* wrongfulness, injustice

#### Related terms

* wrong

#### References

* William Graham, The Scots Word Book, "injustice", 1980.
* Notes:
* ↑ Dictionary of the Scots Language, "wrength".
# pistooltje
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pistooltje n (plural pistooltjes)
* diminutive of pistool
# plagiarle
## Spanish
### Verb

plagiarle
* infinitive of plagiar combined with le
# plagiarme
## Spanish
### Verb

plagiarme
* infinitive of plagiar combined with me
# plagiarono
## Italian
### Verb

plagiarono
* third-person plural past historic of plagiare
# writerly
## English
### Etymology

From writer +‎ -ly.

### Adjective

writerly (comparative more writerly, superlative most writerly)
* Characteristic of a writer; using well-chosen words or well-crafted sentences.
    The article was writerly and professional.
* of or pertaining to a writer
** 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club:the long road to writerly recognition is riddled with disappointment.
# plancis
## Latin
### Noun

plancīs
* dative/ablative plural of plancus
# planchéis
## Asturian
### Verb

planchéis
* second-person plural present subjunctive of planchar

## Spanish
### Verb

planchéis
* second-person plural present subjunctive of planchar
# planchó
## Asturian
### Verb

planchó
* third-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of planchar

## Spanish
### Verb

planchó
* third-person singular preterite indicative of planchar
# wud-ung
## Yagara
### Noun

wud-ung
* mother

### References

* State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019.
# writhe
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: rīth, IPA: /ɹaɪð/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪð

### Verb

writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or wrothe, past participle writhed or writhen)
* (transitive) To twist, wring (something).
* (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
** 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IV, pages 50–51:She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
* (intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
** 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0-2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.
* (transitive) To extort.

#### Translations
### Noun

writhe (plural writhes)
* (rare) A contortion.
* (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

### Anagrams

* Wither, whiter, wither, wither-

## Middle English
### Verb

writhe
* Alternative form of writhen