cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
a
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Senses: examples: text: Do you have the answer for 23a?
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: across
glosses: Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am
a
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Senses: examples: text: “I show a you right a here I can fuck a you.” “Is she crazy?” I asked Wyman.
ref: 2001, Louis F. Newcomb, Car Salesman: A Legacy, iUniverse, page 91
glosses: Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”).
a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian а (a).
Senses: glosses: The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Senses: examples: text: "We will resume yesterday's discourse, young ladies," said he, "and you shall each read a page by turns; so that Miss a—Miss Short may have an opportunity of hearing you"; and the poor girls began to spell a long dismal sermon delivered at Bethesda Chapel, Liverpool, on behalf of the mission for the Chickasaw Indians.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: ah; er (sound of hesitation)
a
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: a word-initial letter ⟨a⟩.
examples: Thus the word a, plus its inflection an.
glosses: the long vowel /eɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɛə˞] counts as /eɪr/.)
glosses: the word a.m.
glosses: the prefix ad-.
a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
ipa: /ˈʌ/
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɑː/
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
note: stressed form
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ə/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: eh
homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
ipa: /ʌ/
ipa: /ɑ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑ
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /ɔ/
rhymes: -ɔ
Forms: form: uh
Etymology: From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.
Senses: examples: text: The pianist played a C on the a of four.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: e
and
glosses: The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.
Gold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊld/
ipa: /ɡoʊld/
homophone: gold
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: Golds
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a goldsmith or a rich man.
Gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊld/
ipa: /ɡoʊld/
homophone: gold
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: Golds
Senses: glosses: A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.
Mine
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Honorific alternative letter-case form of mine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Mineral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
Wiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Wiki is where I go to research facts about Asian culture.
glosses: Abbreviation of Wikipedia.
Opal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps to console herself for the bad luck she had already suffered, in a back corner of South Sherbrooke Township - or perhaps to make up, ahead of time, for a lack of motherly feelings - she gave the girls the fanciest names she could think of: Opal Violet, Dawn Rose, and Bonnie Hope.
ref: 1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 208:
glosses: A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
glosses: A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
A female given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
glosses: A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
A male given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
examples: text: Halton says, for example, that if there are bylaws that prohibit trafficking in fuel in a community where the non-sniffable petrol, Opal, had been introduced it would be the job of the local police to enforce the law. Her department, on the other hand, was dealing with the issue of the availability of Opal.
ref: 2006, Paul Malone, Taking the ‘Hospital Pass’ – Jane Halton, Department of Health and Ageing: Australian Department Heads Under Howard - Career Paths and Practice, page 131:
text: Diesel is available at roughly 300km intervals on the WA side, as is Opal fuel which, at the Warburton and Warakuna roadhouses, can be used instead of unleaded petrol. (Opal is unsniffable, and its provision is one of the measures in place to counteract petrol-sniffing problems in local communities.)
ref: 2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 163:
glosses: A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Virginia.
glosses: A town in Wyoming.
Derived terms: Opal Cone
Opal Hills
bampot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæm.pɒt/
Forms: form: bampots
form: barmpot
form: bam
Senses: examples: text: No-one up there really believes Scotland is some kind of terrorism magnet, whatever the bampots in London think.
glosses: An idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.
Aal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German, probably from a derivative of Old High German ahu (“river, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, common in river names. Possibly influenced by Aal (“eel”).
Senses: glosses: A small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; a tributary of the Neckar.
Aamu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Egyptian name used to designate Western Asiatic foreigners in antiquity.
Aase
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aases
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Aase.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Derived terms: Aase-Smith syndrome
Aase syndrome
Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abs
Etymology: The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Antibody.
Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑb/
Forms: form: Abs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).
Senses: glosses: Av.
Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑb/
ipa: /æb/
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
ipa: /ɑb/
Etymology: Short form of Abner.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑb/
ipa: /æb/
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
ipa: /ɑb/
ipa: /æb/
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
Forms: form: Abs
form: ib
Etymology: From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.
Senses: glosses: In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
glosses: An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑb/
ipa: /æb/
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
rhymes: -æb
homophone: ab
homophone: abb
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: qualifier: title
glosses: Abbreviation of Abbot.
Aba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑˈbɑ/
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Abia State, Nigeria.
Derived terms: Aba North
Aba South
Aba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑˈbɑ/
/ˈɑˈbɑ/
/ɑˈbɑ/
Forms: form: Apa
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà).
Senses: examples: text: The main Tibetan areas in Sichuan are now designated as Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County.
ref: 1992, Robert Strauss, “Kham & the Sichuan Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1:
text: The notice, issued by provincial public security authorities, said foreigners were prohibited from entering the Tibetan populated prefecture of Ganzi and several counties in neighboring Aba prefecture.
ref: 2011 April 22, Michael Martina, Sally Huang, “China bans foreigners from restive Tibetan areas”, in Ben Blanchard, Ken Wills, Yoko Nishikawa, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2023, Top News:
text: Last week, two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on fire in a double self-immolation in Aba prefecture, Tibet rights advocacy groups said. Seventeen-year-old Richen and his childhood friend Sonam Dargye, 18, were among the youngest to have died in the fiery protests.
ref: 2013 February 26, “Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest”, in AP News, archived from the original on 27 May 2022:
glosses: Synonym of Ngawa: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Ngawa
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
Aba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑˈbɑ/
/ˈɑˈbɑ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄβα (Ába).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a Thracian naiad nymph
Abanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Gabon.
Abbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Abbey.
Senses: glosses: A British surname.
Derived terms: Abbe condenser
Abbe number
Abbe refractometer
Abbe-Zeiss apparatus
Abbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A British surname.
glosses: Westminster Abbey.
glosses: The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
glosses: A place name:
A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).
glosses: A place name:
A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).
glosses: A place name:
A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).
glosses: A place name:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.
glosses: A place name:
A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.
Synonyms: sense: diminutive of Abigail
word: Abi
sense: diminutive of Abigail
word: Abby
Abbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Abigail.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
Derived terms: Abbileigh
Abby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
homophone: abbey
Forms: form: Abbys
form: Abbe
form: Abbey
form: Abbi
form: Abbie
form: Abi
form: Abbee
Senses: examples: text: "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.
ref: 2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
Abby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
homophone: abbey
Forms: form: Abbe
form: Abbey
form: Abbi
form: Abbie
form: Abi
form: Abbee
Etymology: A clipping of the word.
Senses: qualifier: nickname
glosses: The Abyssinian cat.
Abdulaziz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبد العزیز (ʼabd ül-ʼaziz), from Arabic عَبْد العَزِيز (ʕabd al-ʕazīz, literally “the servant of Aziz”), one of the 99 names for Allah.
Senses: glosses: The 32nd sultan of the Ottoman Empire: Sultan Abdülâziz.
glosses: An Islamic male given name from Arabic.
Abelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Abel + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Ex. 2. Show by §§ 187, 188 that there can be no transitive Abelian group of prime degree other than the cyclic group, and that there is no irreducible Abelian equation of prime degree other than the cyclic equation.
ref: 1904, Florian Cajori, An Introduction to the Modern Theory of Equations, The MacMillan Company, page 214:
text: All irreducible Abelian equations of the tenth order belong to the cyclical group of order ten,[…].
ref: 1914, Charles Gustave Paul Kuschke, The Abelian Equations of the Tenth Degree Irreducible in a Given Domain of Rationality, University of California Press, page 118:
text: In this chapter "group" means torsion free Abelian group. The "bible" of Abelian group theory is the two volume work of Fuchs [11].
ref: 2004, Friedrich Kasch, Adolf Mader, Rings, Modules, and the Total, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 101:
topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of abelian.
Derived terms: non-Abelian
Abelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abelians
Etymology: From Abel + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: 1826, unnamed translator, Pierre Bayle, An Historical and Critical Dictionary [1697, Dictionnaire Historique et Critique; 1709, Historical and Critical Dictionary], Selected and Abridged, Volume 1, page 50,
The Abelians were only a moderate sort of Encratites and Novatians, who absolutely condemned matrimony, while the Abelians approved of and retained it.
text: A difference of opinion existed as to the moral effects of matrimony among the early Christians; the Abelians, for instance, suffered no member of their sect to remain single, while the Novatians condemned marriage under every circumstance.
ref: 1833, James Flamank, A Treatise on Happiness, page 222:
text: If we include heretical sects there is perhaps some similarity to be traced between the syneisaktism of certain Catholic enthusiasts and the customs of the Abelians or Abelonians, who took their name from Abel.
ref: 1951, Reginald Reynolds, Beds: with many noteworthy instances of lying on, under, or about them, Doubleday, page 256:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.
Synonyms: sense: member of a sect
word: Abelite
sense: member of a sect
word: Abelonian
Abelonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæbəˈləʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌeɪbəˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæbəˈloʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌeɪbəˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Abelonians
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Abelian.
synonyms: word: Abelian
Abend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abends
Etymology: Jewish and German surname, borrowed from German Abend (“evening”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Aber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbɚ/
rhymes: -æbə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales.
glosses: A hamlet in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Wales.
glosses: A suburb of Caerphilly, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.
qualifier: local slang
glosses: Clipping of Aberystwyth.
qualifier: local slang
glosses: Clipping of Abergwyngregyn, used by the former Aber railway station (Gwynedd).
Abigail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/
Forms: form: Abigails
Etymology: From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
Senses: examples: text: Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 25:3:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The wife of Nabal and later of David in the Old Testament.
examples: text: The name of Abigail Adams is naturally closely associated with those of her illustrious father and mother, - - - Born in 1765, the mother's quaint Christian name was given to the little girl
ref: 1912 Edith Tunis Sale: Old Time Belles and Cavaliers. J.B.Lippincott 1912. page 178
text: Representative Abigail Spanberger, a prominent Virginia Democrat who was repeatedly able to win in a conservative-leaning district, announced on Monday that she would run for governor in 2025, leaving open a competitive seat that could be crucial to her party’s efforts to win back control of the House next year.
ref: 2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2023:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Abbey
sense: pet forms
word: Abbi
sense: pet forms
word: Abbie
sense: pet forms
word: Abby
sense: pet forms
word: Abi
sense: pet forms
word: Gail
sense: pet forms
word: Gayle
sense: rare non-standard spellings
word: Abbigail
sense: rare non-standard spellings
word: Abbygail
sense: rare non-standard spellings
word: Abigale
sense: rare non-standard spellings
word: Abbigale
sense: rare non-standard spellings
word: Abigayle
Abo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abos
Senses: examples: text: He said the government should put the Abos to work and he would write a letter to every politician this side of the black stump telling them exactly that.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 34:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of abo
Aboriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪn.l̩/
Forms: form: aboriginal
Etymology: From aborigine + -al, aborigine being from Latin ab origine (“from the beginning”).
Senses: examples: text: Academics who study Aboriginal languages are [...] contributing to Man’s search for knowledge, a search that interests most people even if they are not personally involved in it.
ref: 1991, Barry J. Blake, Australian Aboriginal Languages: A General Introduction, page 75:
text: I am under no illusions about my mixed-race status; I know I am mixed-race, but with the Aboriginal population being only 3 per cent, with my family being survivors of genocide, I have made my decision.
ref: 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, or their languages.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.
Synonyms: sense: of Aborigines
word: aboriginal
sense: of Aborigines
word: Aborigine
sense: of Aborigines
word: aborigine
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: aboriginal
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: Native
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: native
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: Native American
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: First Nations
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: First Peoples
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: Indian
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: Eskimo
sense: of Aboriginal peoples
word: Inuit
Derived terms: Aboriginal English
Aboriginalism
Aboriginalist
Aboriginal people
Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal rights
Aboriginal title
Related terms: word: Aborigine
word: aborigine
sense: very offensive
word: Abo
word: abo
Aboriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪn.l̩/
Forms: form: Aboriginals
form: aboriginal
Etymology: From aborigine + -al, aborigine being from Latin ab origine (“from the beginning”).
Senses: qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.
Aboriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪn.l̩/
Forms: form: aboriginal
Etymology: From aborigine + -al, aborigine being from Latin ab origine (“from the beginning”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines.
Abra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʔa.bɾɐ/
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Bangued, Boliney, Bucay, Bucloc, Daguioman, Danglas, Dolores, La Paz, Lacub, Lagangilang, Lagayan, Langiden, Licuan-Baay, Luba, Malibcong, Manabo, Peñarrubia, Pidigan, Pilar, Sallapadan, San Isidro, San Juan, San Quintin, Tayum, Tineg, Tubo, Villaviciosa — municipalities of Abra
glosses: A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bangued.
Related terms: New Abra
Abraxas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹæk.səs/
rhymes: -æksəs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abrasax (archon).
Absolute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌluːt/
ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
Forms: form: Absolutes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete; that which can be thought of without relation to others.
Abt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German or Dutch.
Derived terms: Abt system
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: word: ado ⁠
urls: http://multitree.org/codes/ado
word: Linguist List entry for Abu
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Etymology: From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū).
Senses: examples: text: There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."
ref: 2009 November 2, Ian Black, “Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic.
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu). Compare Av.
Senses: glosses: Ab, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar.
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A minor god of vegetation in Sumerian mythology.
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The ancient Egyptian name for the city of Elephantine, near modern day Aswan.
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 阿武 (Abu).
Senses: glosses: A volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan.
glosses: Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan.
Abu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Mount Abu, the highest mountain in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Derived terms: Abu Road
Ac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Acs
Senses: examples: text: With the Mac in the Ac door paneling
ref: 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Unbelievable:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: The Acura Legend automobile.
Ac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of air-conditioning.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of altocumulus cloud.
glosses: Abbreviation of acetate.
glosses: Abbreviation of acetyl.
Acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
Ace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aces
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane pilots.
Ache
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.
Related terms: alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/yif
word: yif
word: yif ⁠
acquaintances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquaintance
Acre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: āʹkər
enpr: ä′kər
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑː.kɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
Etymology: Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.
Synonyms: sense: historical names
word: Antioch
Acre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: āʹkər
enpr: ä′kər
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑː.kɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
enpr: äʹkrē
enpr: ä′krā
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹi/
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹeɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːkɹɚ
enpr: āʹkər
enpr: ä′kər
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑː.kɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
Etymology: From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A river in South America.
glosses: A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio Branco.
Acre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: āʹkər
enpr: ä′kər
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑː.kɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
enpr: äʹkrē
enpr: ä′krā
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹi/
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹeɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːkɹɚ
ipa: /ˈeɪkɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
enpr: āʹkər
enpr: ä′kər
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑː.kɚ/
rhymes: -eɪkɚ
enpr: äʹkrē
enpr: ä′krā
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹi/
ipa: /ˈɑːkɹeɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːkɹɚ
Etymology: Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Acropolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: əkrŏʹpəlĭs
ipa: /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/
Forms: form: the Acropolis
form: Akropolis
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Senses: glosses: The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)
Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Clipping of Acts of the Apostles.
Derived terms: Luke-Acts
Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Act.
Ad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ads
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Abbreviation of adenovirus.
Derived terms: sense: adenovirus
word: Ad group A
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad group B
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad group C
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad group D
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad species A
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad species B
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad species C
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad species D
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad subgroup A
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad subgroup B
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad subgroup C
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad subgroup D
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad type A
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad type B
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad type C
sense: adenovirus
word: Ad type D
Ada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪdə/
rhymes: -eɪdə
Etymology: Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
Senses: examples: text: Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?
ref: 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
examples: text: If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.
ref: 2019, Andrew T. Shvets, Beginning Ada Programming: From Novice to Professional, Apress, →ISBN, page 11:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Ada County
Adalyn
Adalynn
Floydada
Adel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adele.
glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Cook County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
Adel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Adil, from Arabic عَادِل (ʕādil).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
Aden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪdən
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).
Senses: glosses: A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.
Derived terms: Adenese
Adeni
Gulf of Aden
Aden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪdən
Forms: form: Adens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Adiaphorist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the German Protestants, condemned as heretics by Luther, who held some religious doctrines and ceremonies as indifferent.
Related terms: adiaphoron
adjusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈd͡ʒʌstɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adjust
adjusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈd͡ʒʌstɪŋ/
Forms: form: adjustings
Senses: examples: text: The big economic shiftings and adjustings pinch us now and then; and we shall save energy if we adapt ourselves forthwith, without reviling the rest of the family.
ref: 1919, The Cornell Countryman, volumes 17-18, page 264:
glosses: Adjustment.
Administration
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of administration.
Administrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Administrators
Senses: glosses: The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
Administrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Administrator
Admiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Admirals
form: Adm.
form: Adm
Senses: examples: text: I have the orders ready, Admiral.
text: Admiral Yi was one of the greatest naval officers in history and is still a beloved Korean hero.
text: [F]ive-year-old Loren Devine of Indianapolis dispatched a letter to Admiral Smith . . . “Dear Admiral, why can’t you make the old Mo sail? Can’t you fix that wreck in the bottom? Look the ship over and see if there are any holes and cracks and then write me a letter if you can make er^([sic]) sail. I’m worried about it.” Both Admirals Smith and Wallin answered Loren’s letter, and sent him a complete set of diagrams showing how the salvage job was done.
ref: 1969, Gordon Newell, Allan E[dward] Smith, Mighty Mo: The U.S.S. Missouri: A Biography of the Last Battleship, New York, N.Y.: Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., →OCLC, page 96, column 1:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of admiral in its various senses.
Advent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: By proprialization from advent.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Christmas season
Christmastime
Christmastide
yuletide
hypernyms: holiday season
glosses: The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
Derived terms: Advent calendar
Advent candle
Advent crown
Adventism
Adventist
Advent Sunday
Advent wreath
Advent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Saint Adwen (Saint Adwenna).
Senses: glosses: A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.
Adversary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Adversary
Etymology: A biblical reference, Satan ultimately deriving from a borrowing of the Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”). (See also Satan).
Senses: examples: text: Yahweh′s turning Gog around, putting hooks in his jaws, and bringing him out from the remotest parts of the north (Ezek. 38:4-6) is now interpreted as the release of the Adversary from prison.
ref: 1998, Daniel Isaac Block, The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 25-48:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The Devil; Satan.
Synonyms: Satan
Aer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Pakistan.
Afrikaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: Afrikaners
form: Africander
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.
Senses: examples: text: “Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services,” he said. “Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.”
ref: 2025 May 12, Peter Smith, “Episcopal Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US”, in Associated Press:
text: In February, Trump suspended aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against White farmers. In that same executive order, the president said the US would “promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.”
ref: 2025 May 12, Jennifer Hansler, “White South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in US”, in CNN:
glosses: A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
glosses: A breed of cattle; Afrikander.
Derived terms: Afrikanerdom
Afrikanerism
Afrikanerness
Related terms: Boer
Ag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ags
form: Ag.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of August.
glosses: Abbreviation of agriculture.
examples: text: Ag receptor
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of antigen.
glosses: Abbreviation of Aung.
Ag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ag.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of August.
Agar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Agenda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and village in Kansas, United States.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin, United States.
Agent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Agents
Etymology: Occupational surname, from agent.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Aggie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.ɡi/
rhymes: -æɡi
Etymology: Diminutive of Agnes or Agatha, + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: "Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny?"
ref: 1876, Annie Howells Fréchette, Reuben Dale, Galaxy, W.C. and F.P.Church, published 1876, page 394:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Agnes or Agatha.
Aggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.ɡi/
rhymes: -æɡi
Forms: form: Aggies
Etymology: A diminutive shortening of agricultural, from the names of any of several land-grant colleges in the US.
Senses: glosses: An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges esp. one with the phrase "Agricultural & Mechanical" in its name
glosses: A student or alumnus of such a school esp. a student or alumnus of Texas A&M University
Derived terms: Aggieland
Aggressor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From aggressor.
Senses: examples: In recent years the Aggressor Homeland has been modifying its logistical organization and procedures in an effort to meet the requirements of mobile and fast-moving forces in modern warfare. (Handbook on Aggressor: Field Manual, United States Department of the Army, June 1973)
glosses: a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's
Aggressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aggressors
Etymology: From aggressor.
Senses: glosses: a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state
Agus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Ah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ahs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge).
Ah
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 阿.
Senses: examples: text: Ah Ming moved out of Chinatown last year.
text: I was called, at about an hour's notice, to take Ah Quai (the girl rescued in the spring), and go with Mr. Gardiner to Seattle, and give evidence in the case of one of the women brought over on the same ship with Ah Quai.
ref: 1893 July 4, “Chinese Work in British Columbia”, in Missionary Leaflet, volume 9, number 10, page 2:
glosses: A prefix of Chinese origin used with a shortened form of given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to a nickname.
Derived terms: Ah Beng
Ah Huay
Ah Lian
Ah Seng
Ah
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ah (“I”).
Ai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew הָעַי (ha-'ai, “the heap of ruins”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ancient Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Book of Joshua, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site Et-Tell.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ancient city mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.
Ai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese あい (Ai).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Ai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ais
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 艾 (Ài).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Akkad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæˌkæd/
enpr: äk'äd
ipa: /ˈɑˌkɑd/
Forms: form: Accad
form: Agade
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אַכַּד (ʾakkáḏ), from Akkadian 𒌵𒆠 (Akkade).
Senses: glosses: One of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia, located in northern Babylonia.
glosses: The capital city of the kingdom of Akkad of uncertain location.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Agade
Derived terms: Akkadogram
Related terms: Akkadian
Al
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: Als
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Alfen number
Al
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æl/
rhymes: -æl
Senses: examples: text: In 2006 this city’s showcase event, the Sundance Film Festival, forged what promises to be an enduring link between the cinematic arts and things environmental with a debut screening of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Al Gore documentary about global warming that went on to win an Academy Award.
ref: 2009 January 17, Michael Cieply, “The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Alan, Albert, Alexander, Alfred, or other male or female names beginning with Al-, from the Celtic languages, the Germanic languages, Ancient Greek, or Old English.
Al
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: Als
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Al, a short form of the personal name Adelhard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Ala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ala..
Alamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæləˌmoʊ/
ipa: /ˈæləˌməʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish álamo (“cottonwood tree”).
Senses: examples: text: The Barnsley penalty area resembled the Alamo in the final 15 minutes, but somehow the home side held firm to book their passage into the last four.
ref: 2008, BBC Sport, Barnsley 1-0 Chelsea:
glosses: A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Álamo (“A city in Veracruz, Mexico”).
glosses: A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Alan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.ən/
rhymes: -ælən
Forms: form: Alans
form: Allan
form: Allen
form: Alen
Etymology: From Old Breton Alan, name of early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of Bran, Welsh Alawn, Alun. As an early Irish name, perhaps connected with ail (“noble”). Compare French Alain.
Senses: examples: text: He grabbed at Alan by his Adam's apple,
And Alan grabbed him back in furious grapple
And clenched his fist and bashed him on the nose.
ref: 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reeve's Tale”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977:
text: I could pose as an artist all right; so I took the studio. Also the name of Alan Beverley. My own is Bill Bates. I had often wondered what it would feel like to be called by some name like Alan Beverley or Cyril Trevelyan.
ref: 1910, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs, and Other Stories, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2008, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A male given name from the Celtic languages.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Al
Alana
Alanna
Alan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.ən/
rhymes: -ælən
Forms: form: Alans
form: Alani
Etymology: From Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoí), from Proto-Sarmatian *Allān.
Senses: glosses: A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
Related terms: Alania
Alanic
Roxolani
Alan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.ən/
rhymes: -ælən
Forms: form: Alans
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
Aland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Åland
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Åland.
Derived terms: Alander
Alar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A trade name for daminozide.
Alba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑlbə/
ipa: /ˈælbə/
Etymology: From Romanian Alba.
Senses: glosses: A county of Transylvania, Romania.
Related terms: Alba Iulia
Russia Alba
Alba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑlbə/
ipa: /ˈælbə/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1. Related to albino, Albania and Elbe. More at Albany.
Senses: glosses: Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
Derived terms: Albanian
Alba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑlbə/
ipa: /ˈælbə/
Etymology: From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
glosses: A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.
Alcatraz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælkətɹæz/
Etymology: From Spanish Isla de los Alcatraces (“island of gannets”), named by Juan Manuel de Ayala, an explorer of San Francisco Bay.
Senses: glosses: An island in San Francisco Bay California, United States, formerly the site of a famous prison; in full, Alcatraz Island.
examples: text: Alcatraz was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
ref: 2025 May 4, Samantha Waldenberg, “Trump says he is directing Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz to house ‘ruthless and violent offenders’”, in CNN:
glosses: Ellipsis of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a famous former U.S. federal prison, on the island.
glosses: Ellipsis of Fort Alcatraz, a U.S. coastal defense fort, predecessor of the prison.
Derived terms: Alligator Alcatraz
Alda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aldas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Alda, a habitational surname from Basque. Borrowed also from Odia ଆଲଡା (ālaḍā).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Alder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɔː.ldə]
ipa: [ˈɑl.dɚ]
Forms: form: Alders
form: Older
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by alder trees.
Derived terms: Alderson
aldrin
Aldgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːlɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɔːld-/
Etymology: From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English geat (“gate”); equivalent to old + gate.
Senses: glosses: An area and ward within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).
glosses: A London Underground station in Aldgate.
glosses: A settlement in Ketton parish, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9804).
glosses: A village in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
Derived terms: draught on the pump at Aldgate