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# camerlengo
## English
### Alternative forms

* camarlengo, camerlingo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo (“chamberlain”). Doublet of chamberlain.

### Noun

camerlengo (plural camerlengos)
* The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
** 2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times‎:Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* camerlengo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Italian
### Etymology

From Old Italian camarlingo, inherited from Medieval Latin camarlingus. Doublet of ciambellano.
Cognates include Old High German chamarling and French chambellan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.merˈlen.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -enɡo
* Hyphenation: ca‧mer‧lén‧go

### Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlenghi)
* chamberlain

#### Descendants

* → English: camerlengo

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.meɾˈlẽ.ɡu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.meɻˈlẽ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.mɨɾˈlẽ.ɡu/
* Rhymes: -ẽɡu
* Hyphenation: ca‧mer‧len‧go

### Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlengos)
* (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo (cardinal who presides over the Apostolic Chamber and, in a pontifical interregnum, is responsible for governing the Church in the administrative field)

#### Derived terms

* camerlengado

### Further reading

* “camerlengo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “camerlengo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# betroth
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bitrouthen, bitreuthen, from treuthe (“truth”), from Old English trēowþe (“truth, pledge, troth”). Equivalent to be- +‎ troth.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bɪˈtɹəʊð/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /bɪˈtɹoʊð/
* (General Australian) IPA: /bɪˈtɹəʉð/, /bɪˈtɹɐʉð/
** Audio (Queensland); /bɪˈtɹɐʉð/:(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊð

### Verb

betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past betrothed, past participle betrothed or betrothen)
* To promise to give in marriage.
    He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.
** 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.
* To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 20:7:What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?

#### Derived terms

* betrothable
* betrothal
* betrothed
* betrothment

#### Translations
### See also

* affiance
* fiancé
* fiancée
* plight
* troth
* marriage
# bubula
## Latin
### Etymology

From būbulus (“of or pertaining to cattle or oxen”), from bōs (“ox, bull”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbuː.bu.la/, [ˈbuːbʊɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbu.bu.la/, [ˈbuːbulä]

### Noun

būbula f (genitive būbulae); first declension
* meat of cattle, beef

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* bōs
* bovārius
* bovātim
* bovicīdium
* bovīlla
* bovīllus
* bovīnus
* būbalus
* būbīle
* Būbōna
* bubsequa
* bubulcārius
* bubulcitō
* bubulcus
* būbulīnus
* būbulus

### References

* bubula 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)
# teleradiology
## English
### Etymology

From tele- +‎ radiology.

### Noun

teleradiology (uncountable)
* (medicine) Radiology services provided remotely via telecommunications: a means of electronically transmitting radiologic images and consultative text from location to another, even over long distances.
    Holonyms: telehealth, telemedicine

#### Related terms

* telepathologist
* telepathology
* teleradiologist
# matro
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ido matro, from Latin māter (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atro
* Hyphenation: ma‧tro

### Noun

matro (accusative singular matron, plural matroj, accusative plural matrojn)
* (literary, neologism) mother
    Synonyms: patrino, (child's term) panjo (“mom, mommy”)
    Coordinate term: patro (“father”)

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian madre, Spanish madre, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmatro/

### Noun

matro (plural matri)
* mother
    Synonyms: mama, (diminutive) matreto, (archaic) patrino
    Hypernyms: genitoro (“parent”), (archaic) patro (“parent”)
    Coordinate terms: patro (“father”), papa (“father”), (diminutive) patreto, (archaic) patrulo

#### Usage notes

Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

#### Derived terms

* baptomatro (“godmother”)
* bomatro (“mother-in-law”)
* matrala (“maternal”)
* matreso (“motherhood, maternity”)
* matreto (“mommy”)
* stifa matro/stif-matro (“stepmother”)

#### Descendants

* → Esperanto: matro

### Further reading

* matr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

## Swedish
### Etymology

From mat (“food”) +‎ ro (“peace, tranquility”). Compare Finnish ruokarauha.

