OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# 成數
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéngshù
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$ sou$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-sò͘ / chiâⁿ-sò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$-shu$^4$
*** Yale: chéng-shù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshuh
*** Palladius: чэншу (čɛnšu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$乘數 / 乘数 橙樹 / 橙树
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: sìhng sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ sou̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: sîng-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: tsiânn-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cviasox
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/

#### Noun

成數
* round number

##### Synonyms

* 整數／整数 (zhěngshù)
* (Hokkien) 齊頭／齐头

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéngshù
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing$^4$ sou$^3$ / cing$^4$ sou$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen$^3$ su$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ-sò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$-shu$^4$
*** Yale: chéng-shù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshuh
*** Palladius: чэншу (čɛnšu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$乘數 / 乘数 橙樹 / 橙树
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ sou$^3$ / cing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: sìhng sou / chìhng sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ sou$^3$ / tsing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ sou$^3$ / qing$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ sou̯³³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ sou̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^3$ su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sen²² su³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: siânn-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviasox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siã²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/

#### Noun

成數
* percentage; ratio; rate
* (Cantonese) chance of success; probability of success

##### Synonyms

* (chance of success): 勝算／胜算 (shèngsuàn)
# visaseksuālāko
## Latvian
### Adjective

visaseksuālāko
* inflection of visaseksuālāks:
** definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine/feminine plural
# visglužākajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visglužākajā
* (dialectal) definite locative masculine singular of visglužāks
* (dialectal) definite locative feminine singular of visglužāks
# tipoloģiskajam
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipoloģiskajam
* definite dative masculine singular of tipoloģisks
# teoloģiskākas
## Latvian
### Adjective

teoloģiskākas
* inflection of teoloģiskāks:
** genitive feminine singular
** nominative/accusative feminine plural
# прописивати
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /propisǐːʋati/
* Hyphenation: про‧пи‧си‧ва‧ти

### Verb

прописи́вати impf (Latin spelling propisívati)
* (transitive) to issue (law, regulation), regulate, order
* (transitive) to prescribe (medicine)
* (intransitive) to start writing (of a person, for the first time)

#### Related terms

* пропи́сати pf

### Further reading

* “прописивати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# visašāko
## Latvian
### Adjective

visašāko
* inflection of visašāks:
** definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine/feminine plural
# visglužākajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visglužākajos
* (dialectal) definite locative masculine plural of visglužāks
# tirdznieciskai
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskai
* dative feminine singular of tirdzniecisks
# teoloģiskāku
## Latvian
### Adjective

teoloģiskāku
* inflection of teoloģiskāks:
** accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** genitive masculine/feminine plural
# visatkarīgākos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visatkarīgākos
* definite accusative masculine plural of visatkarīgāks
# visgreznākajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgreznākajos
* definite locative masculine plural of visgreznāks
# teoloģiskās
## Latvian
### Adjective

teoloģiskās
* inflection of teoloģisks:
** locative feminine plural
** definite genitive feminine singular
** definite nominative/vocative/accusative feminine plural
# visatvasarīgākajam
## Latvian
### Adjective

visatvasarīgākajam
* definite dative masculine singular of visatvasarīgāks
# visgreznākajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgreznākajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of visgreznāks
# расписивати
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raspisǐːʋati/
* Hyphenation: рас‧пи‧си‧ва‧ти

### Verb

расписи́вати impf (Latin spelling raspisívati)
* (transitive) to announce (competition, elections, reward)
* (reflexive) to write prolifically in general, or extensively on a particular subject

#### Related terms

* распи́сати pf

### Further reading

* “расписивати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# saunt
## Scots
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots sanct, sant, from Northern Middle English sant, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and partly from and confluence with Anglo-Norman seint, from Old French saint, seinte; both ultimately from Latin sanctus (“holy, consecrated, saint”). Close cognate with English saint and French saint.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɑːnt], [sɔːnt]
* (Northern, Insular) IPA: [saːn(ʔ)t]

