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# possessor
## English
### Alternative forms

* possesser
* possessour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From possess +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

possessor (plural possessors)
* Agent noun of possess; one who possesses
    Antonym: (linguistics) possessum
** 1998, Dan M. Kahan, Tracey L. Meares, “Law and (Norms of) Order in the Inner City)”, in Law and Society, number 32, page 825:When students fear that their peers will report them, they are less likely to display their guns; when students are reluctant to display them, guns become less valuable for conveying information about attitudes and intentions. In addition, the perception that onlookers are willing to sell out possessors counteracts the inference that possessors enjoy high status among their peers.

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

From possessus +‎ -tor.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /posˈses.sor/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɛs̠ːɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /posˈses.sor/, [posˈsɛsːor]

### Noun

possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension
* possessor, owner
* occupier

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: possessor
* English: possessor
* French: possesseur
* Galician: posesor
* Italian: possessore
* Occitan: possessor
* Portuguese: possessor
* Spanish: posesor

### References

* “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Northern Greater Poland) IPA: /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/
** (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA: /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/

### Noun

possessor m pers
* (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) Synonym of dzierżawca

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “possessor”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin possessor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /po.seˈsoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /po.seˈsoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pu.sɨˈso.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor

### Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)
* possessor; owner (one who possesses)
    Synonyms: possuidor, dono

#### Related terms

* possessivo
* possuir

### Further reading

* “possessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# ジャマイカ
## Japanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Jamaica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʑa̠ma̠ika̠]

### Proper noun

ジャマイカ • (Jamaika)
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
# Peiarin
## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* Pegirin, Peirin

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Bajja-warjoz (“Bavarian”) + Proto-West Germanic *-ini (forming feminine nouns), equivalent to German Bajuwarin

### Proper noun

Peiarin f
* (Bavaria) a female given name, equivalent to German Bayerin

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | Peiarin | Peiarinnā |
| accusative | Peiarinna, Peiarinne | Peiarinnā |
| genitive | Peiarinna | Peiarinnōno |
| dative | Peiarinnu | Peiarinnōn, Peiarinnōm |
The nominative singular of the jō-stems (Proto-West Germanic *-ī) was originally uninflected like the ō-stems; and the accusative form usually took its place. The old nominative singular is preserved in fem. personal names, and in the derivatives ending in *-inī and *-unjō. The jō-stems show in the oldest documents instead of -jō the ending -e and retain the j before o, u. From the 9th C. onwards, their inflection entirely coincides with that of the ō-stems, with -a replacing -e.

### References

* ↑ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pages 102, 125-126
# прошу
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prɐˈʂu]

### Verb

прошу́ • (prošú)
* first-person singular present indicative imperfective of проси́ть (prosítʹ)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Likely from Polish proszę.

### Pronunciation 1

IPA: [ˈprɔʃʊ]

#### Interjection

про́шу • (próšu)
* (Lviv) please
    Synonyms: будь ласка (budʹ laska), будьте ласкаві (budʹte laskavi)
* (Lviv) you're welcome
    Synonym: будь ласка (budʹ laska)

### Pronunciation 2

IPA: [proˈʃu]

#### Verb

прошу́ • (prošú)
* first-person present singular of проси́ти (prosýty)
# mży
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʐɘ/
* Rhymes: -ɘ
* Syllabification: mży

### Verb

mży
* third-person singular present of mżyć
# 貨𨈘痟
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho$^4$ sao$^3$ sieo$^3$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ho$^4$ sao$^3$ sieo$^3$ [Phonetic: ho$^5$ lao$^5$ sieo$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heo̍-sâu-sâ̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁴²⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$lau⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ɬieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ho$^4$ sao$^3$ sieo$^3$ [Phonetic: ho$^1$ lao$^5$ sieo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$lau³³²⁻²¹ ɬieu³³²/

### Adjective

貨𨈘痟
* (Puxian Min, derogatory) man-crazed; cock-crazed; nymphomaniacal (describing a woman who behaves irrationally or manically, likened to a prostitute in heat)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “货𨈘痟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 269.
# šveiciskajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

šveiciskajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of šveicisks
# polaire
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French polaire, from Medieval Latin polāris (“relating to poles”), from Latin polus (“pole or end of an axis”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “sky, pivot or axis of a sphere”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolo- (“turn around”), from *kʷel- (“to move around, to roll or wheel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.lɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

polaire (plural polaires)
* (relational) of a pole (of an axis); polar

#### Derived terms

* cercle polaire
* nuit polaire
* ours polaire
* renard polaire

### Noun

polaire f (plural polaires)
* fleece
* fleece jacket

### Further reading

* “polaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ploiera
# ចាម៉ៃកា
## Khmer
### Etymology

From English Jamaica.

