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# wæl
## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, to strike”). Cognate with Old Saxon wal, Old High German wal, and Old Norse valr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wæl/

### Noun

wæl n
* slaughter, carnage
* the slain
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    An. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright wtook the victory, and many were slain there.
* (rare) a slain person, corpse

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* on wæl feallan (“to fall in battle”)
* wælblēat (“deadly”)
* wælċeaseġa (“raven”)
* wælhrēow (“cruel”)
* wælrēaf (“spoils in war”)
* wælsċeaft (“weapon-shaft”)
* wælstōw (“battlefield”)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: wal
# undertaken
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈteɪkən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪkən

### Verb

undertaken
* past participle of undertake

## Middle English
### Etymology

under- +‎ taken

### Verb

undertaken (third-person singular simple present undertaketh, present participle undertakende, undertakynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative undertok, past participle undertaken)
* To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
** 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 289-291:As leene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But looked holwe and therto sobrely.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
** 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxxvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:there came fourty knyghtes to sire Darras […] and they wold haue slayne sire Tristram and his two felawes but sire Darras wold not suffre that but kepte them in pryson […] So sire Tristram endured there grete payne for sekenesse had vndertake hym and that is the grettest payne a prysoner maye haue(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
** 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XIX, Chapter x, leaf 394v:Soo it happend in Spayne there was an Erles sone his name was Alphegus / and at a grete turnement in spayn this syre Vrre knyghte of Hongry and sir Alphegus of spayne encountred to gyders for veray enuy / and soo eyther vndertook other to the Vtteraunce. "So it happened in Spain there was an earl’s son, his name was Alphegus, and at a great tournament in Spain this Sir Urre, knight of Hungary, and Sir Alphegus of Spain encountered together for very envy; and so either undertook other to the utterance."(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To have or take charge of.
** 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Doctour of Physyckes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 81-82:[…] therfore, for Cristes sake, Kepeth wel tho that ye undertake.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* English: undertake
# intetkøn
## Danish
### Etymology

intet +‎ køn. Calque of Latin genus neutrum (literally “neither gender”), which imitates Ancient Greek γένος ούδέτερον (génos oúdéteron, literally “neither gender”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈend̥əðˌkʰœnˀ]

### Noun

intetkøn n
* (grammar) neuter (gender)
    Synonym: neutrum
    Antonyms: fælleskøn, utrum
# martyrios
## Portuguese
### Noun

martyrios
* plural of martyrio
# آن ور
## Persian

* اونور (unvar) (dialectal, Tehrani)
* آن‌ور (ānvar) (Orthographic contraction)

### Etymology

Contraction of آن (that) and ور (side).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑːn.waɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːn.wäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːn.wäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑːn.wäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔːn.wäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒːɱ.væɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔɱ.väɾ]
# sugarcoat the pill
## English
### Alternative forms

* sugarcoat a bitter pill

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Verb

sugarcoat the pill (third-person singular simple present sugarcoats the pill, present participle sugarcoating the pill, simple past and past participle sugarcoated the pill)
* (idiomatic) To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.
    Synonyms: gild the pill, sweeten the pill
    Near-synonyms: polish a turd, put lipstick on a pig, sweeten the pot
** 1930, Watson White, The Paris that is Paris, page 186:To sugarcoat the pill of payment the receiver of the tax was wont to refer to it disparagingly in the diminutive, calling it “la huchette,” “the little tax on a fish stall.”
** 2008, Robert Solomon, David Sherman, editors, The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 326:Philosophy supposes that the argument is merely flavored with such imported images to sugarcoat the pill of difficult thinking for those unused to the bitter remedy of rigorous thought.
** 2018 October 20, Zoe Wood, “Shopping malls' desperate decline comes to prime minister’s doorstep”, in The Guardian‎:One middle-aged woman does not sugar-coat the pill, rating the experience “one out of 10” because “shops keep shutting”.

#### Related terms

* bitter pill to swallow
* difficult pill to swallow
* hard pill to swallow
* pill to swallow
* swallow a bitter pill
* tough pill to swallow

#### See also

* hard to swallow
# rosé wine
## English
### Noun

rosé wine (plural rosé wines)
* A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.

#### Synonyms

* blush
* blush wine
* rosé
* pink wine

#### Related terms

* rosé, rosé sauce
* See wine
# throughcare
## English
### Etymology

From through +‎ care.

