cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏk'i
ipa: /ˈhɒki/
ipa: /ˈhɑki/
rhymes: -ɒki
Forms: form: hockeys
Etymology: See oche.
Senses: examples: text: As has been mentioned, Darts of to-day is essentially a "public-house game," and in pretty nearly every inn, club, or institute where it has a footing (and in which has it not!) will be found minor variations in play and often games that are peculiar to the locality or even to the "school" itself. […] And in this domestic circle, at all events, it is thought that this set of Rules will prove a useful guide when taken in conjunction with what has already been said as regards the board, its position, the hockey-line, etc.
ref: 1950, Edmond Hoyle, Lawrence H. Dawson, “Darts”, in Hoyle’s Games Modernized, 20th edition, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →OCLC; republished as The Complete Hoyle’s Games (Wordsworth Reference), Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994, →ISBN, page 457:
text: Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.
ref: 1977, Harry Harrison, chapter 22, in Skyfall, [London]: Hamlyn Publishing Group, →OCLC:
text: Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]
ref: 1985, Keith Turner, Darts, 1st Perennial Library edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: darts
games
glosses: Alternative form of oche.
hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏk'i
ipa: /ˈhɒki/
ipa: /ˈhɑki/
rhymes: -ɒki
Forms: form: hockeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
goalie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊl.i/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊli/
rhymes: -əʊli
Forms: form: goalies
Etymology: Clipping of goalkeeper, goaltender + -ie.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: goalkeeper
goaltender
netminder
glosses: A goalkeeper or goaltender.
Derived terms: goalieing
emergency goalie
rush goalie
goalie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊl.i/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊli/
rhymes: -əʊli
Forms: form: goalies
form: goalieing
form: goalied
form: goalied
Etymology: Clipping of goalkeeper, goaltender + -ie.
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
synonyms: goalkeep
goaltend
netmind
glosses: To act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.
Tajik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /tæˈd͡ʒiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: Tajiks
form: Tadzhik
Etymology: From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy.
Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
Senses: examples: text: “True that it would be preferable that you marry a local, a Tajik, but Rasheed is healthy, and interested in you.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 48:
glosses: A person from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent.
Tajik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /tæˈd͡ʒiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: Tadzhik
Etymology: From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy.
Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
Senses: glosses: The Persian dialect spoken in Tajikistan.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tajik terms
Tajik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /tæˈd͡ʒiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: Tadzhik
Etymology: From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy.
Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
Senses: examples: text: A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake.
ref: 2016 September 25, “Xinjiang – is this really China?”, in CNN, page 2:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.
Derived terms: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
Surinamese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːz
ipa: /ˌsʊəɹɪnəˈmiːz/
Forms: form: Surinamese
Etymology: from Suriname + -ese
Senses: glosses: A person from Suriname or of Surinamese descent.
Synonyms: Surinamer
Surinamese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːz
ipa: /ˌsʊəɹɪnəˈmiːz/
Etymology: from Suriname + -ese
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Suriname, the Surinamese people or the Surinamese language.
South African
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaʊθˈaf.ɹɪ.kən/
Forms: form: South Africans
Etymology: From South Africa + -an.
Senses: examples: text: If dialogue is ever to have a chance, South Africans must find a way to turn away from violence in all its forms — the brutal violence of the sjambok
ref: 1989, United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs, United States Policy Toward South Africa: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, page 333:
text: During the meeting, Trump brandished printouts of what he said were reports about White South Africans being killed.
ref: 2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from South Africa or of South African descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
South African
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaʊθˈaf.ɹɪ.kən/
Etymology: From South Africa + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.
ref: 1989 September 20, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly”, in The New York Times:
text: He also had Ramaphosa sit through a video montage that included a clip of a demonstration featuring white crosses symbolizing South African farmers who were killed.
ref: 2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people.
Synonyms: Soufrican
Sou'frican
Derived terms: South African English
South African ostrich
South African springhare
South African Standard Time
Panamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænəˈmeɪni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Panamanians
Etymology: From Panama + -ian, with euphonic -n-.
Senses: examples: text: Most Panamanians are adamant that the canal, completed in 1914, will not return to U.S. control.
ref: 2025 April 8, Whitney Eulich, Andrea Salcedo, “For Panamanians, the canal is theirs. But who profits from it?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: A person from Panama or of Panamanian descent.
glosses: A person from Panama City.
Panamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænəˈmeɪni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Etymology: From Panama + -ian, with euphonic -n-.
Senses: examples: text: Now when Ruthie says come see her / In her honky-tonk lagoon / Where I can watch her waltz for free / 'Neath her Panamanian moon
ref: 1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Panama or Panamanian people.
Derived terms: Panamanianness
Panamanian white-faced capuchin
Related terms: panama
Panama hat
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Namibian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Namibian
form: most Namibian
Etymology: From Namibia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.
Derived terms: Namibianness
Namlish
Namibian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Namibians
Etymology: From Namibia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Namibia or of Namibian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Mozambican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mozambican
form: most Mozambican
form: Mosambican
Etymology: From New Latin Mozambica + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Of, belonging to, or relating to Mozambique or its people.
Mozambican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mozambicans
form: Mosambican
Etymology: From New Latin Mozambica + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Mozambique, or a descendant of such person.
Synonyms: english: adjective/noun
translation: adjective/noun
word: Mozambiquan
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Ivorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈvɔːɹiən/
Forms: form: Ivorians
Etymology: From Ivory (Coast) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Battling Bolton disputed the goal, claiming Drogba was offside, but the Ivorian appeared to have timed his angled run across the visitors back line to perfection to race onto a fine Michael Essien pass and ensure Chelsea moved back into fourth place in the Premier League.
ref: 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
synonyms: Côte d'Ivoirian
Ivoirian
hypernyms: African
sub-Saharan
glosses: A person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent.
Ivorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈvɔːɹiən/
Etymology: From Ivory (Coast) + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Côte d'Ivoirian
Ivoirian
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire or the Ivorian people.
Derived terms: Ivorianness
Comorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.ɹiən/
Forms: form: Comorians
Etymology: From Comoros + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Comoros or of Comorian descent.
Comorian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.ɹiən/
Etymology: From Comoros + -ian.
Senses: glosses: The language of the islands of the Comoros.
Comorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.ɹiən/
Etymology: From Comoros + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Comoros, the Comorian people or the Comorian language.
Congolese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Congolese
Etymology: From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.
Senses: examples: text: The first feature film ever made in Congo by a Congolese was Le hasard n'existe pas (There is no such thing as luck, 1977), by Madenda and Luzolo, and it was filmed in 16mm and in black and white.
ref: 2002, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Questioning African Cinema: Conversations With Filmmakers, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
glosses: A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
A person from the Republic of the Congo.
synonyms: Congo-Brazzavillean
examples: text: The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
ref: 2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
synonyms: Congo-Kinshasan
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Congolese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.
Senses: examples: text: Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the Portuguese representatives that some European traders were enslaving all African citizens,
ref: 2012, Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too, →ISBN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.
synonyms: Congo-Brazzavillean
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.
synonyms: Congo-Kinshasan
Coordinate terms: word: Zairean
word: Congolian
Derived terms: Congolese giraffe
Equatorial Guinean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Equatorial Guineans
Senses: glosses: A person from Equatorial Guinea or of Equatorial Guinean descent.
Synonyms: Equatoguinean
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Equatorial Guinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Equatorial Guinea, the Equatorial Guinean people or the Equatorial Guinean culture.
Synonyms: Equatoguinean
Eritrean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eritrean
form: most Eritrean
Etymology: From Eritrea + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Of, belonging to, or relating to Eritrea or its people.
Derived terms: word: Eritrean Catholic
word: Eritreanness
Eritrean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eritreans
Etymology: From Eritrea + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Eritrea, or a descendant of such person.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
Horner
Horn African
African
Greenlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greenlanders
Etymology: From Greenland + -er.
Senses: examples: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IV. "The Beach", page 54.
Were it not for this, we Europeans should have no wood to burn there, and the poor Greenlanders […] would, however, have no wood to roof their houses, to erect their tents, as also to build their boats, and to shaft their arrows.
glosses: A person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent.
Related terms: Greenland
Greenlandic
Greenlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ændɪk
Etymology: From Greenland + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In 2014, the Greenlandic government — called the Naalakkersuisut — established a reconciliation commission to investigate the continuing consequences of colonialism. After three years, the commission concluded that a majority of the nearly 60,000 people living in Greenland, 88 percent of whom are Greenlandic Inuit, are still marked by the negative effects of the colonial period.
ref: 2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, the Greenlandic people or the Greenlandic language.
Derived terms: Greenlandic Norse
West Greenlandic Pidgin
Greenlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ændɪk
Etymology: From Greenland + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, it may be too late—mistakes in Greenlandic already seem to have become embedded in machine translators. If you prompt either Google Translate or ChatGPT to do something as simple as count to 10 in proper Greenlandic, neither program can deliver.
ref: 2025 September 25, Jacob Judah, “How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral”, in MIT Technology Review:
glosses: The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
Synonyms: Greenlandish
Kalaallisut
Related terms: Inuktitut
triskaidekaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trĭs'kī-dĕk'ə-fō'bē-ə
ipa: /ˌtɹɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Forms: form: treiskaidekaphobia
form: triskaidecaphobia
Etymology: From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, despite beliefs that triskaidekaphobia began long ago and has been passed down through the centuries, the earliest known reference to Friday the 13th as a dreaded day did not appear until 1913. It is merely a 20th century invention.
ref: 2017 October 12, Albert Garcia, “What is the word for fear of the number 13? Triskaidekaphobia”, in Calliope Magazine, page 3:
text: The great Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg had such a severe case of triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number 13), he omitted numbering the 13th measure in some of his later works, substituting it with the notation “12a.”
ref: 2019 December 13, Marika Gerken, “Friday the 13th: How it came to be and why it’s considered unlucky”, in CNN:
text: There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13.
ref: 2021 August 12, Christobel Hastings, “Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition”, in CNN:
glosses: Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
Derived terms: triskaidekaphobic
triskaidekaphobe
Related terms: friggatriskaidekaphobia
paraskavedekatriaphobia
paraskevidekatriaphobia
Viennese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː.əˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: more Viennese
form: most Viennese
Etymology: From Vienna + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Vienna (the capital of Austria).
Derived terms: Viennese cutlet
Viennese horn
Viennese nougat
Viennese oyster
Viennese trichord
Viennese waltz
Viennese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː.əˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Viennese
Etymology: From Vienna + -ese.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Viennese.
glosses: An inhabitant or resident of Vienna.
Nepalese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛ.pəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Nepal + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: All the towns have small teahouses where you can get tea, sometimes chapatis (a flat flour and water bread similar to tortillas), sometimes eggs, and dahl baat (rice, beans and curried vegetables, the standard Nepalese meal).
ref: 1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 8:
synonyms: Nepali
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepalese people or the Nepalese language.
Derived terms: Nepalese English
Nepaleseness
Nepalese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛ.pəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Nepal + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: Nepali
glosses: The national language of Nepal.
Nepalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛ.pəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Nepalese
Etymology: From Nepal + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: Nepali
glosses: A person from Nepal or of Nepalese descent.
-ian
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /i.ən/
ipa: /jən/
Forms: form: -an
form: -n
Etymology: From Latin -iānus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.
Senses: glosses: From, related to, or like.
raw_tags: as an adjective
glosses: One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
raw_tags: as a noun
glosses: Having a certain profession.
raw_tags: as a noun
Coordinate terms: -al
-an
-ar
-ate
-ese
-ic
-id
-ish
-oid
-ory
-ous
quasi-
-y
Derived terms: sense: related to
word: Arthurian
sense: related to
word: Hermitian
sense: related to
word: Lipschitzian
sense: related to
word: Newtonian
sense: related to
word: utopian
sense: related to
word: Washingtonian
sense: related to
word: Wilmingtonian
sense: belonging to
word: magician
sense: belonging to
word: physician
sense: belonging to
word: politician
sense: having a profession
english: compare comedienne
translation: compare comedienne
word: comedian
sense: having a profession
word: musician
Related terms: -ienne
builder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪl.də/
ipa: /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: builders
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English byldere
English builder
From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).
Senses: synonyms: constructor
destroyer
wrecker
glosses: One who builds or constructs things.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
examples: text: To cut coding time and to insure maintainability of the algorithms, an "algorithm builder tool" was constructed.
ref: 1987, Proceedings, International Foundation for Telemetering Conference - Volume 23, page 287:
text: A map builder uses map layers from several sources and adds data to make a custom map.
ref: 1999, Michael Zeiler, Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design, page 46:
text: Many users may find this easier to use as each field is clearly displayed and the user interface provides a formula builder and a Check formula function.
ref: 2013, David Feldman, Jason Himmelstein, Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint, page 217:
glosses: Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
examples: text: In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.
ref: 1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, chapter 4, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Clipping of bodybuilder.
Coordinate terms: fabricator
maker
Derived terms: boatbuilder
bodybuilder
body-builder
bridge-builder
builder pattern
builder's breakfast
builder's bum
builder's cleavage
builders' cup
builder's cup
builders' mug
builder's mug
builder's remedy
builder's tea
buildress
carbuilder
carriagebuilder
castlebuilder
city-builder
coachbuilder
coalition builder
homebuilder
housebuilder
jerry-builder
master builder
mound builder
nation-builder
nonbuilder
organbuilder
peacebuilder
roadbuilder
set-builder notation
shipbuilder
teambuilder
toolbuilder
underbuilder
wagonbuilder
worldbuilder
Related terms: building worker
construction worker
Togolese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From French togolais, equivalent to Togo + -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.
Togolese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Togolese
Etymology: From French togolais, equivalent to Togo + -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese.
Senses: examples: text: Grunitzky was educated locally and abroad (receiving one of the first scholarships ever granted to a Togolese), studying mathematics and obtaining an engineering degree (1937). Upon his return to Togo, Grunitzky joined the civil service[…]
ref: 2021 April 15, Jennifer C. Seely, Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Togo, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 202:
glosses: A person from Togo or of Togolese descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Tongan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒŋən/
ipa: /ˈtɒŋɡən/
rhymes: -ɒŋən
rhymes: -ɒŋɡən
Forms: form: Tongans
Etymology: From Tonga + -an.
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
glosses: A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tongan terms
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ton
word: to
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ton
word: ton
word: ton ⁠
Tongan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒŋən/
ipa: /ˈtɒŋɡən/
rhymes: -ɒŋən
rhymes: -ɒŋɡən
Etymology: From Tonga + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language.
Medieval Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: medieval Latin
form: Mediaeval Latin
Senses: glosses: The Latin language as used during the Middle Ages, before it was developed by the Italian humanists into Renaissance Latin.
Synonyms: Middle Latin
Coordinate terms: word: Christian Latin
word: Church Latin
word: Classical Latin
word: Contemporary Latin
word: Ecclesiastical Latin
word: Late Latin
word: Liturgical Latin
word: Low Latin
word: Modern Latin
english: Neo Latin
translation: Neo Latin
word: Neo-Latin
word: New Latin
word: Old Latin
word: Recent Latin
word: Renaissance Latin
word: Vulgar Latin
New Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The reformed Latin language as written or spoken as a lingua franca from 14th century Renaissance Latin to Contemporary Latin beginning in the late 19th century.
Synonyms: Neo-Latin
Neo Latin
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Latin terms
Ghanaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪən
rhymes: -ɑːniən
Etymology: From Ghana + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: She had a little southern accent that tinted her Ghanaian one.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 6:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
Derived terms: Ghanaianism
Ghanaianness
Ghanaian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪən
rhymes: -ɑːniən
Forms: form: Ghanaians
Etymology: From Ghana + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The locals did this, waiting for tourists to disembark so that they could con them into paying for things Ghanaians knew were free.
ref: 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 264:
glosses: A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Icelander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪs.lənd.ə/
ipa: /ˈaɪs.lənd.ɚ/
Forms: form: Icelanders
Etymology: From Iceland + -er. Displaced older Middle English Iselandman (“Icelander”, literally “Iceland man, Iceland person”).
Senses: glosses: A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.
Jordanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɔːˈdeɪnɪən/
ipa: /d͡ʒɔɹˈdeɪniən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Jordanians
Etymology: From Jordan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Jordan or of Jordanian descent.
Jordanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɔːˈdeɪnɪən/
ipa: /d͡ʒɔɹˈdeɪniən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Etymology: From Jordan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people.
glosses: Pertaining to the work of Camille Jordan.
Kuwaiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kuwaitis
Etymology: From Kuwait + -i.
Senses: glosses: A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent.
Kuwaiti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kuwait + -i.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Kuwait or the Kuwaiti people.
Derived terms: Kuwaitiness
Lao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: Laos
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).
Senses: glosses: A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
glosses: The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.
Lao
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).
Senses: examples: text: A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths.
ref: 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.
Synonyms: Laotian
Derived terms: Lao coriander
Laoland
Laoness
Lao PDR
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms
Lao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Telugu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/
Forms: form: Telegu
form: Telugoo
form: Teloogoo
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).
Senses: examples: text: The train rumbled between narrow buildings with flat roofs and multicoloured walls, Telugu script crawling like creepers over them.
ref: 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 497:
synonyms: Gentoo
glosses: A Dravidian language of India.
glosses: An ethnic group of southern India.
Telugu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/
Forms: form: Telugus
form: Telugu
form: Telegu
form: Telugoo
form: Teloogoo
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).
Senses: glosses: A member of the Telugu ethnic group.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Telugu terms
Malagasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
ipa: /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
ipa: /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/
ipa: /ˌmaləˈɡaʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːsi
Forms: form: Malagasy
form: Malagasies
Etymology: From Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”).
Senses: glosses: A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
glosses: The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
glosses: The chief lect of this language or language group.
raw_tags: in particular
Malagasy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
ipa: /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
ipa: /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/
ipa: /ˌmaləˈɡaʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːsi
Etymology: From Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”).
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
glosses: Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.
Derived terms: Malagasy carnivoran
Malagasy civet
Malagasy mongoose
Malagasy mouse
Malagasy rat
Malagasy rodent
Malagasy warbler
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms
prescribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/
ipa: /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/
rhymes: -aɪb
homophone: proscribe (in some dialects)
Forms: form: prescribes
form: prescribing
form: prescribed
form: prescribed
form: præscribe
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).
Senses: examples: text: The doctor prescribed aspirin.
text: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
ref: 2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
examples: text: The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
text: Prescribe not us our duties.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: VVhen Parents loves are order'd by a Son, / Let ſtreams preſcribe their fountains vvhere to run.
ref: 1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 5:
glosses: To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
examples: text: Most probable that one presentation and 40 years possession thereafter, is sufficient to prescribe a right of patronage.
ref: 1753, Andrew McDouall, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights […] , volume 3, Table of Contents, page 86:
text: […] held, in a question with a party who had acquired right from the commissioners of the forfeited estates to the estate of the forfeited superior, as it stood in his person, that the crown charter of the vassal was a valid title on which to prescribe a right to the coal […]
ref: 1834, Patrick Shaw, Digest of Cases Decided in the Courts of Session, Teinds, and Justiciary in the House of Lords, 1821–1833 […] , page 135:
text: Because of the juristic difficulties associated with the Donation of Constantine, the question of whether the papacy had in any case prescribed its jurisdiction in the patrimony had become a common topic amongst jurists […]
ref: 1987, Joseph Canning, The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis, page 53:
topics: law
glosses: To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
topics: law
glosses: To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
Derived terms: deprescribe
prescriber
Related terms: prescription
prescriptionist
prescriptive
prescriptivism
prescriptivist
proscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
ipa: /ˈpɹəʊˌskɹaɪb/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊˌskɹaɪb/
rhymes: -aɪb
homophone: prescribe (in some dialects)
Forms: form: proscribes
form: proscribing
form: proscribed
form: proscribed
Etymology: From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).
Senses: examples: text: The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.
glosses: To forbid or prohibit.
examples: text: The word ‘ain’t’ is proscribed by many authorities.
text: If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with as much certainty as though he had been his confidential adviser.
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 13.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 1:
antonyms: recommend
glosses: To denounce.
examples: text: Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.
glosses: To banish or exclude.
Derived terms: proscriber
Related terms: proscription
proscriptive
proscriptivist
length
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕng(k)th
enpr: lĕn(t)th
ipa: /lɛŋ(k)θ/
ipa: /lɛn(t)θ/
ipa: /leɪŋ(k)θ/
ipa: /leɪn(t)θ/
ipa: /læŋ(k)θ/
rhymes: -ɛŋkθ
rhymes: -ɛŋθ
rhymes: -ɛntθ
rhymes: -ɛnθ
Forms: form: lengths
form: lengthing
form: lengthed
form: lengthed
Etymology: From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).
Senses: examples: text: Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
text: Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde.
ref: 1552, Richard Huloet, “Ladies of Destinie”, in Abecedarium Anglico-Latinum:
text: [He] knows full well life doth but length his pain.
ref: a. 1608, Thomas Sackville, Allegorical Personages described in Hell:
glosses: To lengthen.
probity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊbɪti/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊbəti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
Forms: form: probities
Etymology: From Middle French probité, from Latin probitās (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.
Senses: examples: text: […] they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour […]
ref: 1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: [W]hen the interests or reputation of their own nation come into collision with those of another, they go to the opposite extreme, and forget their usual probity and candour, in the indulgence of spleen, and an illiberal spirit of ridicule.
ref: 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “English Writers on America”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 102:
text: Distilled to its essence, it is by no means clear that the ‘Cablegate’ disclosures were intended to support freedom of information, transparency, probity in government, or defence of the public interest.
ref: 2013, Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 464:
text: The veterans add in their letter, which was partly coordinated by the campaign group Republic: “Officers of the British armed forces must adhere to the very highest standards of probity, honesty and honourable conduct. […]
ref: 2022 January 13, Ben Quinn, “Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: godliness
goodness
honour
righteousness
saintliness
uprightness
virtue
antonyms: wickedness
glosses: Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
Related terms: probe
prove
fleur de sel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleurs de sel
Etymology: Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”).
Senses: examples: text: Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water.
ref: 2002, Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History:
text: Fleur de sel is less bitter than regular sea salt, they say, because it has very little magnesium.
ref: 2019 May 23, Zoe Williams, “Posh salt is having a moment – does enjoying it make me pretentious?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking.
wat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
Forms: form: wats
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai วัด (wát).
Senses: examples: text: There are two wats near this village.
text: Angkor Wat
text: Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order to give the men a rest.
ref: 1857, Sir John Bowring, The kingdom and people of Siam, volume 1, page 165:
text: Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.
ref: 1982, Carlo Caldarola, Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, page 379:
text: It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]
ref: 1996, James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page 194:
text: It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name
ref: 1999, Steve Van Beek with Luca Invernizzi, The arts of Thailand, page 15:
text: The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the wat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The wat has a small museum.
ref: 2003, Joshua Eliot with Jane Bickersteth, Thailand handbook, page 268:
glosses: A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
Related terms: chedi
pagoda
stupa
wat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ወጥ (wäṭ).
Senses: examples: text: In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.
ref: [1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
wat
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
ipa: /wæ(ː)t/
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of what.
wat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
ipa: /wæ(ː)t/
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of what.
wat
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
ipa: /wæ(ː)t/
rhymes: -æt
ipa: /wat/
ipa: /wɒt/
Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect.
Senses: examples: text: Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."
ref: 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
glosses: Alternative spelling of what.
Forlì-Cesena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Macerata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Macerata.
Senses: glosses: A province of Marche, Italy.
glosses: A town, the capital of Macerata.
Massa Carrara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massa-Carrara
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy, containing the two towns Massa and Carrara.
Matera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Matera.
Senses: glosses: A province of Basilicata, Italy.
glosses: A city, the capital of Matera province, Basilicata.
Messina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɛˈsiːnə/
Etymology: From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.
glosses: A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015.
glosses: A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.
glosses: Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.
Messina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɛˈsiːnə/
Forms: form: Messinas
Etymology: From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Modena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊdɪnə/
ipa: /ˈmɒdɪnə/
Etymology: From Italian Modena, from Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).
Senses: glosses: A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Derived terms: Modenese
Nuoro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Nuoro, related to Nuragic.
Senses: glosses: A province of Sardinia, Italy.
glosses: A town and capital of Nuoro, Italy.
Oristano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Oristano.
Senses: glosses: A province of Sardinia, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
parma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹmə/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
Forms: form: parmas
Etymology: From parmigiana.
Senses: examples: text: The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.
glosses: A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.
parma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹmə/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
Forms: form: parmae
Etymology: From Latin parma.
Senses: glosses: A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: parma wallaby
Pavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈvi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From Italian Pavia.
Senses: glosses: A province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States, previously named Union Township.
glosses: A municipality in Iloilo province, Philippines.
Derived terms: paviine
Perugia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia.
Senses: glosses: The capital city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.
Derived terms: Perugian
Pesaro e Urbino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Province of Marche, Italy.
Pescara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pescara.
Senses: glosses: A province of Abruzzo, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.
Piacenza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Piacenza, from Latin Placentia. Doublet of pleasance.
Senses: glosses: A province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
glosses: A city, the capital of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna.
Derived terms: Piacentine
Pistoia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pistoia.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
Pordenone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pordenone.
Senses: glosses: A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.
Potenza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Potenza. Doublet of potency.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the province of Potenza and the region of Basilicata, Italy.
glosses: A province of Basilicata, Italy.
Prato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Prato.
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
Ragusa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ragusas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)
Senses: glosses: A province of Sicily, Italy.
glosses: The capital of Ragusa, Italy.
glosses: Former name of Dubrovnik: a city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea.
glosses: The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.