### Noun

saunt (plural saunts)
* (Christianity) A canonized saint.
** 1784, Robert Burns, Epistle to J. Rankine ii.:Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, An' fill them fou.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1865, Poems, page 167:First an' foremost, Saunt Jeems, the poetical vreeter. Saunt Tusker, Saunt Conrick, an' a' sirs ; An' ower at the Palace lives jolly Saunt Peter, An' yer welcome, ye ken, to Saunt La, sirs. We've lately been blest wi' anither same loon — Did ye ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Romans 16:2, page 298:Gíe her a couthie walcome i the Lord at the saunts behuives tae gíe ilk ither, an help her in onie maitter whaur she is needfu o your help, for she hes hersel been a braw backfríend tae monie-ane, mysel amang them.Give her a friendly welcome in the Lord that the saints properly give each other, and help her with anything where she needs your help, because she herself has been a great help to lots of people, including me.
* (colloquial) An exceptionally holy, pious, and/or kind person.
* (Calvinism) One of the elect.
* (derogatory) A wastrel, a sanctimonious hypocrite; a reprobate.
    A saunt o Sannie Lyons, for they were deevils wi gweedness — said of one who never pleaded guilty to a fault.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Verb

saunt (third-person singular simple present saunts, present participle sauntin, simple past saunt, past participle santet or sauntit or saunten)
* (intransitive) To disappear, vanish; especially in a sudden and/or mysterious way.
** 1736, Allan Ramsay, (Proverbs) 1776:Neither sae sinfu' as to sink, nor so haly as to saunt.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (intransitive) To be silently swallowed up.
* (transitive) To cause to vanish in a sudden or inexplicable manner; to spirit away.
** 1914, James S. Angus, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Na, I'll never fin 'm; he's been santet.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Alternative forms

* saant, saint, seint, sanct

### References

* Dictionary of the Scots Language - saunt
# tirdznieciskajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of tirdzniecisks
# teoloģiskiem
## Latvian
### Adjective

teoloģiskiem
* dative/instrumental masculine plural of teoloģisks
# visatvasarīgākā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visatvasarīgākā
* inflection of visatvasarīgāks:
** definite genitive masculine singular
** definite nominative/vocative feminine singular
# visgrieķiskākajai
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgrieķiskākajai
* definite dative feminine singular of visgrieķiskāks
# tirdznieciskajām
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskajām
* definite dative/instrumental feminine plural of tirdzniecisks
# teoloģiskus
## Latvian
### Adjective

teoloģiskus
* accusative masculine plural of teoloģisks
# visatvasarīgākos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visatvasarīgākos
* definite accusative masculine plural of visatvasarīgāks
# visgruzīniskākajai
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgruzīniskākajai
* definite dative feminine singular of visgruzīniskāks
# tipoloģiskus
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipoloģiskus
* accusative masculine plural of tipoloģisks
# bìgis
## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

bìgis m
* (Lewis, Harris) Used to indicate that the speaker believes someone is overly inquisitive or nosy.
    cùl a' bhìgis!none of your business!(literally, “the back of the bìgis”)
    ubhal a' bhìgis agus pìos cùil do sheanmharnone of your beeswax(literally, “the apple of the bìgis and a bit of your grandmother's behind”)

#### Alternative forms

* (Uist, Eigg) fiacais
# ticamākam
## Latvian
### Adjective

ticamākam
* dative masculine singular of ticamāks
# записивати
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zapisǐːʋati/
* Hyphenation: за‧пи‧си‧ва‧ти

### Verb

записи́вати impf (Latin spelling zapisívati)
* (ambitransitive) to write down, record
* (transitive) to bequeath
* (reflexive) to enlist, enroll oneself

#### Related terms

* запи́сати pf

### Further reading

* “записивати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# visauglīgākos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visauglīgākos
* definite accusative masculine plural of visauglīgāks
# visgruzīniskākā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgruzīniskākā
* inflection of visgruzīniskāks:
** definite genitive masculine singular
** definite nominative/vocative feminine singular
# tirdznieciskajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskajos
* definite locative masculine plural of tirdzniecisks
# jantzi
## Basque
### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *e-antz-i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟant͡s̻i/ [ɟãn.t͡s̻i]
* IPA: (Southern) /xant͡s̻i/ [xãn.t͡s̻i]
* IPA: (Gipuzkoan) /xant͡s̻i/ [xãn.t͡s̻i]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /d͡ʒant͡s̻i/ [d͡ʒãn.t͡s̻i]
* IPA: (Navarrese) /jant͡s̻i/ [jãn.t͡s̻i]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ants̻i, -i
* Hyphenation: jan‧tzi

### Noun

jantzi inan
* clothes, clothing
    Horrek nere jantziak dira ― Those are my clothes
    Synonyms: janzki, arropa

#### Derived terms

* bainujantzi (“bathrobe”)
* jantzian (“wearing”)
* jantzigintza
* janzkera (“way of dressing”)
* janzki (“clothes”)
* janzteko (“clothes”)
* janztetxe
* janztura (“clothes”)

