cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Frisbee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪzbi/
Forms: form: Frisbees
form: Frisbeeing
form: Frisbeed
form: Frisbeed
form: frisbee
form: frisbie
Etymology: 1957, brand name Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from Old Danish Frisby (“Frisian village”).
Senses: examples: text: The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.
glosses: To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
Frost
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒst
-ɔːst
Forms: form: Frosts
Senses: examples: text: A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”
ref: 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clare County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Frostian
Related terms: Jack Frost
Ft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Ft Lauderdale
glosses: Abbreviation of Fort.
Ft.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ft.
Fu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fo͞o
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Derived terms: Fu Manchu
Fu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fo͞o
Etymology: From Mandarin 富 (Fù).
Senses: examples: text: The battle of Chihlo, south-west of Fu county, was the last major engagement in which the Central Red Army took part after its arrival in October and in which one of the enemy divisions was completely annihilated.
ref: 1954, Mao Tse-tung, Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume 1, Bombay: People's Publishing House, →OCLC, page 316:
text: Mao's early career also illustrates his ability to alternate upsurges of optimistic advance with calculated retreats and cold pragmatism. One reason why flexibility and pragmatism were so important was the tendency of Mao's comrades to implement orthodox Russian Marxism without making allowance for important differences between Russian and Chinese conditions. Mao complained of such colleagues that "what a man has learnt in Yenan [in theoretical classes] he doesn't know how to apply in Fu county."
ref: 1977, Dick Wilson, editor, Mao Tse-tung in the Scales of History: a Preliminary Assessment, Cambridge University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177:
text: He immediately went to Fengxian to care for his wife and children. Fearing for their safety, he moved them to Fuzhou (modern Fu county, Shaanxi).
ref: 1996, David R. Knechtges, “The Poetry of Du Fu (Tu Fu)”, in Ian P. McGreal, editor, Great Literature of the Eastern World, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80, column 1:
text: Smoked Painting in Fu County originated from dish rack – a type of ancient folk ornamental artifact in Fu County. Dish rack is a piece of furniture which different rural counties in the south of Yan’an use as a tiled jar to place rice, flour, and tableware. It is similar to today’s kitchen cabinet in function.
ref: 2017 December 22, “Top ten artifacts in Shaanxi”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023:
text: The Bailong Temple in Yan’an-administered Fu county fell victim to the government’s persecution.
The Buddhist Guanyin Temple, the folk religion Zushi Temple, and three other folk religion temples in the district were also demolished one after another in the second half of 2019. In Yan’an-administered Fu county, Bailong Temple was destroyed, while numerous folk religion temples were shut down.
ref: 2020 August 24, Xiaolu Zhou, “Numerous Temples Shuttered in Two Shaanxi Province’s Cities”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2020:
text: Clad in a safety helmet and work overalls, 54-year-old Tang Keqi goes each morning to the construction site of Fuxian County power plant in Yan’an City. Surrounded by dump trucks amid the hum of electric powered engines, he oversees the 2,000 or more workers on the site.
ref: [2021 September 1, MA LI, “New Drivers of Yan'an's Development”, in China Today, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021:
glosses: A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
glosses: A surname from Chinese
Synonyms: english: county
translation: county
word: Fuxian
Fuchsia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the flower fuchsia.
Senses: examples: text: […] the attic, which since the earliest days Fuchsia could remember had been for her a world undesecrate.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
text: Slater quotes from a new book titled Sichuan Cookery, by Fuchsia Dunlop, the BBC's East Asia specialist.
ref: 2012, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Yuba - The Film That Forms Atop Heated Soymilk (1587-2012):
glosses: A female given name.
Fucking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈfʌkɪn/
rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
ipa: /ˈfʊkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ
Etymology: Borrowed from Austrian German Fucking. The association with the unrelated vulgar term fucking led to a name change in 2020.
Senses: examples: text: Located 260km (161 miles) west of Vienna, Fucking has in recent years become a popular stop-off point for tourists, particularly from English-speaking countries, who snap pictures of themselves by the signposts at the entrance and exit to the village and post them on social media.
ref: 2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2021:
glosses: A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
Derived terms: Fuckinger
Fuller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊlɚ/
rhymes: -ʊlə(ɹ)
homophone: fuller
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a person who fulls cloth.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: fullerene
Fullerian
Fullerism
Fur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Furs
form: Fur
Senses: glosses: A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
Fur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of this people.
Fury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Furies
Etymology: Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").
Senses: examples: text: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A female personification of vengeance.
G
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: g
form: Gs
form: G's
Senses: examples: text: On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
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 seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
G
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: g
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
GI tract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GI tracts
Senses: examples: text: But less complex scopes also pose contamination risks – and they’re used on far more people: Each year in the United States, doctors perform more than 15 million colonoscopies and 7 million endoscopies of the upper GI tract.
ref: 2018 August 3, Emily Bazar, “Questions to ask before a colonoscopy to avoid dangerous infections”, in CNN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of gastrointestinal tract.
synonyms: word: gastrointestinal tract
Ga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Niger-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.
Ga
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Chemical symbol for gallium.
topics: astronomy
metrology
natural-sciences
synonyms: Gyr
Gy
glosses: Symbol for giga-annum(s): gigayears.
topics: astronomy
metrology
natural-sciences
related: word: Gya
word: gya
glosses: Symbol for gigayears ago (giga-annums ago), a unit of time equal to 10⁹ years in the past.
Ga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ga
form: Gas
Senses: examples: text: Among the Ga, the people who are indigenous to Ghana's capital, Accra, a woman is entitled to a live sheep on the delivery of her 10th child. The word for it is "nyongmato". […] Lots of very important people among the Gas can testify to this. Unfortunately, I have not met any woman who has actually got a live sheep for having given birth to 10 children.
ref: 2018 August 30, “Letter from Africa: Should Ghanaian women be limited to three babies?”, in BBC News:
glosses: A member of a particular ethnic group in Ghana and Togo.
Gabe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪb/
rhymes: -eɪb
Etymology: See Gabriel.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.
Gabe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪb/
rhymes: -eɪb
Forms: form: Gabes
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Gabe, from a short form of several personal names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”).
* Borrowed from French Gabe, perhaps a nickname from Old French gabe (“joke”), from the verb gaber (“to tell jokes”).
* English surname, from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel, or alternatively a nickname from Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæd/
rhymes: -æd
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
glosses: One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
examples: text: “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.
ref: 2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Gadite
Gaffer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/
homophone: gauge
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: Gages
Etymology: An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Luna County, New Mexico.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Ellis County, Oklahoma, named after Lyman J. Gage.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Gage County
Gal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gal..
Gal
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.
Galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Galaxy
Senses: examples: text: See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë / Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, / For hit is whyt.
ref: 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame:
text: So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie […]
ref: 1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The Milky Way Galaxy.
Synonyms: Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way
Local Galaxy
Galileo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈleɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈleɪ.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈliː.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈlæɪ.əʉ/
rhymes: -eɪəʊ
Senses: examples: text: The field’s practitioners believe that as they learn to read the universe using neutrinos, they could make new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have imagined that Galileo would later use it to discover the moons of Jupiter.
ref: 2021 March 30, Anton Troianovski, “Hunting Ghost Particles Beneath the World’s Deepest Lake”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2021:
glosses: Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics.
Derived terms: Galilean
Galileo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈleɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈleɪ.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈliː.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.ɪˈlæɪ.əʉ/
rhymes: -eɪəʊ
Senses: coordinate_terms: GLONASS
GPS
glosses: The satellite navigation system of the European Union.
Gallo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallos
form: Galloes
Etymology: * As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”).
* Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia.
* As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall.
* (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.
Senses: glosses: A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."
ref: 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 2, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 43:
text: But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.
ref: 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz, page 1:
text: On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.
ref: 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108:
text: I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].
ref: 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave, page 26:
text: "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.
ref: 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:
text: The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys
ref: 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:
glosses: A brand of low-priced California wine.
Related terms: Gallo-Roman
Gallophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gallo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love or admiration for the country, culture, language, or people of France.
Synonyms: Francophilia
francophilia
Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡæp/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gap.
Senses: glosses: A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Gard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gard.
Senses: glosses: A department of Occitania, France.
synonyms: Gardon
glosses: A right tributary of the Rhône flowing through the departments of Lozère and Gard, in southern France.
Garda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də
Forms: form: Gardai
form: Gardaí
form: garda
Etymology: From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardiens de la paix, from Old French guarde, from guarder (“to guard”), from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Doublet of guard, guardian, and warden.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gardai, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
synonyms: word: Gardai
extra: the national police force of the Republic of Ireland
examples: text: Sure don't mind the Gardaí they say. They can't see in.
ref: 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 115:
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of police generally.
synonyms: word: police generally
Garda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑːdə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də
Forms: form: Gardai
form: Gardaí
form: garda
Etymology: From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardiens de la paix, from Old French guarde, from guarder (“to guard”), from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Doublet of guard, guardian, and warden.
Senses: examples: text: Garda Michael Egan
glosses: A member of the Gardai, an Irish national police officer
Related terms: guardian of the peace
Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gardens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Garden
Senses: glosses: Covent Garden in London, England, or its theatre or market.
Garland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garlands
Etymology: English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
Senses: examples: text: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.
ref: 2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming.
Derived terms: Garland County
Bland-White-Garland syndrome
Gas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.
glosses: A city in Kansas.
Gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ga
Gasconade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gasconades
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gasconade.
Gasconade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, named after the Gasconade River.
glosses: the Gasconade River, a river in Missouri which flows into the Missouri River near the above town.
Derived terms: Gasconade County
Gasconade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Gasconades
form: Gasconading
form: Gasconaded
form: Gasconaded
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gasconade.
Gast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gasts
Etymology: * As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below).
* As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof).
* As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæv/
ipa: /ɡæv/
rhymes: -æv
Senses: glosses: Short form of the male given name Gavin.
Gay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Forms: form: Gays
Senses: glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
glosses: A unisex given name from English.
A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
examples: text: "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
"It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay. Even in Nevada. Was old Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.
ref: 2004, Annie Proulx, Bad Dirt, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: A unisex given name from English.
A male given name from English.
glosses: A unisex given name from English.
A male given name from English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
examples: text: - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese (whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized form "Gay"), was an atypically fearless traveler,
ref: 1992, Gay Talese, Unto the Sons, Ballantine Books, published 1993, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: A unisex given name from English.
A male given name from English.
A diminutive of the male given names Gaylord or Gabriel, and similar names
Derived terms: Fort Gay
Gay Hill
Gay-Lussac's law
Hampton Gay
Gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
Ge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gaia.
glosses: A group of aboriginal languages of Brazil.
Related terms: ge
Geat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gēt
ipa: /ɡiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: Geats
Etymology: From Old English Ġēat, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying what is now Götaland in Sweden.
Gem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛm/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Forms: form: Gems
Etymology: From Gem State.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.
Gem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛm/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in California.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Indiana.
glosses: A city in Kansas.
Gem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛm/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Gemma.
Gemini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
Forms: form: ♊︎
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒈦𒋰𒁀 (MAŠ.TAB.BA, “twins; name of constellation”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
examples: text: Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, spanning the 60–89th degrees. The Sun is in Gemini from around 21 May to 20 June.
ref: 2025 May 16th, “Gemini: May Legendary Wildcard”, in Rise of the Half Moon:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Dioscuri
glosses: The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
raw_tags: with the
Synonyms: word: Gemini
word: Twins
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Castor
word: Pollux
word: Alhena
word: Wasat
word: Mebsuta
word: Mekbuda
word: Tejat Prior
Derived terms: Geminian
Related terms: geminate
gemination
Gemini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
Forms: form: Geminis
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒈦𒋰𒁀 (MAŠ.TAB.BA, “twins; name of constellation”).
Senses: examples: text: Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as a Gemini, he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once.
ref: 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 304:
antonyms: Sagittarius
glosses: Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
examples: text: I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […]
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 45, column 1:
glosses: A pair of something.
Synonyms: Geminian
Gemini
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
Etymology: Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of jiminy (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”).
Derived terms: by Gemini
Gemini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of Hindi जमना (jamnā), alternative form of यमुना (yamunā).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Yamuna (“a tributary of the Ganges”).
Synonyms: word: Gemini
word: Twins
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Castor
word: Pollux
word: Alhena
word: Wasat
word: Mebsuta
word: Mekbuda
word: Tejat Prior
Gene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːn/
Forms: form: Genes
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.
glosses: A unisex given name.
A female given name, used as a formal female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Genevieve
glosses: A unisex given name.
A female given name, used as a formal female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Eugenia
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: sense: given name
english: a town
translation: a town
word: Gene Autry
General
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Generals
form: Gen.
form: Gen
form: Genl
form: Gen'l
Senses: examples: text: You're going to have to tell that to the president yourself, General.
text: General Polk stated, with all respect to General Bragg’s great abilities in the direction of organization and discipline, that he had been wanting in the higher elements of generalship in the conduct of the campaign; and that, in view of the admitted possibilities of the campaign, he considered it a failure—an opinion, he said, he believed Generals Smith and Hardee shared with him. He further said that General Bragg had lost the confidence of his generals, and, in answer to a suggestion from the President of a change of commanders, requested that General Joseph E. Johnston should be assigned to the command of the army, if a change were made.
ref: 1893, William M[ecklenburg] Polk, “The Kentucky Campaign”, in Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: […], page 158:
text: The rally was organised to protest against the removal of a statue of General Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
ref: 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of general in its various senses.
General
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gen.
form: Gen
form: Genl
form: Gen'l
Senses: examples: text: The ambulance is taking him to General.
Owerri West General Hospital or Owerri North? Obinze is still in charge of West General. If it's that one, turn it around now.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of General Hospital.
Genesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Gen.
glosses: The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
Related terms: Genesiac
Genesiacal
genesis
Genesitic
Genesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/
Forms: form: Genesises
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A video game console, the Sega Genesis, also marketed as the Mega Drive outside North America.
Genie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
homophone: genie
homophone: Jeannie
Forms: form: Genies
Senses: glosses: A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
glosses: A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
Genovese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Genoa.
Synonyms: Genoese
Genovese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Genovese syndrome
Gent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Alternative form of Ghent, Belgium; from Dutch Gent.
Gentile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/
Forms: form: Gentiles
form: gentile
Etymology: From French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), from gēns (“clan, tribe”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of gentile (a non-Jewish person).
glosses: A non-Mormon person (including Jews).
Germ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Germs
Etymology: Clipping of German, from the phonetic similarity to germ.
Senses: glosses: a German person.
Giant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Giants
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the San Francisco Giants.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the New York Giants.
Gill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪl/
ipa: /ˈɡɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Etymology: * As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William.
* As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname.
* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McGill.
* Also as an Irish surname, variant of Gall.
* As a Jewish/Israeli given name, as well as surname, from Hebrew גיל (“joy”).
* As a German surname, variant of Gilger.
* As a Sikh Punjabi surname originating in India, from ਗਿੱਲ (gill, “moisture”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish and Northern English habitational surname from Old Norse for someone who lived near a gill.
glosses: A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac an Ghoill (McGill).
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Giles, Julian, or William, of medieval usage.
examples: text: each Jack with his Gill
ref: 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Gillian, variant of Jill.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for early landowner William H. Gill.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Sullivan County, Indiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Clay County, Kansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts politician Moses Gill.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia; named for an early postmaster.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota; named for early postmaster Carl M. Gilberg.
glosses: A surname from Punjabi from ਗਿੱਲ (gilla).
Derived terms: Gill Sans
Gill's Green
Lough Gill
Gill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪl/
ipa: /ˈɡɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: Gills
Etymology: * As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William.
* As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname.
* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McGill.
* Also as an Irish surname, variant of Gall.
* As a Jewish/Israeli given name, as well as surname, from Hebrew גיל (“joy”).
* As a German surname, variant of Gilger.
* As a Sikh Punjabi surname originating in India, from ਗਿੱਲ (gill, “moisture”).
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Someone connected with Gillingham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Related terms: Gil
Gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gins
form: Jing
Etymology: A Hanyu Pinyin-esque romanization of Vietnamese Kinh (京).
Senses: synonyms: word: Jing
english: in China
translation: in China
word: Kinh
glosses: An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
Ginger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/
Etymology: A diminutive of Virginia; also a nickname for someone or something with ginger-coloured hair.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers
glosses: A male nickname.
glosses: A given name for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.
Gk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Greek.
Glas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glases
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and German Glas.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Glen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Senses: glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.
glosses: A river in Northumberland, England, a tributary of the River Till.
glosses: A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.
Derived terms: Corby Glen
Glen Cove
Related terms: english: see there for other derived terms
translation: see there for other derived terms
word: glen
word: Glenn
word: Glenna
Glen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: Glens
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.
Related terms: word: Glen Parva
alt: Leicestershire
word: Great Glen
Glengarry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glengarrys
form: Glengarries
Etymology: From Glengarry, a valley in northern Scotland.
Senses: examples: text: There was old Tommy with his back to the dining-room door, his Glengarry awry on his tousled head, and his bandy legs stretched firmly apart.
ref: 1913, Hall Caine, The woman thou gavest me:
synonyms: Glengarry bonnet
Glengarry cap
Scotch cap
glosses: A brimless cap, longer than it is wide, and creased lengthwise across the top, often with ribbons trailing behind, and frequently worn with the Scottish kilt.
Related terms: North Glengarry
South Glengarry
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Gloria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlɔːɹ.iː.ə/
Forms: form: Glorias
Etymology: From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
Senses: examples: text: Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.
ref: 1835 October, Jacobus Flax: The Knickerbocker, page 291:
text: Crampton. […] What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia.
Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it.
Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.
Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.
ref: 1898, George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, act II:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.
examples: text: “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.
ref: 1872, F. A., chapter V, in Marion Howard; or Trials and Triumphs, Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham, […], page 100:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The Gloria in excelsis Deo, a hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches.
Gnat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gnats
Etymology: From gnat.
Senses: glosses: A type of jet fighter aircraft.
Go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is shown that Stratego is a complex game when compared to other games, such as chess and Hex. The game-tree complexity of 10⁵³⁵ exceeds the game-tree complexity of Go.
ref: 2010 March 24, Sander Arts, “COMPETITIVE PLAY IN STRATEGO”, in Maastricht University, page vii:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of go (“strategic board game”).
Go
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the lower priority placed on features, Go isn't a static, unchanging language. New features are adopted slowly, after much discussion and experimentation. Since the initial release of Go 1.0, there have been significant changes to the patterns that define idiomatic Go.
ref: 2021, Jon Bodner, Learning Go, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 327:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.
Derived terms: goroutine
goals
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊlz/
ipa: /ɡəʊlz/
ipa: /ɡɔʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
Forms: form: more goals
form: most goals
Etymology: * (Internet slang sense) Possibly originating with the hashtag #goals.
Senses: examples: text: Your relationship is goals AF!
text: I think this show really does fill the gap. It shows you a couple who is "relationship goals" and looks amazing together and is in love and has this great fairytale love story, and on the flip side they go through real people problems.
ref: 2017 September 19, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The host of Facebook's Make Up or Break Up sees no problem with handing your love life over to the crowd”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022:
text: Their friendship is totally goals and Anasuya and Rashmi have made it clear on more than one occasion that the both are more than just work pals.
ref: 2018 March 30, Neeshita Nyayapati, “Rashmi Gautam wishes her BFF Anasuya Bharadwaj 'all the best' for 'Rangasthalam'”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2023:
text: Above all though, in my opinion, Ardern is goals because she has given not only her country but the whole world one thing that no other politician has in a long time — hope.
ref: 2019 March 22, Aoife Hanna, “Jacinda Ardern Is Total Prime Ministerial Goals & This Is Why I'm Backing Her”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023:
text: In May 2015, Taylor Swift released the music video for her song "Bad Blood," as a tribute, of sorts, to the collection of Victoria's Secret models, actresses and other famous, glamorous women she'd become friendly with over the years. They were her squad, and their collective energy was squad goals.
ref: 2019 July 18, Arit John, “A Brief History of Squads”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2023:
text: In the background of the video, the Jonas Brothers' hit "Hesitate" played, a sweet touche that didn't go unnoticed by fans. As one user commented, "Imagine the song you use in your anniversary video is the actual song you wrote for your wife. Goals af." Yeah, we definitely agree.
ref: 2021 October 26, Kisha Forde, “This Video Will Make You a Sucker for Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's Love”, in E! Online, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022:
text: Other slang being taken up by the older generation include 'goals', which can be used to compliment an achievement such as 'that's goals', and 'extra' to describe something over-the-top.
ref: [2023 February 26, David Jarvis, “That's so extra! Over-45s use Gen Z slang in bid to get down with the kids at work, survey finds”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
glosses: Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.
goals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊlz/
ipa: /ɡəʊlz/
ipa: /ɡɔʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
Etymology: * (Internet slang sense) Possibly originating with the hashtag #goals.
Senses: glosses: plural of goal
goals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊlz/
ipa: /ɡəʊlz/
ipa: /ɡɔʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
Etymology: * (Internet slang sense) Possibly originating with the hashtag #goals.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goal
God
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gŏd
enpr: gôd
ipa: /ɡɒd/
ipa: /ɡɔːd/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ɡɑ(d)/
ipa: /ɡɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
homophone: gaud (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: Gods
form: od
form: god
raw_tags: as proper noun
in philosophy
form: gawd
form: Gawd
form: g-d
form: G-d
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós?
Proto-Germanic *gudą
Proto-West Germanic *god
Old English god
Middle English god
Middle English God
English God
Derived from Middle English God. See god.
Senses: examples: text: A God there is, that guyds the Globe, and framde the fyckle Spheare.
ref: 1563, Barnabe Googe, Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonettes, sig. Cviiiv
text: The Muéddin: God is great, there is no God but God.
ref: 1911, Katharine Harris Bradley as Michael Field, Accuser, p. 158
text: Perhaps this... must involve a relationship with a God of truth—and of love, of mercy, of justice.
ref: 1960 April 25, advertisement in Life, p. 125
text: Whoever said that there isn't a God is full of shit!
ref: 2009, Nick Cave, The Death of Bunny Munro, page 68:
glosses: A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.
God
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: gŏd
enpr: gôd
ipa: /ɡɒd/
ipa: /ɡɔːd/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ɡɑ(d)/
ipa: /ɡɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
homophone: gaud (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: od
form: god
raw_tags: as proper noun
in philosophy
form: gawd
form: Gawd
form: g-d
form: G-d
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós?
Proto-Germanic *gudą
Proto-West Germanic *god
Old English god
Middle English god
Middle English God
English God
Derived from Middle English God. See god.
Senses: examples: text: God, is this because of the "I don't love you anymore" T-shirt I bought? It was a joke!
text: Admiral Anderson: God... feels like years since I just sat down.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel (Priority: Earth):
glosses: Ellipsis of oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration.
Related terms: agnosticism
atheism
deism
deity
divine
god
monotheism
polytheism
Tetragrammaton
theism