cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæmˌpɪəɹ/
ipa: /ˌæmˈpɪəɹ/
ipa: /ˈæmˌpɛər/
Forms: form: amperes
form: ampère
form: amp
form: A
Etymology: Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
Senses: examples: text: Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10⁻¹⁹ when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of Δν_(Cs). (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)
text: If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
ref: 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:
glosses: A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
Derived terms: abampere
ammeter
ampacity
amperage
ampere balance
ampere-foot
ampere-hour
ampere-turn
amperometer
attoampere
centiampere
decaampere
deciampere
exaampere
femtoampere
gigaampere
hectoampere
kiloampere
megaampere
megampere
microamp
microampere
milliamp
milliampere
nanoamp
nano-amp
nanoampere
picoamp
picoampere
teraampere
voltampere
volt-ampere
yoctoampere
zeptoampere
zettaampere
candela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kænˈdɛlə/
ipa: /kænˈdiːlə/
ipa: /ˈkændɪlə/
ipa: /kænˈdiːlə/
ipa: /kænˈdɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
rhymes: -iːlə
rhymes: -ændɪlə
Forms: form: candelas
form: candelae
form: cd
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
Derived terms: femtocandela
gigacandela
isocandela
kilocandela
megacandela
microcandela
millicandela
nanocandela
Related terms: candelabrum
candid
candidate
candle
candlepower
candlestick
chandler
chandlery
ampère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampères
Etymology: Borrowed from French ampère. Named after the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ampere.
wikipedia: André-Marie Ampère
kelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛlvɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛlvɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɛlvən/
ipa: [ˈkʰɛɫvɨn]
rhymes: -ɛlvɪn
rhymes: -ɛlvən
Forms: form: kelvins
Etymology: Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
Senses: examples: text: Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
text: Water boils above 373.15 kelvins.
related: word: mul:K
word: ;
word: mul:°K
synonyms: degree Kelvin
degree absolute
glosses: In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; ¹⁄_(273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.
examples: text: The dew point here today is only 1 kelvin above what it was yesterday.
text: The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
related: word: mul:K
word: ;
word: mul:°K
synonyms: degree Kelvin
degree absolute
glosses: One degree of difference on this scale, as a unit interval.
glosses: A measurement of color warmth defined by the temperature kelvin at which an incandescent blackbody would emit a given color.
Derived terms: kilokelvin
microkelvin
millikelvin
nanokelvin
petakelvin
picokelvin
kilogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
Forms: form: kilograms
form: kilogramme
form: chiliogramme
form: chilogramme
Etymology: Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: megagram < gigagram
text: Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram
text: Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.
ref: 2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:
glosses: In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
examples: text: A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]
ref: 1990, Central Asia, numbers 26-27, page 137:
text: Review of systems was positive for unintentional weight gain of 13.5 kilograms in the last eight months, excessive fatigue, fever, difficulty focusing, one episode of painful oral ulcer on the roof of her mouth, change in the hair texture with nonscarring alopecia, shortness of breath with exertion, and constipation.
ref: 2015 July 22, Reshma M. Khan et al., “Embolic Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Synonyms: kilo
kg
Derived terms: kilogram calorie
kilogram-force
kilogram-metre
metre-kilogram-second
multikilogram
kilogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilogrammes
Etymology: Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kilogram.
becquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]
Forms: form: becquerels
Etymology: Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
wikipedia: Henri Becquerel
Derived terms: femtobecquerel
gigabecquerel
hectobecquerel
kilobecquerel
megabecquerel
petabecquerel
terabecquerel
coulomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuː.lɒm/
ipa: /ˈku.lɑm/
ipa: /ˈku.loʊm/
Forms: form: coulombs
Etymology: From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Senses: examples: text: He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
Derived terms: abcoulomb
Coulomb attraction
Coulomb barrier
Coulomb blockade
Coulomb collision
Coulomb explosion
Coulomb force
Coulomb gauge
coulombic
coulombmeter
Coulomb repulsion
Coulomb's constant
Coulomb's law
coulometer
coulometric
coulometry
femtocoulomb
megacoulomb
microcoulomb
nanocoulomb
picocoulomb
degree Celsius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degrees Celsius
Senses: examples: text: melts at X degrees Celsius
text: boils at X degrees Celsius
text: They were telling us how many degrees it gets up to on sunny days, but they were talking about degrees Celsius, and I don't remember the numbers.
text: Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
ref: 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN:
related: word: mul:°C
word: mul:℃
word: ;
word: ° Celsius
synonyms: degree centigrade
hypernyms: degree
mul:°
coordinate_terms: degree Fahrenheit
mul:°F
mul:℉
;
kelvin
mul:K
degree Kelvin
degree absolute
mul:°K
glosses: A metric unit of temperature, a derived unit of the International System of Units.
Related terms: Celsius
Celsius scale
centigrade
farad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæɹæd/
ipa: /ˈfæɹəd/
Forms: form: farads
Etymology: Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.
Senses: related: word: mul:F
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor.
Derived terms: abfarad
faradism
femtofarad
megafarad
microfarad
micro-farad
milli-farad
millifarad
nanofarad
nano-farad
pico-farad
picofarad
Belizian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belizians
Etymology: From Belize + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Belizean
Belizian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Belize + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Belizean
joule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jo͞ol
enpr: joul
ipa: /d͡ʒuːl/
ipa: /d͡ʒaʊl/
ipa: /d͡ʒʉl/
homophone: jewel (/-uː-/, one pronunciation)
homophone: jowl (/-aʊ-/)
homophone: Juul (/-uː-/)
rhymes: -uːl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: joules
Etymology: Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel.
Senses: related: word: mul:J
coordinate_terms: word: mul:N·m
english: torque
translation: torque
word: newton-metre
word: ;
english: work and energy, non-SI
translation: work and energy, non-SI
word: calorie
word: Calorie
word: BTU
word: foot-pound
word: pound-foot
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt-second (one watt of power acting for a duration of one second).
Derived terms: attojoule
femtojoule
giga-joule
gigajoule
joulemeter
joule-second
joule thief
kilojoule
kilo-joule
mega-joule
megajoule
microjoule
micro-joule
millijoule
milli-joule
nano-joule
nanojoule
oxyjoule
pico-joule
picojoule
tera-joule
terajoule
yottajoule
zeptojoule
katal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katals
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.
Derived terms: attokatal
centikatal
decakatal
decikatal
exakatal
femtokatal
gigakatal
hectokatal
kilokatal
microkatal
millikatal
nanokatal
picokatal
yoctokatal
Related terms: catalysis
litre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lē′tər
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈliː.təʴ/
note: Canada, US, flapping
ipa: [ˈli.ɾɚ]
homophone: leader
homophone: lieder
enpr: lĭ′tər
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
note: Indic
ipa: /lɪʈ.ɜʳ/
homophone: litter (without gemination)
Forms: form: litres
form: liter
Etymology: From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin lībra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, livre, and rottol.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
text: Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre
text: You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.
glosses: The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
glosses: A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Derived terms: attolitre
centilitre
decalitre
decilitre
exalitre
femtolitre
gigalitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
litrebike
megalitre
microlitre
millilitre
multilitre
myrialitre
nanolitre
petalitre
picolitre
ronnalitre
teralitre
yoctolitre
yottalitre
litre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lē′tər
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈliː.təʴ/
note: Canada, US, flapping
ipa: [ˈli.ɾɚ]
homophone: leader
homophone: lieder
enpr: lĭ′tər
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
note: Indic
ipa: /lɪʈ.ɜʳ/
homophone: litter (without gemination)
Forms: form: litres
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish litre.
Senses: glosses: Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.
litre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lē′tər
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈliː.təʴ/
note: Canada, US, flapping
ipa: [ˈli.ɾɚ]
homophone: leader
homophone: lieder
enpr: lĭ′tər
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
note: Indic
ipa: /lɪʈ.ɜʳ/
homophone: litter (without gemination)
Forms: form: litres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of litter.
lumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːmən/
enpr: lo͞oʹmən
ipa: /ˈlumən/
rhymes: -uːmən
Forms: form: lumens
form: lumina
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūmen (“light, an opening”). Use as a unit was first adopted by French physicist André Blondel in 1894.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.