### Verb

jantzi da/du (imperfect participle janzten, future participle jantziko, short form jantz, verbal noun janzte)
* (da) to wear clothes
* (du) to put on clothes, to don

#### Derived terms

* erantzi (“undress”)

### Further reading

* “jantzi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “jantzi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
# tieši
## Latvian
### Adverb

tieši
* directly
* right
* straight
* just
* exactly

### Adjective

tieši
* nominative masculine plural of tiešs
# PED
## English
### Noun

PED (countable and uncountable, plural PEDs)
* (rail transport) Initialism of platform edge door.
* (veterinary) Initialism of porcine epidemic diarrhoea.
* Initialism of personal electronic device, usually an electronic smartphone or other media or game-playing device.
* (sports) Initialism of performance-enhancing drug.
** 2018, Mark Roettger, Modern Sports Dentistry, Springer, →ISBN, page 189:The rationale for use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) varies among athletes.
* Initialism of parole eligibility date.

### Further reading

* platform edge doors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* performance-enhancing substance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* DEP, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, Pde, dep, dep., dép
# visatkarīgākā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visatkarīgākā
* inflection of visatkarīgāks:
** definite genitive masculine singular
** definite nominative/vocative feminine singular
# visgruzīniskākos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgruzīniskākos
* definite accusative masculine plural of visgruzīniskāks
# tirdznieciskāka
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskāka
* inflection of tirdznieciskāks:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular
# tieva
## Latvian
### Adjective

tieva
* inflection of tievs:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular
# peð
## Icelandic
### Etymology

A loanword ultimately from Latin pedes (“footsoldier”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰɛːð/
    Rhymes: -ɛːð

### Noun

peð n (genitive singular peðs, nominative plural peð)
* (chess) pawn
* pipsqueak, runt
* a person of little significance, an insignificant person

#### Derived terms

* biskupspeð
* drottningarpeð
* hrókspeð
* kóngspeð
* riddarapeð
* peðmát

#### See also

Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text) :
| kóngur | drottning | hrókur | biskup | riddari | peð |

### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
# visauglīgākā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visauglīgākā
* inflection of visauglīgāks:
** definite genitive masculine singular
** definite nominative/vocative feminine singular
# visgrūtākajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgrūtākajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of visgrūtāks
# tirdznieciskākajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskākajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of tirdznieciskāks
# ঘোড়া
## Bengali
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ঘোটক (ghoṭaka).

### Pronunciation

* (Rarh) IPA: /ɡʱoɽa/, [ɡʱoɽaˑ], /ɡʱoɾa/, [ɡʱoɾaˑ]
    Audio:(file)
* (Dhaka) IPA: /ɡʱoɹa/, [ɡʱoɹaˑ]
    Audio:(file)

### Noun

ঘোড়া • (ghoŗa) (feminine: ঘোড়ি (ghoŗi), ঘুড়ি (ghoŗi))
* horse
* knight (chess)

#### Declension
## Early Assamese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit ঘোটক (ghoṭaka).

### Noun

ঘোড়া (ghöṛa)
* horse
    মুখে তেজ নিকলিয়া ঘোড়া গৈলা মৰি ॥mukhe tejo nikoliya ghöṛa goila mori .The horse died due to bleeding through its face.

#### Descendants

* Assamese: ঘোঁৰা (ghü̃ra)
# tipiskākajā
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipiskākajā
* definite locative masculine/feminine singular of tipiskāks
# valorous
## English
### Alternative forms

* valourous

### Etymology

From Old French valeureux.

### Adjective

valorous (comparative more valorous, superlative most valorous)
* Having or displaying valour.
** c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface,
    this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
** 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:[…] I shall be at York—at the head of my daring and valorous fellows, as ready to support any bold design as thy policy can be to form one.
** 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms‎, New York: Scribner, Book I, Chapter 10, p. 70:He held up the glass. “To your valorous wounds. To the silver medal.”
** 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 12, in Small Island‎, London: Review, page 139:There are many valorous stories told of her, which enthral grown men as well as children.

