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# agriar
## Spanish
### Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *acriāre, from Latin acer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɡɾjaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞ɾjaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧griar

### Verb

agriar (first-person singular present agrío or agrio, first-person singular preterite agrié, past participle agriado)
* (transitive) to sour, embitter
    Synonym: acidificar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* agrio

### References

* ↑ Coromines, Joan (1961) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “agriar”, 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
# etymology
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA: /ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
* (Canada) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏʹlə-jē; IPA: /ˌɛtəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, [ˌɛɾəˈmɒləd͡ʒi]
* (General American) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏʹlə-jē; IPA: /ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, [ˌɛɾəˈmɑləd͡ʒi]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA: /ˌetəˈmɔləd͡ʒi/, [ˌeɾəˈmɔləd͡ʒi]
* (India) enPR: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA: /ˌetɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, [ˌeʈɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi], [ˌeʈɪˈmaləd͡ʒi]
* (General South African) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA: /ˌetəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, [ˌetɘˈmɑləd͡ʒi]
* Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gy
* Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

### Noun

etymology (countable and uncountable, plural etymologies)
* (uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
* (countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history.
    Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.
** 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 13:The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
* (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
    Synonym: derivation
** 2023 July 2, Talia Felix, “Homing in on Harlequin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary‎:Where did this name Harlequin (or Arlechin) come from? Most etymologies for the name give the Hellequin theory.
* (countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
** 1996, The Rock:I'm sure you know the etymology of your name, Goodspeed.

#### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”).
* Not to be confused with the origin of the object or person to which the word refers.

#### Hyponyms

* onomastics

#### Derived terms

* etymologic
* etymological
* etymologick
* etymologise
* etymologism
* folk etymology
* global etymology
* popular etymology
* pseudoetymology
* surface etymology

#### Related terms

* etymologist
* etymologize
* etymon

#### 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

* entomology
* ethnology
* ethology
* etiology, aetiology

### References

* “etymology”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* “etymology”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* "etymology" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
# por decirlo así
## Spanish
### Phrase

por decirlo así
* so to speak
    Synonym: por así decirlo

### Further reading

* “por decirlo así”, 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
# abomination
## English
### Alternative forms

* abhomination, abominacioun (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō, abōminātiōnem (“abomination”) Doublet of abominatio.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
* (US) IPA: /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
** (weak vowel merger) IPA: /əˌbɑ.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
* Hyphenation: a‧bo‧mi‧na‧tion

### Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)
* (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]
    Synonym: perversion
** c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 354, columns 1–2:Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off
** 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
* (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [from ca. 1350–1470]
    Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
* (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [ca. 1350–1470 to late 15th c.]
* (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones). [from ca. 1350–1470]
** 2012, Kathleen Jenks, “Cronus”, in Brian Kinsey, editor, Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome, →ISBN, page 61:Appalled by a child she found hideous, Philyra begged the gods to free her from having to rear such an abomination.

#### Derived terms

* bominationly
* Obamanation

#### Translations

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

### References

* ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
* 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abomination”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

### Further reading

* “abomination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## French
### Etymology

From Late Latin abōminātiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.bɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

abomination f (plural abominations)
* something vile and abominable; an abomination
* (chiefly religion) revulsion, abomination, disgust

### Further reading

* “abomination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# Whitehouse
## English
### Etymology

From white +‎ house.

### Proper noun

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)
* A surname.
** 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN‎:The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Henry County, Georgia.
** An unincorporated community in Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
** A village in Lucas County, Ohio.
** A city in Smith County, Texas.
* A number of places in the United Kingdom:
** A civil parish with a community council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8137).
** A suburb in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5679).
** A suburb and council ward in Ipswich borough, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1446).
** A locality east of Alford, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6114).
** A hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR8161).

#### Derived terms

* Whitehousian

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitehouse is the 5555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6258 individuals. Whitehouse is most common among White (92.14%) individuals.

