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# köyttää
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keüttädäk. Equivalent to köysi (“rope”) +‎ -tää.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkøy̯tːæːˣ/, [ˈk̟ø̞y̯t̪ːæː(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -øytːæː
* Hyphenation: köyt‧tää

### Verb

köyttää
* (transitive) to rope, tie up (to tie with rope)
    Ryöstäjä köytti uhrit. ― The robber roped the victims.

#### Derived terms

* köyte
* köyttäminen
* köyttäytyä
* köytättää
* köytös

#### Related terms

* köysittää
* köytättää

### Further reading

* “köyttää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* käyttöä, töykätä

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keüttädäk, equivalent to köys (“rope”) +‎ -ttää. Cognates include Finnish köyttää.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkøy̯tːæː/, [ˈkø̞y̯tːæ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkøy̯tːæː/, [ˈkø̞y̯tːæː]
* Rhymes: -øy̯tːæː
* Hyphenation: köyt‧tää

### Verb

köyttää
* (transitive) to tie up (with a rope)
** 2008, Сойкинский Край‎, number 7, page 9:Ruttoo otti Pedoi pajuvitsan ja sil köytti Ivoin jalan polven alapoolelt, jot ei veri päässiis jalast yllää noizomaa.Pedoi quickly took a willow branch and with it tied up Ivoi's leg under his knee, so that blood wouldn't manage to rise up from the leg.
# chromatographic
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German chromatographisch; see there for more.

### Adjective

chromatographic (not comparable)
* (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.

#### Derived terms

* chromatographically
* immunochromatographic
* nanochromatographic
* nonchromatographic
* oligochromatographic
# paterno
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin paternus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtɛr.no/
* Rhymes: -ɛrno
* Hyphenation: pa‧tèr‧no

### Adjective

paterno (feminine paterna, masculine plural paterni, feminine plural paterne)
* paternal, father's, fatherly
    Antonym: materno

#### Derived terms

* paternamente

#### Related terms

* padre
* paternale
* paternalismo
* paternità

### Further reading

* paterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* arpento, oprante, parteno-, patrone, pontare, prenato, prenota, tarpone, trapone

## Latin
### Adjective

paternō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of paternus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin paternus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈtɛʁ.nu/ [paˈtɛɦ.nu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈtɛʁ.nu/ [paˈtɛɦ.nu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paˈtɛɾ.nu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paˈtɛʁ.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈtɛɻ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈtɛɾ.nu/
* Hyphenation: pa‧ter‧no

### Adjective

paterno (feminine paterna, masculine plural paternos, feminine plural paternas)
* paternal (relating to fathers)

#### Related terms

* padre
* pai

### Further reading

* “paterno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin paternus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈteɾno/ [paˈt̪eɾ.no]
* Rhymes: -eɾno
* Syllabification: pa‧ter‧no

### Adjective

paterno (feminine paterna, masculine plural paternos, feminine plural paternas)
* parental
* paternal

#### Derived terms

* abuela paterna
* abuelo paterno
* casa paterna
* tío paterno

#### Related terms

* paternal
* paternidad

### Further reading

* “paterno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# cowardly
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward +‎ -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkaʊədli/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)
* Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
** 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
    The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.

#### Derived terms

* cowardlily
* cowardliness
* cowardly lion
* uncowardly

#### Translations
### Adverb

cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)
* (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly, But giue him warning and more warriours.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 48:I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.
** 1828, John Paul, A Refutation of Arianism‎, page 20:[…] men who cowardly and hypocritically subscribe orthodox creeds, whilst they teach a different kind of doctrine!

#### Translations
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* couherdely, couwardli, cowardelye, cowarly, cowerdly, cowwardely, kowardely

### Etymology

From coward +‎ -ly (“adverbial suffix”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuːardliː/

### Adverb

cowardly
* In a cowardly or knavish way; cowardlily.

#### Descendants

* English: cowardie (obsolete)

#### References

* “cǒuardlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
# atherectomy
## English
### Etymology

From ather- +‎ -ectomy.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

### Noun

atherectomy (plural atherectomies)
* (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove plaque from an artery.