#### Synonyms

* valiant

#### Derived terms

* valorously

#### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “valorous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
# visaukstākajam
## Latvian
### Adjective

visaukstākajam
* definite dative masculine singular of visaukstāks
# visgrūtākajās
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgrūtākajās
* definite locative feminine plural of visgrūtāks
# tirdznieciskākajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskākajos
* definite locative masculine plural of tirdznieciskāks
# tipiskākajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipiskākajos
* definite locative masculine plural of tipiskāks
# pinyin
## English
### Proper noun

pinyin (uncountable)
* Alternative form of Pinyin

### Noun

pinyin (uncountable)
* Alternative form of Pinyin
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:pinyin.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* pinjin, pchin-jin

### Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪnjɪn]
* Hyphenation: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m inan
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pinyin”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## French
### Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pi.njin/
* Hyphenation: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m (uncountable)
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pinyin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpin.jin/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -injin
* Syllabification: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m inan
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pinyin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈnjĩ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈnjin/
* Hyphenation: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m (uncountable)
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Pinyin, derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
* Hyphenation: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin n (uncountable)
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)

#### See also

* plat (1st tone)
* crescând (2nd tone)
* scăzând-crescând (3rd tone)
* scăzând (4th tone)

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpinjin]
* Hyphenation: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m inan
* Alternative form of pchin-jin

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pinyin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Derived from Mandarin 拼音 (pīnyīn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpinʝin/ [ˈpĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝĩn]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpinʝin/ [ˈpĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝĩn]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpinʃin/ [ˈpĩnʲ.ʃĩn]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpinʒin/ [ˈpĩnʲ.ʒĩn]
* Rhymes: -inʝin
* Syllabification: pin‧yin

### Noun

pinyin m (uncountable)
* Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)
# visaukstākajās
## Latvian
### Adjective

visaukstākajās
* definite locative feminine plural of visaukstāks
# visgrūtākajiem
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgrūtākajiem
* definite dative/instrumental masculine plural of visgrūtāks
# tirdznieciskākās
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskākās
* inflection of tirdznieciskāks:
** locative feminine plural
** definite genitive feminine singular
** definite nominative/vocative/accusative feminine plural
# tipiskākā
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipiskākā
* inflection of tipiskāks:
** locative masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine singular
** definite nominative/vocative feminine singular
# mechanism
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/, [ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zm̩]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/, [ˈmek.əˌnɪ.zm̩]
* (Indic) IPA: /meˈkʰænisam/, /ˈmekʰanisam/

### Noun

mechanism (countable and uncountable, plural mechanisms)
* (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
* Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
** 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
* A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
** 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.
** 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:Outside the boundaries of the PTEs [Passenger Transport Executives], there was little mechanism to re-open routes, and despite a growing realisation that the lack of transport connectivity was a big contributor towards social deprivation and poor economic performance, there was little government policy recognition.
* A mental, physical, or chemical process.
* Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
* (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

#### Derived terms

* Anderson-Higgs mechanism
* antimechanism
* automechanism
* biomechanism
* Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
* control mechanism
* coping mechanism
* defense mechanism, defence mechanism
* flintlock mechanism
* Geneva mechanism
* Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanism
* GZK mechanism
* Higgs mechanism
* immunomechanism
* mechanismic
* mechanism of death
* mechanist
* mechanistic
* micromechanism
* nanomechanism
* neuromechanism
* pathomechanism
* Penrose mechanism
* pyromechanism
* reaction mechanism
* servomechanism
* servo-mechanism
* servomechanism
* submechanism
* telemechanism

#### Related terms

* machine

#### Descendants

* → Welsh: mecanism
# visaukstākajiem
## Latvian
### Adjective

visaukstākajiem
* definite dative/instrumental masculine plural of visaukstāks
# visgrūtākajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

visgrūtākajos
* definite locative masculine plural of visgrūtāks
# tirdznieciskākas
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskākas
* inflection of tirdznieciskāks:
** genitive feminine singular
** nominative/accusative feminine plural
# tipiskākām
## Latvian
### Adjective

tipiskākām
* dative/instrumental feminine plural of tipiskāks
# নৌকা
## Bengali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नौका (naukā), a diminutive of नौ (nau), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis (“ship”), Persian ناو (nâv). Doublet of নৌ (nōu) and নাও (naō).

### Pronunciation

* (Rarh) IPA: /nou̯ka/, [ˈnou̯kaˑ]
    Audio:(file)
* (Dhaka) IPA: /nou̯ka/, [ˈnou̯kaˑ]
    Audio:(file)

### Noun

নৌকা • (nōuka)
* boat
* rook (chess)

#### Inflection
## Bishnupriya Manipuri
### Pronunciation

IPA: /nou̯ka/

### Noun

নৌকা (nouka)
* boat
# visaugstākajām
## Latvian
### Adjective

visaugstākajām
* definite dative/instrumental feminine plural of visaugstāks
# tirdznieciskākiem
## Latvian
### Adjective

tirdznieciskākiem
* dative/instrumental masculine plural of tirdznieciskāks