### Noun

throughcare (uncountable)
* Support offered to an imprisoned offender before and during the time when they return to the community.
# blindly
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind +‎ -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblaɪndli/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪndli

### Adverb

blindly (comparative more blindly, superlative most blindly)
* In a blind manner; without sight.
    Synonyms: eyelessly, sightlessly
    I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.
* Without consideration or question.
    Synonym: unthinkingly
    Coordinate terms: carelessly, rotely
** 1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen
    The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
** 2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: No Subject:Human, "To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way.

#### Translations

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

* malefactour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”).

### Pronunciation

* (US) enPR: măʹləfăk'tər, IPA: /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

malefactor (plural malefactors)
* A criminal or felon.
* An evildoer.
** 2013, Kazerad, Katia: Try a few more things, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), April 23 2013
    Though your unseen malefactor’s actions may give the impression of confidence… Vaermina suspects he is terrified his plan will go astray.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:criminal
* See also Thesaurus:villain

#### Antonyms

* benefactor

#### Related terms

* maleficent

#### Translations
## Latin
### Etymology

From malefaciō +‎ -tor, corresponding to male (“evilly”) + factor (“maker”). Used in Old Latin by Plautus and then more commonly in Late Latin.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ma.leˈfak.tor/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈfäkt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ma.leˈfak.tor/, [mäleˈfäkt̪or]

### Noun

malefactor m (genitive malefactōris); third declension
* wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor, villain
    Synonym: maleficiārius

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Antonyms

* benefactor

#### Descendants

* Asturian: malfechor
* French: malfaiteur
* Friulian: malfatôr
* Galician: malfeitor
* Italian: malfattore
* Old Catalan: malfaytor
* Portuguese: malfeitor
* Sicilian: malfatturi
* Spanish: malhechor
* → Catalan: malfactor
* → English: malefactor

### References

* “malefactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "malefactor", 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)
* malefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* ↑ http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2034313
# scatterbrain
## English
### Etymology

From scatter +‎ brain.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

scatterbrain (plural scatterbrains)
* A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
** 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:Vivian is so VERY late! Where has that scatterbrain been all this time?

#### Related terms

* scatterbrained
# Órfhlaith
## Irish
### Etymology

ór (“gold”) +‎ flaith (“prince”)

### Proper noun

Órfhlaith f (genitive Órfhlatha)
* a female given name, Anglicized as Orla

### Mutation

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

From आळस (āḷas, “laziness”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɭ̆.ɕi/, [aɭ̆.ɕiː]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: आळ‧शी

### Noun

आळशी • (āḷśī) m or f
* lazy

#### Derived terms

* आळशीपणा (āḷśīpaṇā, “laziness”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आळशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
# عنكوليب
## Sudanese Arabic
### Etymology

From Beja enkulib (“sugar canes”), plural of enkuluub. Words suffixed with ب (-(V)b) often originate from Beja. Compare عنقريب (ʕangarēb, “wooden bed”), بعنيب (baʕanēb, “a kind of eagle”), ويكاب (wēkāb, “an ingredient of sauce”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕan.koːliːb/

### Noun

عنكوليب • (ʕankōlīb) ?
* sugar cane

### References

* Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎, London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 283
* Kees Versteegh (2009) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics‎, 5 edition, Brill, →ISBN, Sudan, pages 375-381
* Reinisch, Leo (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎ (in German), Wien, Austria, page 25
# काळजी
## Marathi
### Etymology

Cognate with Gujarati કાળજી (kāḷjī), Kannada ಕಾಳಜಿ (kāḷaji). Doublet of काळीज (kāḷīj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɭ̆.d͡ʑi/, [kaɭ̆.d͡ʑiː]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: काळ‧जी

### Noun

काळजी • (kāḷjī) f
* care, concern, anxiety
    Synonyms: चिंता (cintā), फिकीर (phikīr)

#### Derived terms

* काळजी करणे (kāḷjī karṇe, “to worry”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “काळजी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “काळजी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “काळजी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kālēyaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
# innocent passage
## English
### Noun

innocent passage (uncountable)
* (law, nautical) The passage of civilian (and in some countries also military) vessels through the territorial and archipelagic waters of foreign states without interference, subject to good behavior on the part of the vessels and their crews.
# tabing-dagat
## Tagalog
### Etymology