#### Derived terms

* endoatherectomy

#### See also

* atherosclerosis
* endarterectomy

### Anagrams

* tacheometry
# cholecystectomy
## English
### Etymology

From cholecyst +‎ -ectomy.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

### Noun

cholecystectomy (plural cholecystectomies)
* (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder

#### Derived terms

* electrocholecystectomy
* postcholecystectomy

#### Related terms

* cholecystectomized
# colectomy
## English
### Etymology

From col- +‎ -ectomy.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

### Noun

colectomy (plural colectomies)
* (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.
** 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 30:I need a partial colectomy, where part of the colon is removed.

#### Coordinate terms

* coloplasty
* colorectomy
* colotomy
* proctectomy
* rectectomy

#### Derived terms

* hemicolectomy
* proctocolectomy

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* motocycle
# aggregator
## English
### Etymology

From aggregate +‎ -or.

### Noun

aggregator (plural aggregators)
* Someone or something which aggregates.
** 2013, Addy Osmani, Developing Backbone.js Applications, page 175:An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers.
** 2021 October 20, Michael Holden, “Time for action... and a new plan to develop rail freight”, in RAIL, number 942, pages 38–39:What we have seen in recent years is the emergence of the aggregator as the immediate customer of our traditional rail freight operating businesses, meaning that the future model is likely to feature rail freight companies with strong expertise in rail movement of freight, and aggregators with strong expertise in intermodal operation. Thus the final customer relationship (Tesco, Amazon, and so on) is increasingly likely to be owned by the aggregator rather than the rail freight company.
* (Internet) An online feed reader used to keep track of updates to blogs, etc.

#### Derived terms

* disaggregator
* nonaggregator
* website aggregator

#### Translations
### References

* “aggregator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Latin
### Verb

aggregātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of aggregō

### References

* aggregator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
# pimiento
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/, /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

### Noun

pimiento (plural pimientos)
* Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈmjento/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to

### Noun

pimiento m (plural pimientos)
* pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
* pepper plant
* (Spain, Mexico, US, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón.)

#### Derived terms

* pimiento morrón

### Further reading

* “pimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# discriminated
## English
### Verb

discriminated
* simple past and past participle of discriminate

#### Derived terms

* undiscriminated
# presentatie
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch presentatie, borrowed from Middle French présentation, from Medieval Latin praesentātiōnem. Equivalent to presenteren +‎ -atie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpreː.sɛnˈtaː.(t)si/, /ˌpreː.zənˈtaː.(t)si/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pre‧sen‧ta‧tie
* Rhymes: -aːtsi

### Noun

presentatie f (plural presentaties, diminutive presentatietje n)
* presentation

#### Related terms

* presentatief
* presentator
* presenteren

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: présèntasi

#### See also

* spreekbeurt
# wellhead
## English
### Alternative forms

* well-head

### Etymology

From well +‎ head.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈwɛlhɛd/

### Noun

wellhead (plural wellheads)
* The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.
** 1607, George Chapman, Bussy D'Ambois‎, London: William Aspley, act I, scene 1, page 3:Leaue the troubled streames, And liue as Thriuers doe at the Well head.
** 1789, William Gilpin, Observations on the River Wye‎, London: R. Blamire, Section 6, p. 74:It is a singular circumstance, that within a quarter of a mile of the well-head of the Wye, arises the Severn.
** 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Flight in the Heather: The Quarrel”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, pages 239–240:We set forth accordingly by this itinerary; and for the best part of three nights travelled on eerie mountains and among the well-heads of wild rivers; [...]
* (figuratively) The source of something; a fountainhead.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 26, page 303:[H]e likened was to a welhed / Of euill words, and wicked ſclaunders by him ſhed.
** 1932, D. H. Lawrence, “Painted Tombs of Tarquinia”, in Etruscan Places, New York: Viking, published 1957, page 113:[...] a bull was not merely a stud animal worth so much, due to go to the butcher in a little while. It was a vast wonder-beast, a well-head of the great, furnace-like passion that makes the worlds roll and the sun surge up [...]
* The surface structure of an oil well etc.

