cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ladino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈdiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ləˈdinoʊ/
Forms: form: Ladinos
form: ladino
Etymology: From Spanish ladino (“Latinized”).
Senses: examples: text: [A]lthough almost all Pedranos consider themselves fully Mayan, many have some European and Ladino ancestry, stemming especially from prior generations when Spanish authorities governed the town.
ref: 2011, Barbara Rogoff, Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo.
Ladino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈdiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ləˈdinoʊ/
Forms: form: Ladinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ladino. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ladies
Senses: examples: text: Sir John Smith and Lady Smith accompanied the ambassador.
text: Would Lady Macbeth care for dessert?
text: How do you do, Lady Windermere?
ref: 1892, Oscar Wilde, “Act I”, in Lady Windermere's Fan […] :
text: Honor guests were Ladies Smith and Walker of Port Huron, Michigan. Lady Walker has been a Maccabee for 40 years.
ref: 1931, The Bee Hive, volume 50, number 5, page 16, column 1:
coordinate_terms: Lord#Noun
;
Dame#Noun
;
Sir#Noun
glosses: An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A high priestess.
Lady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: My Lady, will you not take pity on me?
glosses: The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.
examples: text: ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
ref: 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90:
text: The Lord and the Lady Actually, when I say that Wicca is a Goddess tradition, I'm really only telling half of the story.
ref: 2003, Carl McColman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism, page 46:
text: The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
ref: 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:
glosses: The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.
The major supernatural figurehead in the Wiccan religion, a triune goddess split into the Mother, Maiden, and Crone.
raw_tags: in particular
Synonyms: sense: religious senses
word: Goddess
Coordinate terms: topics: Wicca
religion
lifestyle
word: Lord
Related terms: Lord
Our Lady
Lahti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lahtis
Etymology: From Finnish Lahti.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.
glosses: A surname from Finnish.
Lai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Senses: glosses: A Tibeto-Burman language of India and Burma.
Related terms: cnh ⁠
Lai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪ
enpr: lī
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From Chinese 賴／赖 (lài) (Mandarin: lài, Cantonese: laai⁶, Hakka: lai).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Lai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪ
enpr: lī
Etymology: From Cantonese 黎 (lai4).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lakes
Senses: glosses: The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.
Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England.
glosses: A state of South Sudan.
Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lake
Lama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lamas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lambs
Etymology: 1. From Middle English lamb as a nickname.
2. From a short form of Lambert.
3. Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain.
4. Possibly also a translation of French agneau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An extinct town in Marion County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An islet (small island) in the Firth of Forth, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5386).
Derived terms: Lamb County
Lambian
Lamb shift
Lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lamb
Etymology: See Lamb of God. See also lamb.
Senses: examples: text: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 12:10-11:
text: (See St. Paul's epistles, and the early Fathers.) And we have the expression "washed in the blood of the Lamb" adopted into the Christian Church.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 40:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Jesus; the Lamb of God
Synonyms: sense: Jesus
word: Paschal Lamb
sense: Jesus
word: Lamb of God
sense: Jesus
word: Agnus Dei
Lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lambs
Etymology: See lamb.
Senses: examples: text: Mariah Carey’s memoir opens with the great line: “I refuse to acknowledge time, famously so.” As if to establish the rules of the book, then add, with a toss of hair, but you knew that. Most readers of The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which the record-smashing songstress wrote with Michaela Angela Davis, probably already did know that (and are happy to stick to Mariah’s anti-schedule), but there’s plenty in the 337-page volume that will surprise even the most devoted Lambs.
ref: 2020 September 29, Mary Sollosi, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey is a compelling account of suffering and survival: Review”, in Entertainment Weekly:
text: Similarly, although critics panned Glitter for being ‘an unintentionally hilarious compendium of time-tested cinematic clichés that illustrates the chasm between hopeful imitation and successful duplication,’ as the New York Times (Van Gelder 2001) put it, during the #JusticeForGlitter campaign, Mariah Carey’s fans, the Lambs, posted clips from the film on Twitter and reasserted their love for it.
ref: 2020, Rebecca Coleman, “The G-Word: Film, Fantasy and Afro-Fabulative Futures”, in Glitterworlds: The Future Politics of a Ubiquitous Thing, Goldsmiths Press, →ISBN, page 118:
text: Ryan Reynolds has labelled himself a ‘total Lamb’, as he was revealed to be the brains behind the idea of using Mariah Carey’s Fantasy as the anthem for his upcoming movie Free Guy.
ref: 2021 August 6, Tori Brazier, “Make space in the Lambily as Ryan Reynolds brands himself ‘total Mariah Carey fan’ for Fantasy-filled Free Guy”, in Metro:
text: Army go full-on militant for BTS, and Lambs live by Mariah Carey.[…]Mariah Carey’s superfans refer to themselves as Lambs.
ref: 2021 September 16, David Oliver, “‘Stan’ culture can prompt star worship at its worst”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 119, number 68, page 3H:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of lamb (“a fan of Mariah Carey”).
Lammas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlæməs/
Etymology: From Old English hlafmæsse (“loaf mass, harvest festival”).
Senses: glosses: A former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest.
glosses: 1st August, a quarter day.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest.
Derived terms: Lammastide
Lance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lăns
enpr: läns
ipa: /læns/
ipa: /lɑːns/
rhymes: -æns
rhymes: -ɑːns
Forms: form: Lances
Etymology: The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element *land; see land. Doublet of Lanzo.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages; by folk etymology associated with a lance.
A diminutive of the male given name Lancelot.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages; by folk etymology associated with a lance.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Related terms: lance
Lancelot
launce
Launcelot
Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ænd
Senses: examples: text: After the success of Secret of Monkey Island (1990), composer Michael Land longed for a more flexible system to integrate his music into a game.
ref: 2012, Peter Moormann, Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance, page 82:
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Derived terms: Land camera
Land effect
Landau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlændaʊ/
/ˈlændɔː/
Forms: form: Landaus
Etymology: From German Landau.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Landau diamagnetism
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Landau level
Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
Landau-Ramanujan constant
Landau-Siegel zero
Landen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Landen.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.
Landen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Landens
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Landén, an ornamental surname composed of the element land (“land”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
glosses: A census-designated place in Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
Lane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /leɪn/
Etymology: As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
glosses: A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
glosses: A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
examples: text: It was a gala night at the Lane, with Charles Mathews coming over from Covent Garden […]
ref: 1950, Basil Francis, Fanny Kelly of Drury Lane, page 37:
glosses: The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
raw_tags: as "the Lane"
Derived terms: Lane County
Lane Cove
Lang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Langs
form: Lange
form: Laing
form: Layng
Senses: glosses: A surname.
An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from German, a variant of Lange.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.
glosses: A surname.
A Manchu surname from Chinese, anglicized from Chinese 郎 (Láng), used as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, “Niohuru”, literally “wolf”) for its homophony with 狼 (láng, “wolf”).
glosses: A placename
A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (“meadow”), or perhaps of Celtic origin.
glosses: A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A village in Gilan Province, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).
glosses: A placename
A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.
Langer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Langer (“a surname”, literally “a tall man”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Lang
Lange
Long
Lark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
examples: text: Mama had chosen the name Lark. Lark Browning Erhardt. Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin. Mama said she wouldn't hang a name like Beverly Mary on a pet skunk. Where she got the idea for Lark, I don't know, though one time when I asked, she said that larks flew high and had a happy song.
ref: 1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: A female given name from English from the lark bird.
glosses: A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Lark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Larak (“island off the coast of Iran”).
Laser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lasers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A simple type of dinghy
Last
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lasts
Etymology: Various origins:
* English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster.
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective last.
* Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Laster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Lasters
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Lester.
* Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lătʹĭn
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: [ˈlæt.ən]
ipa: [ˈlæʔ.ən]
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
rhymes: -ætɪn
Forms: form: Latten
form: Latine
Etymology: From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin and Ladino.
Senses: examples: text: Africa was the natural leader because there the number of Christians who were of Roman origin and Latin speech was probably far greater than in so cosmopolitan a city as Rome.
ref: 1948, L. E. Elliott-Binns, The Beginnings of Western Christendom, page 257:
glosses: Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
examples: text: The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in Latin letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.
ref: 1968, Mladen Bošnjak, A Study of Slavic Incunabula, page 62:
synonyms: Roman
glosses: Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
examples: text: The earliest Latin culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain[…]
ref: 2000, T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, page 176:
synonyms: Roman
glosses: Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
examples: text: From the Campagna and the Latin hills, the flame of rebellion spread to Antium and Terracina, and to the most remote allies of the Romans, the cities of the Campanian plains.
ref: 1913, Oscar Browning, A General History of the World, page 151:
synonyms: Latian
glosses: Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
examples: text: Therefore, although Portugal is a Latin culture, the significant African influence in Brazil creates a culture that cannot be defined simply as Latin; consequently, Brazilians prefer to define themselves as South American[…]
ref: 2002, Dean Foster, The Global Etiquette Guide to Mexico and Latin America, page 11:
synonyms: Romance
glosses: Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
examples: text: As such, today's Latin music is a synthesis of European, African, and the few indigenous elements that remain.
ref: 2008, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History, page 254:
synonyms: Latin American
Latino
glosses: Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
examples: text: The Latin bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne[…]
ref: 1901, John Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, page 117:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Catholic
Roman
Roman Catholic
glosses: Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Derived terms: Latin-1
Latin alphabet
Latin America
Latin cross
Latin grammar school
Latin hip-hop
Latin Quarter
Latin school
Latin script
Latin square
Latin time
Traditional Latin Mass
Vulgar Latin
Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lătʹĭn
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: [ˈlæt.ən]
ipa: [ˈlæʔ.ən]
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
rhymes: -ætɪn
Forms: form: Latins
form: Latten
form: Latine
form: Latten
form: Latine
Etymology: From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).
Senses: examples: text: This appears incontestably from the manner in which the Latins wrote Greek words and names[…]
ref: 1833, Philipp Buttmann, translated by Edward Robinson, A Greek grammar for the use of high schools and universities, page 23:
synonyms: Roman
glosses: A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
synonyms: Latial
Latian
glosses: A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
examples: text: No; the test of the contrast between modern Latins and modern Teutons is exactly like the test of the contrast between modern Latins and ancient Latins.
ref: 1933, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 'All I Survey': a book of essays, page 148:
text: Latins are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 760:
glosses: A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
examples: text: In the use of patent medicine the average Latin resembles the American of fifty years ago, who generally had a bottle of some concoction on which he depended whenever he felt out of sorts.
ref: 1922, William Edmund Aughinbaugh, Advertising for trade in Latin-America, page 150:
synonyms: Latin American
Latino
glosses: A person from Latin America.
examples: text: The modern Latins have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of OUR SAVIOUR'S words of Institution[…]
ref: 1853, William Palmer, Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion, page 118:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Catholic
Roman
Roman Catholic
glosses: A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
Coordinate terms: topics: Christianity
word: Greek
topics: Christianity
word: Orthodox
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Latin terms
Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lătʹĭn
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
ipa: [ˈlæt.ən]
ipa: [ˈlæʔ.ən]
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn/
rhymes: -ætɪn
Forms: form: Latins
form: Latten
form: Latine
form: Latten
form: Latine
Etymology: Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Latine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latines
Senses: examples: text: Wherein to speak strictly, if by this word Grashopper, we understand that animal which is implied by τέττιξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines; we may with safety affirm the picture is widely mistaken, and that for ought enquiry can inform, there is no such insect in England.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: But because the letters of every tongue, as we shewed in the first book, have in their number, order, and figure a Celestiall and Divine originall, I shall easily grant this calculation concerning the names of spirits to be made not only by Hebrew letters, but also by Chaldean, and Arabick, Ægyptian, Greek, Latine, and any other...
ref: 1651, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Latin.
Latine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Costard: Go to; thou hast it ad dungill^([sic]), at the fingers’ ends, as they say.
Holofernes: O, I smell false Latine; dunghill for unguem.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Latin.
Latine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːneɪ/
ipa: /ləˈtineɪ/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː-/
rhymes: -iːneɪ
Forms: form: Latines
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.
Senses: glosses: Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
Latine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːneɪ/
ipa: /ləˈtineɪ/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː-/
rhymes: -iːneɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.
Senses: glosses: Hispanic; Latino or Latina.
Synonyms: Latinx
Latina/o
Latino/a
Latin@
Latinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Latinized
form: most Latinized
Senses: glosses: That has been translated into the Latin language.
glosses: Of a word, made similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
glosses: That has been transliterated into the characters of the Latin script; Romanized.
glosses: That has been rendered or become Roman Catholic in form or style.
Latinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Latinize
Latino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ləˈtinoʊ/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː/
note: Latino, Puerto Rico
ipa: [la̠ˈt̪ino̞]
rhymes: -iːnoʊ
Etymology: American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).
Senses: examples: text: She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.
ref: 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:
glosses: Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
Derived terms: Afrolatino
trans-Latino
Latino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ləˈtinoʊ/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː/
note: Latino, Puerto Rico
ipa: [la̠ˈt̪ino̞]
rhymes: -iːnoʊ
Forms: form: Latinos
Etymology: American English, first attested in the 1960s for a person of Spanish-speaking or Latin American ancestry (notably Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban), originally an (informal) shortened form of Spanish latinoamericano (“Latin American”, adjective). Its appearance probably coincided with the colloquial use of Anglo (for a person of British or White US descent) and Afro (for a person of Black or African US descent).
Senses: examples: text: Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.
text: Certainly, the activists in this study believe that Latinos face antibrown racism and consider racial justice for Latinos to be an increasingly important part of America's racial justice agenda.
ref: 2010, Mark R. Warren, Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11:
text: She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.
ref: 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:
glosses: A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)
Derived terms: Afro-Latino
trans-Latino
Related terms: word: Latina
english: which see for more
translation: which see for more
word: Latine and Latin@
word: Hispanic
word: Hispano
word: Spanish
Laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: Laurels
Senses: glosses: Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
Related terms: Beehive
Mia Maid
Laurel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒɹəl
Senses: examples: text: "What on earth made Becky give you a name like that?" she'd asked Laurel, on that first occasion.
"It's the state flower of West Virginia," Laurel told her, smiling. "Where my mother came from."
ref: 1972, Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter, Random House, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in and one of the two county seats of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.
Laurin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laurins
Senses: glosses: A surname
Laurin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laurins
form: Lauren
form: Lauryn
Etymology: Alternative form of Lauren.
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Lauren.
Lava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.
Lea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːə
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
Lea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːə
Etymology: From Old English lēa, the dative case of lēah (“meadow”).
Senses: glosses: An English surname from Middle English, a variant of Lee.
Derived terms: Albert Lea
Lea County
Lea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːə
Etymology: From Old English Lyġe.
Senses: glosses: A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
glosses: A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).
glosses: A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4930).
glosses: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).
glosses: A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).
glosses: A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, merged into Doddington and District civil parish in 2023.
Derived terms: Lea Bridge
Lea-by-Backford
Lech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lechs
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Lech.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Lee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: lea
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
Etymology: From Irish Laoi, perhaps from an ancient personal name.
Senses: glosses: A river in County Cork, Ireland.
Lee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: lea
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
Forms: form: Lees
form: Li
form: Le
form: Ly
Etymology: From Chinese:
* Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ), and other less common surnames such as 黎 (Lí).
* Cantonese: 李 (lei5), and other less common surnames such as 利 (lei6).
* Hokkien: 李 (Lí), Teochew: 李 (li2).
* Hakka: 李 (Lí).
Senses: examples: text: Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.
ref: 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC:
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Cantonese.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Hokkien.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Teochew.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Mandarin.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Hakka.
Derived terms: Lee Garden Hill
Lee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: lea
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
Forms: form: Lees
form: Rhee
form: Ree
Etymology: Transcription of Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean; alternative form of Rhee.
Lee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: lea
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
Forms: form: Lees
Etymology: A diminutive.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A male given name.
A nickname for various given names with the first syllable as Lee; Clipping of Leo, Leroy.
Related terms: Lea
Leah
Leh
Lei
Leigh
Ley
Li
Ly
Leer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Leer, from Old Frisian Hleri.
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Leer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Norwegian Bokmål Lier, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway, from Old Norse Líðir, plural of (h)líð (“slope”).
Senses: glosses: A small hamlet in Long Rapids Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
Leer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Nuer.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan.
glosses: A county of Unity State, South Sudan.
Legion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Ellipsis of American Legion.
Derived terms: Legionella
legionella
Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaire
Lego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛɡoʊ/
Forms: form: Legos
form: LEGO
form: lego
Etymology: Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also means “I put together” in Latin (see legō).
Senses: glosses: Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.
Derived terms: Lego brick
Related terms: sense: minifigure or minifig
word: a small Lego figure
urls: http://www.lego.com
word: Official Lego website
Lei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leis
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 雷 (léi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Lek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river, the northern arm of the River Rhine in the Netherlands.
Lent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
homophone: leant
homophone: lent
homophone: lint (pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: Lents
Etymology: Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses.
Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).
Senses: examples: text: Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
topics: Christianity
Eastern-Christianity
glosses: A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.
topics: education
glosses: Ellipsis of Lent term.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season
Synonyms: topics: Christianity
word: Lententide
topics: Christianity
word: Lent season
topics: Christianity
word: Lenten season
topics: Christianity
word: season of Lent
topics: Christianity
word: Quadragesima
topics: Eastern-Christianity
Christianity
word: Great Lent
sense: educational
word: Lent term
Hypernyms: topics: Christianity
word: liturgical season
topics: Christianity
word: carene
Hyponyms: topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Ash Wednesday (1st day)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Quadragesima Sunday (1st Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Reminiscere Sunday (2nd Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Oculi Sunday (3rd Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Passion Sunday (5th Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
word: Palm Sunday (6th Sunday)
topics: Roman-Catholicism
Catholicism
Christianity
english: last day; see terms for synonyms
translation: last day; see terms for synonyms
word: Holy Saturday
sense: Eastern Orthodoxy
word: Clean Monday (1st day)
sense: Eastern Orthodoxy
english: last day
translation: last day
word: Lazarus Friday
Lent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
homophone: leant
homophone: lent
homophone: lint (pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: Lents
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Reduced form of Dutch van Lent, a habitational surname for someone from Lent, in Gelderland.
* Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Lenth, from a personal name related to the noun Land.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Leo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːəʊ/
ipa: /ˈliːoʊ/
rhymes: -iːəʊ
Forms: form: ♌︎
Etymology: From Latin leō (“lion”), calque of Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), calque of Akkadian 𒉈𒍑 (nēšu)/Akkadian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (urgulû), from Sumerian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (UR.GU.LA, “lion; name of constellation”)
. Doublet of Leon, leu, lev, lion, and Lyon.
Senses: examples: text: The newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears before the crowds in St. Peter's Square, saying they must "seek together to be a missionary church. A church that builds bridges and dialogue."
ref: 2025 May 8, Lauren Kent, Christopher Lamb, Rob Picheta, Christian Edwards and Kara Fox, “Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Latin, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology).
glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Roane County, West Virginia, United States.
Synonyms: word: Leo
word: Lion
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Regulus
word: Denebola
word: Algieba
word: Zosma
word: Algenubi
word: Adhafera
word: Chertan
word: Al Minliar al Asad
word: Alterf
word: Rasalas
word: Subra
Derived terms: Leonian
Leonid
Leonis
Mrs. Leo Hunter
Related terms: sense: male given names
word: Leon
sense: male given names
word: Lionel
sense: pet form
word: Lee
sense: female given names
word: Leona
sense: female given names
word: Leonie
Leo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːəʊ/
ipa: /ˈliːoʊ/
rhymes: -iːəʊ
Forms: form: Leos
Etymology: From Latin leō (“lion”), calque of Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), calque of Akkadian 𒉈𒍑 (nēšu)/Akkadian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (urgulû), from Sumerian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (UR.GU.LA, “lion; name of constellation”)
. Doublet of Leon, leu, lev, lion, and Lyon.
Senses: glosses: Someone with a Leo star sign
glosses: A Leonberger
Synonyms: Leonian
Related terms: Leo Minor
Leopard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lepus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lepus (“rabbit, hare”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.
Derived terms: Leporis
Les
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Lester or Leslie.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Leslie.
Lesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lesbians
Etymology: From Latin Lesbius (“Lesbian”) (for further etymology, see Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos)) + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus. The sense of “gay woman” is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.
Senses: synonyms: word: Lesvian
word: Lesviot
word: Lesbosian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.
examples: text: Our Saviour in the gospel preferreth old wine before new; & Aristotle liketh better of the wine of Lesbos, the the^([sic]) wine of Rhodes; he affirmeth both to be good, but the Lesbian the more pleasant, alluding vnder that parable to the successour of his schoole, and noting his choise rather of Theophrastus borne at Lesbos, then Menedemus at Rhodes.
ref: 1597, John King, Lectures upon Jonas […] , page 1:
text: […] but the best Greek Wines, the Chian, Lesbian, Coan, &c. were equally prepared in the same manner; and we have reason to think that the same process was more generally used, and in preparing some of the best and most generous Italian wines.
ref: 1775, Edward Barry, Observations, Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients, page 99:
text: More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian : or what might restrain this flowing qualm;
ref: 1841, William Jacobs, The self-instructing Latin classic, page 187:
text: Horace, born 65 B.C., says that there is no wine sweeter to drink than Lesbian, and that it was perfectly harmless and would not produce intoxication.
ref: 1886, John Ellis, The Wine Question in the Light of the New Dispensation, page 12:
glosses: A sweet, mild wine made on Lesbos in ancient times.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“gay woman”).
Lesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lesbian
form: most Lesbian
Etymology: From Latin Lesbius (“Lesbian”) (for further etymology, see Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos)) + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus. The sense of “gay woman” is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.
Senses: examples: text: Within twenty-four hours of quitting the security of a Lesbian port, all the contrarieties I had experienced were to be exceeded by the horrors of a tremendous hurricane.
ref: 1805, J. Griffiths, Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia, London: T. Cadell, page 232:
synonyms: Lesbosian
glosses: Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Lesbian variety of Aeolic Greek.
examples: text: Except two breeds—the stupid and the narrowly feline—all women have a touch of the Lesbian: an assertion all good non-analytic creatures refute with horror, but quite true: there is always the poignant intensive personal taste, the flair of inner-sex, in the tenderest friendships of women.
ref: 1901, Mary MacLane, edited by Margo Culley, A Day at a Time, published 1985:
text: One woman wrote, “Because you are Black and Lesbian, you seem to speak with the moral authority of suffering.” Yes, I am Black and Lesbian, and what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering.
ref: 1984, Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider:
text: 1989, Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=dUgPxKzVq9AC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&sig=S6zgYpw5y_WwqtsoCEvYZdb6Bds
Suddenly open enrollment struck the Sapphic elite and dykes-for-the-masses were everywhere. We got the Lesbian detective, the Lesbian ghost, the Lesbian vampire, the possessed Lesbian, the Lesbian next door, the Lesbian with a heart of gold, the kept Lesbian, the other Lesbian, the Lesbian amnesiac, the Lesbian with cancer, and just plain Butch.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“of women: gay”).
examples: Lesbian novels
glosses: Amatory; erotic.
Derived terms: Lesbian rule
Leto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Letos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētṓ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 68 Leto, An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
glosses: A surname.
Hypernyms: sense: 68 Leto
word: main belt asteroid
Related terms: sense: parents
word: Coeus
sense: parents
word: Phoebe
sense: lover
word: Zeus
sense: children
word: Apollo
sense: children
word: Artemis
Level
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Levels
Etymology: Borrowed from French Level.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Lex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛks/
homophone: lex
homophone: leks
rhymes: -ɛks
Senses: glosses: Lexington.
examples: text: Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it.[…]Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.
ref: 2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby, performed by Kodak Black:
glosses: Lexus.
glosses: A pet form of the male given name Alexander.
glosses: A pet form of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis.
Lez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Leslie.
Li
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lee
Etymology: Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)
Senses: examples: text: Under the post, Li shared screenshots of private messages he received from followers who said they were interrogated by police.
ref: 2024 March 18, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, “A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media followers”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Chinese
Derived terms: Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Li
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lai
form: Le
Etymology: Transcription of 黎 (Lí)
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese
Li
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese
Li
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 禮 /礼 (Lǐ).
Senses: examples: text: The West Hanshui River flows through the flatland of Qishan Township east of Lixian County, Gansu Province.[…]
Zhuge launched his first northern expedition. He arrived at Qishan Mountain in Lixian County, where he set up his headquarters on the shore of the West Hanshui River.
ref: [1995 October, “Qishan Fort: Zhuge's Commanding Camp”, in China Tourism, number 183, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:
glosses: A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.