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# πίσσω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *píptō, from Proto-Indo-European *pípth₂-, reduplicated present from *peth₂- (“to fall; to fly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pís.sɔː/ → /ˈpis.so/ → /ˈpi.so/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pís.sɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpis.so/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈpis.so/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈpis.so/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈpi.so/
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### Verb

πίσσω • (píssō)
* Aeolic form of πιπτω (piptō)

#### Conjugation
### References

* “πίπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
# żgħarna
## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzaːr.na/
** IPA: /ˈzaˤːr.na/ (archaic)
** IPA: /ˈzɣar.na/ (archaic, rustic)

### Verb

żgħarna
* first-person plural perfect of żgħar
# këmbim
## Albanian
### Etymology

From këmbej +‎ -im noun suffix.

### Noun

këmbim m (plural këmbime, definite këmbimi, definite plural këmbimet)
* exchange

#### Declension

    Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.

#### Synonyms

* shkëmbim

### Further reading

* “këmbim”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “këmbim”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
# Arizelocichla
## Translingual

* This entry needs a photograph or drawing for illustration. Please try to find a suitable image on Wikimedia Commons or upload one there yourself!

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρίζηλος (arízēlos, “conspicuous”) + κίχλη (kíkhlē, “thrush”).

### Proper noun

Arizelocichla f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Pycnonotidae – certain greenbuls, of Africa.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerida – infraorder; Sylvioidea – superfamily; Pycnonotidae – family; Crinigerinae - subfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Arizelocichla nigriceps (mountain greenbul) - type species; for other species see Arizelocichla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* Arizelocichla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Arizelocichla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Arizelocichla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Pycnonotidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
* Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
# ti⁵
## Mulam
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti˦˦/

### Numeral

ti⁵
* (Dongmen, Siba) four

### References

* "Mulam (Dongmen)" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* "Mulam (Siba)" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Wang Jun (王均), Zheng Guoqiao (郑国乔) (1980) 仫佬语简志 [A Sketch of Mulao] (in Chinese), Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House (民族出版社), page 17
# куплений
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

купити (kupyty) +‎ -ений (-enyj)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkupɫenei̯]

### Participle

ку́плений • (kúplenyj) pf
* past passive participle of купи́ти (kupýty)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ку́плений”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
# Ленче
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛnt͡ʃɛ]

### Proper noun

Ленче • (Lenče) f
* a diminutive of the female given name Ленка (Lenka)
# fo-leese
## Manx
### Etymology

fo- +‎ leese

### Noun

fo-leese m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
* sublease

#### Derived terms

* fo-leesee

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
# metas
## English
### Noun

metas
* plural of meta

### Anagrams

* AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmetas]
* Rhymes: -etas
* Hyphenation: me‧tas

### Verb

metas
* present of meti

## Galician
### Verb

metas
* second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmetas/

### Verb

metas
* present of metar

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmeː.taːs/, [ˈmeːt̪äːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈme.tas/, [ˈmɛːt̪äs]

### Noun

mētās f
* accusative plural of mēta

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *métas. Cognate with Latvian męts (“time, period”), Old Prussian mettan (“year”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲæː.t̪ɐs̪]

### Noun

mẽtas m (plural mẽtai) stress pattern 2
* time, period
* (in the plural) year

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “metas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
* “metas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
* Derksen, Rick (2015) “mẽtas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈme.tɑs/

### Noun

metas
* nominative/accusative plural of mete

## Portuguese
### Verb

metas
* second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmetas/ [ˈme.t̪as]
* Rhymes: -etas
* Syllabification: me‧tas

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

metas f pl
* plural of meta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

metas
* second-person singular present subjunctive of meter

## Swedish
### Verb

metas
* passive infinitive of meta
* present passive of meta

### Anagrams

* mesta, teams, temas
# żgħażagħ
## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzaː.zaħ/
** IPA: /ˈzaˤː.zaħ/ (archaic)
** IPA: /ˈzɣaː.zaħ/ (archaic, rustic)

### Adjective

żgħażagħ
* plural of żagħżugħ
# mnikápȟopapi
## Lakota
### Noun

mnikápȟopapi
* soda, fizzy drink
# kanout
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapnǫti. By surface analysis, kapat +‎ -nout. Doublet of kápnout. Compare Old Czech skanúti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkanou̯t]
* Hyphenation: ka‧nout

### Verb

kanout impf
* to trickle, to dribble
    Synonyms: kapat, řinout, stékat, splývat
    Muži kanuly bohaté slzy po tvářích. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Conjugation

infinitive
kanout, kanouti
active adjective
kanoucí
verbal noun
kanutí
passive adjective
present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person
kanukaneme—kaňme
2nd person
kaneškanetekaňkaňte
3rd person
kanekanou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive kanout.
participlespast participlespassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate
kanulkanuli——
masculine inanimate
kanuly—
feminine
kanula—
neuter
kanulokanula——
transgressives
present
past
masculine singular
kana—
feminine + neuter singular
kanouc—
plural
kanouce— :

### Further reading

* “kanouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kanouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kanout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
# pâ
## Äiwoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *pna, from earlier *pnaq, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

### Verb

pâ
* to shoot

### References

* Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

## Romagnol
### Alternative forms

* pân

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pānis (“bread”).

### Pronunciation

   * (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈpɤɤ̃]

### Noun

pâ m (plural) (Central Romagna)
* bread

## Sicilian
### Preposition

pâ
* Contraction of pi la (“for the”).
# постоїш
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɔˈstɔjiʃ]
* Rhymes: -ɔjiʃ
* Hyphenation: по‧сто‧їш

### Verb

постоїш (postojiš)
* second-person singular present of постац (postac)
* second-person singular present of постояц (postojac)
# Charline
## English
### Etymology

From French Charline.

### Proper noun

Charline (plural Charlines)
* A female given name from French, equivalent to English Charlene.

#### Translations
### See also

* Charline (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Etymology

From Charles +‎ -ine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaʁ.lin/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Charline f
* a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles, equivalent to English Charline or Charlene

#### Descendants

* English: Charline
# unun
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈunun]
* Rhymes: -unun
* Hyphenation: u‧nun

### Determiner

unun
* (uncommon, nonstandard, proscribed) accusative singular of unu

#### Usage notes

Not usually used; the standard accusative of unu is unu.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʏːnʏn

### Noun

unun f (genitive singular ununar, no plural)
* pleasure, enjoyment
    Synonyms: nautn, ánægja, yndi

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Noun

unun
* genitive singular of un
* second-person singular possessive of un
# やった
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

From the past tense of やる (yaru), literally meaning “I did it”, “you did it”, or “he/she did it”, the subject being implied in a context. In the case of interjection, it always means “I did it”.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) やった [yàttáꜜ] (Odaka – [3]) as an interjection
* IPA: [ja̠t̚ta̠]

#### Interjection

やった • (yatta)
* hurrah! yay! I made it! (an interjection expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.)
** 1927, Denji Kuroshima, 雪のシベリア:戦闘の時と同じような銃声がしたかと思うと、兎は一間ほどの高さに、空に弧を描いて向うへとんだ。たしかに手ごたえがあった。 「やった！　やった！」 吉田は、銃をさげ、うしろの小村に一寸目くばせして、前へ馳せて行った。As soon as we heard a gunshot that matched that of a battle, the rabbit jumped to a height of 1 ken, drawing a curve in the air. It was a telling shot. "Hurray! Hurray!" With his gun slung off, and with a glance to Komura standing behind, Yoshida bolted off forward.
** 2001 April 4, “YATTA!”, はっぱ隊 (music):
    お水(みず)飲(の)んだらうめー！（やったー！） 日(ひ)に当(あ)たったらあったけー！（やったー！） 腹(はら)から笑(わら)ったらおもしれー！（やったーやったー！） 犬(いぬ)飼(かい)ってみたらかわいー！（やったー！）
       O-mizu nonda raumē!(Yattā!) Hi ni atattara attakē!(Yattā!) Hara kara warattara omoshirē!(Yattā yattā!) Inu kaitte mitara kawaī!(Yattā!)
       When I drank the water, it tasted great! (Hurray!) When the sunlight hits me, it's warm! (Hurray!) When I laughed from my stomach, it's fun! (Hurray, hurray!) When I got a dog, it was cute! (Hurray!)

#### Verb

やった • (yatta)
* past of やる

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ja̠t̚ta̠]

#### Verb

やった • (yatta)
* past of や (ya): (dialect) was
    Synonym: (standard Japanese) だった (datta)

### References

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

From Latin dispēnsātor.

