English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Forms: form: Englishes
form: Inglish
form: Englishe
form: english
form: english
Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Senses: examples: text: English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
text: How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?
text: She speaks English, French, and German. English is her first language.
text: English is a world language: it is widely used in dozens of countries and is studied in at least a hundred more.
text: Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.
ref: 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2021:
text: Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
hyponyms: word: African American Vernacular English
word: American
word: American English
word: Australian
word: Australian English
word: British English
word: Brummie
word: Canadian English
word: Cockney
word: Commonwealth English
word: English English
word: General American
word: Geordie
word: Hiberno-English
word: Irish English
word: King's English
word: New Zealand English
word: Queen's English
word: Scouse
word: Southern American English
word: Strine
word: Yat
glosses: The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
examples: text: I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.
ref: 2003, Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”, in The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, page 278:
glosses: A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
glosses: English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
glosses: An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
glosses: A male or female given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
Hypernyms: language
Meronyms: Standard English
Early Middle English
early Middle English
Late Middle English
late Middle English
Middle English
Medieval English
Early New English
Early Modern English
Late Modern English
New English
Modern English
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: does anyone here speak English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: do you have a menu in English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: do you speak English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: how do you say … in English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: I don't speak English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: King's English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: Maoist Standard English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: Queen's English
sense: Terms derived from English (noun)
word: rally English