Derived terms: decalumen
endolumen
kilolumen
lumenal
lumenally
lumened
lumen-hour
lumenize
lumenless
lumen method
lumenogenesis
lumen second
lumen-second
multilumen
teralumen
Related terms: candela
luminal
lux
hertz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɜːts/
ipa: /hɜːs/
ipa: /hɝts/
homophone: hurts
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Forms: form: hertz
form: hertzes
Etymology: Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).
Senses: examples: text: Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.
ref: 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37:
synonyms: cycle per second
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz
Derived terms: attohertz
exahertz
gigahertz
microhertz
millihertz
nanohertz
petahertz
subhertz
terahertz
yottahertz
zettahertz
ohm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊm/
ipa: /oʊm/
rhymes: -əʊm
Forms: form: ohms
Etymology: Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather, paternal uncle”) + *haimaz (“home”). Doublet of oom and of dialectal eam (“uncle”).
Senses: examples: text: If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
ref: 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:
text: As the test light voltage touches terminal "C7", the module should switch, causing the ohmmeter to "overrange" if the meter is in the 1000-2000 ohms position.
ref: 1992, Chilton's General Motors, page 7:
related: word: mul:Ω
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere.
Derived terms: abohm
giga-ohm
kilo-ohm
mega-ohm
megohm
micro-ohm
milli-ohm
nano-ohm
ohmage
ohmic
pico-ohm
subohm
tera-ohm
Laotian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊʃən/
ipa: /leɪˈoʊʃən/
rhymes: -oʊʃən
Forms: form: Laotians
Etymology: From Laos + -ian, or after French laotien.
Senses: glosses: A person from the Lao People's Democratic Republic or of Lao descent.
Synonyms: Lao
Laotian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊʃən/
ipa: /leɪˈoʊʃən/
rhymes: -oʊʃən
Etymology: From Laos + -ian, or after French laotien.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lao (“the official language of Laos”).
synonyms: word: Lao
extra: the official language of Laos
Laotian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊʃən/
ipa: /leɪˈoʊʃən/
rhymes: -oʊʃən
Etymology: From Laos + -ian, or after French laotien.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Laotian people or the Laotian language.
Synonyms: Lao
Derived terms: Laotian rock rat
radian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪdiən/
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: radians
Etymology: From radius + -an.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
related: word: mul:rad
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle.
wikipedia: radian
Derived terms: steradian
Related terms: degree
gradian
lux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌks/
homophone: lucks
rhymes: -ʌks
Forms: form: lux
form: luxes
form: luces
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”) and Old English lēoht (noun) (English light).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lux.
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx
Derived terms: isolux
kilolux
luxmeter
microlux
millilux
sublux
Related terms: fiat lux
lux
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌks/
homophone: lucks
rhymes: -ʌks
Forms: form: luxes
form: luxing
form: luxed
form: luxed
Etymology: Compare French luxer. See luxate.
Senses: examples: text: and as I reel'd I fell, / Lux'd the neck-joint—my soul descends to hell.
ref: 1726, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey:
text: the bones are simply luxed without being broken
ref: 1835, Alfred Velpeau, Granville Sharp Pattison, New Elements of Operative Surgery:
glosses: To dislocate; to luxate.
Related terms: luxed up
newton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newtons
Etymology: Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) in 1948.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: kilonewton < meganewton < giganewton < teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton
Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton
related: word: mul:N
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second.
Derived terms: centinewton
exanewton
giganewton
kilonewton
kilo-newton
meganewton
micronewton
millinewton
nanonewton
newton-metre
newton metre
newton-meter
newton meter
petanewton
piconewton
teranewton
yoctonewton
yottanewton
zettanewton
newton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newtons
Etymology: Attested since the 1990s, from Fig Newtons, a brand name (later renamed just "Newtons" in 2012) which was named for Newton, Massachusetts.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:newton.
glosses: A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheath of pastry dough.
pascal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæskəl/
ipa: /ˈpæskl̩/
ipa: /pæˈskæl/
ipa: /pæsˈkæl/
ipa: [pʰæˈskæɫ]
ipa: [pʰæsˈkʰæɫ]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpaskəl/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɑskəl/
rhymes: -æskəl
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: pascals
Etymology: Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
Derived terms: gigapascal
hectopascal
kilopascal
megapascal
millipascal
Omani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Omanis
Etymology: From Oman + -i.
Senses: glosses: A person from Oman or of Omani descent.
Omani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Oman + -i.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Oman or the Omani people.
Derived terms: Omani Empire
Omaniness
Nicaraguan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Nicaragua + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Widespread anti-regime protests in 2018 were also met with brutal force, with Nicaraguan security forces killing hundreds of people, injuring thousands and arbitrarily detaining many, according to Human Rights Watch. Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled the country.
ref: 2024 August 19, Adam Pourahmadi and Avery Schmitz, “Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Nicaragua or the people of Nicaragua.
Derived terms: Nicaraguanness
Nicaraguan Revolution
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nicaraguans
Etymology: From Nicaragua + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Widespread anti-regime protests in 2018 were also met with brutal force, with Nicaraguan security forces killing hundreds of people, injuring thousands and arbitrarily detaining many, according to Human Rights Watch. Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled the country.
ref: 2024 August 19, Adam Pourahmadi and Avery Schmitz, “Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Nicaragua or of Nicaraguan descent.
Guadeloupean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guadeloupeans
Etymology: From Guadeloupe + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Guadeloupe or of Guadeloupean descent.
Guadeloupean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Guadeloupe + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Guadeloupe, the Guadeloupean people or the Guadeloupean language.
Salvadorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salvadorians
Etymology: From Salvador + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Salvadoran (“a person from El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent”).
Salvadorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Salvador + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Salvadoran (“of, from, or pertaining to El Salvador or the Salvadoran people”).
Central African
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Central Africans
Etymology: From Central Africa + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Central Africa (the Central African Republic) or of Central African descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Central African
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Central Africa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Central Africa or to the Central African people.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Central African Republic.
Related terms: Central Africa
Central African Republic
Chadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃædiən/
Etymology: From Chad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Cameroonian and Chadian soldiers stationed there managed to kill 150 invaders. Among them was the son of Ahmadou Moustafa, a Fotokol resident.
ref: 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Chad, a country in Africa.
Derived terms: Chadian Arabic
Chadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃædiən/
Forms: form: Chadians
Etymology: From Chad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland.
ref: 2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Chad or of Chadian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Azeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈzɛːɹi/
ipa: /əˈzɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈɑzəɹi/
Forms: form: Azeris
form: Azari
Etymology: From Turkish Azeri.
Senses: synonyms: Azerbaijani
glosses: A person from Azerbaijan or of Azerbaijani descent.
Azeri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈzɛːɹi/
ipa: /əˈzɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈɑzəɹi/
Forms: form: Azari
Etymology: From Turkish Azeri.
Senses: synonyms: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani Turkic
Azeri Turkic
glosses: The Turkic language of Azerbaijan.
Burmese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːˈmiːz/
ipa: /bɝˈmiz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Birmese
Etymology: From Burma + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: Myanmarese
Myanma
Myanmar
glosses: Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
Derived terms: Burmese coriander
Burmeseness
Burmese python
Burmese star tortoise
Burmese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːˈmiːz/
ipa: /bɝˈmiz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Burmese
form: Birmese
Etymology: From Burma + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Thailand.
Synonyms: Burman
Burmese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːˈmiːz/
ipa: /bɝˈmiz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Birmese
Etymology: From Burma + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Today around 90 percent of people use Zawgyi instead of Unicode.
Incompatible without fiddly plug-ins, it only allows people to communicate in Burmese with other Zawgyi users, excluding the nation’s minority languages. Its clunkiness also means search functions do not work, crippling data storage systems.
ref: 2019 September 27, “Unicode in, Zawgyi out: Modernity finally catches up in Myanmar's digital world”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2020:
glosses: The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
glosses: The script in which the Burmese language is written.
Myanmarese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Myanmar + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Myanmar (also known as Burma), or its people or language.
Synonyms: english: usage varies from one English-speaking country to another; see Wikipedia's article on Myanmar for more information
translation: usage varies from one English-speaking country to another; see Wikipedia's article on Myanmar for more information
word: Burmese
english: more common within Myanmar; see Wikipedia's article on Names of Myanmar for more information
translation: more common within Myanmar; see Wikipedia's article on Names of Myanmar for more information
word: Myanma
english: Preferred adjective by the current government
translation: Preferred adjective by the current government
word: Myanmar
Myanmarese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Myanmarese
Etymology: From Myanmar + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A person from Myanmar (Burma), or of Myanmarese descent.
Synonyms: english: usage varies from one English-speaking country to another; see Wikipedia's article on Myanmar for more information
translation: usage varies from one English-speaking country to another; see Wikipedia's article on Myanmar for more information
word: Burmese
english: more common within Myanmar; see Wikipedia's article on Names of Myanmar for more information
translation: more common within Myanmar; see Wikipedia's article on Names of Myanmar for more information
word: Myanma
Related terms: Wikipedia's article on Names of Myanmar
Martinican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Martinicans
form: Martiniquan
Etymology: From Martinique + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Martinique or of Martinican descent.
Synonyms: Martiniquais
Martinican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Martinican
form: most Martinican
form: Martiniquan
Etymology: From Martinique + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Martinique, the Martinican people or the Martinican language.
Synonyms: Martiniquais
Martiniquan
siemens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmənz/
Forms: form: siemens
Etymology: Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.
Senses: glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm. Symbol: S
Synonyms: word: mho
steradian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈɹeɪ.diən/
Forms: form: steradians
Etymology: ste(reo) + radian
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of solid angle; the solid angle subtended at the centre of a sphere of radius r by a portion of the surface of the sphere that has area r². Symbol: sr
Synonyms: word: sr
Coordinate terms: square degree
Related terms: degree
radian
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trinidadians and Tobagonians
form: Trinidad and Tobagonian
form: Trinidad and Tobagian
Senses: glosses: A person from Trinidad and Tobago or of descent of Trinidad and Tobago. A Trinidadian.
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Trinidad and Tobagonian
form: Trinidad and Tobagian
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad and Tobago or to the people or language of that country. Trinidadian.
Kiribatian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kiribatians
Etymology: From Kiribati + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Kiribati or of Kiribatian descent.
Synonyms: Gilbertese
I-Kiribati
Kiribatian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kiribati + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Kiribati, the Kiribatian people or language.
Synonyms: Gilbertese
Northern State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Northern States
Senses: glosses: A region in northern Israel containing Galilee, and Tiberias.
guitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/
Forms: form: guitarists
Etymology: From guitar + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a guitar.
Synonyms: word: plank spanker
word: axeman
word: guitar-player
Hypernyms: word: acoustic guitarist
word: bass guitarist
word: cigar box guitarist
word: classical guitarist
word: console steel guitarist
word: contraguitarist
word: electric guitarist
word: harp guitarist
word: lap steel guitarist
word: pedal steel guitarist
word: shredder
word: steel guitarist
word: table steel guitarist
word: tenor guitarist
Hyponyms: musician
Derived terms: air guitarist
nonguitarist
saxophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsækˈsɒ.fə.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈsæk.səˌfoʊn.ɪst/
ipa: /ˌsækˈsɑ.fə.nɪst/
Forms: form: saxophonists
Etymology: From saxophone + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:
glosses: A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
Hyponyms: alto saxophonist
baritone saxophonist
bass saxophonist
contrabass saxophonist
sopranino saxophonist
sopranissimo saxophonist
soprano saxophonist
soprillo saxophonist
subcontrabass saxophonist
tenor saxophonist
trombonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒmˈbəʊ.nɪst/
ipa: /tɹɑmˈboʊ.nɪst/
Forms: form: trombonists
Etymology: From trombone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays the trombone.
Synonyms: tromboner
trombone-player
Larissa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɹɪsə/
rhymes: -ɪsə
Forms: form: Larisa
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).
Senses: examples: text: Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.
ref: 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
glosses: A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly.
glosses: A regional unit of Thessaly, of which the city of Larissa is capital also.
glosses: Any of several historical Greek towns, of ancient Greece or neighbouring areas.
glosses: A city in western Asia Minor, close to the ancient Greek city of Smyrna and to present-day Menemen, Turkey.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa, Thessaly.
examples: text: When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.
ref: 2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A moon of Neptune.
