cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Marmite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/
Forms: form: Marmites
form: Marmiting
form: Marmited
form: Marmited
form: marmite
Etymology: From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.
Senses: examples: text: My toast carefully Marmited, I took a bite and immediately felt as if I’d been hit in the face by an ocean wave, a wave befouled by oil from a sinking tanker, oil that had caused a die-off of marine birds and invertebrates, creatures whose decomposing bodies were adding to the general funkiness that had found its way inside my mouth.
ref: 2009 December 9, John Kelly, “Marmite is more easily digested in book form”, in Washington Post:
glosses: To apply Marmite to.
Mars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Etymology: From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BCE) Māvors.
Senses: examples: text: 4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol. [...] 12. Venus, a Staff in Pale Sol, and thereupon a Cross Pattee, Luna surmounted off a Pall of the last, charged with 4. like Crosses fitched Saturn, edged and stringed as the second. This Coat belongs to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, to whose place it appertains to Crown and Inaugurate the Kings of England.
ref: 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:
text: George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg. The base is Mars, a Horse currant Luna, over these last on an Inescocheon, Constantine's Crown. All within the Garter. Above the whole a Helmet suitable to his Majesty's Royal Jurisdiction, upon the same a rich Mantle of Cloth of Gold, doubled Ermine, a[…]
ref: 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry … Second Edition:
text: 8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. […]
ref: 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium … vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:
text: ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.
ref: 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
topics: alchemy
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pseudoscience
glosses: Iron.
Related terms: Phobos
Deimos
Mars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Forms: form: Marses
Etymology: Possibly a variant of Marrs, itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s.
The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.
Senses: examples: text: At a luncheon given yesterday at the Park Lane by Andrew H. Mars of Brooklyn for the Misses Marjorie Heather and Miriam Snyder, announcement was made of the engagement of his daughter, Miss Gladys L. Mars, to H. Grell Powers of this city.
ref: 1929 November 21, “Miss Mars to Wed H. Grell Powers: Her Troth to New Yorker Is Announced by Her Father at a Luncheon at Park Lane. […]”, in The New York Times, volume LXXIX, number 26,234, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025, page 23, column 6:
text: Florence Mars, a diminutive woman barely five feet tall, seemed an unlikely candidate for the defiant role she assumed. She was born on Jan. 1, 1923, to Adam Longino Mars, a lawyer, and Emily Geneva Johnson Mars, known as Neva.
ref: 2006 April 29, Nadine Brozan, “Florence L[atimer] Mars, 83, Who Was Spurned for Rights Work, Dies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2020:
text: The economic troubles are compounded by the recent falling-out between the fort’s longtime executive director, Nicholas Westbrook, and benefactors the fort had come to rely upon: Forrest E[dward] Mars Jr. and his wife, Deborah Clarke Mars, a Ticonderoga native. […] While some 500 people made donations to the $23 million construction project, which included the new education center and upgrading utilities throughout the fort, the Marses contributed well over half the cost.
ref: 2008 September 3, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Historic Fort Sustains a Breach”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018:
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.
ref: 1985, Michael Collier, Longest Day, page 206:
text: A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.
ref: 2024 November 30, Nathan Briant, “Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation”, in BBC:
glosses: A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.
Derived terms: M&M
Mars Bar party
Mars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
ipa: /maɹs/
ipa: /mɑ˞s/
ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Etymology: From Ukrainian Марс (Mars).
Senses: glosses: A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Mars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
ipa: /maɹs/
ipa: /mɑ˞s/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mas.
Mart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He looked at me when introduced and said “Mart's boy!” 'I was in fact Martin's grandson, but didn't bother splitting hairs — […]
ref: 2015, Deborah Coddington, The Good Life On Te Muna Road:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Martin.
Martes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marte
Mason
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪsən/
rhymes: -eɪsən
Forms: form: Masons
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.
examples: text: New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go.
ref: 2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Effingham County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Warren County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Butte County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Tipton County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Mason County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Mason County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mason Township.
glosses: Ellipsis of George Mason University
Derived terms: Mason City
Mason County
Mason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪsən/
rhymes: -eɪsən
Forms: form: Masons
Senses: glosses: A Freemason.
Derived terms: Masonic
Related terms: Machen
Mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæs/
rhymes: -æs
homophone: mass
Forms: form: Masses
Etymology: From Middle English messe, from Old English mæsse and Old French messe, both from Late Latin missa, from Latin mittō (“to send, dismiss”), compare French messe.
In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with the words: "Ite, missa est", the congregation is dismissed. After that the sacrifice proper began. At its close the same words were said to those who remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the sacrifice in the Catholic Church. Compare Christmas, Lammas, missal. Doublet of missa.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
glosses: A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.
Derived terms: dry mass
Fore-Mass
High Mass
Low Mass
Mass bell
Red Mass
Traditional Latin Mass
Related terms: Divine Liturgy
Mass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæs/
rhymes: -æs
homophone: mass
Etymology: Short forms.
Senses: examples: text: the Mass Pike
glosses: Abbreviation of Massachusetts.
glosses: Alternative form of Mas.
Mast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast.
* Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (sense 2) (“fodder”).
* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Masters
form: master
form: Massa
form: Mastah
Senses: examples: text: "I'm terribly sorry, Master Luke," apologized the droid.
ref: 1995, Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi, page 81:
glosses: Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a (now somewhat formal) form of address.
glosses: A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
glosses: The title of the head of certain colleges and schools.
glosses: A master's degree.
glosses: A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
examples: text: The eldest son of Lord Forbes is known as the Master of Forbes.
glosses: The title of the eldest son of a Scots lord.
glosses: The owner of a slave, in some literature.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: Mistress
Mxtress
glosses: Used as the title of a dominant, especially a male one.
Master
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: master
form: Massa
form: Mastah
Senses: examples: text: ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
ref: 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89
text: In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.
ref: 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38:
text: Master of the Seasons of the Year, I call upon you and ask you to be here with me in this, my ritual.
ref: 2009, Debbe Tompkins, Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life, page 18
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
coordinate_terms: Maiden
glosses: One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Mastercard
Derived terms: Chancery Master
Master of foxhounds
Master of the bench
Master of the Horse
Master of the Household
Master of the Rolls
MEd
Masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Masters
Senses: glosses: A master's degree.
glosses: A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
Masters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Masterses
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation
Mastodon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/
ipa: /ˈmæs.tə.dɑn/
ipa: /-dən/
rhymes: -æstədɒn
rhymes: -æstədən
Etymology: See mastodon.
Senses: examples: text: However, the underlying design of platforms within [The Free Network] such as Mastodon, Diaspora and others ... opens the door to security and harassment problems.
ref: 2020, Kevin Veale, Gaming the Dynamics of Online Harassment, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Since Musk bought the bird app last month, users are looking for ways to access Mastodon, the open source microblogging platform that isn’t quite Twitter but seems to be the closest thing to it, and they’re signing up for its many servers in droves.
ref: 2022 November 9, Amanda Hoover, “Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2022:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A decentralized microblogging platform, part of the Fediverse.
Derived terms: John Mastodon
Masto
mastocel
Mastodonian
-stodon
Related terms: toot
Mastodon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/
ipa: /ˈmæs.tə.dɑn/
ipa: /-dən/
rhymes: -æstədɒn
rhymes: -æstədən
Forms: form: Mastodons
Etymology: See mastodon.
Senses: glosses: A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though erroneously) the 4-10-0 train configurations.
Mat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: sense 1
ipa: /mæt/
note: sense 2
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -at
Forms: form: Mats
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
glosses: a Malay man
Matador
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Matador Ranch.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Motley County, Texas, United States.
Mato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mato terms
Matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Matrix
form: matrix
Etymology: From the 1984 novel Neuromancer and popularized in the 1999 movie The Matrix. See matrix for further etymology.
Senses: examples: text: “The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice-over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.” […] “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts … A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. […]”
ref: 1984, William Gibson, chapter 3, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Now some folks want to claim that we're in the Matrix right now (or that the physical world is an illusion).
ref: 2009 September 23, possum, “Re: In which the Trollpa evinzes hizzelf aza profezzional nuizzance”, in talk.religion.buddhism (Usenet), message-ID <64c3fc87-b24c-4339-9e04-b4ecaa1497f7@a6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>:
text: 2017, Chuck Lorre Productions #557 (post-episode text), "The Recollection Dissipation", The Big Bang Theory
Recent events have made it abundantly clear that the fabric of the universe is unraveling. Reality as you know it, the matrix if you will, is dissolving.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
examples: text: They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.
ref: 2022 January 27, William Costa, “German-speaking Covid denialists seek to build paradise in Paraguay”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
Derived terms: glitch in the Matrix
Matt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: măt
ipa: /mæt/
ipa: [mæʔ(t̚)]
homophone: mat
homophone: matte
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: Matts
Senses: examples: text: During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
ref: 2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Matthias.
glosses: A British surname originating as a patronymic, a rare variant of Matthews.
glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
Max
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæks/
rhymes: -æks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.
Senses: examples: text: Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs.
ref: 2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177:
text: Kyle: Okay, Max. Search.
ref: 2015, Max:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
examples: text: Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, CNN previously reported.
ref: 2023 June 15, Eli Masket and Michelle Watson, “A city in Michigan votes to permanently ban Pride flags from display on public property during Pride Month”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Maximilian or Maxwell.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Maxine.
Derived terms: Mad Max
Maxie
Maxine
Related terms: sense: male given name
word: female form: Maxine
Maxim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maxims
form: Maxim gun
form: maxim gun
form: maxim
Etymology: * (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Maxim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maxims
form: Maxim gun
form: maxim gun
form: maxim
Etymology: * (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).
Senses: examples: text: Again we went on, and climbed the false immensity of another ridge, when several rifles and a maxim opened upon us, and very close they were.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 104:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: Maxim gun
Vickers gun
glosses: The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A machine gun
May
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mā
ipa: /meɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: may
homophone: Mei
Forms: form: Mays
form: Ma
form: Mae
Etymology: The surname is converged from several origins:
* As an English surname, from Middle English May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew).
* As an English, Dutch, German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from the name of the month.
* Also as an English surname, occasionally a pet form of Mary or Margaret.
* Also as an English surname, from the obsolete noun may (“kinsman”), from Old English maga (“son, relative”).
* Also as an English surname, from obsolete Middle English mei (“physician”), a borrowing from Old English mege, from Latin medicus. See Mee.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), a name derived from miadh (“honor”).
* As a French surname, shortened from Lemay, Dumay.
* Also as a French surname, from a derivative of Latin Marius, similar to Mario.
* As a Jewish surname, from the town Mayen in Germany.
* As a Chinese surname, from 麥 /麦 (see Mai) and 梅 (méi)) (see Mei).
* As an Amerindian (Mexico) surname of Mayan origin, from maay (“cloven hoof”), originally "young deer."
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/
Etymology: Derived from Irish Maigh Eo
* (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”
Senses: glosses: A county of Ireland.
glosses: A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
glosses: A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A village in Yukon, Canada.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: sense: county in Ireland
word: Mayoman
sense: county in Ireland
word: Mayowoman
word: Mayo scissors
Mayo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/
Etymology: Named after the Mayo River, whose name in Mayo means "people of the riverbank."
Senses: glosses: A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Synonyms: Yoreme
Mayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/
Etymology: Named after the Mayo River, whose name in Mayo means "people of the riverbank."
Senses: glosses: A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
Mayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/
Senses: glosses: A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
Me
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mē
ipa: /miː/
enpr: mē
ipa: /mi/
homophone: me
homophone: mee
homophone: may (some accents)
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of methyl.
Me
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mē
ipa: /miː/
enpr: mē
ipa: /mi/
homophone: me
homophone: mee
homophone: may (some accents)
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: ME
synonyms: WinMe
glosses: Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
Me
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: mē
ipa: /miː/
enpr: mē
ipa: /mi/
homophone: me
homophone: mee
homophone: may (some accents)
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Med
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Senses: examples: text: We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer.
text: They used to go wild for villas by the Med and ski chalets in the Alps; now they are forking out for views of the Channel and hilly walks in Shropshire.
ref: 2023 July 22, Donna Ferguson, “Post-Brexit fall in English ownership of European second homes, figures show”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Clipping of Mediterranean.
Related terms: Club Med
Med
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of medical.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of medicine.
Media
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya).
Senses: glosses: A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.
glosses: A possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms: Median
Media Atropatene
Related terms: Mede
Median
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/
Forms: form: Medean
Etymology: From Media + -n.
Senses: examples: text: Lucullus seeing certaine Median men at armes, which were in the front of Tigranes Army, heavily and unweildily armed, as in an iron prison, apprehended thereby an opinion, that he might easily defeat them[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Relating to Media or Medes.
examples: text: ‘This proceeding,’ interposed the president, ‘is by no means in accordance with the terms of the mulct or sentence, which is in its nature Median, and not to be altered or recalled.’
ref: 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
text: And if you venture to object to these Median laws, – as I am now doing, – you elicit a chorus of disapproval, and acquire some evil name.
ref: 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 50:
glosses: Of laws, rules etc.: unchanging, invariable.
Median
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/
Forms: form: Medians
form: Medean
Etymology: From Media + -n.
Senses: glosses: A Mede.
Median
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/
Forms: form: Medean
Etymology: From Media + -n.
Senses: glosses: The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.
Synonyms: Medic
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Median terms
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/xme
word: xme
Mehr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre.
Senses: examples: text: Under the full moon of the month of Mehr, with the torches hissing, the African and the Frank circled an ambit of packed earth.
ref: 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 10:
glosses: The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
Mel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛl
Senses: glosses: Short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, Melina, Melody and Carmel.
glosses: Short form of the male given names Melvin, Melvyn and Melchor.
Mel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛl
Senses: glosses: A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.
Melissa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɪsə/
rhymes: -ɪsə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
examples: text: And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
ref: 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
text: - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
"Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.
ref: 1959, Nicholas Blake, The Widow's Cruise, page 9:
text: The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”.
ref: 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
Related terms: alt: < μέλιττα (mélitta)
word: Melitta
Melody
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.
ref: 2000, Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House, published 2001, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: A female given name from English.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: word: Melodie
Mensa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛnsə/
rhymes: -ɛnsə
Etymology: From Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.
Senses: glosses: Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
Derived terms: Mensan
Related terms: urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20050322023323/http://www.mensa.org/home.php
word: Mensa's website
Mensa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛnsə/
rhymes: -ɛnsə
Etymology: From Mons Mensae (mensa (“table”)), from Montagne de la Table.
Originally named Montagne de la Table after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. By 1763 this had been Latinised as Mons Mensae. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to Mensa.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
Derived terms: Mensae
Mercurio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mercurios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mercurio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Mercury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.
Senses: examples: text: Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: ☿
Derived terms: Mercury Seven
Mercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/
Forms: form: Mercuries
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.
Senses: topics: alchemy
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pseudoscience
glosses: Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)
glosses: A carrier of tidings.
A newsboy, a messenger.
examples: text: Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: A carrier of tidings.
A footman.
examples: text: His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: A carrier of tidings.
Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
examples: text: No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: A carrier of tidings.
A newspaper.
Mercy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Pecksniff was a moral man — a grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speech — and he had had her christened Mercy. Mercy! oh, what a charming name for such a pure–souled Being as the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Her sister’s name was Charity. There was a good thing! Mercy and Charity!
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Related terms: Mercedes
Merry
Mercy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mercys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Mercy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Meri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Cameroon.
Meri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Merida.
Meridian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Leon County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A sizable city in Ada County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A charter township in Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Logan County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Bosque County, Texas, United States, apparently named for the 98th meridian west, actually between 97-98 W.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, also known as Tangletown.
Merle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Merle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French of French origin.
examples: text: Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.
ref: 1968 May 3, Al Aronowitz, “New Country Twang Hits Town”, in Life Magazine, page 12:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Merle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her.
ref: 1887, Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant, Jacob's Wife, page 92:
text: "I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.
ref: 1976, From These Hills, From These Valleys: Pennsylvania Writers' Collection, University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 186:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Merry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛɹi
homophone: merry
homophone: Mary
homophone: marry (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.
glosses: A female given name from merry.
examples: text: 'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter.
'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
text: It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is.
ref: 1964 Brigid Brophy, The Waste Disposal Unit, Best Short Plays of the World Theatre 1958-1967, page 50
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Mercy.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Meredith.
Messiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Messiah
Senses: synonyms: Christ
glosses: The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.
glosses: A saviour or liberator of a group of people.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Jesus Christ.
Met
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt/
homophone: met
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: the Met
Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: Metropolitan
glosses: The London Underground Metropolitan line.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: Metropolitan
glosses: The Metropolitan Railway.
examples: text: The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend".
ref: 2024 April 11, Victoria Cook, “Westminster murder inquiry: Woman, 27, named by police”, in bbc.com:
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: Metropol
glosses: The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).
glosses: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
topics: art
arts
glosses: The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company.
Met
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt/
homophone: met
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: Mets
Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan.
Senses: glosses: A Metropolitan line train.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the New York Mets.
Meta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience.
Senses: glosses: Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
glosses: Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.
Meta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official, from German Meta.
Senses: glosses: A city in Osage County, Missouri.
Metro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Metro.
Senses: glosses: A city in Lampung, Indonesia.
Mg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mgs
Etymology: Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung).
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Maung A title for males (analogous to Mr in standard English).
Mg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: māj
ipa: /meɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: Mgs
form: Mg.
Etymology: Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mage A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
Mia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
Senses: examples: text: - - - I know he thinks my name is awkward to say. He rarely calls me Mia." Christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, she couldn't pronounce Maria when she was a toddler and called herself Mia.
ref: 1991 February 24, Eric Lax, “Woody and Mia: A New York Story”, in New York Times:
glosses: A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
Mia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: Mias
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Bengali.
Mich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Michigan.
Mich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Michelle.
Mien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of related languages spoken by the Yao people.
Mike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪk/
ipa: [mɐɪʔk]
homophone: mike
homophone: mic
rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology: Shortened from Michael.
Senses: qualifier: World War II; joint US/RAF; World War II; joint US/RAF
glosses: A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
Mike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪk/
ipa: [mɐɪʔk]
homophone: mike
homophone: mic
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: Mikes
Etymology: Shortened from Michael.
Senses: examples: text: […] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took the Mikes, so I cd get no helper but Marty — had to set up Punch & Judy show — & when I proposed to decorate tree heard it was still in the woods! However John Rourke appeared & dug up a small silver, to be planted again […]
ref: quoted in 1996, Lady Gregory, James Pethica, Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902 (page 200)
text: Gott strafe the roll-call, hurrah for the 'Mikes,' / Hurrah for the rebel boys that organised the strikes, / For everywhere the roll was called their names they didn't know.
ref: 2006, Lyn Ebenezer, Fron-Goch and the Birth of the IRA, page 126:
synonyms: mick
glosses: An Irishman, especially a labourer.
Mike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪk/
ipa: [mɐɪʔk]
homophone: mike
homophone: mic
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: Mikes
Etymology: Shortened from Michael.
Senses: examples: text: West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.”
ref: 2025 January 14, Leah Willingham, “West Virginia governor axes DEI and enacts vaccine exemptions on first full day in office”, in AP News:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
Derived terms: Big Mike
Iron Mike
Mike Obama
Moscow Mike