#### Derived terms

* wellhead cost
# endarterectomy
## English
### Alternative forms

* endarteriectomy

### Etymology

From endarterium +‎ -ectomy.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

### Noun

endarterectomy (plural endarterectomies)
* (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove plaque from an artery.

#### Derived terms

* endarterectomize
* thrombendarterectomy
* thromboendarterectomy

#### See also

* atherosclerosis
* atherectomy
# wind tunnel
## English
### Noun

wind tunnel (plural wind tunnels)
* A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.
** 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 56:But unlike many other tunnels that lay idle and decaying, Catesby has now found a new use as an aerodynamic wind tunnel for the motor industry.

#### Derived terms

* wind tunnel testing

#### Translations
### See also

* water tunnel
# oomph
## English
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʊmf/, /umf/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊmf, -uːmf

### Noun

oomph (countable and uncountable, plural oomphs)
* (informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
    Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.
** 1982 August, Douglas Adams, chapter 30, in Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN:"Yes, well they're finding it difficult, sir. They are afflicted with a certain lassitude. They're just finding it hard to get behind the job. They lack oomph."
** 2022, Christina Tosi, All About Cookies: A Milk Bar Baking Book, New York, NY: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 53:Adding layers of texture to a cookie by folding in ground-down bits of goodness is one of our favorite ways to pack a big punch, but you need to choose your fighter wisely. If you pick something too smooth, your cookie won't gain any oomph, and if you choose something too flavorful, your cookie may end up overwhelming (sorry, Flamin' Hot Cheetos).
* (informal, uncountable) Sex appeal.
** 1974, John le Carré, chapter 28, in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:'Come to think of it, the girl looked a bit like Ann,' Jerry reflected. 'Foxy, know what I mean? Garbo eyes, lots of oomph.'
* (countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.

#### Synonyms

* (force or power): welly

#### Derived terms

* oomphless
* oomphy

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Verb

oomph (third-person singular simple present oomphs, present participle oomphing, simple past and past participle oomphed)
* (intransitive) To produce a bassy grunting or thudding sound.

### Further reading

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “oomph”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
# socage
## English
### Alternative forms

* soccage

### Etymology

From Middle English sokage, from Anglo-Norman socage, from soc (“soke”) +‎ -age. More at soke, -age.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɒkɪd͡ʒ/

### Noun

socage (countable and uncountable, plural socages)
* (historical) In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.
** 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest:[…] this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lex loci rei sitae.
** 1908, Mary A. M. Marks, “In Saxon Times”, in Landholding in England:The rest was held by tenants, sometimes called "sokemen" from the "soke" or jurisdiction; and said to hold in "soccage" because they gave plough-service by way of rent.

#### Derived terms

* socager

#### Derived terms

* socman

#### Translations
### Further reading

* socage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* soccage, sokage

### Etymology

soc +‎ -age.

### Noun

socage oblique singular, m (oblique plural socages, nominative singular socages, nominative plural socage)
* socage (system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord)

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: sokage
** English: socage, soccage

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (socage)
* socage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
# mõõk
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (compare Old Norse mækir, Norwegian Nynorsk mækje (“iris”) and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis)). Cognates include Finnish miekka, Livonian mȭk, Votic mõõkkõ, Ingrian meekka, Karelian miekka and Ludian miek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɤːk/, [ˈmɤːkˑ]
* Rhymes: -ɤːk
* Hyphenation: mõõk
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Noun

mõõk (genitive mõõga, partitive mõõka)
* sword

#### Derived terms

* mõõkjas
* mõõklema

#### Compounds

* bulattmõõk
* damaskmõõk
* kahekäemõõk
* kasakamõõk
* kudumismõõk
* kuremõõk
* pulmamõõk
* ropsimõõk
* timukamõõk
* võhumõõk
* vöömõõk
* mõõga-aadel
* mõõgaarm
* mõõgaema
* mõõgahoop
* mõõgaisa
* mõõgakõlin
* mõõgameister
* mõõganeelaja
* mõõganeelamine
* mõõgapide
* mõõgapiste
* mõõgasepp
* mõõgatants
* mõõgatorge
* mõõgatupp
* mõõgatärin
* mõõgavend
* mõõgavõitlus
* mõõkdelfiin
* mõõkjätke
* mõõkkala
* mõõklehine
* mõõkrohi