### Noun

matro c
* peace and quiet while eating
    Ge oss matro ― Let us eat in peace

#### Declension
### References

* matro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* matro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
# úll
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* ubhall (superseded)
* úlla (Cois Fharraige)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uːl̪ˠ/

### Noun

úll m (genitive singular úill, nominative plural úlla)
* apple
* (anatomy) ball-and-socket joint
* globular object, ball

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
úll
úlla
vocative
a úill
a úlla
genitive
úill
úll
dative
úll
úlla
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-úll
na húlla
genitive
an úill
na n-úll
dative
leis an úll don úll
leis na húlla :

#### Derived terms

* alt úll is cuas m (“ball and socket joint”)
* anlann úll m (“apple sauce”)
* fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
* leann úll m (“cider”)
* pióg úll f (“apple pie”)
* rua-úll m (“russet”)
* úll an chromáin m (“hip-joint”)
* úll an mhadra rua m (“tutsan”)
* úll caithne m (“arbutus-berry”)
* úll claímh m (“pommel of sword”)
* úll dorais m (“door-knob”)
* úll fiáin m (“crab-apple”)
* úll géar m (“cooking-apple”)
* úll gráinneach m (“pomegranate”)
* úll luaidhe m (“lead ball”)
* úll milis m (“eating-apple”)
* úll na brád m (“Adam's apple”)
* úll na haithne m (“forbidden fruit”)
* úll na huillinne m (“elbow-joint”)
* úll na leise m (“hip-joint”)
* úll na scornaí m (“Adam's apple”)
* úll óir m (“golden apple, precious thing”)
* úll práis m (“brass ball”)
* úll scéithe m (“boss of shield”)
* úll soirb m (“sorb-apple”)
* úlla clis m pl (“juggler's balls”)
* úlla prátaí m (“potato-apples”)
* úllach (“bearing apples”, adjective)
* úllachán m (“little apple”)
* úllgharraí m (“orchard”)
* úllghlas (“apple-green”, adjective)
* úllmhaighdeog f (“ball-pivot”)
* úllóg f (“apple charlotte”)
* úllord m (“orchard”)
* úllsclóin f (“ball-swivel”)

#### Related terms

* abhaill f (“apple tree”)

### 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), “uball, ubull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 212, page 80

### Further reading

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

Borrowed from French additionner, Italian addizionare, Spanish adicionar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adit͡si̯oˈnar/

### Verb

adicionar (present tense adicionas, past tense adicionis, future tense adicionos, imperative adicionez, conditional adicionus)
* to add (numbers)

#### Related terms

* adicionala
* adicionita
* adiciono

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Compare Spanish adicionar, French additionner and Italian addizionare. By surface analysis, adição +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.di.sjuˈnaɾ/ [ɐ.ði.sjuˈnaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.di.sjuˈnaɾ/ [ɐ.ði.sjuˈnaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.di.sjuˈna.ɾi/ [ɐ.ði.sjuˈna.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Verb

adicionar (first-person singular present adiciono, first-person singular preterite adicionei, past participle adicionado)
* to add, sum (numbers)
* to insert
* (Internet, social media) to add (someone as a friend)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* adicional
* adicionamento
* adicionável
* readicionar

### Further reading

* “adicionar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From adición (“addition”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /adiθjoˈnaɾ/ [a.ð̞i.θjoˈnaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /adisjoˈnaɾ/ [a.ð̞i.sjoˈnaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧di‧cio‧nar

### Verb

adicionar (first-person singular present adiciono, first-person singular preterite adicioné, past participle adicionado)
* (transitive) to add (make an addition; augment)
    Synonyms: añadir, agregar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “adicionar”, 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
# disorderly
## English
### Etymology

From disorder +‎ -ly or from dis- +‎ orderly.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈɔː.də.li/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)
* Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.
    The books and papers are in a disorderly state.
** 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:This one is surmounted by a clock-tower with a bent weather-vane - the latter being the only disorderly object in sight.
* Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
* Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.
    disorderly people; disorderly assemblies
** 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.
* (law) Offensive to good morals and public decency.
    a disorderly house

#### Derived terms

* disorderlily
* disorderliness
* disorderly conduct
* disorderly house
* drunk and disorderly
* undisorderly

#### Translations
### Noun

disorderly (plural disorderlies)
* A person who acts in a disorderly manner.
** 1843, Parliamentary Papers, volumes 25-26, page 140:The police are allowed one shilling a-head upon all disorderlies who are discharged by the magistrates upon payment of expenses. The number so discharged are about a third of the number in custody.

### Adverb

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)
* In a confused or lawless manner.

### Anagrams

* disordrely
# takeover
## English
### Alternative forms

* take-over

### Etymology

Deverbal from take over.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

takeover (plural takeovers)
* (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
** 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
* (economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
* A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.
** 1991, Information Services on Latin America (Oakland, Calif.), ISLA: Volume 43, Issues 1-3, p. 195:
    Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official.

#### Derived terms

* hostile takeover
* reverse takeover
* takeover artist
* takeover bid

#### Related terms

* take over

#### See also

* buyout
* merger
* sellout
* tender offer

### Verb

takeover
* Alternative form of take over

### Further reading

* takeover on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* overtake
# washable
## English
### Etymology

From wash +‎ -able.