From tabi (“edge; side”) +‎ -ng- +‎ dagat (“sea”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˌbiŋ ˈdaɡat/ [t̪ɐˌbin̪ ˈd̪aː.ɣɐt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -aɡat
* Syllabification: ta‧bing-da‧gat

### Noun

tabíng-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)
* seaside; seashore
    Synonyms: dalampasigan, pasigan, baybayin, aplaya, (obsolete) piling

### Further reading

* “tabing-dagat”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “tabing-dagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
# xarope
## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Compare Spanish jarabe, Catalan xarop and Portuguese xarope.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaˈɾɔpe/ [ʃaˈɾɔ.pɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɔpe
* Hyphenation: xa‧ro‧pe

### Noun

xarope m (plural xaropes)
* syrup

### Further reading

* “xarope”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “xarope” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈɾɔ.pi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈɾɔ.pi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈɾɔ.pe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐˈɾɔ.pɨ/
* Rhymes: -ɔpi
* Hyphenation: xa‧ro‧pe

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Compare Spanish jarabe and Catalan xarop.

#### Noun

xarope m (plural xaropes)
* syrup
** (by extension, Brazil, colloquial) a food or drink that is too sweet
* (Brazil, colloquial) homemade remedy; tisane
    Synonym: tisana
* (Brazil, slang, derogatory) A person who is mentally ill or insane
    Synonyms: retardado, biruta, lelé
* (Brazil, colloquial) laxative
    Synonym: laxante
* (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) bore (something dull or uninteresting)

#### Adjective

xarope m or f (plural xaropes)
* (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) boring

#### Descendants

* → Konkani: शारोप (śārop)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

xarope
* inflection of xaropar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “xarope”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “xarope”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “xarope”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
# Ẇ

| Ẇ | U+1E86, &#7814; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH DOT ABOVE |
| Composition: | W [U+0057] + ◌̇ [U+0307] |
| ← ẅ [U+1E85] | Latin Extended Additional | ẇ → [U+1E87] |

## Translingual
### Letter

Ẇ (lower case ẇ)
* (romanization) The capital form of ẇ.
# පිපිඤ්ඤා
## Sinhalese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pepino, from Latin pepōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pipiɲə.ɲaː/

### Noun

පිපිඤ්ඤා • (pipiññā)
* cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)
* cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)
# वाळणे
## Marathi
### Etymology

* Marathi verb set
* वाळणे (vāḷṇe)
* वाळवणे (vāḷavṇe)
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘯𑘜𑘹 (vāḷaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀇 (vālaï), 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀇 (vālei). Related to वळणे (vaḷṇe), वाळू (vāḷū, “sand”). Compare Gujarati વાળવું (vāḷvũ), Sindhi وارَڻُ / वारणु.

### Pronunciation

* (formal) IPA: /ʋaɭ̆.ɳe/
* (colloquial) IPA: /ʋaɭ̆.ɳə/
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: वाळ‧णे

### Verb

वाळणे • (vāḷṇe) (intransitive)
* to dry
    Synonym: सुकणे (sukṇe)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाळणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाळणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वाळणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “válati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press: “M. vāḷṇẽ 'to give a twist to'”
# санаар
## Southern Altai
### Etymology

Compare to Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo).

### Verb

санаар • (sanaar)
* to think
* to count

#### Related terms

* сананар (sananar)
* сан (san)
* ойлоор (oyloor)

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “санаар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
* Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 297
# चवताळणे
## Marathi
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *kʷetwóres
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘼𑘝𑘰𑘯𑘜𑘹 (cautāḷaṇe), borrowed from Hindustani چَوْتَال (cavtāl) / चौताल (cautāl), چَوْتَالَا (cavtālā) / चौताला (cautālā), from Sanskrit चतुस्ताल (catustāla). Compare Gujarati ચોતાલ (cotāl), Punjabi ਚੌਤਾਲ (cautāl) / چَوْتال (cautāl), Nepali चौताल (cautāl), Odia ଚଉତାଳ (cautāḷa), ଚଉତାଲା (cautālā), Bengali চৌতাল (cōutal), চৌতালা (cōutala).

