cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Creole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːəʊl/
ipa: /ˈkɹeɪəʊl/
enpr: krēʹōl
ipa: /ˈkɹiˌoʊl/
ipa: /ˈkɹeɪˌoʊl/
rhymes: (General American) -ioʊl
rhymes: (GA) -eɪoʊl
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːəʊl
rhymes: (RP) -eɪəʊl
Etymology: Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“I create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
Senses: examples: text: She grew up speaking Creole.
text: Along with French, Creole is one of Haiti's official languages.
text: His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless.
ref: 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
Derived terms: Cajun Creole
Creole cottage
Creole cream cheese
Creoleness
Creole pig
Creole State
Creole townhouse
Creolity
Roper River Creole
Yilan Creole
Cronos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cronus.
Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɒs/
enpr: krôs
ipa: /kɹɔs/
enpr: krŏs
ipa: /kɹɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: Holy Cross
True Cross
Crucifix
glosses: The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A hamlet north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A village in Compton Bishop parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4154).
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A number of places with the name "Cross":
A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.
Derived terms: Holy Cross
St Cross
Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɒs/
enpr: krôs
ipa: /kɹɔs/
enpr: krŏs
ipa: /kɹɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.
Senses: examples: text: Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.
ref: 1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:
glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
Derived terms: Cross County
Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome
Cross syndrome
Crossville
Related terms: Crozier
Kreuzer
Crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krō
ipa: /kɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: cro
homophone: crow
Forms: form: Crows
form: Crow
Etymology: From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.
Senses: synonyms: Crow Indian
glosses: A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
Crow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: krō
ipa: /kɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: cro
homophone: crow
Etymology: From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: word: Absaroki
glosses: The Siouan language of this tribe.
Crow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: krō
ipa: /kɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: cro
homophone: crow
Etymology: * From Middle English Crowe, as an Old English surname, related to crow.
* As an Irish surname, from mac Conchradha. See McEnroe.
* Also as an Irish surname, calque of Irish fiach (“crow, raven”) (see also Fee).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Crow-Fukase syndrome
Crusade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crusades
Etymology: Capitalised by Mills, The History of the Crusades (1820) when referring to a specific campaign ("The third and fourth Crusades" p. 95) but not when
referring to the general concept ("the clergy successfully preached the crusade through all the German state" p. 87). More at crusade.
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.
Derived terms: crusader
Related terms: Christian soldier
holy war
janissary
Knights Templar
Teutonic Knights
Crux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌks/
homophone: crux
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Southern Cross
glosses: A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
wikipedia: Crux
Derived terms: Acrux
Becrux
Cru
Crucis
Gacrux
Cruz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹuːz/
homophone: crews
homophone: cruise
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: Crus
Etymology: From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).
Senses: examples: text: From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation.
ref: 2022 May 9, Max Read, “What Is “The Current Thing”?”, in Slate:
glosses: A surname from Ibero-Romance.
Related terms: Cruise
Cruz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹuːz/
homophone: crews
homophone: cruise
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: Crus
Etymology: Derived from Ibaloi kurus (“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”), wherein it took place in the area.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.
Cub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cubs
Senses: glosses: A member of the Cub Scouts.
examples: text: Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
Curia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Curia
Etymology: From Latin curia (“a court”).
Senses: glosses: The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
Curt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A short form of the male given name Curtis
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, an anglicized spelling of Kurt
Cyclopean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cyclopean
form: most Cyclopean
Senses: examples: text: Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire,
And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts,
Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes,
Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of cyclopean.
Derived terms: Cyclopean architecture
Cygnus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡnəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cygnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.
Synonyms: sense: constellation
word: Northern Cross
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Cycnus
Derived terms: Cygni
Related terms: cygnet
cygnine
cygneous
Cynic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: Cynics
Etymology: First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.
Senses: glosses: A member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
Cynic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Cynics.
Cynical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cynic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Forms: form: d
form: Ds
form: D's
Etymology: From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).
Senses: examples: text: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Forms: form: d
Etymology: From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Forms: form: Ds
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of defense.
examples: text: D-New York
text: “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.
ref: 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
antonyms: word: R
english: Republican
translation: Republican
glosses: Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: P
R
N
D
second gear
first gear
glosses: Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
examples: text: She wants the D!
text: I give her the D, I give her the D, she callin' me zaddy
ref: 2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign:
glosses: Clipping of dick (“penis”)
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of data.
qualifier: Unicode
glosses: Canonical decomposition
examples: text: Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: word: K
english: Köchel number
translation: Köchel number
glosses: Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
glosses: Abbreviation of day.
Derived terms: 2,4-D
D layer
D-list
D-Mart
double D
D region
D-value
NFD
Pro-D
Related terms: sense: in Unicode
word: C
sense: in Unicode
word: KC
sense: in Unicode
word: KD
sense: in Unicode
word: NF
D
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of down (direction).
D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of divorced.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: The City of Detroit.
raw_tags: with “The”
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—
ref: 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the Captain of the Pinafore”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Damn.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Forms: form: Ds
Etymology: From the shape of the upper case letter "D".
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
examples: text: Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.
ref: 2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The penalty arc on a football pitch.
qualifier: field hockey
glosses: The penalty arc on a hockey field.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Forms: form: Ds
Etymology: From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.
D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /d/
Etymology: From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A programming language inspired from C++.
DSL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSLs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of domain-specific language.
examples: text: Fill your gut to a comfortable level, and the LPA tells your brain to drop the fork. Trouble is, it delivers that information at dial-up speed in a DSL world.
ref: 2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 135:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of digital subscriber line.
glosses: Initialism of dicksucking lips.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
hypernyms: SSL
sound scattering layer
glosses: Initialism of deep scattering layer.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of designated safeguarding lead.
Derived terms: sense: digital subscriber line
word: ADSL
sense: digital subscriber line
word: DSLAM
Daan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɑˈɑn/
enpr: däʹänʹ
Forms: form: Taan
form: Ta-an
form: Da'an
form: Da-an
Etymology: From the Mandarin 大安 (Dà'ān).
Senses: examples: text: "We've had a hit in the Daan District," the CID dispatcher said over the phone. "One hundred percent match over a cell phone."
ref: 2005, Jeff Rovin, “Taipei, Taiwan”, in War of Eagles (Tom Clancy's Op-Center) (Fiction), New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100:
text: Heavily residential Daan District is the most crowded, with 27,600 people per square kilometer.
ref: 2015, Sarah Clark, editor, Taipei (Insight Guides), 3rd edition (Travel), Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: Over the past four years, Taipei has spent NT$50 million (about US$1.6 million) on the project, which has established sustainable firefly populations in the Wenshan, Daan and Chungshan districts of the city.
ref: 2017 October 24, “How fireflies were brought back from the brink in urban Taipei”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2017, Society:
text: “In Taiwan, the older generation still buys at auction, whereas the younger generation is more open to exploring galleries; they are diligent in going to biennales and art fairs, they have lived abroad, and they are very much tastemakers for contemporary art,” says Shasha Tittmann, the Taiwanese-born director of Lehmann Maupin gallery in Hong Kong. The gallery is set to open a pop-up ground-floor space in Taipei’s Daan district from June to August this year, showing work by McArthur Binion, Robin Rhode, David Salle, Tom Friedman and Angel Otero among others.
ref: 2021 May 14, Georgina Adam, “Taiwan and the balance of power”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 15 May 2021:
text: Moving back to Taiwan after spending nine years in Canada is a big change. To make it a little bit smoother, the inhabitants of this house—a couple with two children—wanted to feel and be connected to the natural environment. Located in the residential Daan District in Taipei, Taiwan, the home is very quiet, yet conveniently close to the bustling Dongmen Market. The couple—comprising a jewellery brand owner and a yoga instructor—immediately fell in love with the place.
ref: 2021 October 18, KARINE MONIÉ, “House tour: a serene Taiwan home with the perfect mix of modern elements and rustic touches”, in Vogue Australia, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2021:
text: Critics accused Lin of putting her personal interests first, of leaving Taipei City without a second vice mayor for at least one month and one week, and the city’s Daan District without a legislator for one year.
ref: 2022 December 23, Matthew Strong, “KMT lawmaker accused of avoiding by-election”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
glosses: A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
glosses: A district of Taichung, Taiwan.
Dad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: dad
rhymes: -æd
Etymology: Proprialisation of dad.
Senses: examples: text: Dad told me to go out and mow the lawn.
synonyms: Daddy
Father
glosses: One’s father.
Coordinate terms: word: Mum
word: Mom
word: Mam
Dada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːdɑː/
Etymology: From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).
Senses: examples: text: Ironically enough, it was the anti-war stirrings of Dada that bore out its most immediate influence, first in Switzerland and then post-war Berlin.
ref: 2014 October 30, Ara Merjian, “How World War I gave birth to the modern”, in CNN:
glosses: A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.
Daddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Jenny's voice broke. “Daddy told me that she and Joey, my baby brother, were killed when I was two.”
ref: 2008, Betty Wagner Loeb, Jenny's Family Circle, page 26:
glosses: One's father.
Related terms: Dad
Father
Mommy
Mummy
Dag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dags
Etymology: Clipping of Dagwood.
Senses: synonyms: Dag sandwich
glosses: Ellipsis of Dagwood sandwich.
Dahlia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: The girls' names were April, Corinne, Gloria, Susannah, and Dahlia. I thought these names fanciful and lovely and would have liked the daughters' looks to match them, as if they were the beautiful children of an ogre in a fairy tale.
ref: 2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 175:
text: He was afraid that Delia or Della might mention a cousin named Dahlia, and he would laugh. Sweet Jesus, do not let me laugh inappropriately.
ref: 2020, Marilynne Robinson, Jack, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Dai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
enpr: dī
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Di
homophone: daye
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Dai.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name David, from Welsh.
Dai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
enpr: dī
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Di
homophone: daye
Forms: form: Dais
form: Dai
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 傣 (Dǎi), borrowed from a Tai language. Doublet of Tai and Thai. Compare Thai ไท (tai).
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially-recognized minorities.
glosses: A member of the ethnic group.
Dai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
enpr: dī
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Di
homophone: daye
Forms: form: Tai
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 代 (Dài), likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.
Senses: glosses: A small northern state of ancient China.
glosses: Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
glosses: A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.
examples: text: Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years.[…]
He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours in Dai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain.
'In the five villages [in Dai county] that I knew, all men from 18 to 50 suffer pneumoconiosis,' said Mr Tian. 'Among 100 coal miners, 100 have pneumoconiosis.
ref: 2004 July 30, Josephine Ma, “Coal miners face long, painful death”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023:
text: One of the most remarkable features of the redemptive societies was their continuing ability to draw members of the CCP and the Youth League into their ranks. In 1950 in Shanxi, 18 percent of the 3,000 Communists in Dai County were members of the Yiguandao, which had affiliates in 74 percent of rural Party branches.
ref: 2015, S. A. Smith, “Redemptive Religious Societies and the Communist State, 1949 to the 1980s”, in Jeremy Brown, Matthew D. Johnson, editors, Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 350:
text: A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.
The damaged section of the historical wall is located near Yanmen Pass, in Dai County, in the Shanxi province.
ref: 2018 August 2, Christina Zhao, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2018:
glosses: A county of Xinzhou Prefecture in Shanxi, China.
Synonyms: topics: prefecture
region
location
sense: prefectural seat
word: Daizhou
topics: prefecture
region
location
sense: prefectural seat
word: Taichow
topics: prefecture
region
location
sense: prefectural seat
word: Tai-chou
sense: county, county seat
word: Daixian
sense: county, county seat
word: Tai-hsien
Dai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪ/
enpr: dī
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: die
homophone: dye
homophone: Di
homophone: daye
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴 (Dài).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Etymology: From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance.
ref: 1867, Alice Cary, The Bishop's Son, G. W. Carleton&Co, published 1867, page 31:
text: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!
ref: 1892, Harry Dacre, “Daisy Bell”:
text: She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - -
ref: 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, Modern Library, published 1957, page 45:
text: "Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is..."
"Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?"
ref: 1976, R. K. Narayan, The Painter of Signs, Penguin Classics, published 1982, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: A female given name from English.
examples: text: The heifer Daisy died in September 1811.
ref: 1875, E. L. Sturtevant, J. N. Sturtevant, The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, A. Williams and company, page 160:
glosses: A common name for a cow.
Daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: Daisies
Etymology: Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
Senses: glosses: A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
Daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: Daisys
Etymology: Three possible origins:
* Americanized form of a French habitational surname, from either of two places called Aisy.
* Variant of the Irish surname Dacey.
* From the flower name, probably used as a nickname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: Dayle
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English for someone living in a dale.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5444).
glosses: A village and community in west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8005).
glosses: A village in Fjaler, Vestland, Norway.
glosses: A village in Vaksdal, Vestland, Norway.
glosses: A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A woreda in Ethiopia.
glosses: A community in Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in McLean County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Spencer County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kingman County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former community in Tobacco Township, Gladwin County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Clay County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Atchison County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Dale County
Related terms: Stanton by Dale
Damask
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Damask
form: most Damask
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.
Derived terms: Damask rose
Dame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dames
Senses: glosses: The titular prefix given to a female knight
Coordinate terms: Sir
Dan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Dans
Etymology: Traditionally held to be derived from Hebrew דָּן (Dan), although recent scholars instead link the name to Denyen, the Sea Peoples.
Senses: examples: text: A widely shared local television video of last week's news conference, which was posted on YouTube, reached more than 5 million views and was amplified by Elon Musk and Fox News, where Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi appeared on primetime shows two nights in a row.
ref: 2020 April 29, Anna-Maja Rappard, “Dubious coronavirus claims by California doctors condemned by health experts”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
examples: text: In Welland, a blue-collar burg between Buffalo and Toronto, [Daniel] Paille’s and [Dan] Girardi’s friends, relatives and fans will tune in to the latest installment of what some have labeled the Battle of Welland or the Battle of the Dans.
ref: 2013 May 22, Matt Higgins, “A Bruin and a Ranger Share a Bond While Dividing a City”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2024:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
examples: text: […] the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]
ref: 1988, Richard H. Palmer, The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Danielle
glosses: A surname.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid).
glosses: One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
glosses: A former city occupied by this tribe.
glosses: The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan, named for the city.
Derived terms: Danish
Danite
Dann
Danny
Dapper Dan
Related terms: Daniel
Dan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /dæn/
ipa: /dɑn/
enpr: dän
enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Tan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丹 (Dān, literally “cinnabar, red”).
Senses: examples: text: Third, intensifying supervision over water sources for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, of which approximately 70% of the water comes from the Han River and the Dan River. We have launched specialized campaigns in the two rivers and improved comprehensive management of the basin. A ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River has been enforced, which effectively ensured the water quality of the Han River and the Dan River. We will further step up efforts to ensure clear water for the North.
ref: 2021 June 23, “Press conference on 'Shaanxi: Carrying forward Yan'an spirit, endeavoring to write new chapter of accelerated growth in new era'”, in State Council Information Office, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2022:
glosses: A river in Shaanxi, China.
Dan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /dæn/
ipa: /dɑn/
enpr: dän
Forms: form: Dans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dan (title of honour).
Dan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /dæn/
ipa: /dɑn/
enpr: dän
Senses: glosses: A Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia.
glosses: The language of this people, belonging to the Southern Mande branch.
Dan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dăn
ipa: /ˈdæn/
rhymes: -æn
ipa: /dæn/
ipa: /dɑn/
enpr: dän
Etymology: The name is first recorded in 1728.
Senses: examples: text: [see title]
ref: 1978, Frank Michael Boing, Net Primary Productivity of the Dan River Basin, North Carolina and Virginia:
text: We in the Upper Dan watershed feel particularly vulnerable. Just to give you an idea of the stakes involved, if sufficient water is appropriated[…]
ref: 1984, Dr. Hoffman, [Testimony before the United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on Water Resources] To Prohibit the Secretary of the Army from Issuing Certain Permits in Connection with a Proposed Water Pipeline Project Until an Environmental Impact Statement for that Project Has Been Completed: […] February 8, 1984, page 249:
text: [see title]
ref: 1986, North Carolina. Division of Water Resources, Dan River Basin Study, North Carolina: Phase I:
text: [see title]
ref: 2009, Katherine K. Mull, Dan River Basin Association, An Insider's Guide to the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia: 125 Miles of Nature and History : Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Hiking, River Heritage, Parks, Trails, →ISBN:
glosses: A river which flows 214 miles through the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia.
Dando
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dandos
form: Dendle
Etymology: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
Derived terms: Compton Dando
Dando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dandos
Etymology: Hotten explains this as the name of a man once famed for devouring large portions of oysters etc. at restaurants and then admitting he had no money.
Senses: examples: text: It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […]
ref: 1844, James MacGauran, Walter Clayton: A tale of the Gordon Riots, page 2:
text: […] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […]
ref: 1904, Robert Smith Surtees, The Analysis of the Hunting Field, page 9:
glosses: A voracious eater.
Dari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːɹi/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian دری (darī), of disputed origin, probably from دربار (darbār, “royal court”). The term was adopted by the government of Afghanistan in 1964 as the official name of the varieties of Persian spoken in the country, which has become the most common usage of the term since.
Senses: synonyms: Afghan Persian
hypernyms: Eastern Persian
Persian
glosses: The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
glosses: A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
synonyms: Gabri
Gabar
glosses: A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.
Related terms: Persian
Pashto
Darling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ
homophone: darling
Senses: examples: text: Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]
ref: 2005, Michael Dowling, Jürgen Schmude, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research:
glosses: An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling.
glosses: A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
glosses: The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.
glosses: A small town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A census-designated place in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
Derived terms: Anderson-Darling test
Darling lily
Darling pea
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Baagandji terms
Dasein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dasein
Senses: examples: text: Even in its failure, National Socialism refused to allow the question of Being to become the overt and pervasive question of Germany. It ensured that Dasein would either quickly find itself in its everydayness in the task of the reconstruction of an occupied Germany or not find itself, in death.
ref: 2005, James Phillips, Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry, Stanford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dasein.
Dawn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From dawn.
Senses: examples: text: "Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name."
"What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet."
ref: 1958, MurielSpark, The Go-away Bird: With Other Stories, Macmillan 1958, page 20 ("The Black Madonna")
text: Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.
ref: 1964 Bob Gaudio - Sandy Linzer, Dawn (a song)
glosses: A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: day
homophone: dey
Etymology: This surname has multiple origins. Besides the ones listed below, Norman origin has also been suggested from De Haie", or "a corruption of the Normandy French D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy".
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.
glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation from day as a word for a "day-servant", an archaic term for a day-laborer, or from given names such as Dagr, Daug, Dege, and Dey, cognate with Scandinavian Dag.
glosses: A surname from Irish can be found as both Day and O'Day from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Saratoga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Ben Day
benday
Day County
John Day
Riley-Day syndrome
Related terms: St Day
Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: day
homophone: dey
Senses: glosses: A Mbum-Day language of Chad.
Dc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of December.
Deadhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdhɛd/
Forms: form: Deadheads
form: Dead head
form: deadhead
Etymology: From (Grateful) Dead + -head.
Senses: examples: text: Out on the road today / I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
ref: 1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:
glosses: A fan of the rock band Grateful Dead.
wikipedia: Grateful Dead
Deal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
homophone: deal
Etymology: From Old English dael (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3752).
glosses: A borough on the Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, named after the Kentish town.
glosses: An unincorporated community near Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Death
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Death can be seen on a tarot card.
text: 7 And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was giuen vnto them, ouer the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, & with hunger, and with death, and with the beastes of the earth.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 6:7–8:
text: Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 137:
text: He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
synonyms: the angel of death
Azrael
the Grim Reaper
the reaper
the pale rider
the rider
psychopomp
Santa Muerte
the Shinigami
glosses: The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Coordinate terms: Chronos
Father Time
Related terms: La Calavera Catrina
Hades
Dec.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: During Destroy Dick December, "you masturbate until completion in a quantity in relation to the date." This means that you must nut once on Dec. 1, twice on Dec. 2, and so on until you reach 31 times on Dec. 31.
ref: 2021 November 1, Kelly Corbett, “No Nut November Is Here! Here's How This Bizarre Abstinence Challenge Started”, in Distractify:
related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
glosses: Abbreviation of December.
Dec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
antonyms: Can.
glosses: Abbreviation of decani.
Deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/
/ˈdeɪ-/
Forms: form: Deisms
Senses: glosses: A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of deism.
Del
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Derek.
Del
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Delaware.
glosses: Abbreviation of Delhi.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Delphinus.
Del
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dels
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Delete (“key of a computer keyboard that deletes text, files, etc.”).
Delft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛlft/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Delft.
Senses: glosses: A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
glosses: A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms: delft
Delft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛlft/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Delft.
Senses: examples: text: Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
Delgado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delgados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Delgado.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
glosses: A city in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
Delphinus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”). Doublet of dolphin.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.
Synonyms: Dolphin
Derived terms: Delphini