### References

* mõõk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “mõõk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
# maighdean
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish maigden, from Old English mæġden.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈmˠɑɪdʲən̪ˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈmˠəɪdʲənˠ/, /ˈmˠəɪdʲən̪ˠ/

### Noun

maighdean f (genitive singular maighdine, nominative plural maighdeana)
* maiden, virgin
* Alternative form of maighdeog

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
maighdean
maighdeana
vocative
a mhaighdean
a mhaighdeana
genitive
maighdine
maighdean
dative
maighdean maighdin (archaic, dialectal)
maighdeana
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mhaighdean
na maighdeana
genitive
na maighdine
na maighdean
dative
leis an maighdean leis an maighdin (archaic, dialectal) don mhaighdean don mhaighdin (archaic, dialectal)
leis na maighdeana :

#### Derived terms

* Maighdean (“Virgo”)
* Maighdean Bheannaithe (“Blessed Virgin”)
* maighdean bhuaile (“barren cow”)
* maighdean mhara (“mermaid, siren”)
* Maighdean Mhuire (“Virgin Mary”)
* maighdean veisteach (“vestal virgin”)
* maighdeanas (“maidenhood; virginity”)
* maighdeanúil (“maidenlike; virginal”, adjective)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maigden”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maighdean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maighdean”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “maighdean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɤitʲən̪ˠ/

### Noun

maighdean f (genitive singular maighdein, plural maighdinnean)
* Alternative form of maighdeann

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
# advertentie
## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin advertentia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑt.fərˈtɛn.(t)si/, /ˌɑt.fɛrˈtɛn.(t)si/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧ten‧tie
* Rhymes: -ɛnsi

### Noun

advertentie f (plural advertenties, diminutive advertentietje n)
* advertisement

#### Derived terms

* rouwadvertentie

#### Related terms

* adverteren

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: advertensi
# stultification
## English
### Noun

stultification (countable and uncountable, plural stultifications)
* The process of stultifying.
* The state of being stultified.

#### Derived terms

* self-stultification

### Anagrams

* sluttification
# policeman
## English
### Etymology

From police +‎ -man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈliːsmən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Hyphenation: po‧lice‧man

### Noun

policeman (plural policemen)
* (law enforcement) A male police officer, sometimes used for any police officer regardless of gender.
** 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
** 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 378:Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.
* (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
* (entomology) Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
* (ice hockey) Synonym of enforcer
** 2002, P. J. Harari, Dave Ominsky, Ice Hockey Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide, page 26:A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

#### Synonyms

* (member of a police force): See Thesaurus:police officer
* (glass rod with rubber cap): rubber policeman

#### Derived terms

* community policeman
* military policeman
* policemanlike
* policemanly
* policemanship
* silent policeman
* sleeping policeman
* world policeman

#### Descendants

* → French: policeman
* → Maori: pirihimana
* → Welsh: plismon

#### Translations
### See also

* constable

### Anagrams

* melanopic

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English policeman.

### Noun

policeman m (plural policemans)
* policeman (in Anglophone countries)
** 1968, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:Chaque fois qu’un policeman se fait buter […]Every time a policeman gets done in […]

### Further reading

* “policeman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# birefringent
## English
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ refringent.

### Adjective

birefringent (not comparable)
* Of or pertaining to birefringence
* Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)

#### Derived terms

* birefringently
* nonbirefringent

#### Related terms

* monorefringent

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French biréfringent.

### Adjective

birefringent m or n (feminine singular birefringentă, masculine plural birefringenți, feminine and neuter plural birefringente)
* birefringent