OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# precipitously
## English
### Etymology

From precipitous +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.təs.li/
* Audio (General American):(file)

### Adverb

precipitously (comparative more precipitously, superlative most precipitously)
* In a precipitous manner.
** Abruptly; quickly.
** At a sharp upwards angle.
*** 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:Never will I visit it again; it is a place of evil omen.' After a very brief halt for breakfast we pressed on with such good will that by two o'clock in the afternoon we were at the foot of the vast wall of rock that formed the lip of the volcano, and which at this point towered up precipitously above us for fifteen hundred or two thousand feet.
*** 1954 October, 'Boscawen', “The Kowloon-Canton Railway of Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 712:On all sides, wild mountains rise precipitously above wooded nullahs, and we have a clear view, to the right, of the famous Amah Rock, with its singular resemblance to a Chinese woman carrying her baby on her back in the traditional fashion.
# めまい
## Japanese

* Alternative spellings
* 目まい 目眩 (uncommon) 眩暈 (uncommon)

### Etymology

Likely a compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 舞い (mai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 舞う (mau, “to dance; to rotate”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めまい [mèmáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [me̞ma̠i]

### Noun

めまい • (memai)
* dizziness
    めまいを覚(おぼ)える
       memai o oboeru
       to feel dizzy
    めまいがする
       memai ga suru
       to feel dizzy

### Verb

めまいする • (memai suru) suru (stem めまいし (memai shi), past めまいした (memai shita))
* to feel dizzy

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | めまいし | memai shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | めまいし | memai shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | めまいする | memai suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | めまいする | memai suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | めまいすれ | memai sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | めまいせよ¹ めまいしろ² | memai seyo¹ memai shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | めまいされる | memai sareru |
| Causative | めまいさせる めまいさす | memai saseru memai sasu |
| Potential | めまいできる | memai dekiru |
| Volitional | めまいしよう | memai shiyō |
| Negative | めまいしない | memai shinai |
| Negative continuative | めまいせず | memai sezu |
| Formal | めまいします | memai shimasu |
| Perfective | めまいした | memai shita |
| Conjunctive | めまいして | memai shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | めまいすれば | memai sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

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

ver- +‎ lieben

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fərˈliːbən/, [fɐˈliːbm̩], /fɛr-/, [fɛɐ̯-]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ver‧lie‧ben

### Verb

verlieben (weak, third-person singular present verliebt, past tense verliebte, past participle verliebt, auxiliary haben)
* (reflexive) to fall in love
    Wir haben uns verliebt. ― We fell in love.
* (reflexive) to fall in love [with in (+ accusative) ‘with someone’]
    Antonym: entlieben
    Ich verliebte mich Hals über Kopf in sie. ― I fell head over heels in love with her.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* Verlieben
* Verliebung
* verliebt

#### Related terms

* verloben
* verheiraten
* liebhaben
* liebgewinnen
* entlieben

### Further reading

* “verlieben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “verlieben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “verlieben” in Duden online
* “verlieben” in OpenThesaurus.de
* “verlieben” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
# voicemails
## English
### Noun

voicemails
* plural of voicemail

### Verb

voicemails
* third-person singular simple present indicative of voicemail

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: voice‧mails

### Noun

voicemails
* plural of voicemail
# Gerstenbüttelers
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌɡɛʁstn̩ˈbʏtl̩ɐs]
* Hyphenation: Gers‧ten‧büt‧te‧lers

### Noun

Gerstenbüttelers
* genitive singular of Gerstenbütteler
# споживачка
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

спожива́ти (spožyváty) +‎ -ачка (-ačka)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [spɔʒeˈʋat͡ʃkɐ]
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Noun

спожива́чка • (spožyváčka) f pers (genitive спожива́чки, nominative plural спожива́чки, genitive plural спожива́чок, masculine спожива́ч)
* female equivalent of спожива́ч (spožyváč): consumer

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “споживачка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
# back-uppen
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English back up. Equivalent to back-up +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: back-‧up‧pen

### Verb

back-uppen
* to back up (to copy data)
# Gerstenbütteler
## German
### Etymology

From Gerstenbüttel +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌɡɛʁstn̩ˈbʏtl̩ɐ]
* Hyphenation: Gers‧ten‧büt‧te‧ler

### Noun

Gerstenbütteler m (strong, genitive Gerstenbüttelers, plural Gerstenbütteler, feminine Gerstenbüttelerin)
* A native or resident of Gerstenbüttel

#### Related terms

* Gerstunger, Gersfelder, Gersheimer
* Brunsbütteler, Wolfenbütteler

### Adjective

Gerstenbütteler (indeclinable, no predicative form)
* (relational) of Gerstenbüttel

#### Usage notes

* Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
# 𑘪𑘨𑘲𑘓𑘲𑘩
## Old Marathi
### Alternative forms

* 𑘪𑘨𑘓𑘲𑘩 (varacīla)

### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*variccalla), an apheresized form of *𑀉𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*uvariccalla), from Sanskrit 𑘄𑘢𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘧 (uparitya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-lla-).

### Adjective

𑘪𑘨𑘲𑘓𑘲𑘩 (varīcīla) (Devanagari वरिचिल)
* external
** 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 9.400:𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘄𑘐𑘜𑘲𑘩𑘹𑘽 𑘦𑘕 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦 𑙁 𑘝𑘹𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘽 𑘓𑘲 𑘢𑘳𑘭𑘩𑘹𑘽 𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦 𑙁 𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘪𑘹𑘽 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘦 𑙁 𑘪𑘨𑘲𑘓𑘲𑘩 𑘮𑘲 𑘐𑘹𑘩𑘹 𑙂teṃ ugaṇīleṃ maja karma . tevhāṃ cī pusaleṃ janma . janmāsaveṃ śrama . varīcīla hī gele .1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh PradhanWhen, however, actions are offered up to Me then death and birth cease, and all trouble arising from birth also disappears.

#### Descendants

* Marathi: varcīl (obsolete)
    Devanagari script: वरचील
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘨𑘓𑘲𑘩

### References

* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “वरिचिल”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, page 624
# E.O.
## English
### Alternative forms

* E O

### Etymology

Short for "even and odd".

### Noun

E.O. (uncountable)
* (historical) An old dice game resembling roulette.
** 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:We made most at the E. O. tables,—not those played with a ball, they weren’t in vogue then, but throwing dice for prizes marked on a table. […] Our E. O. table was in a tilted cart.
# niet voor een gat te vangen
## Dutch
### Etymology

Literally, “not to be caught in one hole”.

### Adjective

niet voor één gat te vangen (used only predicatively, not comparable)
* (idiomatic) resourceful, cunning, wily
# テキ屋
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 屋
* や Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
* For pronunciation and definitions of テキ屋 – see the following entry: 的屋
(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 的屋.)
# DTI
## English
### Noun

DTI
* (medicine) Initialism of diffusion tensor imaging.
* (video games) Initialism of Dress to Impress.

### Proper noun

DTI
* (Philippines) Initialism of Department of Trade and Industry.

#### See also

* (executive departments of the Philippines) DAR, DA, DBM, DepEd, DOE, DENR, DOF, DFA, DOH, DHSUD, DICT, DILG, DOJ, DOLE, DMW, DND, DPWH, DOST, DOT, DTI, DOTr

### Anagrams

* D.I.T., DIT, IDT, TDI, TID, dit, it'd, tid
# venador
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēnātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benaˈdoɾ/ [be.naˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ve‧na‧dor

### Noun

venador m (plural venadores)
* (rare, archaic) hunter; huntsman
    Synonym: cazador

### Further reading

* “venador”, 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
# açmak
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اچمق (açmak, “to open”), from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰲 (č /⁠ač-⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑt͡ʃmɑk/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

açmak (third-person singular simple present açar)
* (transitive) to open
    Camı açmadım.I didn't open the window.
* (transitive) to turn on
    Işıkları açar mısın lütfen?Could you turn the lights on, please?
* (intransitive, only with güneş) for the sun to shine on a cloudy or rainy day

#### Conjugation

* Show negative conjugation:
* Show potential conjugation:
* Show impotential conjugation:

#### Derived terms

* açılmak
* açı
* açık
# blackthorn
## English

Wikispecies

### Etymology

Compound of black +‎ thorn.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈblækˌθɔːn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/

### Noun

blackthorn (plural blackthorns)
* A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
* A stick or staff taken from this tree.

#### Synonyms

* sloe

#### Derived terms

* blackthorn winter

#### Translations
### See also

* shillelagh
# контрабандистка
## Russian
### Etymology

контрабандист (kontrabandist) +‎ -ка (-ka)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kəntrəbɐnʲˈdʲistkə]

### Noun

контрабанди́стка • (kontrabandístka) f anim (genitive контрабанди́стки, nominative plural контрабанди́стки, genitive plural контрабанди́сток, masculine контрабанди́ст)
* female equivalent of контрабанди́ст (kontrabandíst): female smuggler, contrabandist
# Alphonsine
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Alphōnsīnus.

