OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# 記事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^3$ si$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ki-sṳ
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^4$ si$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìh
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: jì-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyh
*** Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$既是 濟事 / 济事 記事 / 记事
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^3$ si$^6$
*** Yale: gei sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^3$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^3$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³³ siː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^4$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^4$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/

#### Verb

記事
* to keep a record of events; to make a memorandum

##### Derived terms

* 結繩記事 / 结绳记事
* 記事本 / 记事本 (jìshìběn)

#### Noun

記事
* record of events; chronicle (Classifier: 個／个)

##### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: kí sự (記事)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
* Jin (Wiktionary): ji$^3$ si$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìh
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: jì-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyh
*** Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$既是 濟事 / 济事 記事 / 记事
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìshìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìhr
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-shih$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jì-shìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshell
*** Palladius: цзишир (czišir)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^3$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵ sz̩⁴⁵/

#### Verb

記事
* to start to form memories after one's infancy

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 記 | 事 |
| き Grade: 2 | じ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 記事 / 记事 (ki$^H$ dzri$^H$, literally “record + affair, event”). Compare modern Mandarin reading jìshì.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きじ [kíꜜjì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲiʑi]

### Noun

記(き)事(じ) • (kiji)
* an article, a written news story, such as in a newspaper or magazine or on a website
    ブログの記事(きじ)
       burogu no kiji
       blog entry
* a private history, as opposed to the 正史 (seishi, “official history”)
* (obsolete) in the Nara period, an official under the 按察使 (azechi, “regional administration authority”)

#### Synonyms

* (private history): 私史(しし) (shishi)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
# 證候
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhènghòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄡˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhènghòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄏㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhènghòu
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^4$-hou$^4$
*** Yale: jèng-hòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqhow
*** Palladius: чжэнхоу (čžɛnxou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

### Noun

證候
* (traditional Chinese medicine) symptom
    From: 1929 October, 胡適 (Hu Shi),《慈幼的問題》
    Shùnlì de shēngchǎn yǒushí hái bùmiǎn wēixiǎn, shāo yǒu wēinàn de zhènghòu biànshì yǒu bǎi sǐ ér wú yī shēng. [Pinyin]
    Even a smooth childbirth is sometimes risky; a slightest symptom can lead to death.

#### Synonyms

* 症候 (zhènghòu) (non-TCM term)
# 모음
## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 母音, from 母 (“mother”) + 音 (“sound”), Japanese 母音 (boin)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈmo̞(ː)ɯm]
* Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)음]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

모음 • (mo'eum) (hanja 母音)
* (phonetics) vowel
    Synonyms: 홀소리 (holsori), 모운(母韻) (moun)

##### Derived terms

* 반모음 (banmo'eum, “semivowel”)

##### Related terms

* 자음 (ja'eum, “consonant”)

### Etymology 2

Nominalization of 모으다 (mo'euda).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mo̞ɯm]
* Phonetic hangul: [모음]

#### Noun

모음 • (mo'eum)
* collection

##### Related terms

* 모임 (moim)
# Manzhouli
## English
### Alternative forms

* Man-chou-li (Wade–Giles)
* Manchouli, Manchuli

### Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滿洲里 (Mǎnzhōulǐ).

### Proper noun

Manzhouli
* A city in Inner Mongolia, China, on the border with Russia and Mongolia.
** 2021 November 30, Roxanne Liu, Gabriel Crossley, “UPDATE 2-Chinese border cities limit rail imports amid COVID outbreak in the north”, in Christopher Cushing, Edwina Gibbs, Nick Macfie, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Commodities News‎:The city of Manzhouli in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a small border town near Russia, said from Wednesday it would suspend taking some non-containerised rail cargo arriving from abroad that requires manual loading and unloading, including coal and fertiliser. The measure comes as Inner Mongolia reported a total of 41 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms on Sunday and Monday. More than half of the cases were found in Manzhouli.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Manzhouli, Man-chou-li, Manchouli, Manchuli at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Manzhouli”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1878, column 1: “Also spelled Manchouli, Manchuli.”
# Francien
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French francien.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɹɒ̃.sjã/

### Proper noun

Francien
* The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
    Synonym: Francian
** 1996, Timothy James McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner, Singing Early Music, →ISBN, page 66:There were about eleven dialects in Old French, but not all were of literary importance, and all were increasingly dominated from the end of the twelfth century by Francien, the language used by the royal court and the centralized administration in and around Paris.
** 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:The scarcity of texts localizable to the Ile-de-France region would seem to pose a serious challenge to Francien's privileged status.
** 2003, Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett, The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN:Conversely, native Francien-speaking poets often displayed a degree of linguistic smugness and superiority.

### Adjective

Francien (not comparable)
* Of or relating to the dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
    Synonym: Francian
** 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:Grammars of Old French are without exception based on the Francien dialect.

### Anagrams

* Francine, financer

## Dutch
### Proper noun

Francien f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Francine

## French
### Etymology

Francie +‎ -ien

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʁɑ̃.sjɛ̃/

### Noun

Francien m (plural Franciens, feminine Francienne)
* Francian (native or inhabitant of Francia)
# Hündin
## German
### Etymology

From Hund +‎ -in.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhʏndɪn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Hün‧din

### Noun

Hündin f (genitive Hündin, plural Hündinnen)
* female dog, bitch, she-dog
* short for Wolfshündin, Fuchshündin etc.
* slut

#### Synonyms

(female dog):
* Hundeweibchen
* weiblicher Hund
* Zaupe (Upper German)

#### Hyponyms

(female dog):
* Schäferhündin

#### Coordinate terms

* Rüde
(female dog):
* Hundemännchen
* Hunderüde
* Hundsrüde
* männlicher Hund
(short form):
* Fuchsrüde
* Wolfsrüde

#### Derived terms

* Dackelhündin
* Fuchshündin
* Haushündin
* Schäferhündin
* Teckelhündin
* Wildhündin
* Wolfshündin

#### See also

* Canidae (Kaniden)
* Füchsin
* Kojotin
* Schakalin
* Wölfin

### References

* Hündin (dict.cc, German to English dictionary)

### Further reading

* “Hündin” in Duden online
* “Hündin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# Konsumentombudsman
## Swedish
### Noun

Konsumentombudsman c
* Alternative letter-case form of konsumentombudsman (“consumer ombudsman”).
** 2023 December 8, Sara Johansson, “KO söker praxis – för bedrägeridrabbads talan mot Nordea [CO seeks precedent – on behalf of fraud victims' claims against Nordea]”, in Dagens Juridik:Under torsdagen lämnar Konsumentombudsmannen, KO, i en stämningsansökan mot Nordea.On Thursday, the Consumer Ombudsman, CO, filed a lawsuit against Nordea.

#### Usage notes

* Is often capitalised and in definitive form when referring to a specific person. Compare with English a prime minister versus the Prime Minister.
# Libitina
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Libitīna.

### Proper noun

Libitina
* An ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial.

#### Alternative forms

* Libentina, Lubentina

## Latin
### Etymology

Probably from Etruscan 𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖 (lupu, “dead”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /li.biˈtiː.na/, [lʲɪbɪˈt̪iːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /li.biˈti.na/, [libiˈt̪iːnä]

### Proper noun

Libitīna f sg (genitive Libitīnae); first declension
* Libitina (the ancient Roman goddess of corpses, funerals and burials)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* libitīnārius

#### Descendants

* → English: Libitina

### References

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

* Taschner (Austria)

### Etymology

From Middle High German taschener. By surface analysis, Tasche (“bag”) +‎ -n- +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Täschner m (strong, genitive Täschners, plural Täschner, feminine Täschnerin)
* a craftsperson who makes leather bags and other leather goods, typically of smaller size
    Ich habe mir beim Täschner einen Ledereinband für meinen Terminkalender machen lassen.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Usage notes

* Vaguely distinguished from Sattler (“saddler”) as a manufacturer of larger leather goods.
* Further distinctions were formerly made such as Feintäschner, Beutler, Riemer etc.

#### Derived terms

* Täschnerei
# antidisentérico
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From anti- +‎ disentérico.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.zẽˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.zẽˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.zẽˈtɛ.ɾi.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌɐ̃.ti.di.zẽˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.ði.zẽˈtɛ.ɾi.ku]

### Adjective

antidisentérico (feminine antidisentérica, masculine plural antidisentéricos, feminine plural antidisentéricas)
* (pharmacology) antidysenteric (working against dysentery)

### Noun

antidisentérico m (plural antidisentéricos)
* (pharmacology) antidysenteric (a medicine for dysentery)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From anti- +‎ disentérico.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /antidisenˈteɾiko/ [ãn̪.t̪i.ð̞i.sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
* Rhymes: -eɾiko
* Syllabification: an‧ti‧di‧sen‧té‧ri‧co

### Adjective

antidisentérico (feminine antidisentérica, masculine plural antidisentéricos, feminine plural antidisentéricas)
* antidysenteric
# bazlıq
## Azerbaijani
### Alternative forms

* bazdıx (pronunciation spelling)

### Etymology

From baz +‎ -lıq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑzˈɫɯχ], [bɑzˈdɯχ]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: baz‧lıq

### Noun

bazlıq (definite accusative bazlığı, plural bazlıqlar) (slang)
* pickup (the activity of going somewhere, such as to a club, with the purpose of engaging in flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue a sexual encounter)
* seeing a prostitute, going to a brothel
    bazlığa getmək ― going out to pick up girls/going out to hire a prostitute

#### Usage notes

* The pronunciation spelling bazdıq is as common or, perhaps, prevalent.
# bijeli svijet
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* beli svet (Ekavian)
* bili svit (Ikavian)

### Etymology

bijȇlī (“white”) +‎ svijȇt (“world”). Compare Russian белый свет (belyj svet) and Polish biały świat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bijêːliː sʋijêːt/

### Noun

bijȇlī svijȇt m (Cyrillic spelling бије̑лӣ свије̑т)
* (idiomatic) the wide world, the whole wide world
* (idiomatic) foreign or faraway places collectively
# borocoxô
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* borocoxó, morocoxô

### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Kongo bolokoto.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bo.ɾo.koˈʃo/
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: bo‧ro‧co‧xô

### Adjective

borocoxô m or f (plural borocoxôs)
* (Brazil, familiar) a little sad; dispirited, disheartened, lacking energy
    Synonyms: desanimado, cabisbaixo

### References

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

### Further reading

* “borocoxô”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “borocoxô”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “borocoxô”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “borocoxô”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# cowlstaff
## English
### Alternative forms

colstaff

### Etymology

From Old French cuvele, from Latin cupela, diminutive of cupa (“cask”), + staff. cowl +‎ staff.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkaʊlstɑːf/

### Noun

cowlstaff (plural cowlstaffs or cowlstaves)
* A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
** 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:[fight] performed by bastons, clubs and coulstaves
** 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XVII:Prepare an iron cowlstaff / obtain one of steel: / put steel at its core / and on top draw soft iron!
# endogenic
## English
### Etymology

From endo- +‎ -genic.

### Adjective

endogenic (not comparable)
* Originating within the system (as an organism) that it acts upon.
* (geology) Originating within the earth; endogenous or endogenetic.
* (multiplicity slang) Of a system (“set of alters of a person”): having become multiple for any reason other than psychological trauma.
    Antonym: traumagenic

#### Related terms

* endogenicity

#### References

* “Divisions in Plurality, 3.0”, in exunoplures‎, 2025 January 16 (last accessed), published 2015

### See also

* exogenic
# faking
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/

### Noun

faking (plural fakings)
* The act of something being faked.

#### Derived terms

* clyfaking
* peacefaking

### Verb

faking
* present participle and gerund of fake
# froughy
## English
### Etymology

Compare frow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɹəʊˌi/
* Rhymes: -əʊi

### Adjective

froughy (comparative more froughy, superlative most froughy)
* (UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
** 2017, David Hoseason Morgan, Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900, page 23:froughy, unseasoned oak
# imine
## English
### Etymology

Alteration of amine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪmiːn/

### Noun

imine (plural imines)
* (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R$_2$C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines.