### Pronunciation

| Orthographic and Phonemic | ចាម៉ៃកា cām″aikā |
| WT romanisation | caamaykaa |
| (standard) IPA | /caː.maj.kaː/ |

### Proper noun

ចាម៉ៃកា • (caamaykaa)
* (rare) Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Synonyms

* ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក (zaamaaʼiik) (more common)
# thëllëzash
## Albanian
### Noun

thëllëzash
* indefinite ablative plural of thëllëzë
# meromictic
## English
### Etymology

Scientific neologism (1935), after holomictic. From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, mero- +‎ -mictic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɛɹ.əˈmɪk.tɪk/

### Adjective

meromictic (not comparable)
* (hydrology, of a lake) Having layers of water that do not intermix.

#### Antonyms

* holomictic

#### Derived terms

* meromictic lake
* meromixis

#### Related terms

* meromicticity
* monomictic
* dimictic
* amictic
* polymictic

#### References

* ↑ Hakala, Anu (2004). "Meromixis as a part of lake evolution - observations and a revised classification of true meromictic lakes in Finland," Boreal Environmental Research Vol. 9, pp. 37-53.
# cảng
## Muong
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kaːŋʔ. Cognate with Proto-Katuic *kaaŋ (“mouth”), Proto-Bahnaric *kaːŋ (“jaw, chin”) (whence Bahnar kang (“chin”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaːŋ³/

### Noun

cảng
* (Mường Bi) chin

#### References

* Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [kaːŋ˨˩˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [kaːŋ˨˦]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ (“fishbone”), from Middle Chinese 鯁 (MC kaengX, “fishbone”). Cognate with Lao ກ້າງ (kāng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥒᥲ (kàang), Northern Thai ᨠ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Shan ၵၢင်ႈ (kāang), Thai ก้าง (gâang).

#### Noun

cảng
* fishbone
    cảng pja ― fish bone
    cảng chằm ― bone swarf (in fish)
    chin pja cảng cà cò ― to choke on a bone while eating fish

### Etymology 2

From Chinese 更 (MC kaeng|kaengH).

#### Adverb

cảng (強)
* the more... the more...
    cảng sloai cảng đét ― The later it is into noon, the sunnier it gets

### Etymology 3

From Chinese 講 (MC kaewngX). Cognate with Zhuang gangj.

#### Alternative forms

* chảng

#### Verb

cảng (講)
* Synonym of phuối
    cảng đai ― to defame
    cảng cằm Tày ― to speak Tày
    cảng độc ― to say swear words
    cảng khún, cảng slâư ― to speak confusingly, to speak clearly
    cảng pjàng, cảng ca linh ― to tell lies, to tell the truth

##### Derived terms

* cảng chá
* cảng cỏ
* cảng mja̱y
* cảng pjẻ

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

cảng (𪻈)
* gibbon
    Synonyms: ca đác, căng

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 港. Doublet of sông.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kaːŋ˧˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [kaːŋ˧˨]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kaːŋ˨˩˦]

### Noun

cảng
* port, harbor
    Near-synonym: bến
# gambroon
## English
### Etymology

Probably related to gombroon.

### Noun

gambroon (countable and uncountable, plural gambroons)
* A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.

#### References

* ↑ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products
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 “gambroon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# spitchers
## English
### Verb

spitchers
* third-person singular simple present indicative of spitcher
# šveiciskajās
## Latvian
### Adjective

šveiciskajās
* definite locative feminine plural of šveicisks
# matsat
## Jingpho
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pə-rjat (“eight”). Cognate with Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad), Burmese ရှစ် (hrac), Nuosu ꉆ (hxit), S'gaw Karen ဃိး (ghó).