### Adjective

Alphonsine (not comparable)
* Alternative spelling of Alfonsine

### Noun

Alphonsine (plural Alphonsines)
* Alternative spelling of Alfonsine
** 1599, Tho[mas] Hill, “What the Offices or Vtilities of the Equinoctiall Are”, in The Schoole of Skil: […], London: […] T[homas] Iudson, for W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, 2nd part (Of the Sphericall Elements of the Celestiall Circles, with the Vses of the Same Circles), page 77:Foꝛ Hipparchus and Ptholomie, haue ſtabliſhed in their time the quantity of the Tropicke yeare, to bee of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds. The Alphonſines, of 365. dayes, 5. houres, 55. minutes, and 12. ſeconds, […]
** 1661, Benedetto Castelli, “Of the Mensuration of Running Waters. […] Lib. II. To the Right Honourable, Monsignore D. Ferrante Cesarini.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and Translations, tome I, 2nd part, London: […] William Leybourne, →OCLC, page 469:For its manifeſt, that Ptotomy could never deſcribe either the Motion of the Equinoxes, or aſſign the certain and poſitive beginning of the Year: the which he ingeniouſly confeſſeth in Lib. 3. De Almageſt. Magnum. Ch. 2. and which he leaveth to be diſcovered in after times by thoſe Aſtronomers, who coming into the World much later than he, might be able to invent ſome way to make more accurate obſervations. And although the Alphonſines & Thebith Ben Core have attempted to explain them; yet it appeareth that they have done as much as nothing. For the Poſitions of the Alphonſines diſagree amongſt themſelves, as Ricius proveth.
** 1874, David Masson, “Scheme and Meaning of the Poem”, in The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton’s English, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, “Paradise Lost” section, “Introduction: Bibliographical, Biographical, and Expository” subsection, page 90:There are various opinions concerning the number and order of the celestial Spheres; but, following for the present, for the sake of learners, the doctrine of the Alphonsines, we reckon ten, in this order:—The 1st is the Sphere of the Moon, which has the lowest place in the Æther; […]Translating Epitome Astronomiae by Michael Maestlin.

### References

* ↑ “Alfonsine, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## French
### Etymology

From Alphonse +‎ -ine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.fɔ̃.sin/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alphonsine f
* a female given name
# efikasi
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English efficacy, from Old French efficace, from Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”), efficāx (“efficacious”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛfiˈkasi]
* Hyphenation: èfi‧ka‧si

### Noun

efikasi (uncountable)
* (medicine, pharmacology, psychology) efficacy:
** the ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
** a degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

#### Derived terms

* efikasi diri akademik
* efikasi herbisida
* efikasi insektisida
* efikasi kelompok
* efikasi kolektif
* efikasi pestisida

### Further reading

* “efikasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# Aizu
## English
### Proper noun

Aizu
* A region in western Fukushima Prefecture. Primary city is Aizu Wakamatsu (会津若松).

#### Translations
## Japanese
### Romanization

Aizu
* Rōmaji transcription of あいづ
* Rōmaji transcription of あいず

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ajˈzu/ [aɪ̯ˈzu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ajˈzu/

### Proper noun

Aizu f
* Aizu (a region in western Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
# empathisch
## Dutch
### Etymology

From empathie +‎ -isch.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

empathisch (comparative empathischer, superlative meest empathisch or empathischt)
* empathetic

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: empatis

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

empathisch (strong nominative masculine singular empathischer, comparative empathischer, superlative am empathischsten)
* empathic, empathetic

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “empathisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “empathisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
# cutest
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

cutest
* superlative form of cute: most cute

### Anagrams

* cutset
# grumble
## English
### Etymology

Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

### Noun

grumble (plural grumbles)
* (onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
* The sound made by a hungry stomach.
* A surly complaint.
    That whiner is never without a grumble to share.

#### Derived terms

* grumbly

#### Translations
### Verb

grumble (third-person singular simple present grumbles, present participle grumbling, simple past and past participle grumbled)
* (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
    The distant thunder grumbles.
** 1995, Terry C. Johnston, Dance on the Wind, page 15:It made his stomach grumble in protest to think the mule was eating, and here he was worrying about her with an empty belly of his own.
* (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
    He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.
* (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
** 2001, Harry Willcox Pfanz, Gettysburg — the first day:He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:complain

#### Derived terms

* begrumble
* grumbler
* mustn't grumble

#### Translations

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

### See also

* rumble
# Bonin
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Bonin (plural Bonins)
* A surname from French.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Bonin is the 8226th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4034 individuals. Bonin is most common among White (93.63%) individuals.

### Etymology 2

From French Bonin in an 1817 monograph on the islands by the French scholar Rémusat, misunderstanding Japanese 無人島 (mujintō, “desert island”) as a proper name for the Ogasawaras, misreading the kanji as the related pronunciation buninjima, and then mistranscribing the vowel into French.

#### Proper noun

Bonin
* An archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc administered as Ogasawara (a subprefecture of Tokyo prefecture, Japan).

##### Synonyms

* Ogasawara Islands (Japanese contexts)

##### Hypernyms

* Ogasawara Subprefecture (the prefecture includes the nearby Volano Islands)

##### Hyponyms

* Chichijima, Hahajima

##### Derived terms

* Boniner
* Bonin greenfinch
* Bonin Islander
* Bonin Islands
* Boninite
* Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

##### Translations
### References

* Hyman Kublin, "The Discovery of the Bonin Islands: A Reexamination", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 1953), pp. 27–46.
* Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, "Description d'un Groupe d'Îles Peu Connues", Journal des Savans (July 1817), pp. 387–396.

### Anagrams

* NOIBN
# Buzen
## English
### Proper noun

Buzen
* A city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
* (historical) A former province of Japan.
# Echizen
## English
### Proper noun

Echizen
* A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
# gaduh gelisah
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Compound of gaduh +‎ gelisah.

### Noun

gaduh gelisah (plural gaduh-gaduh gelisah)
* (psychiatry) agitation: a feeling of irritability, mental distress or severe restlessness.

### Further reading

* “gaduh gelisah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# Севиля
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛˈvilʲɐ]
* Hyphenation: Се‧ви‧ля

### Proper noun

Севи́ля • (Sevílja) f (relational adjective севи́лски)
* Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)
* Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)
# Strabomantidae
## Translingual
### Etymology

Strabomantis +‎ -idae

### Proper noun

Strabomantidae
* A taxonomic family within the order Anura – cloud forest frogs, of South America.

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia – subclass; Anura – order; Brachycephaloidea – superfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Holoadeninae, Hypodactylinae, Pristimantinae, Strabomantinae – subfamilies
** Bahius, Barycholos, Bryophryne, Euparkerella, Holoaden, Lynchius, Microkayla, Niceforonia, Noblella, Oreobates, Phrynopus, Pristimantis, Psychrophrynella, Qosqophryne, Serranobatrachus, Strabomantis, Tachiramantis, Yunganastes – genera

### References

* Strabomantidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Strabomantidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Strabomantidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Strabomantidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Strabomantidae at the Catalogue of Life
* Strabomantidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Strabomantidae available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
# Sea Peoples
## English
### Etymology

Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription.

### Proper noun

the Sea Peoples pl (plural only)
* (historical) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.
# Rosie Lees
## English
### Noun

Rosie Lees
* (rare) plural of Rosie Lee
# comet
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English comete, partly from Old English comēta and partly from Old French comete, both from Latin comētēs, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), short for ἀστὴρ κομήτης ([astēr] komētēs, "longhaired [star])" and referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”). Compare English faxed star and Latin crīnīta stēlla (“comet”, literally “(long) haired star”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: kŏm'ət, IPA: /ˈkɒmət/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒmɪt

### Noun

comet (plural comets)
* (astronomy) A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.
** 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:And They made by the lifting of Their hands, each god according to his sign, the Bright One with the flaring tail to seek from the end of the Worlds to the end of them again, to return again after a hundred years. Man, when thou seest the comet, know that another seeketh besides thee nor ever findeth out.
* A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.
* Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

#### Usage notes

* A comet whose volatile ices have completely evaporated is said to be dead or extinct.

#### Synonyms

* faxed star (rare, dialectal)

#### Derived terms

* Biela's Comet
* cometarium
* cometary
* comet darner (Aeshna longipes)
* cometesimal
* comet-finder
* cometic
* cometless
* cometlike
* cometocentric
* cometographer
* cometography
* cometoid
* cometology
* comet-seeker
* comet tail
* cometwise
* dead comet
* exocomet
* great comet
* Halley's Comet
* Halley's comet
* interstellar comet
* near-Earth comet
* parabolic comet
* periodical comet
* periodic comet
* short period comet
* short-period comet
* supercomet
* vomit comet

#### Descendants

* → Malay: komet
* → Urdu: کومٹ (komeṭ)
* → Welsh: comed

#### Translations
### Further reading

* comet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Comte, comte

## Catalan
### Verb

comet
* inflection of cometre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

cōmet
* third-person singular future active indicative of cōmō

## Romanian
### Noun

comet n (plural comete)
* Alternative form of cometă
# Iide
## English
### Proper noun

Iide
* A town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.