#### Synonyms

* Schiff base

#### Derived terms

* acylimine
* aldimine
* ammonium imine
* arylimine
* azimine
* bisimine
* clofazimine
* deiminase
* demethylimination
* diazoimine
* diimine
* ethyleneimine
* glibutimine
* iminic
* iminium
* iminyl
* ketenimine
* ketimine
* ketonimine
* monoimine
* nitrimine
* norelgestromin
* quinone imine
* quinonimine
* sulfonylimine
* tosylimine

#### Related terms

* imin

#### See also

* anil

### References

* ↑ “imine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ “imine”, in Collins English Dictionary.
# kobyłka
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* kobełka (Kielce)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kobyłka. By surface analysis, kobyła +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈbɘw.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘwka
* Syllabification: ko‧był‧ka
* Homophone: Kobyłka

### Noun

kobyłka f
* diminutive of kobyła
* trestle
    Synonyms: kobylica, kozioł
* eye of the hook and eye
    Hypernym: uszko
* (music) bridge (the piece on string instruments)
    Synonym: mostek

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kobyłka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kobyłka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# maru
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːɹuː/, /ˈmaɹuː/
* (US) IPA: /ˈmɑɹu/
* Rhymes: -ɑːɹuː

### Noun

maru (plural marus)
* (Can we verify this sense?) (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
    the Nippon Maru
* (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
    Synonym: handakuten
* A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

#### Coordinate terms

* nigori

#### Derived terms

* Kobayashi Maru

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* 'umra, Amur, Mura, Umar, amur, arum, mura

## Anguthimri
### Noun

maru
* (Mpakwithi) queenfish

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

## Cubeo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bãˈɾu/

### Conjunction

maru
* if (in nasal environment).
    Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.
       If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.

#### Synonyms

* baru

### References

* N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maru", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
* N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

## Japanese
### Romanization

maru
* Rōmaji transcription of まる

## Javanese
### Romanization

maru
* Romanization of ꦩꦫꦸ.

## Ngaanyatjarra
### Adjective

maru
* black, dark

#### Synonyms

* maru-maru

### References

Amee Glass, Dorothy Hackett (2003) Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary, IAD Press, →ISBN

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

maru f (definite singular maro, indefinite plural marur, definite plural marune)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of mare

### Anagrams

* maur, mura

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ru/
* Rhymes: -ru
* Hyphenation: ma‧ru

### Etymology 1

Affixed ro, rwa (“two”) +‎ ma- (“active verb prefix”).

#### Noun

maru
* co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)

#### Adjective

maru
* jealous

#### Alternative forms

* madu

#### Derived terms

* amaru
* makamaru
* minaru-maru
* pinamarokĕn
* tan pamarwan

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦩꦫꦸ (maru) (inherited)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (maru, “wilderness”).

#### Noun

maru
* wilderness
* sandy waste, desert

### Further reading

* "maru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* मरु (Devanagari script)
* মরু (Bengali script)
* මරු (Sinhalese script)
* မရု (Burmese script)
* มรุ or มะรุ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຣຸ or ມະຣຸ (Lao script)
* មរុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

maru m
* deity

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

maru f
* sand
* (by extension) sandy waste
# masterpiece
## English
### Alternative forms

* master-piece (obsolete)

### Etymology

From master +‎ piece, a calque of Dutch meesterstuk or German Meisterstück (“masterpiece”). Doublet of masterstick. Compare also journeyman's piece.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈmæstɚˌpis/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɑːstəˌpiːs/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

masterpiece (plural masterpieces)
* A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
** 1911, Saki, The Chronicles of Clovis:The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.
* A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
    Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
** 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XX, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 221:“‘Man is amazing, but he is not a masterpiece,’ he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the glass case. ‘Perhaps the artist was a little mad. […] ’
** 1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:It would hardly be an overstatement to describe Drummond's next design as an outstanding British locomotive class, and possibly his masterpiece.
** 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 45:It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.
* A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

#### Derived terms

* trashterpiece

#### Related terms

* chef d'œuvre
* masterwork

#### Related terms

* mistresspiece