### Pronunciation

* (formal) IPA: /t͡səʋ.t̪aɭ̆.ɳe/
* (colloquial) IPA: /t͡səʋ.t̪aɭ̆.ɳə/
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: चव‧ताळ‧णे

### Verb

चवताळणे • (cavtāḷṇe) (intransitive)
* to be enraged, get wild

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “catustāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 252

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चवताळणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चवतळणें, चवताळणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 274
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चवत(ता)ळणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1155.
# caseo
## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin cāseus.

### Noun

caseo (plural caseos)
* cheese

## Latin
### Noun

cāseō m
* dative/ablative singular of cāseus
# merde
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merde (“shit”). Doublet of mierda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛː(ɹ)d/
* Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)d

### Noun

merde (uncountable)
* (mild, mainly humorous) Shit.

### Anagrams

* Meder, mered

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian merda (“shit, crap”).

### Interjection

merde
* (Uri, vulgar) shit!, crap!

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 17.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merde.

### Interjection

merde
* (chiefly Belgium, vulgar) shit!, crap!

## French
### Alternative forms

* m*rde (censored)
* mrd (censored, Internet slang)
* marde (Canada)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛʁd/
* (Quebec) IPA: [maʁd]
* Audio (France, Muntzenheim):(file)
* Audio (Toulouse):(file)
* Audio (Vosges):(file)
* Audio (France, Grenoble):(file)
* Audio (Vosges):(file)
* Audio (France, Somain):(file)

### Interjection

merde
* (vulgar) shit!, crap!
    Merde ! J’ai oublié mes clés !Shit! I forgot my keys!
* (theater) break a leg!

### Noun

merde f (plural merdes)
* (vulgar) turd, piece of feces, shit
    J’ai marché dans une merde de chien.I stepped in dog shit.
* shit (something undesirable or unwanted)
    J’en ai marre de ce petit morveux de merde !I've had it with this little fucking brat!
* shit (something of poor quality)
    Aïe, cette télé de merde !Ugh, this piece-of-shit TV!
* (derogatory) a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard

#### Derived terms

* avoir de la merde dans les yeux
* avoir un œil qui dit merde à l’autre
* bonne merde
* bordel de merde
* chercher la merde
* dans la merde
* de merde
* emmerder
* être dans la merde jusqu’au cou
* faire de la merde
* fouteur de merde
* foutre la merde
* je te dis merde
* jeter comme une merde
* merde alors
* merdique
* mouche à merde
* ne pas se prendre pour de la merde
* putain de bordel de merde
* putain de merde
* sac à merde

#### Related terms

* emmerder
* merder
* merdeux

#### Descendants

* → English: merde

### See also

* chier
* déféquer

### Further reading

* “merde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “merde” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “merde” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

## Italian
### Noun

merde f
* plural of merda

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French merde.

### Noun

merde f (plural merdes)
* (vulgar) shit (feces)
* (figuratively) shit (something undesirable)

#### Descendants

* French: merde, m*rde (censored), mrd (censored, Internet slang), marde (Canada)
** → English: merde

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

merde f (definite singular merda, indefinite plural merder, definite plural merdene)
* alternative form of merd m

## Zazaki
### Noun

merde
* death
# ma lanh
## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* ma-lanh

### Etymology

From French malin.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maː˧˧ lajŋ̟˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maː˧˧ lɛɲ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maː˧˧ lan˧˧]

### Adjective

ma lanh
* (colloquial) cunning, or (for tricksters) sly
* (colloquial) bright; intelligent

#### Usage notes

* (cunning): Typically used (endearingly) for children, or (with regard or concern) for tricksters or thieves.

#### Synonyms

* (cunning): láu cá, láu lỉnh
* (intelligent): lanh lợi
# bəzək
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From bəzə +‎ -k. Cognate with Turkish bezek.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bəzək (definite accusative bəzəyi, plural bəzəklər)
* pattern, design, tracery
* decoration, ornament, ornamentation
    Synonyms: yaraşıq, süs, zinət
* finish, trimmings

#### Descendants

* → Lezgi: безек (bezek)

### Further reading

* “bəzək” in Obastan.com.

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | بَزَک |

### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *bẹze-

### Pronunciation

* (Xarrâbî) IPA: [bæzæk]

### Noun

bəzək (definite accusative bəzəkü, plural bəzəklər)
* decoration, ornament

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó