cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Bokmål
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian bokmål (literally “book language”). The equivalent Old Norse bókamál was used in this sense as a name for Latin, as it was the primary language used for writing of biblical work in much of the Middle Ages. The modern Icelandic name for Norwegian Bokmål is bókmál. When dialect research in western Norway was pioneered by Ivar Aasen in the 1850s, bogmaal took on the meaning of written standard language, as opposed to spoken dialects and Aasen's synthesized landsmaal. The two Norwegian languages, standardized in 1907, changed names in 1929 from landsmål to nynorsk, and from riksmål to bokmål.
Senses: examples: text: While 85-90% of Norwegians today use Bokmål as their written standard, Nynorsk is only used by about 10-15% of the population. Fosse’s English translator Damion Searls says many Nynorsk speakers see him “as a kind of national hero” for his championing of the language.
ref: 2023 October 5, Philip Oltermann, “Jon Fosse’s Nobel prize announces his overdue arrival on the global stage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: One of the two major written standards of Norwegian, literally meaning “book language”.
wikipedia: Ivar Aasen
Synonyms: Norwegian Bokmål
Related terms: høgnorsk
Høgnorsk
landsmål
Landsmål
nynorsk
Nynorsk
riksmål
Riksmål
samnorsk
Samnorsk
Bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bolts
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun bolt, for a maker of bolts, or a nickname for a short and heavy person.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Bold.
* As a Dutch, north/Low German and Danish surname, from the old Germanic name Baldo, derived from the adjective bold and related to the above. Compare Boldt.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, named after an early postmaster.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States.
Bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Bomb
form: Bombs
Senses: examples: text: Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now.
glosses: The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.
Bonbon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Bonus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bonuses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States.
Boo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish Boo.
Senses: glosses: A community in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.
Boo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The Boko language.
Boogeyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boogeymen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bogeyman.
Boom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /boʊm/
rhymes: -oʊm
Senses: glosses: A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
Boot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun boot.
* As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).
Bor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Czech Republic.
glosses: One of several villages in Russia
glosses: A town in Serbia.
glosses: A city in South Sudan.
glosses: A village in Catalonia, Spain.
glosses: A village in Sweden.
glosses: A town in Turkey.
Bora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon.
Bora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Colombia and Peru.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Bora terms
Bora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boras
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Assamese বৰা (bora), a surname of unclear origin.
* Borrowed from Romanian Bora, a feminine hypocoristic form of the personal name Boris.
* Borrowed from Polish Bora, a pet form of Borzyslaw or Bolebor.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Bora, a variant of Bara.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Bora Bora
Borg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: Borgs
Etymology: * As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from various places derived from Old Norse borg (“stronghold”).
* As a north/Low German surname, this is the Low German form of the surname Burg.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish בורג (burg, “credit”), from Middle High German borgen (“to lend, borrow”), from Old High German borgēn.
* As a Maltese surname, from the noun borġ (“tower, stronghold”), distantly related to the first two senses above.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Berg
Bergh
Borgh
Boro
Bourg
Bourgh
Burg
Burgh
Burh
Bury
Borg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: Borgs
form: Borg
form: borg
Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.
Senses: examples: text: Go for the fun of it (yes, I am one of the Borgs) and don't let equipment bother you. Just remember this even when the Borgs assimilate you.
ref: 2005
glosses: One who proselytises or assimilates.
Borg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: Borgs
form: Borging
form: Borged
form: Borged
form: borg
Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.
Senses: examples: ref: 2003, “Microsoft trying to borg google.”, in New York Times:
text: The Christians could afford to spend generations converting northern Europe and that's exactly what they did. We have that example from history. We know there are other faiths out there that want to wipe us out, and there are other faiths out there that want to Borg us. The fact that some are still here after decades means we aren't giving in this time, and you're one of the ones here over a decade."
ref: 2004, alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):
text: They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to borg us.
ref: 2004
glosses: To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
examples: text: We already do it and they tell us they're going to Borg us with fucking stuff into our brains and we won't have to talk to each other.
ref: 2000, Charles Hayward, FREQ:
text: 2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews
Intel wants to Borg us!
glosses: To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.
Bork
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
homophone: bork
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
homophone: bork
Forms: form: Borks
form: Borking
form: Borked
form: Borked
form: Borken
Senses: examples: text: That's the third nominee the Republicans have Borken this season.
ref: [1999, Steven Pinker, “Broken Telephone”, in Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, 2015, →ISBN, page 59:
text: After an eight-year hiatus, these groups are back on the scene, ready to implement an apparent vicious strategy of Borking any judicial nominee who happens to disagree with their view of how the world should be.
ref: 2002 February 7, Orrin G[rant] Hatch, “Statement of the Honorable Orrin Hatch, United States Senator, Utah [The Nomination of Charles W. Pickering to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Circuit]”, in United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2008:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of bork.
Born
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Bourne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from English.
Derived terms: Born-Haber cycle
Born rigidity
Born rule
Borne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bornes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Born
born
bourn
Bourn
Bourne
bourne
Bosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Bouillon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bouillon.
Senses: glosses: A city in Luxemburg, Brussels, Belgium.
Boulevard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
Bouquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bouquets
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bouquet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Bowyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Werthimer recalled that Dr. Bowyer and his wife, Jane Baker Bowyer, an education professor at nearby Mills College, had cultivated a Japanese garden in their backyard, “the most serene place you could imagine,” and also attended Burning Man.
ref: 2020 October 15, Dennis Overbye, “Stuart Bowyer, Astronomer Who Lent His Ear to the Cosmos, Dies at 86”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made bows for archery.
Box
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boxx
Senses: examples: text: The 10-inch increase forecast in the new study, which does not give a timeline, could be much higher if temperatures continue to rise, as they almost certainly will, said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland who was the paper’s lead author.
ref: 2022 August 29, Elena Shao, “New Research Forecasts More Dire Sea Level Rise as Greenland’s Ice Melts”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Minchinhampton parish, south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8600).
glosses: A village and civil parish near Corsham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8268).
Derived terms: Box-Cox distribution
Box-Cox transform
Box-Cox transformation
Boxford
Boxgrove
Box Hill
Box-Muller transform
Boxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boxers
Etymology: Named Boxers by the West, since their official title was "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (義和拳 /义和拳 (Yìhéquán)) and their symbol was a clenched fist.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
Derived terms: Boxerism
Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Uprising
Boxer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named Boxers by the West, since their official title was "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (義和拳 /义和拳 (Yìhéquán)) and their symbol was a clenched fist.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæd/
homophone: brad stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æd
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: examples: text: […] Brad Schimel wants to make sure women don’t have the right to make their own health care decisions. If he wins, that right is gone,” Crawford says in the ad.
ref: 2025 March 29, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, “Musk flexes influence as Wisconsin Supreme Court race smashes spending records”, in CNN:
text: As journalist Brad Polumbo pointed out, Kirk previously wrote on X: "Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free."
ref: 2025 September 16, Robby Soave, “Pam Bondi Is Really Wrong About Hate Speech”, in Reason:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.
Derived terms: Brad Shitt
Brand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /brænd/
ipa: [bɹænd]
homophone: brand
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: Brands
Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt.
* As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”).
* As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
glosses: A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
glosses: A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
Brandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹændi/
Forms: form: Brandi
Senses: examples: text: Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.
ref: 2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2022:
glosses: A female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
Bratanek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname of Slovak origin.
Braun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɒːn/
ipa: /bɹɑːn/
rhymes: -ɒːn
Etymology: From German Braun. Doublet of Brown.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Braun tube
Bravo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bravos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Bravo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Brett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: Bret
Etymology: Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
examples: text: In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.
ref: 2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.
Brett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology: Short for Brettanomyces.
Senses: glosses: Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.
Brewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brewers
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A player, supporter or other person connected with Burton Albion Football Club.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Brewer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a brewer of ale.
glosses: A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
glosses: colloquial term for 'Brewer's Phrase and Fable'
Derived terms: Brewer's rockcress
Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, from the noun bridge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper
glosses: A surname.
A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges
glosses: A surname.
A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges
glosses: A surname.
Alternative form of Bridgen.
glosses: A surname.
Alternative form of Bridges.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named for a river bridge.
Related terms: Bridgen
Bridges
Bright
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: As an English surname, from the root of bright. As an Anglicized German surname, from Brecht and Breit.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Green Grove, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A town in Alpine Shire, north-east Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A civil parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
bristols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from Bristol City (a football team) rhyming with titty.
Senses: glosses: Breasts.
Brody
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹoʊdi/
rhymes: -oʊdi
homophone: Brodie
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Brodie.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A city in western Ukraine.
Brody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹoʊdi/
rhymes: -oʊdi
homophone: Brodie
Forms: form: Brodies
Senses: examples: text: Still the executive dithered: spent another week with pieces of paper on which he would list, in columns headed “pro” and “con,” reasons for and against taking his Brody.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of Brodie.
Broken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Torres Strait Creole.
Brook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹʊk/
enpr: brŏŏk
text: Audio (US)
ipa: /bɹʉk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: Brooke
form: Brooks
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun brook.
* As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above.
* As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
glosses: A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
glosses: A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Tedburn St Mary parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, divided into Higher and Lower Brook (OS grid ref SX8091).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).
glosses: A hamlet in Llanddowror community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609).
Brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brother, but may include female individuals
Related terms: brethren
Brethren
brotherhood
Brotherhood
Sister
sistren
Sistren
sisterhood
Sisterhood
Brown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: Browns
form: Browne
form: Broun
Etymology: From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Senses: examples: text: (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)
ref: 2009 March 4, Helene Cooper, “Obama’s Star Turn at Summit Gets Mixed Results”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2022:
text: After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.
ref: 2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald:
text: In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.
ref: 2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A surname.
An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A surname.
An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in Nevada.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
glosses: Brown University.
Derived terms: Brown clustering
Brown County
Brownian
Brownism
Brownist
Brownite
Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia
Brown-Séquard's paralysis
Brownsville
Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect
Brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: Browns
Etymology: From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”).
Brown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: more Brown
form: most Brown
Etymology: From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”).
Related terms: Browne
Brownie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaʊni/
rhymes: -aʊni
Forms: form: Brownies
Etymology: From brownie (“a helpful elf”). Specifically, inspired by the story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing (published in 1870, The Brownies and Other Tales), in which two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful brownies or lazy boggarts. But compare with Dutch kabouter (“a very young female member of the scout movement”) (literally, a "gnome").
Senses: examples: text: 1958 July 14, Boot by a Brash Brownie, LIFE, page 124,
In Toronto young Brownies of the Girl Guides, the Canadian girl scouts, stood in parade formation with full-fledged Guides.
text: The ideal Brownie pack, according to the 1960 Guide Commissioner′s Handbook, would contain Brownies who were ‘alert, clean, tidy and punctual. Their uniform should be correct.’
ref: 1997, Doug Owram, Born at the Right Time: A History of the Baby-Boom Generation, page 102:
text: Another Guide group that persevered through internment was the 1st Chefoo (which had Brownies, Guides and Rangers) in Shandong province, China.[…]The November 2, 1942, entry in the Brownie logbook pleads for cheerfulness in the face of adversity: “We are in need of smiles. Have you got them ready, Brownies?”
ref: 2009, Tammy M. Proctor, Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, page 85:
glosses: A junior Girl Guide.
examples: text: 1952 March 24, Girl Scouts: They Are Observing Their 40th Birthday, LIFE, page 109,
Any girl willing to follow the simple rules can join the Girl Scouts. As Brownies they will spend most of their time playing games and singing songs like the Brownie Smile Song: “I′ve something in my pocket; It belongs across my face, And I keep it very close at hand In a most convenient place.... I′m sure you couldn′t guess it If you guessed a long, long while, So I′ll take it out and put it on—It′s a great big Brownie smile!”
text: Most marchers were children, Girl and Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies. One Cub Scout pulled his sister in a Radio Flyer decorated with small American flags. A Brownie pushed a baby carriage crammed with a zoo of stuffed animals.
ref: 1997, Samuel F. Pickering, “The Blue Caterpillar”, in The Blue Caterpillar and Other Essays, page 63:
text: After all, the meetings were held at my own house and my own mother was the queen. Doesn′t that make me some sort of Brownie princess? Apparently not.
As we graduated from Brownies to Girl Scouts, Mom was again my leader.
ref: 2011, Kim Perone, Vacuum Like No One Is Watching, page 15:
glosses: A junior Girl Scout.
Synonyms: sense: junior Girl Guide
word: Rosebud
Brownie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaʊni/
rhymes: -aʊni
Etymology: From Brown + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Brown.
Browning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ
Forms: form: Brownings
Etymology: From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown).
For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A person of that surname.
Robert Browning, a poet.
glosses: A person of that surname.
John Browning, a firearms designer.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Glacier County, Montana.
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:
A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename
A place in Canada:
A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
glosses: A placename
A place in Canada:
A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
glosses: A placename
An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System
synonyms: word: 25851
word: 25851 Browning
word: (25851) Browning
word: 2000 EE120
word: 25851
alt: 2000 EE120
word: (25851) 2000 EE120
word: 25851 (2000 EE120) Browning
word: 2000 EE120 Browning
word: 2000 EE120
alt: Browning
word: (2000 EE120) Browning
word: Asteroid Browning
Derived terms: Browningian
Browning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ
Forms: form: Brownings
Etymology: From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown).
For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.
Senses: glosses: Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
glosses: Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
synonyms: word: BAR
extra: (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
Bu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of butyl.
Bud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭd
ipa: /bʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Etymology: From bud.
Senses: examples: text: I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.
glosses: A male nickname.
glosses: A male given name from English.
Bud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭd
ipa: /bʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: Buds
Etymology: From Budweiser.
Senses: examples: text: I'd like a Bud, please.
glosses: A Budweiser beer.
Budda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Buddha.
Buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌfəloʊ/
Etymology: *(North America): Probably from buffalo (“American bison”) (Bison bison), since both cities are in regions that had wild herds at the time the names originated. Buffalo, New York was named after the Buffalo River, which an alternative etymology says is from French beau fleuve (“beautiful river”), but the more likely explanation is that it was named for the animal.
*(South Africa): From buffalo (Syncerus caffer), subsp. Cape buffalo commonly found in the region.
Senses: glosses: A placename
A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A small city in Scott County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A census-designated place in Union County, South Carolina.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A small city in Leon County, Texas.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.
glosses: A placename
A number of other places in the United States, including:
A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Buffalo Township.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in South Africa.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Buffalo City.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Buffalo County.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Buffalo River.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Buffalo Township.
Related terms: english: from Buffalo River
translation: from Buffalo River
word: Buffalo City
english: from the animal or the river
translation: from the animal or the river
word: Buffalo County
english: from the animal or the city
translation: from the animal or the city
word: Buffalo River
english: from Buffalo, NYS
translation: from Buffalo, NYS
word: buffalo sauce
english: from Buffalo, NYS
translation: from Buffalo, NYS
word: buffalo wing
Bug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buh
Etymology: From the Slavic hydronym *bugъ/*buga
Senses: glosses: A East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).
glosses: A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.
Derived terms: Southern Bug
Bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bugs
Senses: synonyms: Beetle
glosses: A Volkswagen Beetle car.
Bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bugs
Senses: glosses: A Bugatti car.
Bund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Bund
Etymology: From bund (“embankment”), from Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).
Senses: glosses: A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Bund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bʌnd/
Forms: form: the Bund
Etymology: From Yiddish בונד (bund, “bond, union”). Doublet of bund, bond, and band.
Senses: glosses: The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire.
glosses: Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.
Bund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bʌnd/
Forms: form: Bunds
Etymology: From Bundesanleihe (“federal bond”)
Senses: glosses: A bond issued by the German federal government.
Bunting
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buntings
Etymology: From bunting, a nickname for someone who resembled the songbird.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Bureau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Bureau County
Burger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burgers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
glosses: A white wine grape of French origin.
Burgundy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːɡəndi/
ipa: /ˈbɝːɡəndi/
Etymology: From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *bergundijô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.
Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.
Senses: glosses: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
glosses: An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.
Derived terms: Burgundian
Burgundy hay
Burgundy mixture
Burgundy pitch
Burgundy wine
Burgundy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːɡəndi/
ipa: /ˈbɝːɡəndi/
Forms: form: more Burgundy
form: most Burgundy
Etymology: From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *bergundijô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.
Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.
Senses: examples: text: She was assited in the drawing room by Mrs. H. L. Daville, wearing Burgundy silk veiled in chiffon of the same shade, and bronze garnitures, and Mrs. Harry Phelan, in cream marquisette with Persian borders.
ref: 1910 November 17, “Mrs. D. O. Roblin’s Tea”, in The Toronto Daily Star, last edition, 19th year, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, columns 2–3:
text: Mr. and Mrs. Moes left after the reception for New York and other places, the bride wearing Burgundy cloth with a chic grey hat and veil and Isabella fox furs.
ref: 1915 October 28, “Weddings”, in The Globe, volume LXXII, number 20,523, Toronto, Ont., →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
text: Mr. and Mrs. Olson left last evening for Minneapolis, the bride wearing a Burgundy broadcloth suit with hat to match.
ref: 1916 September 20, “Social Events”, in The Rock Island Argus, 65th year, number 290, Rock Island, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
glosses: Obsolete form of burgundy.
Burke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːk/
ipa: /bɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
homophone: berk
homophone: birk
homophone: Bourke
homophone: burk
homophone: burke
Forms: form: Burkes
form: de Burgh
form: Burgh
form: Bourke
form: Burgo
form: de Burgo
form: de Búrca
form: Bourke
Etymology: From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burg.
Senses: glosses: A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Franklin County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Gregory County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Angelina County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named after Edmund Burke.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin, named after Edmund Burke.
glosses: A local government area in north-west Queensland, Australia, named after Robert O'Hara Burke; in full, the Shire of Burke.
Derived terms: Burkean
Burke County
Bush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊʃ/
ipa: /bʉʃ/
homophone: bush
rhymes: -ʊʃ
Forms: form: Bushes
Etymology: Either the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).
Senses: examples: text: In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.
ref: 2019 March 8, Allen Kim, “What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty”, in CNN:
text: When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.
ref: 2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
synonyms: Bush 41
Poppy
examples: text: This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee. It's time he chose the hard right over the easy wrong answer. (For Bush, it would be an opportunity to demonstrate nonpartisan compassion on a grand scale.)
ref: 2000 August 24, William Safire, “Essay; Pardon Me, But . . .”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
synonyms: Bush 43
Bushinator
Bushitler
Chimperor
Chimpy
Chimpy McFlightsuit
Chimpy McHalliburton
Chimpy McHitlerburton
Dubya
GW
GWB
Shrub
Shrubya
Derived terms: Bush 41
Bush 43
Bushbama
Bushian
Bushie
Bushinator
Bushism
Bushist
Bushite
Bushitler
Bushlicker
Bushonomics
Bushtard
GW
GWB
Butch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male nickname.
Butter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Butters
Etymology: Various origins:
* From butter, a metonymic occupational surname for a dairyman or seller of butter.
* From Old French butor (“bittern”), a nickname for someone who resembled a bittern, perhaps because of his voice.
* Borrowed from Dutch and German Butter, possibly a short form of various compound names.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
C
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: c
form: Cs
form: C's
Senses: examples: text: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
Related terms: word: letter
word: A
word: a
word: B
word: b
word: C
word: c
word: D
word: d
word: E
word: e
word: F
word: f
word: G
word: g
word: H
word: h
word: I
word: i
word: J
word: j
word: K
word: k
word: L
word: l
word: M
word: m
word: N
word: n
word: O
word: o
word: P
word: p
word: Q
word: q
word: R
word: r
word: S
word: s
word: T
word: t
word: U
word: u
word: V
word: v
word: W
word: w
word: X
word: x
word: Y
word: y
word: Z
word: z
C
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: c
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
C
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
C
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.
Senses: examples: 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
glosses: Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
examples: text: Citigroup (C) CEO Michael Corbat, who also went last year, has withdrawn.
ref: 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.
Derived terms: C--
C#
C++
C family
C minus minus
C plus plus
C sharp
C-style comment
Unsupported titles/C sharp
Related terms: BCPL
C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of costa.
C
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: the sequence circ or its sound
glosses: the prefix circum-
C
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?
ref: 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 80:
related: word: c
glosses: Abbreviation of see.
C
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /siː(˦)/
ipa: /siː/
ipa: /s/
ipa: /k/
ipa: /tʃ/
ipa: /ks/
ipa: /ʃ/
homophone: si
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Uncertain. Either from Hainanese 鮮 /鲜 (si²³, “fresh”), short for 鮮奶 (“fresh milk”), Malay cair (“melted”) referring to evaporated milk, or an abbreviation of Carnation, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.
Senses: glosses: With sugar and evaporated milk added.
raw_tags: used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)
Derived terms: word: kopi
word: teh
Related terms: di lo
gah dai
gau
kosong
O
peng
po
siew dai
C.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CC.
Senses: examples: text: Fig. 2: a 13 ᵗʰ C. illumination of ‘H’
glosses: Century.
C.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of code.
Derived terms: sense: Code:
word: C.F.R.
word: U.S.C.
C.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of chancellor.
Caelum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːləm/
rhymes: -iːləm
Etymology: From Latin caelum (“a chisel”). Named in the 17th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel.
Derived terms: Caeli
Caiman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cayman.
Calliope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlaɪ.ə.pi/
ipa: /kəˈliː.ə.pi/
Etymology: From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: calliope
Calliopean
Calypso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kəlĭpʹsō
ipa: /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
enpr: kəlĭpʹsō
ipa: /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The eighth moon of Saturn.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of calypso.
Cam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Granta, Grantebryċġ, the former name of the modern Cambridge, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).
Senses: synonyms: Granta
glosses: A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).
glosses: A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
Cam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæm/
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.