cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: găs
ipa: /ɡæs/
note: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: /ˈɡɛəs/
enpr: găz
ipa: /ɡæz/
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: gases
form: gasses
form: gassing
form: gassed
form: gassed
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
Senses: examples: text: The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
text: He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
glosses: To attack or kill with poison gas.
examples: text: "He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were."
ref: 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
glosses: To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
examples: text: […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
ref: 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
text: "Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.
ref: 1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
examples: text: I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
ref: 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me, performed by Dizzee Rascal:
glosses: To impose upon by talking boastfully.
examples: text: The battery cell was gassing.
glosses: To emit gas.
examples: text: to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
glosses: To impregnate with gas.
examples: text: to gas thread
glosses: To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găs
ipa: /ɡæs/
note: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: /ˈɡɛəs/
enpr: găz
ipa: /ɡæz/
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: gases
form: gasses
Etymology: Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.
Senses: synonyms: word: gasoline
word: petrol
word: black gold
word: dino juice
word: dino oil
word: dinosaur juice
word: dinosaur oil
word: gas
word: gasoline
word: juice
word: oil
word: petrol
word: petroleum
word: Texas tea
glosses: Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
glosses: Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
examples: text: gas fee
text: Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use[…]
ref: 2018, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
text: The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.
ref: 2021 November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
coordinate_terms: Ether
glosses: An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
glosses: Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: autogas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: avgas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: av-gas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas-guzzler
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas guzzler
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas-guzzling
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas guzzling
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas-hog
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gasless
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gasohol
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas oil
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas out
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas pedal
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas pump
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas station
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas tank
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas truck
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: gas up
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: hit the gas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: mogas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: out of gas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: run out of gas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: step on the gas
sense: Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
word: throw gas on the fire
gas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: găs
ipa: /ɡæs/
note: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: /ˈɡɛəs/
enpr: găz
ipa: /ɡæz/
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: gases
form: gasses
form: gassing
form: gassed
form: gassed
Etymology: Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.
Senses: examples: text: The cops are coming. Gas it!
synonyms: hit the gas
step on the gas
glosses: To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
examples: text: Between 0945 and 1020 six definite explosions were reported in the hangar. Explosions at 0945 and 1006 were described as minor while those at 1002, 1003 and 1005 were classed as major explosions and the explosion at 1020 was described as a heavy explosion but less severe than some previous ones. The cause of these explosions was not reported and can only be estimated from the damage sustained by the ship and the known condition of loading. Each of the six torpedo planes spotted in the hangar was armed with one Mark 13, torpex-loaded torpedo and was fully gassed, including auxiliary wing tanks. Explosions in the hangar therefore might have been either detonations of torpedoes or gasoline vapor explosions.
ref: 1947 October 30, Bureau of Ships, “SECTION III - DISCUSSION”, in U.S.S. Princeton (CVL23): Loss in Action, Battle for Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944, United States Hydrographic Office, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2024, B. Fires and Explosions in Hangar., page 8:
synonyms: refuel
glosses: To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
Derived terms: gas and dash
gas-and-dash
gas and go
gas-and-go
gas up
gas
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: găs
ipa: /ɡæs/
note: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: /ˈɡɛəs/
enpr: găz
ipa: /ɡæz/
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: gasser
form: gassest
Etymology: Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.
Senses: examples: text: This food is gas.
glosses: Of high quality.
gas
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: găs
ipa: /ɡæs/
note: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: /ˈɡɛəs/
enpr: găz
ipa: /ɡæz/
rhymes: -æs
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: gasser
form: gassest
Etymology: Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
Senses: examples: text: Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
text: It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
text: The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.
ref: 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 113:
text: I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
ref: 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me, performed by Dizzy Rascal:
glosses: Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
natural gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural gases
Etymology: By opposition to coal gas (19th century).
Senses: examples: text: For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.
ref: 1946 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Natural Gas at Heathfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
text: Natural gas is an odorless, colorless gas from inside the Earth. When burned, it provides abundant heat to homes and businesses around the United States and the world.
ref: 2010, Kelly Swanson, Human Geography, page 169:
synonyms: NG
glosses: A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
Derived terms: alt: CNG
word: compressed natural gas
word: dry natural gas
word: freedom gas
alt: LNG
word: liquid natural gas
word: natural gas liquid
Related terms: petroleum gas
Kuwait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /k(j)uːˈweɪt/
ipa: /kuːˈweɪt/
ipa: /kʊˈweɪt/
enpr: ko͝o-wātʹ
rhymes: -eɪt
enpr: ko͝o-wītʹ
Forms: form: Koweit
form: Kuwayt
Etymology: From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).
Senses: glosses: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait City.
glosses: Alternative form of Kuwait City: The capital city of Kuwait.
Related terms: Kuwaiti
Countries of the world
Laos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊ(s)/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/
rhymes: -aʊ
homophone: louse
Etymology: Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”). More at Lao.
Senses: examples: text: Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
ref: 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:
synonyms: Laoland
glosses: A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.
Related terms: Lao
Laotian
Vientiane
Laos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊ(s)/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/
rhymes: -aʊ
homophone: louse
ipa: /laʊz/
ipa: /ˈlaʊ(s)/
ipa: /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/
rhymes: -aʊ
homophone: louse
Senses: glosses: plural of Lao
Liechtenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/
Etymology: From German Liechtenstein, after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle, which means “bright stone”, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.
Related terms: Liechtensteiner
Liechtenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/
Etymology: From German Liechtenstein, after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle, which means “bright stone”, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Liechtenstein.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.
Liberia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/
ipa: /laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Etymology: From Latin līber (“free”) + -ia (“place”).
Senses: examples: text: Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.
ref: 2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.
Hypernyms: Subsahara
Derived terms: Liberian
Liberia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪˈbɪə̯.ri.ə/
ipa: /laɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Senses: glosses: The provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Luxembourg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/
ipa: /ˈlʌk.səm.bɝɡ/
ipa: /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɝɡ/
ipa: /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɔ˞ɡ/
Forms: form: Luxemburg
form: Luxemburg City
form: Lëtzebuerg
Etymology: From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz. Piecewise doublet of Littleborough and Littlebury.
Senses: examples: text: The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.
ref: 2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN:
glosses: A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
glosses: A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
synonyms: Luxembourg City
glosses: The capital city of Luxembourg.
glosses: One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.
Derived terms: Luxembourger
Luxembourgian
Luxembourgish
Related terms: Countries of the world
Monaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.nə.kəʊ/
ipa: /mɒˈnɑː.kəʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.nə.koʊ/
rhymes: -ɒnəkəʊ
rhymes: -ɑːkəʊ
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μόνοικος (Mónoikos), which is of unknown (possibly Ligurian) origin. The name was associated at an early date with Hercules, who had a temple here, and was said to mean “he who dwells alone”; see μόνος (mónos) and οἰκέω (oikéō).
Senses: glosses: A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.
wikipedia: Ligurian language (ancient)
Derived terms: Monacan
Related terms: Monégasque
Countries of the world
Madagascar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /madəˈɡaskə/
ipa: /-ɑː/
ipa: /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, from Madageiscar, popularly reputed as a corrupted transliteration of Mogadishu by Marco Polo's misreading of Arabic. The maps of particular interest are that of al-Idrisi in the 12th century, who produced the Tabula Rogeriana, the most advanced world map at the time.
The actual misconstrued term was Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) listed alongside Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “The Island of the Moon”) which lent its name to Comoros; Madagascar however likely being the original based on its dimensions.
The map in question warps the direction of Africa's east coast to be parallel to the coast of southeast Asia, prompting a conflation of the regions furthest east and furthest south, in the reaches of Arab exploration. This perhaps makes the Island of Mālāī both representing Madagascar and an island in Indonesia, likely Sumatra, in close proximity to Malaysia. To conflate matters further, the populations of both regions are of Austronesian background, a fact pointed out by Arab explorers who identified Madagascar as colony of the former region. A second wave of Austronesians, including Malays, did indeed migrate to the island after the first group had originally left from what was likely Southern Borneo from linguistic and genetic analysis.