### References

* ↑ Parish map (Milton Keynes)
* ↑ OS: Halton
# láng
## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of debated origin:
* Native word, an onomatopoeia.
* From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lomɜ (“warmth, flame”) + -g (noun-forming suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaːŋɡ]
* Rhymes: -aːŋɡ
* 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

láng (plural lángok)
* flame, flare (the visible part of fire)
    Holonym: tűz (“fire”)

#### Derived terms

* lángol
* lángos
* lángelme
* lángész
* lángszóró
* szalmaláng
* lángra gyúl
* lángra lobban

### References

* ↑ láng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* láng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* lang — nonstandard
* láŋ — very rare shorthand

### Romanization

láng (lang$^2$, Zhuyin ㄌㄤˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狼
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑯 / 琅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 義 / 义
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莨
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋃 / 锒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎯 / 𨱍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阃

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [laːŋ˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [laːŋ˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [laːŋ˦˥]

### Etymology 1

Possible doublet of sáng and rạng.

#### Alternative forms

* loáng (with dipthongization)

#### Adjective

láng • (𣼽)
* smooth; glossy

##### Derived terms

* láng bóng
* láng cóng
* láng mướt
* láng o
* sáng láng

### Etymology 2

This word is rarely, if ever, used as a common noun in isolation in modern Vietnamese anymore. However, it is a common element in place names (Láng Tròn, Láng Dài, Láng Biển, Láng Thượng, etc.), especially in Southern Vietnam.

#### Noun

láng • (浪, 朗, 廊, 𣼽)
* (now only in compounds) a neighborhood (residential area)

##### Derived terms

* láng giềng
# Tammy
## English
### Alternative forms

* Tammi, Tammie

### Etymology

A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtæmi/
    Rhymes: -æmi
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Tammy
* A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
** 1957, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Tammy (song):Wish I knew if he knew What I'm dreaming of Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love.
** 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN‎:The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.
# Duckworth
## English
### Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, /ˈdʌkwɜː(ɹ)θ/

### Proper noun

Duckworth (countable and uncountable, plural Duckworths)
* A surname from Old English.
** 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN‎:The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.
* An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States.

#### Derived terms

* Duckworth-Lewis method
* Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Duckworth is the 2968th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12080 individuals. Duckworth is most common among White (79.83%) and Black/African American (14.64%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duckworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.
# nullify
## English
### Etymology

From null +‎ -ify.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)
* (transitive, law) To make legally invalid.
    Near-synonyms: cancel, void
    The contract has been nullified.
** 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:[T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
** 1992 May 8, Tamara Severns, “Open Letter To Michigan Festival Organizers”, in Gay Community News, page 4:Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals.
* To prevent from happening.
* To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
** 1843, The Metropolitan - Volume 36, page 52:The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.
** 1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115:Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.
** 1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:It nullifies the night / from overkill

#### Synonyms

* (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

#### Related terms

* annihilate
* null
* null and void
* nullifiable
* nullification

#### Translations

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

Scarabaeus +‎ -idae

### Proper noun

Scarabaeidae
* A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – scarab beetles.

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Aclopinae, Aegialiinae, Allidiostomatinae, Aphodiinae, Aulonocneminae, Cetoniinae, Dynamopodinae, Dynastinae, Euchirinae, Melolonthinae, Orphninae, Pachypodinae, Phaenomeridinae, Rutelinae, Scarabaeinae, Termitotroginae – subfamilies

### References

* Scarabaeidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Scarabaeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Scarabaeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Scarabaeidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Scarabaeidae at AnimalBase
* Scarabaeidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Scarabaeidae at World Register of Marine Species
# Maj.
## English
### Noun

Maj.
* (military, chiefly as a prenominal title) Abbreviation of major.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* JAM, JMA, Jam., jam

## French
### Noun

Maj. m (uncountable)
* (Canada, military, chiefly as a prenominal title) Maj.: Abbreviation of major.
# sét
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

sét
* (non-standard since 1938) past participle of sjå

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲeːd]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sentus, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Welsh hynt (“path”) and Old English sīþ (“time”).

#### Noun

sét m (genitive séta)
* path, way

##### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Related terms

* drochet (“bridge”)

##### Descendants

* Irish: séad

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sét (‘path, way’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *swantos (“desire”). Cognate with Welsh chwant, Breton c'hoant, and Cornish whans.

#### Noun

sét m (genitive séuit, nominative plural séuit)
* object of value, chattel
* unit of value
* valuable article of property, treasure
* ornament, jewel
* (figurative) likeness, equivalent

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Descendants

* Irish: seoid, séad
* Scottish Gaelic: seud

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sét (‘object of value’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 sét (‘likeness’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [sɛt̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂɛt̚˦˧˥] ~ [sɛt̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂɛk̚˦˥] ~ [sɛk̚˦˥]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-rɛːt (“lightning”). Cognate with Pong pʰlɛːt⁷. Compare Tày phiét /pʰʲɛt/, a borrowing from Vietic.

#### Noun

sét • (殺, 𩂶, 𩄰, 𪄅)
* (weather) lightning
    Synonym: chớp
    sét hòn ― ball lightning

##### Derived terms

* sấm sét
* sét đánh
* sét hòn
* tầm sét
* tiếng sét

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *p-rɛːt (“rust”).

#### Alternative forms

* (obsolete) rét

#### Verb

sét • (鎩)
* to be rusty
    Synonym: rỉ

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

sét • (冽, 𡏥)
* clay

##### Derived terms

* đất sét
# ngava
## Albanian
### Verb

ngava
* first-person singular aorist indicative of ngas
# wallah
## English
### Etymology 1

Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).

#### Alternative forms

* waala, waalah, walah, wala, vaala, vaalah, valah, walla

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɑːlə/, /ˈwɒlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːlə, -ɒlə

#### Noun

wallah (plural wallahs)
* (India) A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
** 1931, George Orwell, A Hanging:Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.
* (India, historical) Short for competition wallah.
* (British, slang) A guy or bloke.

##### Derived terms

* base wallah
* boxwallah, boxwalla
* compass wallah
* competition wallah
* dudhwallah
* ground wallah
* puncture-wallah
* punkahwallah

### Etymology 2

From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, literally “by God”).

#### Alternative forms

* wallahee, wallahi, wellah, wullah

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɑːlɑː/, /wəˈlɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Adverb

wallah (not comparable)
* (Islam) by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath

### Etymology 3

A corruption of voilà.

#### Interjection

wallah
* Voilà.

### References

* Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh).

### Interjection

wallah
* (slang) Generic intensifier.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, “I swear by God”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

wallah
* (slang) wow (an expression of surprise)
* (slang, Tunisia) I'm serious

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, “I swear by God”), likely via Turkish valla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwala], [ˈvala], [waˈlːah]

### Interjection

wallah
* (slang) Generic intensifier.

### Adverb

wallah
* (slang) (tag question) right?
    Synonyms: wa, gell, ne, nicht, nicht wahr, oder

### Further reading

* “wallah” in Duden online
* “wallah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “wallah” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* walla

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh).

### Interjection

wallah
* (Islam) wallah (when making an oath)
    Synonym: mammas död
    – Är det sant? – Wallah! Jag svär!– Is that true? – Wallah! I swear!
* (slang) Generic intensifier.

#### Related terms

* wallahi

#### See also

* jalla
* no cap

### References

* Fula Ordboken
* Slangopedia
# تخنث
## Arabic
### Verb

تَخَنَّثَ • (taḵannaṯa) V (non-past يَتَخَنَّثُ (yataḵannaṯu), verbal noun تَخَنُّث (taḵannuṯ))
* to be/become feminine or effeminate or act like a woman
# horse-yard
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

horse-yard (plural horse-yards)
* (chiefly Australia) A fenced enclosure or pen for horses.
    Hypernyms: yard < enclosure < area; place
    Coordinate terms: (yards for livestock) pigyard, swineyard, sheepyard, cowyard, henyard; (places for horses) paddock, pasture; stable, horsebarn
** 1901, E. W. Hornung, chapter 4, in The Shadow of a Man‎, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 56:But it was some minutes before he proceeded beyond the horse-yard; indeed, he loitered there, though the jackeroo had the night-horse ready saddled […]
** 1914, Edward S. Sorenson, The Squatter King: A Romance of Bush Life, Sydney: The Catholic Press, Chapter 3,
    Outside the horse-yard, looking through the rails at half a dozen horses, and meditatively stroking his abundant beard, stood Captain Bryne, a well-conditioned man of 50, in a grey alpaca coat and white helmet.

#### Related terms

* barnyard

### Anagrams

* yardhorse