### Noun

dispensator (plural dispensators)
* A distributor; a person who dispenses.
    Coordinate term: dispensatrix
** c. 1598, Francis Bacon, An Account of […] Compositions for Alienations:dispensators of this her royal favour towards her people
* (Ancient Rome) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “dispensator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* panstroside

## Latin
### Etymology

From dispēnsō +‎ -tor.

### Noun

dispēnsātor m (genitive dispēnsātōris, feminine dispēnsātrīx); third declension
* steward, attendant
* treasurer
* dispenser

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: dispensador
* French: dispensateur
* Galician: dispensador
* Italian: dispensatore
* Portuguese: dispensador
* Romanian: dispensator
* Spanish: dispensador

### References

* “dispensator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “dispensator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "dispensator", 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)
* dispensator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “dispensator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “dispensator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dispensateur or Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispensa +‎ -tor.

### Adjective

dispensator m or n (feminine singular dispensatoare, masculine plural dispensatori, feminine and neuter plural dispensatoare)
* dispenser
# foreseeable
## English
### Etymology

From foresee +‎ -able.

### Adjective

foreseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)
* able to be foreseen or anticipated
    This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.
** 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:Whatever is decided, it is clear that Crossrail 2 must be regarded as a non-starter for the foreseeable future.

#### Derived terms

* foreseeableness
* foreseeably
* for the foreseeable
* unforeseeable
* unforeseeably
# ti²
## Lakkia
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 斗 (MC tuwX, “cup-like object”). Cognate with Thai ถ้วย (tûai), Lao ຖ້ວຍ (thuāi), Bouyei doix, Zhuang duix.

### Noun

ti²
* bowl, cup

### References

* Liang Min 梁敏, Zhang Junru 张均如 (1996) 侗台语族概论 [An Introduction to the Kam—Tai languages] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Social Science Academy Press 中国社会科学出版社, →ISBN, page 236
# люблений
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

любити (ljubyty) +‎ -ений (-enyj)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlʲubɫenei̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Participle

лю́блений • (ljúblenyj)
* passive adjectival past participle of люби́ти impf (ljubýty)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “люблений”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “люблений”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “люблений”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “люблений”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “люблений”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
# Charissa
## Translingual

* This entry needs a photograph or drawing for illustration. Please try to find a suitable image on Wikimedia Commons or upload one there yourself!

### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Charissa f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Geometroidea – superfamily; Geometridae – family; Ennominae - subfamily; Gnophini - tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Charissa obscurata (annulet, Scotch annulet) - type species

### References

* Charissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Charissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Charissa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪsə

### Proper noun

Charissa
* A female given name.
# rikanha
## Kimbundu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kányá, a variant of *kájá. Compare Umbundu ekaya (“tobacco”).

### Noun

rikanha (class 4, plural makanha)
* tobacco

#### Derived terms

* makanha ma kipumba

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: maconha (via the plural)

### References

* Junior, Antonio de Assis (1967) Dicionário Kimbundu-Português - Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico E Corográfico (in Portuguese), Luanda, Angola: Argente, Santos & C.$^a$, L.$^{da}$, page 341
* Matta, Joaquim (1893) Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 137
# washboarding
## English
### Etymology

From the resemblance to a laundry washboard.

### Noun

washboarding (usually uncountable, plural washboardings)
* The appearance of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road, caused by wear from traffic, erosion, or poor grading.
    Synonym: corrugation
** 1988, Deborah J. Taylor, National Central Tire Inflation Program:According to the road crew, two forms of road surface damage are common to this haul route — washboarding and potholing.
** 1990, Harold W. Muncy, Asphalt Emulsions - Issue 1079, →ISBN, page 67:As the surface aged with traffic, the washboarding decreased in severity.
** 1997, Better Roads - Volume 67, page 33:Aggregate quality is important to prevent washboarding.
** 2005, T.F. Fwa, The Handbook of Highway Engineering, →ISBN, pages 16–17:Corrugations (washboardings) are fairly regular evenly spaced transverse ridges and caused by traffic actions in conjunction with loose aggregate.
* A streaky appearance on solid patches of color printed on corrugated materials, resulting from the uneven pressure exerted due to corrugations.
** 1987, Paper Technology and Industry - Volumes 28-29, page 267:When postprinting, washboarding influences the printability. Washboarding depends mainly on the distance between the flute tips ...
** 2005, Tappi Journal - Volume 4, page 7:The flute tips and the buckling or washboarding between the flutes tips can be seen easily.
** 2008, Appita Journal:Washboarding is a result of a waviness of the liner structure that follows the flutes of the comigated medium.
* (bees) An unexplained behavior in which bees move across the surface of their hive with a rocking motion.
** 2010, Malcolm T. Sanford, Richard E. Bonney, Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, →ISBN, page 64:The behavior shown here is washboarding.
** 2013, Barry Werth, The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug, →ISBN, page 322:He then ran the images back in slow motion. They resembled the “washboarding” of bees, a herringboning, a shimmy.
** 2015, James E. Tew, The Beekeeper's Problem Solver, →ISBN, page 72:Certainly, interior surfaces and some exterior surfaces are coated with propolis, but washboarding behavior is not necessarily associated with propolis application.

#### Translations
### Verb

washboarding
* present participle and gerund of washboard
# gërvishta
## Albanian
### Verb

gërvishta
* first-person singular aorist of gërvisht
# wáŋča
## Lakota
### Noun

wáŋča
* The number one; 1.
# get one's ass in gear
## English
### Alternative forms

* get one's arse into gear, get one's ass into gear, put one's ass in gear, have one's ass in gear

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Verb

get one's ass in gear (third-person singular simple present gets one's ass in gear, present participle getting one's ass in gear, simple past got one's ass in gear, past participle gotten one's ass in gear)
* (US, idiomatic) To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
    He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.

#### Usage notes

* "Ass" is sometimes used to denote self in idioms and expressions, as in "get your ass up", "get your ass out of here."

#### Translations
### See also

* find another gear
# Sorrel
## English
### Proper noun

Sorrel
* A female given name.
# carwasher
## English
### Etymology

From car +‎ washer.

### Noun

carwasher (plural carwashers)
* One who washes cars.
# Svatoňovice
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Svatoňovice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsvatɒnjɒvˌɪtseɪ/

### Proper noun

Svatoňovice
* A village and municipality in Opava District in the Moravia–Silesia Region of the Czech Republic.

#### Related terms

* Malé Svatoňovice
* Velké Svatoňovice

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Svatoňovice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Czech
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “svatoň +‎ -ův +‎ -ice?”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsvatoɲovɪt͡sɛ]

### Proper noun

Svatoňovice f pl
* Svatoňovice (a village and municipality in Opava District in the Moravia–Silesia Region of the Czech Republic)

#### Derived terms

* Malé Svatoňovice f pl
* Velké Svatoňovice f pl

#### Descendants

* → English: Svatoňovice

### Further reading

* “Svatoňovice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
# Geisel
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Geisel.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
* Hyphenation: Gei‧sel
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Geisel (plural Geisels)
* A surname from German.

### Anagrams

* Giesel, Gliese, Seelig, Seigel, Seigle, Siegle, lieges

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɪ̯zəl/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German gīsel, from Old High German gīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

#### Alternative forms

* Geißel (obsolete)

#### Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)
* hostage
** 2012, Simon Kernick, Das Ultimatum: Thriller, Heyne (publisher) (e-book edition without page numbers):
    Und wir haben ein Hotel voller Geiseln, darunter den stellvertretenden Direktor des MI6. [...] Wenn ihr uns den Zugang sperrt, wird alle fünf Minuten eine Geisel sterbenwe have a hotel full of hostages, including the Deputy Director of MI6...if you block the exit, one hostage will die every five minutes.

##### Declension
#### Noun

Geisel m (strong, genitive Geisels, plural Geisel)
* (archaic) hostage

##### Synonyms

* Leibbürge

##### Derived terms

* Geiselnahme
* Geiselnehmer
* Geiselhaft
* Geiseldrama

### Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

#### Noun

Geisel f (genitive Geisel, plural Geiseln)
* Obsolete form (now misspelling) of Geißel (“scourge”)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Proper noun

die Geisel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Geisel)
* A river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

#### Proper noun

Geisel m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Geisels or (with an article) Geisel, plural Geisels or Geisel)
* a surname

### Further reading

* “Geisel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Geisel” in Duden online

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Geisel.

### Proper noun

Geisel m or f by sense
* a surname from German
# somali-
## English
### Etymology

From or akin to Somali Soomaali.

### Prefix

somali-
* (rare) Relating to Somalia, the Somali peninsula, or the Somali people, language, or culture.
    Synonym: somalo-
    Synonym: somal-

#### Coordinate terms

* Appendix:English nationality prefixes

### References

* ↑ “somali-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.