"Mālāī-Gezīra" also holds connection to the term for the people and languages of the island, Malagasy, which had earlier forms Malegass and Madegass, because of dialect division.
Senses: glosses: An island and country off the east coast of Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar. Capital: Antananarivo.
Derived terms: Madagascan
Madagascar bean
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Madagascar jasmine
Madagascar plum
Madagascar yellowbrow
Malagasy
Related terms: Countries of the world
Madagascar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /madəˈɡaskə/
ipa: /-ɑː/
ipa: /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/
Forms: form: Madagascars
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, from Madageiscar, popularly reputed as a corrupted transliteration of Mogadishu by Marco Polo's misreading of Arabic. The maps of particular interest are that of al-Idrisi in the 12th century, who produced the Tabula Rogeriana, the most advanced world map at the time.
The actual misconstrued term was Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) listed alongside Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “The Island of the Moon”) which lent its name to Comoros; Madagascar however likely being the original based on its dimensions.
The map in question warps the direction of Africa's east coast to be parallel to the coast of southeast Asia, prompting a conflation of the regions furthest east and furthest south, in the reaches of Arab exploration. This perhaps makes the Island of Mālāī both representing Madagascar and an island in Indonesia, likely Sumatra, in close proximity to Malaysia. To conflate matters further, the populations of both regions are of Austronesian background, a fact pointed out by Arab explorers who identified Madagascar as colony of the former region. A second wave of Austronesians, including Malays, did indeed migrate to the island after the first group had originally left from what was likely Southern Borneo from linguistic and genetic analysis.
"Mālāī-Gezīra" also holds connection to the term for the people and languages of the island, Malagasy, which had earlier forms Malegass and Madegass, because of dialect division.
Senses: synonyms: Madagascan
Madagascarian
Malagasy
glosses: A resident of Madagascar.
Marshall Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaːʃəl ˈaɪləndz/
ipa: /ˈmɑː.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.ʃəl ˈaɪ.ləndz/
Forms: form: the Marshall Islands
form: Marshal Islands
Etymology: Islands named after John Marshall.
Senses: examples: text: There, in that emptiness, the typhoon is organising. For the last twenty-four hours it’s been shifting west, by now past the Marshall Islands, that fragile tracery of sinking lands so piecemeal and storm-worn.
ref: 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 23:
text: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Chung-kwang (田中光) then outlined the trip itinerary, stating that President Lai will visit the three Pacific allies in the following order: the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and then Palau. He said that during his time in the Marshall Islands, the president will meet with President Heine and her cabinet and with Speaker of the Nitijela (parliament) Brenson Wase, adding that the president will also address the Nitijela, attend a ceremony marking the completion of the Majuro Hospital AI and Telemedicine Center, and attend a state banquet hosted by President Heine.
ref: 2024 November 22, “President Lai to lead delegation on visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) [中華民國總統府], archived from the original on 22 Nov 2024, News releases:
english: 中華民國總統府
translation: 中華民國總統府
glosses: A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.
Derived terms: Marshallese
Related terms: Countries of the world
Mali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːli/
rhymes: -ɑːli
Etymology: Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).
Senses: glosses: A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
Hypernyms: Subsahara
Derived terms: Malian
Related terms: Countries of the world
Mali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːli/
rhymes: -ɑːli
Forms: form: Malis
Etymology: Clipping of Somali (“a person from Somalia or of Somali descent”)
Senses: glosses: A Somali
Derived terms: Mali Boys
Mongolia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/
ipa: /mɑŋˈɡoʊli.ə/
Etymology: From Mongol + -ia.
Senses: examples: text: The chemicals abandoned when the paper mill closed are seeping into the ground water and will eventually contaminate the lake, according to a study by the Irkutsk region’s Ministry of Natural Resources. Plans by Mongolia to dam the Selenga River, which flows into the lake, are also a Russian concern.
ref: 2017 March 13, Neil MacFarquhar, “A Russian Lake’s Future Hangs on Tourists and Toilets”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2017, Europe:
text: Pope Francis hoped that his visit would deepen cooperation and dialogue between the Church and Mongolia.