### Numeral

matsat
* eight
# Iamaica
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Jamaica

### Proper noun

Iamaica f sg (genitive Iamaicae); first declension
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
# Fresin
## Old High German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon *Frēso or Old Frisian Frēsa, Frīsa + -in (fem. suffix) from Proto-West Germanic *-ini

### Proper noun

Fresin f
* (Bavaria) a female given name, equivalent to German Friesin

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | Fresin | Fresinnā |
| accusative | Fresinna, Fresinne | Fresinnā |
| genitive | Fresinna | Fresinnōno |
| dative | Fresinnu | Fresinnōn, Fresinnōm |
The nominative singular of the jō-stems (Proto-West Germanic *-ī) was originally uninflected like the ō-stems; and the accusative form usually took its place. The old nominative singular is preserved in fem. personal names, and in the derivatives ending in *-inī and *-unjō. The jō-stems show in the oldest documents instead of -jō the ending -e and retain the j before o, u. From the 9th C. onwards, their inflection entirely coincides with that of the ō-stems, with -a replacing -e.

### References

* ↑ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pages 125-126
# Élam
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.lam/

### Proper noun

Élam m
* Elam

#### Derived terms

* élamite
* Élamite
# çoj
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* qoj

### Etymology

From earlier *çonjë, possibly from Proto-Albanian *skēnja, possibly cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan, “to go”). Alternatively, from Latin exciēre.

### Verb

çoj (aorist çova, participle çuar) (transitive)
* to awaken, send, carry on, dispatch, stir up

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Related terms

* qas

### References

* ↑ Baric, Henrik. Albano-rumanische Studien I. Sarajevo: Institut fur Balkanforschung, 1919, p.73
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir. Concise Albanian Grammar. Page 120
# linktree
## English
### Etymology

From the company name Linktree, from link +‎ tree.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɪŋk.tɹiː/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈlɪŋk.tɹi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋktɹiː

### Noun

linktree (plural linktrees)
* (social media) A landing page of social media links created using the online service Linktree.
** 2021 September 2, Lauren Rouse, Anastasia Salter, “Cosplay on Demand? Instagram, OnlyFans, and the Gendered Fantrepreneur”, in Social Media + Society, SAGE Publications, →DOI, page 4, column 2:In examining the patronage platforms for the following case study, we found that Twitter and Instagram are most popular among this grouping of cosplayers; many did not link to their tumblrs in their linktrees, so while tumblr has a large amount of fan users, we were unable to determine whether these cosplayers also used the platform.
# purpose-built
## English
### Adjective

purpose-built (not comparable)
* Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.
    Hypernyms: purpose-made; built < made
    Near-synonyms: custom-built, custom-made, custom, bespoke; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
** 2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail freight sector warns of slump in container traffic”, in Rail, page 10:Southampton is also the country's top port for car exports and imports, handling 900,000 vehicles a year. DB Cargo runs purpose-built wagons bringing cars by rail from Midlands factories into the port.

#### See also

* homebuilt
* homemade
* jerry-built
* scratch-built
# švakām
## Latvian
### Adjective

švakām
* dative/instrumental feminine plural of švaks
# slippage
## English
### Etymology

From slip +‎ -age.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

slippage (countable and uncountable, plural slippages)
* The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
* The amount by which something has slipped.
* A lessening of performance or achievement.
    Supply-chain problems led to a slippage in production last week.
* A decrease in motion, or in the power of a mechanical system due to slipping.
* The difference between estimated and actual transaction costs.
* Movement of earth on a slope, a landslip.
** 2021 February 24, “Landslips close lines near Tonbridge”, in RAIL, number 925, page 22:The slippage at High Brooms was detected by remote sensors on the site, after two previous incidents in the same area.
* This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
** 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:Public officials, journalists, and commentators often blur the distinctions between these policing techniques, sometimes calling the social norm proposals "community policing," at other times drawing sharp distinctions. This slippage requires some attention.
# Hamayka
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jamaica (“Jamaica”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /haˈmajka/ [hɐˈmaɪ̯.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -ajka
* Syllabification: Ha‧may‧ka

### Proper noun

Hamayka (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋᜌ᜔ᜃ)
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
# כותנה
## Hebrew
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”), with the spelling being adjusted to Aramaic כִּתָּנָא (kitaná, “flax, linen”) and Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kutónet, “tunic”).

### Pronunciation

* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /kutˈna/

### Noun

כותנה / כֻּתְנָה • (kutná) f (plural indefinite כותנות / כֻּתְנוֹת, singular construct כותנת / כֻּתְנַת־, plural construct כותנות / כֻּתְנוֹת־) [pattern: קֻטְלָה]
* cotton

#### Declension
### References

* Klein, Ernest (1987) “כֻּתְנָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 290a
* “כותנה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Further reading

* כותנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{he}$

### Anagrams

* תוכנה, תכונה
# spłonie
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspwɔ.ɲɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɲɛ
* Syllabification: spło‧nie

### Verb

spłonie
* third-person singular future of spłonąć
# çmbështjell
## Albanian
### Etymology

From ç +‎ mbështjell.