Related terms: sense: female given name
word: Lara
Cyclades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /saɪkleɪdz/
/ˈsɪklədiːz/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”).
Senses: glosses: An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others.
Derived terms: Cycladic
Related terms: word: Dodecanese
word: Sporades
Lesbos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛz.bɒs/
ipa: /ˈlɛz.boʊs/
Forms: form: Lesvos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).
Senses: glosses: An island of Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
Synonyms: Mytilene
Related terms: lesbian
lesbic
Dodecanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːz/
Etymology: From Greek Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa, “twelve islands”), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Senses: glosses: An island chain consisting of twelve main islands including Rhodes, its capital.
Dodecanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːz/
Etymology: From Greek Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa, “twelve islands”), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Senses: glosses: The people of this island chain.
whereas
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /weəɹˈæz/
ipa: /wɛː(ɹ)ˈaz/
ipa: /(h)wɛɹˈæz/
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: whereäs
Etymology: From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" First attested in the 14ᵗʰ century. Compare thereas.
Senses: examples: text: And home she came, whereas her mother blynd / Sate in eternall night […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iii:
glosses: Where (that).
Derived terms: otherwhereas
whereas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /weəɹˈæz/
ipa: /wɛː(ɹ)ˈaz/
ipa: /(h)wɛɹˈæz/
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: whereases
form: whereäs
Etymology: From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" First attested in the 14ᵗʰ century. Compare thereas.
Senses: examples: text: […]the promise is stated after a whereas, though the promise is the very gist of the action, yet, such a count so framed, will be held good on demurrer.
ref: 1883, The Insurance Law Journal, Potter and Company:
text: It had a page or so of whereases.
ref: 1908, United States Congress, Hearings beginning March 9, 1908 – April 30, 1908:
text: I feel it is most unfortunate that some of the preambles, prefaces, whereases or whatever you want to call it, are put before motions or before resolutions[…]
ref: 1961, Aluminum Workers' International Union, Biennial Convention:
text: If it is the desire of any Lodge on the floor that the whereases that were listed in their original Resolution be quoted by the Chairman or by the Secretary[…]
ref: 1973, Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Proceedings:
glosses: A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.
parable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -æɹəbəl
Forms: form: parables
Etymology: From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.
Senses: examples: text: In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus Christ convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son".
text: Catholic homilies normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables.
glosses: A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
Derived terms: metaparable
parablelike
Related terms: palaver
parabola
parabole
parabolist
parliament
parlor
parole
parable
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -æɹəbəl
Forms: form: parables
form: parabling
form: parabled
form: parabled
Etymology: From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.
Senses: examples: text: Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
glosses: To represent by parable.
Related terms: fable
allegory
pericope
simile
parable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/
rhymes: -æɹəbəl
Forms: form: more parable
form: most parable
Etymology: From Latin parābilis, from parāre (“to prepare, procure”).
Senses: examples: text: The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate […].
text: well-wishers unto parable Physick
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
loquacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/
enpr: lō-kwāʹshəs
ipa: /loʊˈkweɪʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more loquacious
form: most loquacious
Etymology: From Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.
ref: 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 8, in The Deerslayer:
text: "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"
ref: 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
synonyms: word: chattering
word: chattery
word: chatty
word: effusive
word: gabby
word: garrulous
word: gobby
word: logorrheic
word: long-winded
word: loquacious
word: motormouth
word: nattersome
word: nattery
word: outspoken
word: prolix
word: talkative
word: talksome
word: talky
word: verbose
word: voluble
word: wordy
word: yakky
word: yappy
antonyms: laconic
quiet
reserved
taciturn
glosses: Talkative; chatty.
Derived terms: loquaciously
loquaciousness
scribaceous
scribacious
unloquacious
Related terms: locution
loquacity
Nauruan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näo͞oʹro͞oən
ipa: [nɑːˈuː.ɹuːn̩]
rhymes: -uːɹuːən
Forms: form: Nauruans
Etymology: From Nauru + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice.
ref: 2024, Nauru Britannica:
glosses: A person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent.
Nauruan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: näo͞oʹro͞oən
ipa: [nