# wart
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /wɔːt/
* (US) IPA: /wɔɹt/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

wart (plural warts)
* (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
    A wart has appeared on my toe.
* Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
* (informal, figurative) Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
** 2011, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing:Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account.
* (programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
** 1998, Chris Ahlstrom, “Hungarian notation”, in microsoft.public.vc.language (Usenet):Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
** 2002, Linonut, “Computer Science”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

#### Derived terms

* fig-wart
* genital wart
* Peruvian wart
* plantar wart
* planter's wart
* potato wart
* prosector's wart
* senile wart
* soot wart
* wall wart
* wart-biter
* warthog
* warts and all
* wart snake
* warty
* warty toad
* water wart
* worrywart

#### Translations

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### See also

* verruca

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaːrt/, [vaːʁt], [vaːɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

wart
* second-person plural preterite of sein

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vart/, [vaʁt], [vaɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]

#### Verb

wart
* (chiefly colloquial) singular imperative of warten
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten

## Middle Dutch
### Verb

wart
* first/third-person singular past indicative of werden

## Middle English
### Noun

wart
* Alternative form of warte

## Middle High German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈwart/

### Verb

wart
* first/third-person singular past indicative of wërden

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvart/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -art
* Syllabification: wart

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ, from *vьrtěti.

#### Noun

wart m inan
* the main current of a river
    Hypernym: nurt

##### Derived terms

* wartki
* wartny
* wartkość
* Warta

##### Related terms

* warstwa
* wertep
* wrota
* wrzeciono
* wiercić impf
* wracać impf, wrócić pf

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German wert, from Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.

#### Alternative forms

* warty (obsolete, proscribed)

#### Adjective

wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart, no derived adverb)
* worth (having a value of; proper to be exchanged for)
    Antonym: niewart
* worth, worthy (deserving)
    Antonym: niewart

##### Derived terms

* wartny
* wartość
* wartać impf
* warto impf

##### Related terms

* wartościowościowy
* wartościowy
* wartościujący
* wartościowo
* wartościująco
* wartościowość
* wartościować impf

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Wert.

#### Noun

wart m inan
* (obsolete) price, worth, value
    Synonyms: cena, wartość

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

wart f
* genitive plural of warta

### Further reading

* wart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* wart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋart/
* Rhymes: -art
* Hyphenation: wart

### Etymology 1

From Old Frisian warte / worte, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wotte / Woote. Doublet of wrat.

#### Noun

wart c (plural warten, diminutive wartsje)
* (pathology) wart (painful growth in the skin)
    Synonym: wrat
    Der is in wart op myn tean ferskynde.A wart has appeared on my toe.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

wart
* third-person present singular of warre

### References

* “wart” at Frysker