### Adjective

washable (comparative more washable, superlative most washable)
* Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.

#### Antonyms

* nonwashable
* single-use
* unwashable

#### Derived terms

* acid-washable
* back-washable
* machine-washable
* washable diaper
* washable napp

#### Related terms

* reusable
* rewashable (in practice, often synonymous, as most items that are washable are rewashable; the latter word gives connotative emphasis to repeated reuse)

#### Translations
### Noun

washable (plural washables)
* Something that can be washed without being damaged.
# sincero
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin sincerus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinˈθɛɾo/ [s̺in̪ˈθɛ.ɾʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /sinˈθɛɾo/ [s̺in̪ˈθɛ.ɾʊ]
* IPA: (seseo) /sinˈsɛɾo/ [sinˈsɛ.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾo
* Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro

### Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
* meaning what one says or does; truthful; sincere
    Antonym: insincero

### Further reading

* “sincero”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinˈt͡ʃɛ.ro/
* Rhymes: -ɛro
* Hyphenation: sin‧cè‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin sincērus (“pure, genuine”).

#### Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceri, feminine plural sincere)
* (obsolete) sound, genuine
* sincere, honest

##### Related terms

* sinceramente
* sincerare
* sincerità

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sincero
* first-person singular present indicative of sincerare

### Anagrams

* Scirone, censirò, censori, cinsero, incorse, necrosi

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /sinˈkeː.roː/, [s̠ɪŋˈkeːroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /sinˈt͡ʃe.ro/, [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːro]

### Etymology 1

From sincērus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix).

#### Verb

sincērō (present infinitive sincērāre, perfect active sincērāvī, supine sincērātum); first conjugation
* to clean, to purify

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

sincērō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sincērus

### References

* “sincero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* sincero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sincērus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sĩˈsɛ.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro

### Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras, comparable, comparative mais sincero, superlative o mais sincero or sinceríssimo)
* sincere, truthful
    Antonym: insincero

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin sincerus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /sinˈθeɾo/ [sĩn̟ˈθe.ɾo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /sinˈseɾo/ [sĩnˈse.ɾo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: sin‧ce‧ro

### Adjective

sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
* sincere
    Synonym: genuino
* honest
    Synonym: honesto

#### Related terms

* sinceramente
* sincerar
* sinceridad

### Verb

sincero
* first-person singular present indicative of sincerar

### Further reading

* “sincero”, 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
# totally
## English
### Etymology

From total +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* (US, UK) enPR: tōt'ə-lē, IPA: /ˈtoʊt.əl.i/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Adverb

totally (not comparable)
* To the fullest extent or degree.
    Synonyms: completely, entirely, fully, wholly
    They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.
** 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 2, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‎, volume 1, London: for the author, page 59:The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;
** 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 57:Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.
** 1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 12, in The Promise‎, New York: Knopf, page 226:I trust him totally and without reservation.
* (degree, colloquial) Very; extremely.
    That was totally wicked!
* (modal, colloquial) Definitely; for sure.
    That was totally not what happened.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:completely

#### Derived terms

* totally disconnected
* totally geodesic
* totally ordered
* totally ordered set
* totes
# congresso
## Galician
### Noun

congresso m (plural congressos, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of congreso

### Further reading

* “congresso” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin congressus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈɡrɛs.so/
* Rhymes: -ɛsso
* Hyphenation: con‧grès‧so

### Noun

congresso m (plural congressi)
* conference, meeting, congress

#### Related terms

* congressista
* congressuale

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Participle

congressō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of congressus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congressus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kõˈɡɾɛ.su/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: con‧gres‧so

### Noun

congresso m (plural congressos)
* congress (legislative body)
* congress (academic conference)
    Synonym: conferência

#### Related terms

* congressista

### Further reading

* “congresso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
# pacifier
## English
### Etymology

From pacify +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈpæsɪfaɪɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpæsɪfaɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧fi‧er

### Noun

pacifier (plural pacifiers)
* Someone or something that pacifies. [from 16th c.]
** 1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9:Many people have failed to see the political significance of the women's music movement, for they categorize all of music as part of the cultural periphery that distracts people from real social injustices. However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music.
* (Canada, US) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: (UK) dummy, (Australia, NZ) comforter, (Canada, Ireland) soother; see also Thesaurus:pacifier

#### Derived terms

* paci
* pacifier gag

#### Translations
### Further reading

* pacifier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002594.php

## French
### Etymology

From Latin pācificāre, from pāx (“peace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.si.fje/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pacifier
* to pacify

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “pacifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.