cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
semi
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛmi/
ipa: /ˈsɛmi/
ipa: /ˈsɛmaɪ/
rhymes: -ɛmi
Etymology: The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
Senses: examples: text: 'Is that a serious question?' he asked.
Ralph shrugged with his face, jutting out his bottom lip. 'Well ... semi,' he said.
ref: 2013, Mark Morris, The Secret of Anatomy:
glosses: Somewhat; to some extent.
corporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
enpr: kôr'pər-əl
enpr: kôr'prəl
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl
Etymology: From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
Senses: examples: text: Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
examples: text: corporal punishment
text: corporal suffering
glosses: Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
examples: text: The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.
ref: 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
Synonyms: bodily
corporeal
Derived terms: bicorporal
corporality
corporally
corporalness
corporal punishment
corporalship
extracorporal
incorporal
intracorporal
noncorporal
tricorporal
uncorporal
corporal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
enpr: kôr'pər-əl
enpr: kôr'prəl
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl
Forms: form: corporals
Etymology: From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
glosses: A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
glosses: A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
Synonyms: bombardier
Derived terms: corporal's guard
lance corporal
letter corporal
saddler-corporal
ship's corporal
corporal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɜ.ɹəl/
enpr: kôr'pər-əl
enpr: kôr'prəl
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/
ipa: /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹəl
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɜɹəl
Forms: form: corporals
Etymology: From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.
Senses: examples: text: He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
Synonyms: word: corporas
Derived terms: corporal oath
corporeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
ipa: /kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /kɔːˈpɔːɹiəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more corporeal
form: most corporeal
Etymology: From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.
Senses: examples: text: His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.
ref: 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, page 373:
text: Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of something divine in general); sometimes the vital world to the pregivenness of the dead corporeal world (as in the empathy theory of life, espoused, among others, by Descartes and Theodor Lipps); sometimes the assumption of a co-world to a pregivenness of the own inner world of the assuming subject combined with that of an outer corporeal world (theories of analogy to and empathy with the consciousness of others);
ref: 2014, Volker Meja, Nico Stehr, Knowledge and Politics:
glosses: Material; tangible; physical.
glosses: Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.
Synonyms: sense: of the body
word: bodily
sense: of the body
word: corporal
Derived terms: bicorporeal
concorporeal
corporealisation
corporealise
corporealism
corporealist
corporeality
corporealization
corporealize
corporeally
corporealness
extracorporeal
hemicorporeal
intercorporeal
intracorporeal
noncorporeal
omnicorporeal
paracorporeal
supercorporeal
tricorporeal
uncorporeal
incorporeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
ipa: /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more incorporeal
form: most incorporeal
Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.
Senses: examples: text: Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us.
ref: 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
glosses: Having no material form or physical substance.
topics: law
glosses: Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.
Synonyms: sense: having no material form
word: disembodied
sense: having no material form
word: intangible
sense: having no material form
word: uncorporeal
Derived terms: incorporealism
incorporealist
incorporeality
incorporeally
incorporeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
ipa: /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: incorporeals
Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.
Senses: examples: text: The World is all viciſsitude and converſion. Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals; […]
ref: 1628, Ow[en] Felltham, “Of Assimilation”, in Resolves or, Excogitations. A Second Centurie. (Resolves: A Duple Century […]), London: […] [George Purslowe] for Henry Seile, […], →OCLC, page 195:
text: The divine nature of the celeſtial bodies cannot be ſeen through the teleſcope, and incorporeals are not to be viewed with a microſcopic eye: […]
ref: 1793, Thomas Taylor, “The Timæus of Plato: A Dialogue on Nature”, in The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides and Timæus of Plato. […], London: […] Benjamin and John White, […], →OCLC, Introduction, page 395:
text: Where the interest in a piece of land of one of six heirs to the deceased father’s estate was levied upon and it was claimed as a homestead, the Court said: “It is an incorporeal, and an incorporeal cannot be the object of the homestead act.”
ref: 1875, John H. Smyth, “The right of homestead in lands held in common”, in The Law of Homestead and Exemptions, San Francisco, Calif.: Sumner Whitney & Co., →OCLC, Addenda, pages 413–414:
text: It is manifest that incorporeals are incapable of transfer by delivery. But urban praedial rights may be ceded in court, and rural ones may also be mancipated.
ref: 1880, Gaius, translated by James Muirhead, “[Commentarius Secundus]”, in The Institutes of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian. […], Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […], →OCLC, “Gaii Institutionum Iuris Civilis Commentarii Quattuor”, § 28, page 82:
glosses: Something that is incorporeal.
Magyar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/
Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
Senses: glosses: The Uralic language of the Hungarians.
Magyar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/
Forms: form: Magyars
Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
Senses: glosses: A Hungarian individual, especially in the sense of an ethnic Hungarian.
Magyar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/
Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
Senses: glosses: Hungarian
Derived terms: Magyardom
Magyarize
Magyarness
corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kô
ipa: /kɔː/
enpr: kôr
ipa: /kɔɹ/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹ]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: core
homophone: cor
homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōr
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koə/
enpr: kôz
ipa: /kɔːz/
enpr: kôrz
ipa: /koɹz/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹz]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
homophone: cores
homophone: cause
homophone: caws (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōrz
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koəz/
Forms: form: corps
Etymology: From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
examples: diplomatic corps
White House press corps
glosses: An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
Derived terms: avant-corps
corper
corps-a-corps
corps de logis
corpsman
corpsperson
corpswoman
diplomatic corps
free corps
juste-au-corps
marine corps
press corps
staff corps
corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kô
ipa: /kɔː/
enpr: kôr
ipa: /kɔɹ/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹ]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: core
homophone: cor
homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōr
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koə/
enpr: kôz
ipa: /kɔːz/
enpr: kôrz
ipa: /koɹz/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹz]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
homophone: cores
homophone: cause
homophone: caws (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōrz
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koəz/
Forms: form: corps
Senses: examples: text: The performers were all creditable dancers as well as comedians […] even the largest of them cavorted about en pointe with wonderful ease, and the corps work was extremely precise in its inaccuracies.
ref: 1981 December 12, David Foushee, “Pushing the Edges”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 6:
glosses: A corps de ballet.
corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kô
ipa: /kɔː/
enpr: kôr
ipa: /kɔɹ/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹ]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: core
homophone: cor
homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōr
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koə/
enpr: kôz
ipa: /kɔːz/
enpr: kôrz
ipa: /koɹz/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹz]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
homophone: cores
homophone: cause
homophone: caws (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōrz
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koəz/
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: glosses: plural of corp
corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kô
ipa: /kɔː/
enpr: kôr
ipa: /kɔɹ/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹ]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: core
homophone: cor
homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōr
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koə/
enpr: kôz
ipa: /kɔːz/
enpr: kôrz
ipa: /koɹz/
ipa: [kʰo̞ɹz]
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
homophone: cores
homophone: cause
homophone: caws (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
note: rhotic
enpr: kōrz
ipa: /ko(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /koəz/
Forms: form: corpses
Senses: examples: text: How to keep the corps ſeven dayes from corruption by anointing and waſhing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choiſeſt practiſe.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately Found in Norfolk […], London: […] Hen. Brome […], page 16:
text: To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, / Alike is Hell, or Paradiſe, or Heaven, / There beſt, where moſt with ravin I may meet; / Which here, though plenteous, all too little ſeems / To ſtuff this Maw, this vaſt unhide-bound Corps.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 597–601:
text: Did I poſſeſs the power of reſuſcitation, I would reanimate thy lifeleſs corps, and cheriſh thee in the warmeſt corner of thy favourite dwelling-place.
ref: 1788, [Vicesimus Knox], Winter Evenings: or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters, volume II, Dublin: […] Messrs. Chamberlaine, Moncrieffe, White, […], page 70:
text: The women looked like dead bodies; and never did I see such a sepulchral appearance as their dress and colourless faces exhibited, they were all dressed alike in drab gowns, white neck kerchiefs, and a cap fitting close over their ears, and fastened under the chin, the same sort as are placed on a corps.
ref: 1818, John Palmer, Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817: […], London: […] Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], page 92:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of corpse.
idiot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭdĭət
ipa: /ˈɪdiət/
note: yod coalescence, non-standard
ipa: /ˈɪd͡ʒət/
rhymes: -iət
Forms: form: more idiot
form: most idiot
form: idjit
raw_tags: indicating the pronunciation /ˈɪd͡ʒət/
form: idget
raw_tags: indicating the pronunciation /ˈɪd͡ʒət/
form: eejit
Etymology: From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota.
Senses: glosses: Idiotic, stupid.
ja
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: ya
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.
Senses: examples: text: Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.
ref: 1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)
glosses: Yes.
Derived terms: ja well no fine
ja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jas
form: ja
form: cha
Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).
Senses: qualifier: Korean units of measure
glosses: Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
synonyms: word: Korean foot
extra: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
aglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.ɡlət/
Forms: form: aglets
form: aiglet
Etymology: From Middle English aglet, aglett, agglot, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aiglet and aiguillette.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aiglet.
examples: text: The aglet of the shoelace passes through each grommet.
glosses: The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
glosses: A catkin.
Derived terms: agleted
inevitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩]
ipa: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
ipa: /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
Etymology: From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Senses: examples: text: We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
text: It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
text: To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
glosses: Impossible to avoid or prevent.
examples: text: My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
text: Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.
ref: 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:
text: This horse and rider, with their free, rhythmical gallop, were the only moving things to be seen on the face of the flat country. They seemed, in the last sad light of evening, not to be there accidentally, but as an inevitable detail of the landscape.
ref: 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:
glosses: Predictable or always happening.
Synonyms: sense: impossible to avoid
word: inescapable
word: unavoidable
word: impreventable
sense: naturally impossible to avoid
word: natural
sense: naturally impossible to avoid
word: necessary
sense: always happening
word: certain
sense: always happening
word: necessary
word: avoidless
word: fatal
word: foregone
word: ineluctable
word: inevitable
word: inexorable
word: irresistible
word: predictable
word: unforestallable
word: unescapable
word: unpreventable
Hypernyms: word: possible
Hyponyms: word: natural
Derived terms: inevitabilism
inevitability
inevitable abortion
inevitableness
inevitably
noninevitable
Related terms: word: unanticipable
word: unanticipatable
word: unforeseeable
word: unforetellable
word: unpredictable
word: inevitably
word: sure thing
inevitable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩]
ipa: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
ipa: /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/
ipa: [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
Forms: form: inevitables
Etymology: From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Senses: examples: text: I pass also the jealousies, the quarrels, the disgusts, that make the catholic questions and corn-bills of married life—and only dwell on one particular: some irresistible hat, some adorable cap, some exquisite robe, has rather elongated your milliner's list of inevitables...
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 98:
text: In the migratory patterns of the city's art scenes, there are two inevitables: First, that neighbourhoods where art makes its home become instantly more attractive; and second, because of it, art won't be at home for long.
ref: 2009 August 22, Murray Whyte, “Seeking successors to the Queen West gallery scene”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
OProv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Provençal.
OIr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Irish.
glosses: Abbreviation of Old Iranian.
assertoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæsɚˈtɔɹɪk/
Etymology: Calque of German assertorisch (“assertory”) (itself a calque of Latin assertōrius using using Latin assert- (supine stem of asserō) + -orisch (“-ory”), popularized by Immanuel Kant). By surface analysis, assertor + -ic. See German -orisch.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: assertory
glosses: Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.
wikipedia: Immanuel Kant
Coordinate terms: imperative
interrogative
Derived terms: assertorically
assertoricity
Related terms: assertion
problematic
apodeictic
Novial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Novial Nov International Auxiliari Lingue (“New International Auxiliary Language”).
Senses: glosses: An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Novial terms
interlanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -æŋɡwɪdʒ
Forms: form: interlanguages
Etymology: From inter- + language. In the language acquisition sense introduced by Larry Selinker in 1972.
Senses: examples: text: Trasyanka and Surzhyk are interlanguages: a Belarusian–Russian and a Ukrainian–Russian mixed language.
text: The learner's selection from his/her store of interlanguage rules is not haphazard but systematic and predictable, based as it is on his/her existing rule system in much the same way as the native speaker bases his/her speech on the internalized knowledge of the L1 system.
ref: 2011, Anna Trosborg, Interlanguage Pragmatics: Requests, Complaints, and Apologies, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.
examples: text: Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose.
text: As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.
ref: 2011 October 28, Adam Thirlwell, “The Joyful Side of Translation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
synonyms: koine
lingua franca
glosses: A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages
glosses: A pidgin or creole
Related terms: interlinguist
jy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: jies
form: jyes
form: jys
Etymology: From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to it. Compare French ji, and the similar derivation of Italian vu.
Generally changed to jay by association with kay.
Senses: synonyms: jay
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
ky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kye (“cows”)
ky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.
ref: 2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival, page 24:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”).
ky
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years.
Related terms: kyr
ny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of nigh.
py
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pys
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pack-year.
py
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pys
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pinyin.
py
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of by.
Derived terms: py chiminey
py chiminy
Related terms: PY
ty
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of TY.
vy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vies
form: vyes
form: vying
form: vied
form: vied
form: vyed
form: vyed
Senses: examples: text: […] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.
ref: 1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, page 27:
glosses: Obsolete form of vie.
similar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmələ/
ipa: /ˈsɪməlɚ/
Forms: form: more similar
form: most similar
Etymology: From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Senses: examples: text: My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.
text: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
glosses: Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
Synonyms: sense: with common characteristics
word: akin
sense: with common characteristics
word: allied
sense: with common characteristics
word: alike
sense: with common characteristics
word: comparable
sense: with common characteristics
word: identical
sense: with common characteristics
word: same
sense: with common characteristics
word: twin
word: homologous
word: similar
Derived terms: in a similar vein
self-similar
similarity
similarly
similarness
similar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmələ/
ipa: /ˈsɪməlɚ/
Forms: form: similars
Etymology: From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Senses: glosses: That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
exactitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/
Forms: form: exactitudes
Etymology: From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen making a passage from one feeding-ground to another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct—say, rather, secret intelligence from the Deity—mostly swim in veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line with such undeviating exactitude, that no ship ever sailed her course, by any chart, with one tithe of such marvellous precision.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XLIV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: He paced stiffly, looking with extreme exactitude at Lingard's face; looking neither to the right nor to the left but at the face only, as if there was nothing in the world but those features familiar and dreaded; […]
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part IV, page 272:
text: In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning.
ref: 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Appendix. The Principles of Newspeak.”, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001, page 280:
synonyms: exactness
antonyms: inexactitude
glosses: Attention to small details; accuracy.
Related terms: exact
same
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪm/
ipa: /seːm/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [seːm]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [sɛːm]
homophone: Sejm
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: the same
Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of -some, some.
Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).
Senses: examples: text: A mother loves all her children the same.
text: My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
text: It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.
glosses: The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged;equally.
raw_tags: used with the
same
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪm/
ipa: /seːm/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [seːm]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [sɛːm]
homophone: Sejm
rhymes: -eɪm
Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of -some, some.
Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).
Senses: examples: text: The same can be said of him.
text: It's the same everywhere.
glosses: The identical thing, ditto.
examples: text: She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.
text: When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Something similar, something of the identical type.
examples: text: The question is his credibility or lack of same.
text: Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same
text: Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same
topics: law
glosses: It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
examples: text: My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
glosses: It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
Derived terms: all the same
one and the same
same to you
same
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪm/
ipa: /seːm/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [seːm]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [sɛːm]
homophone: Sejm
rhymes: -eɪm
Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of -some, some.
Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).
Senses: glosses: Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.
Synonyms: this
+1
like
likewise
IAWTP
same
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪm/
ipa: /seːm/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [seːm]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [sɛːm]
homophone: Sejm
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: more same
form: most same
Etymology: From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”).
Senses: glosses: Together.
distinctive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
Forms: form: more distinctive
form: most distinctive
Etymology: From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.
Senses: examples: text: a product in distinctive packaging
text: Our Apparell was giuen vs as a signe distinctiue to discern betwixt sex and sex.
ref: 1583, Philip Stubbes, The Anatomie of Abuses, Folio V:
glosses: Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
examples: text: […]more judicious and distinctive heads...
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, chapter 3, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 75:
glosses: Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
examples: text: his distinctive bass voice
text: Wordsworth's distinctive work was a war with pomp and pretence, and a display of the majesty of simple feelings and humble hearts.
ref: 1856, John Ruskin, Modern Painters […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part IV (Of Many Things), page 293:
glosses: Characteristic, typical.
examples: text: The refugees... at length ceased to exist as a distinctive body among the people.
ref: 1867, Samuel Smiles, chapter XVII, in The Huguenots, page 432:
glosses: Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
examples: text: These are the main distinctive accents, and by stopping at them... the reader will do justice to the sense.
ref: 1874, Andrew Bruce Davidson, Introductory Hebrew Grammar, page 27:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
raw_tags: of accents
examples: text: Normally we symbolize only phonemes (distinctive features) so far as we can determine them.
ref: 1927, L. Bloomfield et al., Language, number 3, page 129:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
raw_tags: of sounds
Derived terms: biodistinctive
counterdistinctive
distinctive feature
distinctively
distinctiveness
distinctive paper
indistinctive
nondistinctive
undistinctive
Related terms: contradistinctive
distinct
distinction
distinguish
distinguishable
distinguishness
distinctive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
Forms: form: distinctives
Etymology: From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.
Senses: examples: text: ...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here...
ref: 1816, Maurice Keatinge, Travels through France and Spain to Morocco, volume I, page 189:
glosses: A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
examples: text: A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ.
ref: 1874, Andrew Bruce Davidson, Introductory Hebrew Grammar, page 27:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A distinctive accent.
examples: text: Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.
ref: 1979, Theron F. Schlabach, “Gospel versus Gospel”, in Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, page 154:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
in flagrante delicto
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/
Forms: form: flagrante delicto
form: in flagrante
form: in flagrant delict
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlictum (“crime, misdeed”).
Senses: examples: text: He would be caught in flagrante delicto, and, with a heavy sentence hovering over him, he would probably be induced to name his accomplice.
ref: 1908, Baroness Orczy, chapter V, in The Old Man in the Corner:
glosses: In the act of committing a misdeed.
examples: text: We've already established that you were one of Miss Scarlet's clients. That's why you were so desperate to get your hands on those negatives. Photographs of you and Yvette in flagrante delicto, remember?
ref: 1985, Jonathan Lynn, Clue, spoken by Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull):
text: I would add to that the fact that, if we are happy to be caught in flagrante delicto in a picturesque setting, there would be something almost humiliating about being caught somewhere as ugly as that.
ref: 2002, Adriana Hunter, transl., The Sexual Life of Catherine M., translation of La Vie Sexuelle de Catherine M. by Catherine Millet, page 146:
text: When his housemates, two men and a woman, found them in flagrante delicto, one reported, “She said she didn’t want us to think of her as ‘that girl.’ ”
ref: 2015 February 8, Naomi Schaefer Riley, “Columbia mattress rape case is not justice — it’s shaming without proof”, in New York Post:
text: As a student of the fossil record, I can assure you that it’s not often that creatures are transformed, in flagrante delicto, into memento mori.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 65:
glosses: While performing sexual activity.
Synonyms: word: in the act
word: red-handed
word: with one's dick in one's hand
word: with one's hand in the cookie jar
word: with one's pants down
Derived terms: in flagrante
in flagrant delict
auto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔː.təʊ]
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈoːtəʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.təʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
rhymes: -ɔːtəʊ
homophone: Otto
homophone: otto (cot–caught merger)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.
Senses: examples: text: It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally.
text: For the first eight years of the Tetris Championship Series, the eventual victor used a technique known as delayed auto shift, or "DAS."
ref: 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 250, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Clipping of automatic (of a gearbox/transmission).
auto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔː.təʊ]
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈoːtəʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.təʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
rhymes: -ɔːtəʊ
homophone: Otto
homophone: otto (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: autos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.
Senses: examples: text: My brother is an auto mechanic. He can get me a discount on auto parts.
text: In 1909, his grandfather was the first farmer in the county to buy an auto.
text: “There were golden years for GM in China, but those are over, and they’ll never have a comeback story,” said Michael Dunne, an auto industry consultant who has been involved in Western automakers’ efforts in China since the 1990s, including GM’s entry into the market.
ref: 2024 December 17, Chris Isidore, “The retreat from the world’s largest auto market has begun”, in CNN:
text: “We spoke with the Big Three auto dealers. We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA,” President Donald Trump said in a statement read by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing Wednesday. Those dealers included Stellantis, Ford and General Motors.
ref: 2025 March 5, John Towfighi, “US stocks rally on Trump’s tariff exemption for autos”, in CNN:
glosses: Clipping of automobile.
examples: text: Put it on auto.
synonyms: automatic
antonyms: manual
glosses: A setting for automatic operation.
examples: text: A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An automatic gearbox/transmission.
examples: text: It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.
Synonyms: topics: automobile
automotive
vehicles
transport
word: automobile
topics: automobile
automotive
vehicles
transport
word: car
topics: automobile
automotive
vehicles
transport
word: motorcar
topics: automobile
automotive
vehicles
transport
word: motor
Derived terms: autobesity
auto body
autocade
autocamp
autocide
autocoach
auto court
autocrash
autocrime
autoette
autogas
auto insurance
autoist
autoless
auto loan
automaker
automaking
automan
automania
automaniac
auto mechanic
auto park
auto part
autophobia
autopia
auto poker
auto polo
auto racing
autorack
auto rickshaw
auto safety seat
auto sear
auto shop
auto show
autospeak
autotransporter
auto transport truck
autoworker
full auto
full-auto
grand theft auto
nonauto
philautia
auto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔː.təʊ]
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈoːtəʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.təʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
rhymes: -ɔːtəʊ
homophone: Otto
homophone: otto (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: autos
form: autoing
form: autoed
form: autoed
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.
Senses: examples: text: The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to.
ref: 1907, Automotive Industries, volume 16, page 711:
text: Christmas Day we decided to spend in snow, in order to feel more at home, and so we autoed up 5000 ft. to Peira Cava and reveled in the winter sports, autoing back to the roses and “summer time” at nightfall.
ref: 1924, The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, volumes 16-17, page 318:
glosses: To travel by automobile.
auto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔː.təʊ]
ipa: /ˈɔtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈɑtoʊ/
ipa: [ˈɑ.ɾoʊ]
ipa: /ˈoːtəʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.təʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
ipa: /ˈoːtɐʉ/
ipa: [ˈoː.tɐʉ]
rhymes: -ɔːtəʊ
homophone: Otto
homophone: otto (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: autos
Etymology: Clipping of autorickshaw, from Hindi ऑटो रिक्शा (ŏṭo rikśā).
Senses: examples: text: Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.
glosses: An autorickshaw.
Related terms: tuk-tuk
turmeric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk/
ipa: [ˈtʰɝ.mɚ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/
ipa: [ˈtʰu.mɚ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
ipa: /ˈtjuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
ipa: /təɹˈmɛ.ɾɪk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məɹɪk
rhymes: -uːməɹɪk
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɹɪk
rhymes: -uːmɹɪk
Forms: form: turmerics
form: tumeric
Etymology: From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”) or from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”), potentially as a folk etymology of the Arabic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: haldi
glosses: The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
synonyms: E100
glosses: A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.
Derived terms: turmeric acid
turmeric paper
turmeric root
white turmeric
wild turmeric
Related terms: curcumin
golden
kunyit
haldi
bobby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒbi/
ipa: /ˈbɑbi/
rhymes: -ɒbi
Forms: form: bobbies
Etymology: From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.
Senses: examples: text: If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistence on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes?
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
text: "We are looking at being able to fly [drones] tens of miles from base, which is going to make a huge difference. It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat."
ref: 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31:
glosses: A police officer.
glosses: A railway signaller.
Related terms: peeler