English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Forms: form: English
form: Englishes
form: Inglish
form: Englishe
form: english
form: english
Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Senses: examples: text: Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
ref: 1979, Stormont Mancroft, Bees in Some Bonnets, p. 175
text: The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.
glosses: The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
glosses: The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
examples: text: Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.
glosses: Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
examples: text: What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?
glosses: A particular instance of the English language, including:
The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
examples: text: The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.
glosses: A particular instance of the English language, including:
The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
examples: text: Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.
text: Data: I have completed my analysis of the anomaly. It appears to be a multi-phasic temporal convergence in the space-time continuum.
Dr. Crusher: In English, Data.
ref: 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden (actors):
glosses: A particular instance of the English language, including:
A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
examples: text: I loved reading until 7th grade English.
text: This reflects that in English, students learn a range of text types, such as procedures, editorials, poetry, and not just academic essays.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109:
glosses: A particular instance of the English language, including:
Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
synonyms: word: language arts
extra: the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
examples: text: You are putting too much English on the ball.
glosses: Alternative form of english.
Synonyms: sense: English people
english: Scots
translation: Scots
word: southrons
sense: type size; German contexts
word: Mittel
sense: type size; French contexts
word: Augustin
Coordinate terms: sense: sidespin
word: draw
sense: sidespin
word: follow