cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Feb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛb/
rhymes: -ɛb
Senses: examples: text: Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.
ref: 2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2016:
related: word: Jan.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of February.
Fed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛd
Forms: form: the Fed
Senses: examples: text: So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
ref: 2019 August 1, Mark Zandi, “Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass”, in CNN:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System)
Derived terms: FedACH
Fedwire
Fedzilla
Fee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Then turning to Fiona, she said, “Fee, I'll only be a minute. […]
ref: 2023, Zoë Jasko, Hope is Daffodil Bright:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Fiona.
Felicity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Latin Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs.
Senses: examples: text: Fliss had them. Felicity Benson, Happiness Benson. Except she's not very happy at the moment, not with me.
ref: 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Related terms: Felix
Flick
Fliss
Fell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”).
* As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fells
Senses: examples: text: Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible.
ref: 2016, Fern Collins, The Noble Horse, page 126:
glosses: Ellipsis of Fell pony.
examples: text: This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail.
ref: 1957 June 24, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 426:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.
Fender
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A surname from German.
head_nr: 1
glosses: A manufacturer of electric guitars.
Fender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fenders
Etymology: From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.
Senses: glosses: A guitar produced by the Fender company.
Fermi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fermis
form: Fermies
Etymology: From Italian Fermi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: The physicist Enrico Fermi
Derived terms: Fermi bubble
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Fermi energy
Fermi estimate
Fermi-Kurie plot
fermion
Fermi paradox
Fermi question
Fermi surface
fermium
Fern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːn/
ipa: /fɝːn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: Ferns
Etymology: From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.
Senses: examples: text: "Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.
ref: 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web:
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A topographic surname.
Fero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Feros
Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Fiero.
* As a Hungarian surname, from Feró, pet form of Ferenc (“Francis”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Few
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Few
Etymology: From a speech by Winston Churchill that included the phrase "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".
Senses: glosses: The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
Few
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛz/
rhymes: -ɛz
Forms: form: Fes
Etymology: From Arabic فَاس (fās).
Senses: glosses: A city in Morocco.
Related terms: english: native or resident of Fez
translation: native or resident of Fez
word: Fasi
Fi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iː
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Fiona.
Related terms: semper fi
Fiat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fiats
form: FIAT
Etymology: From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).
Senses: examples: text: Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.
ref: 1997, Jill Nagle, Whores and Other Feminists, page 160:
text: We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.
ref: 2003, Mary-Rose MacColl, Killing Superman, page 108:
text: You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.
ref: 2005, Chris Bonner, Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia Care-based Therapy, page 13:
glosses: An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.
Derived terms: word: FIAT
word: fix it again Tony
word: FCA
Fick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ficks
Etymology: * As a North/Low German surname, from a pet form of the name Friedrich.
* As an English surname, perhaps from an adjective meaning "to move quickly," see the verbs fidge, fig. Compare Figg.
* Alternatively as an English surname, from a nickname derived from Old English gefic (“deceitful”), compare the adjective fickle. See Ficker.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French fike, a northern variant of fiche (“pointed implement”), presumably related to the verb ficher (“to drive in”). See Fitch.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Fick principle
Fier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Fier, from fier (“fern”). Alternatively borrowed from Italian fiera (“trade fair”) due to the arrival of Venetian merchants during the Renaissance.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
glosses: A county of Albania.
glosses: A municipality of Albania.
Fife
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪf/
rhymes: -aɪf
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly related to the Latin Vepogenus, in which the first element is the Proto-Brythonic predecessor of Welsh gwep (“face”).
Senses: examples: text: Ross: Will you to Scone?
Macduff: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 993:
glosses: A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
glosses: A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: english: older usage
translation: older usage
word: Fifeshire
Derived terms: Fife Ness
Related terms: Fyfe
Fifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fifers
Etymology: From Fife + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who hails from the county of Fife in Scotland.
Fifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Fife + -er.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fifth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (Fifth Amendment): From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in US legal proceedings.
Senses: glosses: The Fifth Amendment.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: […] besides marrying Nate Archibald and living happily every after in the ivy-covered brick town house just off Fifth that she already had picked out
ref: 2003, Cecily Von Ziegesar, Because I'm worth it:
glosses: Fifth Avenue.
glosses: Fifth Street.
Related terms: take the Fifth
plead the Fifth
Filter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Filters
Etymology: Borrowed from German Filter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Fin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: commune in the Somme department in France
Finger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Tennessee.
Derived terms: fingerite
Finn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭn
ipa: /ˈfɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: fin
Forms: form: Finns
Etymology: From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.
Senses: glosses: A national of Finland.
glosses: A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
glosses: A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
glosses: A male given name from Old Norse.
Synonyms: sense: person from Finland
word: Finlander
sense: ethnic Finn
word: Suomi
sense: ethnic Finn
word: Finnishman
Finn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭn
ipa: /ˈfɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
homophone: fin
Forms: form: Finns
Etymology: An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A river in County Donegal, Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. The same river borders onto County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Clady and Strabane.
Derived terms: Finn raccoon
First
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above.
* As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from German and thus related to the above.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Flamme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flammes
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Flathead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Flatheads
Etymology: From flat + head, from the practice of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means. However, the Salish tribe never practised this custom, the confusion arising from the fact that the early traders felt compelled to adopt the local Indian classification, which considered the prevailing compressed skull of the neighbouring tribes as pointed and the naturally shaped Salish skull by contrast as flat.
Senses: glosses: One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.
Derived terms: Flathead County
Flathead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From flat + head, from the practice of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means. However, the Salish tribe never practised this custom, the confusion arising from the fact that the early traders felt compelled to adopt the local Indian classification, which considered the prevailing compressed skull of the neighbouring tribes as pointed and the naturally shaped Salish skull by contrast as flat.
Senses: glosses: Their Salishan language.
Synonyms: Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille
Fleck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fliːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: fleet
Etymology: From fleet (“stream, estuary”).
Senses: examples: text: This is hard-core London, and just before Farringdon station you will be able to glimpse the vast steel pipe that carries what was the Fleet River and is now the Fleet sewer over your head.
The Fleet looks safely contained now, although you never know. It surprises me that no terrorist has made common cause with the surly and embittered Fleet, which, in Peter Ackroyd's words became 'a river of death' as it sidled through the meanest streets of London en route to the Thames.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.
glosses: A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream.
glosses: A river, the Water of Fleet, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
glosses: A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Fleet.
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8054).
glosses: A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3823).
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: word: Fleet marriage
word: Fleet Marston
word: Fleet Street
word: Gatehouse of Fleet
word: Loch Fleet
Fletcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
homophone: fletcher
Forms: form: Fletchers
Etymology: English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Henderson County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Miami County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
glosses: A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An outer western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Fleur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.
Senses: examples: text: "Ma petite fleur!" Annette said softly.
"Fleur," repeated Soames: "Fleur! we'll call her that."
ref: 1920 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: In Chancery:III: Chapter 14
glosses: A female given name from French in quiet use since the 1920s.
Flint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪnt/
homophone: Flynt
homophone: flint
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia, named after the Flint River.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Pike County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A former unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky.
examples: text: Each one claimed they were unjustly criticized, while claiming to have had Flint residents in mind.
ref: 2016 March 15, Sara Ganim, “Congressman: ‘Sickening’ testimony in Flint hearing”, in CNN:
text: Remember that so many of us click on links to CashApps, Venmos, PayPals, etc. to donate to bail funds, Flint Water reliefs, the next Ferguson, and the like without any thought of integrating ourselves into collective action?
ref: 2024, Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt, “Conclusion”, in Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN:
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Genesee County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Genesee County, Michigan, adjacent to the city.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales, by the estuary of the River Dee (OS grid ref SJ2472).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Flintshire
Flip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Flips
Etymology: Contraction of a clipping of Filipino.
Senses: examples: text: One of the children beckoned to me to try it and I started forward, but before I could move Ryland grabbed my coat. "They're fucking Flips, kid. The only way to play is to be better than they are. Go all the way to the top."
ref: 1993, Gary Paulsen, Eastern sun, winter moon: an autobiographical odyssey, →ISBN:
text: Later, the lieutenant came up to me. “Those dumb Flips finally got the message, right? […]
ref: 2002, Henry C Allan, H-Hour Plus Three: The Saga of the US Army Amphibious Engineers in the Pacific During World War II, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
Flipper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A common name for aquatic animals which have flippers, such as dolphins and seals.
Flood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Flood
Senses: examples: text: The result of the Dispensation of Conscience was that “all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth;” that “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually ;” and God closed the second testing of the natural man with judgment—the Flood.[…]
 Out of the fearful judgment of the Flood God saved eight persons to whom, after the waters were assuaged, He gave the purified earth with ample power to govern it. This, Noah and his descendants were responsible to do.
ref: 1888, C. I. Scofield, “The Seven Dispensations”, in Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15): Ten Outline Studies of The More Important Divisions of Scripture, Second edition (Religion), Philadelphia, Penn.: Philadelphia School of the Bible, published 1923, →OCLC, page 21:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
Synonyms: Deluge
Flood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Floods
form: Flud
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Flora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɔːɹə/
homophone: flora
rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Etymology: From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
examples: text: What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]
ref: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A municipality of Norway.
glosses: A city in Illinois.
glosses: A resort in Suriname.
glosses: A municipality of the Philippines.
glosses: A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
glosses: A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
glosses: A village in Norway.
Related terms: flora
Flore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Floore
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district.
Related terms: Le Flore
Florentine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
ipa: /ˈflɔɹəntin/
Forms: form: more Florentine
form: most Florentine
Etymology: From French florentin, from Latin flōrentīnus.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
Derived terms: eggs Florentine
florentine
Florentine beefsteak
Florentine flogging
Florentine steak
Florentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
ipa: /ˈflɔɹəntin/
Forms: form: Florentines
Etymology: From French florentin, from Latin flōrentīnus.
Senses: examples: text: The safety of Florence, which means even more than the welfare of Florentines, now demands severity, as it once demanded mercy.
ref: 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XIII, page 137:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of florentine (“biscuit”).
Fluke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flukes
Etymology: Variant of Flook.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Foot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foote
Senses: examples: text: Michael Foot (1913–2010) was a British politician.
glosses: A surname.
Ford
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːd/
ipa: /fɔɹd/
homophone: ford
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: Fords
form: fforde
Senses: examples: text: They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.
ref: 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia:
text: There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.
ref: 1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC:
text: It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.
ref: 1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, page 141
text: It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
ref: 1972, “Take It Easy”, performed by Eagles:
text: Why don't you go round the country with a Ford van, preaching on market days?
ref: 1995, Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, page 90:
text: Unless, of course, he limped away, not sauntered off, maybe dragged himself to a hospital, maybe got out okay, maybe died, far from anything to tie him to a Ford extra cab, far from any ties to hometown news.
ref: 2000, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pay It Forward, page 24:
text: And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or a Ford.
ref: 2001, Bernard Goldberg, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News, page 174:
text: But if he had a Ford automobile, he could simply telephone the garage, and--
...
We didn't need a Ford motorcar.
ref: 2003, Lois Lowry, The Silent Boy, page 140:
text: Elmore Leonard is as dependable as a Ford used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer.
ref: 1989, Elmore Leonard, Killshot:
text: When she spotted her stepfather coming towards her she had pulled over and Wodehouse crossed over to greet her, noticing too late that she was being followed by a Ford, which swerved to avoid the Buick.
ref: 2004, Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life, page 154:
text: A Ford dealer in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the automaker the same year that Firestone tires were failing on Explorers.
...
A Ford memo in March 1999 said that Firestone's legal staff did not want to replace tires in Saudi Arabia for fear that doing so would require Firestone to notify NHTSA, and added that a Ford lawyer had worries "similar to the Firestone concerns."
ref: 2004, Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV, page 304:
text: He is disturbed not by the crass materialism of his life but by the fact that he is still driving a Ford when he could and should be driving a Porsche.
ref: 2005, William Braxton Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, page 26:
text: I remembered too late that Honey should probably drive a cute little Mini or a Ford Fiesta or some such. Damn.
ref: 2006, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency, page 59:
glosses: A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.
Derived terms: Ford City
Related terms: Foord
Forde
Fore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people of Papua New Guinea.
Fore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Fore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the German surname, Americanized from Fahr, from the noun Fähre (“ferry”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Formica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined in 1913 as a brand name for the material and the company producing it. Formica was originally intended as a replacement “for mica”, which was then commonly used for electrical insulation.
Senses: examples: text: She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her knees / From off of the Formica topped bar
ref: 1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:
glosses: A plastic laminate material.
Fort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Related terms: St Fort
Forth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Forth
Senses: glosses: A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.
glosses: A sea area that covers the Firth of Forth
Derived terms: Firth of Forth
Forth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9453).
Forth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fourth, for "fourth-generation programming language"; the u was dropped because the IBM 1130 operating system limited filenames to five characters.
Senses: examples: PostScript is another concatenative language similar to the Forth family of languages.
glosses: An imperative, stack-based high-level concatenative programming language, used mostly in control applications.
Related terms: Forth and Bargy
Fortran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː.tɹæn/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɹæn
homophone: 4tran
Forms: form: FORTRAN
Etymology: A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.
Senses: examples: text: He was the defiant homesteader, the crusty senior member of a research team who understood Algol and Fortran but couldn't read the secrets of his own heart.
ref: 1972, Thomas M. Disch, 334
text: In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.
ref: 1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener, Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 192:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
wikipedia: Fortran 90
Derived terms: Fortranlike
Ratfor
Related terms: ALGOL
Fossil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the standard noun fossil, because of fossil finds in the area.
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.
Foster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Fosters
Etymology: English surname, reduced from Forster; also from the noun foster.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename
A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Foster County.
Derived terms: Foster County
Foster Kennedy syndrome
pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome G. Rapids
Fourth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔɹθ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
homophone: forth
homophone: fourth
Forms: form: the Fourth
form: 4th
Senses: glosses: The Fourth of July.
Fowler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaʊlɚ/
homophone: fowler
homophone: fouler
rhymes: -aʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Fowler's position.
glosses: H. W. Fowler, British lexicographer and commentator on usage of the English language.
glosses: A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Fresno County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A statutory town in Otero County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Meade County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Clinton County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
glosses: An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Fowler dead space
Fowler flap
Fowlerian
fowlerite
Fowler process
Fowler's
Fowler's method
Fowler's syndrome
Fowler's technique
Fr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fr
form: FR
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of France.
glosses: Abbreviation of Friday.
Fr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fr
form: FR
Senses: examples: text: There, a Franciscan friar named Andrés Ivars asked that Fr. Císcar hear his confession before the friar was executed be firing squad.
ref: 2017 December 16, “These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession”, in Catholic News Agency:
glosses: Abbreviation of Father, a title given to priests.
Fra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fras
Etymology: Shortened form of Italian frate (“monk”).
Senses: glosses: a title for a Roman Catholic monk or friar; equivalent to Brother
Fra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Short form of Francis.
Synonyms: Fra
Frame
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Frances
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹænsɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (UK, US) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Etymology: From Old French Franceise, feminine form of Franceis, from Late Latin Franciscus (“Frankish”).
Senses: examples: text: Armado. Sirrah Costard, I will enfranchise thee.
Costard. O! marry me to one Frances: I smell some l'envoy, some goose, in this.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: "My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty! - - - Call me Frances - a man's name, with only the difference between an i and an e. No sentiment in it, hard, like me."
ref: 1883, Wilkie Collins, Heart and Science, Chatto and Windus, page 227:
text: My other sisters had interesting names. There was Francie, that was Frances, and though she wore slacks and my father seemed angry with her, I thought she was some relation to Saint Francis, who, I believed, kept animals in his pocket and took them out and licked them, the way Francie licked a blackball or acid drop, for pure love.
ref: 1961, Janet Frame, Owls Do Cry, →ISBN, page 97:
text: The DSA became a legislative priority for the European Commission after the 2021 Facebook leak, when whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed Facebook and its parent company Meta knowingly prioritized profit over addressing rampant disinformation and racist hate speech on the platform.
ref: 2023 May 27, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Elon Musk pulled Twitter from the EU's anti-disinformation agreement and continues to troll with alt-right memes and dogwhistles. It could be a sign he'll close the site to Europe completely”, in Business Insider:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Francis.
examples: text: The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend.
ref: 2024 September 6, Jordan Valinsky, “Ticket prices for the all-American men’s matchup at the US Open are surging”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name, variant of Francis.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A town in south-east South Australia, on the border with Victoria.
Related terms: word: Francesca
word: Francine
word: France
sense: pet forms
word: Fannie
sense: pet forms
word: Fanny
sense: pet forms
word: Fran
sense: pet forms
word: Francie
sense: pet forms
word: Frannie
sense: pet forms
word: Franny
Frances
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹænsɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɹɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (UK, US) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: examples: text: The malaise of French politics has commonly been interpreted as a product of a deep-seated conflict between the ‘two Frances’.
ref: 1967, Eric A. Nordlinger, The Working-class Tories, page 236:
text: Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."
ref: 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore, →ISBN, page 2:
text: Was it the end of the long conflict between the two Frances? Yes and no.
ref: 2013, Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: plural of France
Franco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋ.koʊ/
/ˈfɹæŋˌkoʊ/
/ˈfɹɑːŋ-/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Francus or Franci (“the Franks, French”). First attested in the early 18th century.
Senses: examples: text: The Paris portion will include a first and second class sleeping car, ordinary Paris-Copenhagen coach and a second class Paris-Puttgarden couchette car, besides vehicles for Hamburg and Hanover and restaurant facilities between Paris and Jeumont, on the Franco-Belgian frontier.
ref: 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: European timetables: Prospects for 1963”, in Modern Railways, page 413:
glosses: Involving or relating to France or the French people, language, or culture.
Frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frăngk
ipa: /fɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: frank
homophone: franc
Forms: form: Franks
Etymology: From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both maybe from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”). Doublet of franc, frank, and farang.
Senses: glosses: One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
Derived terms: Frankish
Frankland
Related terms: word: ferenghi
word: franc
word: France
word: French
word: Frenchify
word: franchise
word: Francia
word: francisation
word: francization
urls: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/francize
word: francise
english: in Quebec; Oxford dictionary:
translation: in Quebec; Oxford dictionary:
urls: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/francize
word: francize
Frank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: frăngk
ipa: /fɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: frank
homophone: franc
Etymology: The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
examples: text: Your name is Francis, is it?
Frank, sir.
Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
ref: 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 197:
text: But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper.
ref: 2011 April 9, Marc Lacey, “Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Francis.
glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A place name:
A community in Crowsnest Pass municipality, south-west Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A census-designated place in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
Related terms: Frank-ter Haar syndrome
Fred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: frĕd
ipa: /fɹɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: Freds
Senses: examples: text: When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. […] Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass […]
ref: 1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, pages 98–99:
text: I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me Fred. I'm sorry in case other Freds read this, but Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke.
ref: 2002, Fred Hill, You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30.
ref: 2011 January 25, “Portlandia”, in BOMB:
glosses: A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport aircraft widely used by USAF aircrews.
Derived terms: Freddish
Fred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frĕd
ipa: /fɹɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: Freds
Senses: examples: text: Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).
ref: 2001, Andrew Albright, “World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^([sic])”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet):
text: They called them 'Freds', a pejorative term that implied they were middle-aged and dowdy, and sniped that their only talent was staying awake for long periods. After it had been running for a couple of years, one of Jock's friends challenged him to put the Freds in their place. Jock, his competitive spirit pricked, agreed.
ref: 2014, Tim Lewis, Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A novice cyclist.
Freemason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Freemasons
Etymology: See freemason.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.
Freemasonry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Speculative Masonry
glosses: The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
Derived terms: Co-Freemasonry
French fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French fry
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of french fries.
Freo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːəʊ
Etymology: From Fremantle + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: glosses: Fremantle (a suburb of Perth, Western Australia).
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Fremantle Football Club
Fri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fris
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Friday.
Fried
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frieds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Fred
Frede
Fredeman
Fredemann
Fredman
Fredmann
Freed
Freede
Freedeman
Freedemann
Freedman
Freedmann
Freid
Freide
Freideman
Freidemann
Freidman
Freidmann
Frid
Fride
Frideman
Fridemann
Fridman
Fridmann
Friede
Friedeman
Friedemann
Friedman
Friedmann
Friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Friends
Etymology: English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.
Senses: glosses: A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)
qualifier: rock-climbing
glosses: Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend.
Derived terms: public Friend
Friend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the common noun.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Terry Township, Finney County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Saline County, Nebraska, named after Charles E. Friend.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Wasco County, Oregon, named after George J. Friend.
Friends
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
homophone: friends
Senses: examples: text: The Society of Friends – also known as the Quakers – […]
Thus, the Friends believed that no outside clerics, denominations, or doctrines were needed to guide the individual ...
ref: 2009, Paul D. Buchanan, American Women's Rights Movement: A Chronology of Events and of Opportunities from 1600 to 2008, Branden Books, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: The Quakers; the Society of Friends.
Friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
homophone: friends
Senses: glosses: plural of Friend
Frisbee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪzbi/
Forms: form: frisbee
form: frisbie
Etymology: 1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).
Senses: glosses: A trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.
Frisbee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪzbi/
Forms: form: Frisbees
form: frisbee
form: frisbie
Etymology: 1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).
Senses: hypernyms: frisbee
disc
flying disc
glosses: A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
glosses: A frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: disc
flying disc
glosses: frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.
Derived terms: frisbee
frisbee golf
frolf
ultimate frisbee
Related terms: boomerang