“I am certain that Mongolian Catholics will continue to offer readily their proper contribution to the building of a prosperous and secure society, in dialogue and cooperation with all others who dwell in this great land kissed by the sky,” he said.
ref: 2023 September 2, “‘May the dark clouds of war be dispelled,’ Pope says in Mongolia”, in EFE, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023:
related: word: mul:MN
word: mul:MNG
glosses: A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.
glosses: A Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia.
Synonyms: topics: country
region
location
word: Outer Mongolia
Related terms: Greater Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Mongol
Mongolian
mongolism
mongoloid
Outer Mongolia
Southern Mongolia
Countries of the world
Mauritania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
ipa: /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
ipa: /ˌmaʊ̯.ɹɪˈtan.jɐ/
Etymology: From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
Senses: glosses: A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Derived terms: Mauritanian
Related terms: Mauretania
Moor
Nouakchott
Malta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒl.tə/
ipa: /ˈmɔːl.tə/
ipa: /ˈmɑl.tə/
ipa: /ˈmɔl.tə/
rhymes: -ɒltə
rhymes: -ɔːltə
homophone: malter (non-rhotic)
Etymology: From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā, “Māliṭā”) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), apparently from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -η (-ē, “-a: forming feminine place names”) although its use for the island of Malta is considered uncertain. Some scholars consider it to represent the importance of the islands' indigenous bees and their output. Others consider it a transcription of Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “Grand Harbor, Cospicua”), from 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “refuge, port”), reapplied first to the island and then, after the Punic Wars, to its Roman seat of government at Mdina. Note however that Latin Malta is already attested in some medieval manuscripts of the Antonine Itinerary. See Wikipedia's articles on Melite and Malta. Doublet of Meleda and Mljet.
Senses: examples: text: Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south.
ref: 2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN:
text: And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.
ref: 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN:
synonyms: Maltese Archipelago
glosses: An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.
synonyms: Malta Island
;
Melita
Melite
glosses: The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.
Derived terms: cross of Malta
Knight of Malta
Maltese
Related terms: Countries of the world
Malta Island
Mauritius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹɪʃəs/
ipa: /məˈɹɪʃiəs/
ipa: /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/
Etymology: From Latin Mauritius (“Morris”), a Latinized form of the name Dutch Maurits. Named after Prince of Orange Maurits van Nassau.
Senses: examples: text: Not that violence against humans is essential for a region to become boycottworthy. On the ethical consumer website’s list of “progressive boycotts”, campaigners also argue for boycotts on Alaska (wolf-killing) and Canada (for seal-killing, seafood), on Japan (whales) and Mauritius for exporting live primates.
ref: 2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
glosses: The main island of the country of Mauritius.
Coordinate terms: Countries of the world
Derived terms: Mauritia
Mauritian
Mauritius Time
Mauritius weed
Mauritius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹɪʃəs/
ipa: /məˈɹɪʃiəs/
ipa: /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/
Etymology: From Latin Mauricius.
Senses: glosses: A male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.
Maldives
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒl.diːvz/
ipa: /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/
ipa: /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/
ipa: /ˈmɔl.daɪvz/
ipa: /ˈmæl.daɪvz/
ipa: /ˈmɑl.daɪvz/
ipa: /-divz/
Forms: form: the Maldives
Etymology: Based on Malé Islands; from Malé, the name of the main island (from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle)) + Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva, “island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpá).
Senses: glosses: An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
Related terms: Countries of the world
Malawi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɑːwi/
ipa: /məˈlɑːwi/
ipa: /mɑːˈlɑːwi/
Forms: form: Malaŵi
Etymology: Said to be from Chichewa malawi (“flames”), after the appearance of the sunrise over Lake Malawi; also possibly from Maravi, the name of an early Malawi tribe, or from an old name for a lake. Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964.
Senses: examples: text: A possible constitutional crisis loomed in Malawi following the reported death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, once hailed as a positive steward for the southern African country.
ref: 2012 April 6, Faith Karimi, “Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: Nyasaland
word: ;
word: mul:MW
word: mul:MWI
glosses: A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
wikipedia: Hastings Banda
Derived terms: Lake Malawi
Malawi gar
Related terms: Countries of the world
Mozambique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmoʊ.zæmˈbiːk/
Forms: form: Mosambique
form: Mocambique
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique.
Senses: synonyms: word: Moz.
glosses: A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
glosses: The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
raw_tags: from 1975
glosses: The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
A former colony of Portugal.
raw_tags: from the 16th century
from 1975
glosses: An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
examples: text: During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally light winds, almost invariably from E.S.E., or calms, and smooth water, nearly the whole time.
ref: 1857 May, “Extracts from the Journal of Captain M. S. Nolloth, H.M.S. 'Frolic'”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1857, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., page 252:
glosses: A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
Derived terms: word: Mozambiquan
english: adjective/noun
translation: adjective/noun
word: Mozambiquean
word: mozambique
word: Mozambique drill
Related terms: english: adjective/noun
translation: adjective/noun
word: Mozambican
Mozambique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmoʊ.zæmˈbiːk/
Forms: form: Mozambiques
form: Mosambique
form: Mocambique
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).
Related terms: Countries of the world
Namibia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈmɪbi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪbiə
Etymology: From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.
Derived terms: Namibian
Related terms: Windhoek
Countries of the world
Niger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
other: /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/
enpr: nīʹjər
ipa: /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/
enpr: nēzhârʹ
other: /niːˈʒɛɚ/
rhymes: -aɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Niger
form: the Niger
Etymology: Commonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling.
Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or egereou n-igereouen (“river of rivers”). Compare Tarifit iɣzar-n-iɣezran.
Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south.
Senses: examples: text: An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.
ref: 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.
examples: text: From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.
ref: 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 290:
glosses: A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
examples: text: Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.
ref: 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.
Derived terms: Nigersaurus
Nigger
Related terms: Nigeria
Nigerien
Nigerois
Proto-Volta-Niger
Republic of Niger
Transnigerian
Nigeria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə̯ɹiə/
ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiə/
ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒiːɹiə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Etymology: From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.
Senses: examples: text: This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961.
ref: 2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info, page 1:
text: Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country.
ref: 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
Hypernyms: Subsahara
Derived terms: word: Nigerian
word: Niggeria
word: Nollywood
Related terms: Abuja
Countries of the world
Nicaragua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪk.əˈɹæɡ.ju.ə/
ipa: /ˌnɪk.əˈɹɑ.ɡwə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nicaragua, from Nicarao (“a native name”) + agua (“Spanish for water”).
Senses: examples: text: Civil liberties in Nicaragua have shrunk dramatically under the longtime leadership of authoritarian President Daniel Ortega, who claimed a fifth term in 2021.
ref: 2024 August 19, Adam Pourahmadi and Avery Schmitz, “Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
Related terms: Nicaraguan
Nicaragua wood
Managua
mars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mar
mars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹz/
ipa: /ˈmɑːz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of mar
México
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: From the capital city of México the trail pointed northward. It meandered through the rugged mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, out across the tablelands of the Central Plateau.
ref: 1968, Robert S[amuel] Weddle, “Finding the Gateway”, in San Juan Bautista: Gateway to Spanish Texas, Austin, Tex.; London: University of Texas Press, →LCCN, page 3:
text: Syrrhophus and Tomodactylus are small assemblages that occur only in southwestern United States, México, and Guatemala.
ref: 1968 March 20, John D[ouglas] Lynch, “Introduction”, in Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México (University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History; volume 17, number 11), Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, page 505:
text: Among the worst mass deaths of immigrants in the history of the U.S.–México borderlands, thirteen Salvadoreños died in Alamo Wash in neighboring Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on July 5–6, 1980; […]
ref: 2009, John Annerino, “Seeing Ghosts”, in Dead in Their Tracks: Crossing America’s Desert Borderlands in the New Era, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Consequently, it chose to eliminate any possibility of Don Antonio serving as a strong alternate authority to the function of the Junta, by placing him on the top of the list of cabecillas to be arrested and sent to México.
ref: 2016, Barry M[atthew] Robinson, The Mark of Rebels: Indios Fronterizos and Mexican Independence, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Mexico.
Related terms: Puerto México
Brasil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Hy-Brasil
glosses: A mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland.
Brasil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Brazil.
mi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /miː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: me
Etymology: From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Derived terms: do-re-mi
Related terms: list of other syllables at solfège
sol-fa
mi
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /miː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: me
Senses: coordinate_terms: mul:nmi
glosses: Alternative form of mi. (“mile”) .
love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: [läv~lɐv]
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: [lɘʋ]
ipa: [lɘv]
ipa: /lʊv/
rhymes: -ʌv
Forms: form: loue
form: luv
Etymology: Now widely believed (due to historical written record) to be from the idea that when one does a thing “for love” it is for no monetary gain, the word “love” thus implying "nothing".
The former assumption that it had originated from French l’œuf (literally “the egg”), due to its shape, has largely been discredited and is no longer widely accepted. However, the apparent similarity of the shape of an egg to a zero has inspired similar analogies, such as the use of duck (reputed to be short for duck's egg) for a zero score at cricket, and goose egg for "zero".
Senses: examples: text: So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
text: The next day Agassi came back from two sets to love down to beat Courier in five sets.
ref: 2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life:
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
racquet-sports
sports
glosses: Zero, no score.
examples: text: I fought the white man for less than sixpence. I fought him for love, which is nothing at all.
ref: 1916, H. Rider Haggard, The Ivory Child:
glosses: Nothing; no recompense.
love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: [läv~lɐv]
ipa: /lʌv/
ipa: [lɘʋ]
ipa: [lɘv]
ipa: /lʊv/
rhymes: -ʌv
Forms: form: loves
form: loving
form: loved
form: loved
form: loue
form: luv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”).
Synonyms: word: adore
word: care for
word: cling to
word: cherish
word: dote
word: fancy
word: love
Hypernyms: word: affect
word: desire
word: like
Hyponyms: word: worship the ground someone walks on
Related terms: word: fall in love
word: revere
mardo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mardos
Etymology: From Nyunga mardu.
Senses: synonyms: yellow-footed antechinus
glosses: A small, mouselike, marsupial, Antechinus flavipes, of Australia.
proprietary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: more proprietary
form: most proprietary
Etymology: From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).
Senses: examples: text: proprietary rights
synonyms: proprietorial
glosses: Of or relating to property or ownership.
examples: text: the proprietary class
synonyms: proprietorial
glosses: Owning something; having ownership.
examples: text: The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
text: It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant.
ref: 1996, Michael Craig Budden, Protecting Trade Secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act: Practical Advice for Executives, Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, →ISBN, page 20:
antonyms: nonproprietary
glosses: Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
examples: text: a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure
antonyms: nonproprietary
open source
glosses: Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
examples: text: a proprietary lake;   a proprietary chapel
glosses: Privately owned.
synonyms: proprietorial
glosses: Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: nonproprietary
proprietary eponym
proprietary trading
Related terms: proper
proper name
proper noun
proprialization
proprietary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: proprietaries
Etymology: From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition
ref: 1647, Thomas Fuller, The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience:
glosses: A proprietor or owner.
glosses: A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
glosses: The rights of a proprietor.
glosses: A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
examples: text: For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.
ref: 1975, Victor Marchetti, John D. Marks, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, page 159:
text: The “operating proprietaries” actually do business as private firms. They are incorporated where they are officed, they file the applicable state and federal tax returns, and they obtain the licenses necessary to a legitimate business operation.
ref: 2013, Joseph Goulden, The Dictionary of Espionage: Spyspeak into English, page 175:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
indice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪndɪs/
Forms: form: indices
Etymology: From Old French indice, from Latin indicium, from index.
Senses: glosses: index
examples: text: You know (without my flatt'ring you) too much / For me to be your indice
ref: a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
glosses: indication
French
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: frĕnch
ipa: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Forms: form: Frenches
form: Frenching
form: Frenched
form: Frenched
form: french
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenshe, Frenk, Franche, from Old English Frenċisċ (“Frankish, French”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk (“Frankish”), equivalent to Frank + -ish (compare Frankish). Cognate with Middle Low German vranksch, frenkisch, vrenkesch, vrenksch (“Frankish, French”), Middle High German vrenkisch, vrensch ("Frankish, Franconian; > German fränkisch (“Frankish, Franconian”)), Danish fransk (“French”), Swedish fransk, fransysk (“French”), Icelandic franska (“French”).
Doublet of Frankish; piecewise doublet of Francis, Franz, and Francisco, which are derived from Late Latin Franciscus
In reference to vulgar language, from expressions such as pardon my French in the early 19th century, originally in reference to actual (but often mildly impolite) French expressions by the upper class, subsequently adopted ironically by the lower class for English curse words under the charitable conceit that the listener would not be familiar with them.
In reference to vermouth, a shortened form of French vermouth, distinguished as usually being drier than Italian vermouth.
Senses: examples: text: Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.
ref: 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, page 87:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of french.
Derived terms: Frenched
Related terms: Franco-
standard
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændəd/
ipa: /ˈstændəɹd/
ipa: [ˈsteəndɚd]
Etymology: From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hill-naming term possibly a calque from Cumbric; equivalent to Welsh lluman (“standard”), arising with confusion with the hill-naming element llumon (“chimney”).
Senses: glosses: An expression of agreement.
vi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː ˈaɪ/
Forms: form: v.i.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb, often in dictionaries.
Related terms: word: v.t.
word: vt
alt: = verb transitive
word: vt
word: ex vi termini
word: vi-apple
word: vi et armis
feature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: features
form: featuring
form: featured
form: featured
Etymology: From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.
Senses: glosses: To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
examples: text: Whitfield wanted to put together a new act to feature his abilities.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 275:
text: England are up and running. Again. It has been a happy feature of the Gareth Southgate years that his team always win their opening tie at tournaments. It never used to be the case with England but to the list that features Tunisia, Croatia and Iran can be added the name of Serbia.
ref: 2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian:
glosses: To star, to contain.
examples: text: Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water and Layla by Derek and the Dominos also featured in the top five.
ref: 2009 November 27, “Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff'”, in BBC:
glosses: To appear, to make an appearance.
examples: text: More than his talents, Roger grudged him his looks, the brown eyes, golden hair, and oval face, which made people say how Johnny Weir featured his mother.
ref: Sunday. Reading for the Young (page 219)
glosses: To have features resembling.
glosses: To think about, understand, or imagine.
Nepal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: original approximation
ipa: /ˈneɪpɑl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈnepɑl/
ipa: /nɪˈpɔːl/
ipa: [nɪˈpʰɔ̝ːɫ]
ipa: /nɪˈpoːl/
ipa: [nɪˈpʰoːɫ]
ipa: /nəˈpɔl/
ipa: [nəˈpʰɔ̞ɫ]
ipa: /nəˈpɑl/
ipa: [nəˈpʰɑɫ]
rhymes: -ɔːl
rhymes: (cot–caught merger) -ɑl
Forms: form: Nepaul
Etymology: Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).
Senses: examples: text: The Newa script, also known as Nepaalalipi in Nepal and as Newar in English-speaking countries, is a Brahmi-based script that dates to the tenth century ce.
ref: 2022 September 23, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, page 533:
glosses: A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.
Derived terms: Nepalbhasa
Nepalese
Nepali
Nepalian
nepaline
Nepal Standard Time
Related terms: Kathmandu
Countries of the world
Nauru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /naʊˈru/
ipa: /nəˈru/
note: Nauru
ipa: /ˈn̪ʌ̯u.ru/
ipa: /nɑːˈuː.ɹuː/
ipa: /ˈnaʊ.ɹu/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: Possibly from Nauruan anáoero (“I go to the beach”).
Senses: examples: text: The announcement Wednesday said those seeking refuge would all now be processed on the island nation of Nauru, another country that has been doing that work for Australia.
ref: 2021 October 6, Isabella Kwai, “Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2021, Australia:
glosses: A country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Nauru.
glosses: Nauruan, the language of Nauru.
Derived terms: Nauruan
Related terms: Countries of the world