### Verb

çmbështjéll (aorist çmbështólla, participle çmbështjellur) (transitive)
* to unwind, unroll, unfurl
* to unwrap, uncover, discover, reveal

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

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

soriana f sg
* feminine singular of soriano

### Noun

soriana f (plural soriane)
* female equivalent of soriano

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈɾjana/ [soˈɾja.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: so‧ria‧na

### Noun

soriana f (plural sorianas)
* female equivalent of soriano

### Adjective

soriana f sg
* feminine singular of soriano
# šveiciskajiem
## Latvian
### Adjective

šveiciskajiem
* definite dative/instrumental masculine plural of šveicisks
# གྱེ
## Sikkimese
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pə-rjat.

### Numeral

གྱེ (gye)
* eight (8)
# Martynika
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Martinique.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mar.tɘˈɲi.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: Mar‧ty‧ni‧ka

### Proper noun

Martynika f
* Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* martynikański
* Martynikanin
* Martynikanka

### Further reading

* Martynika in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# miután
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From mi (“which”) +‎ után (“after”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmijutaːn]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mi‧után
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Conjunction

miután
* after, when
    Antonym: mielőtt
    Miután elolvasta a levelet, azt kérdezte… ― After she read the letter, she asked…
    Miután befejezte a történetet, csend támadt. ― When he had finished the story, there was a pause.

### See also

$^1$ This group of adverbs is often understood for humans when in an emphatic position. In an unstressed position, they may also imply objects, always depending on context. $^2$ Adverbs ending in -á/-é may coincide with postpositions.

### Further reading

* miután 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
# çliroj
## Albanian
### Etymology

From lirë (“free”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃliˈɾɔj/

### Verb

çliroj (aorist çlirova, participle çliruar)
* (transitive) to free, to liberate

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Related terms

* çlirim
* çlirohem

### Further reading

* “çliroj”, 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) “çliroj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
# aduncus
## Latin
### Etymology

From ad + uncus (“a hook; hooked”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈdun.kus/, [äˈd̪ʊŋkʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈdun.kus/, [äˈd̪uŋkus]

### Adjective

aduncus (feminine adunca, neuter aduncum); first/second-declension adjective
* hooked, bent, curved
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.195–196:sī quaeritis astra tunc oritur magnī praepes adunca Iovis.If you all are looking for stars, from then on rises the swift hooked [bird] of mighty Jupiter. (See: Aquila (constellation); Jupiter (mythology); Eagle: a bird of prey with a large hooked beak.)

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

#### Derived terms

* aduncitās

#### Descendants

* Balkano-Romance:
** Aromanian: adãncu
** Romanian: adânc
* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: aonco
** Italian: aonco, onco (regional)
* Borrowings:
** → English: adunc
** → Italian: adunco
** → Portuguese: adunco
** → Spanish: adunco

### References

* “aduncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “aduncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "aduncus", 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)
* aduncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
# gas washer
## English

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### Noun

gas washer (plural gas washers)
* A gasworks apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it.
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 “gas washer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# purpose-built
## English
### Adjective

purpose-built (not comparable)
* Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.
    Hypernyms: built < made
    Near-synonyms: purpose-made, custom-built, custom-made, custom, bespoke; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
** 2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail freight sector warns of slump in container traffic”, in Rail, page 10:Southampton is also the country's top port for car exports and imports, handling 900,000 vehicles a year. DB Cargo runs purpose-built wagons bringing cars by rail from Midlands factories into the port.

#### See also

* homebuilt
* homemade
* jerry-built
* scratch-built
# šveiciskajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

šveiciskajos
* definite locative masculine plural of šveicisks
# surplis
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

surplis m (plural surplis)
* surplice

### Further reading

* “surplis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

surplis
* Alternative form of surplys
# Monserrat
## Catalan
### Etymology

Variant of Montserrat.

### Proper noun

Monserrat f
* a female given name transferred from the place name

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Montserrat.

### Proper noun

Monserrat f
* a female given name transferred from the place name
* A neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina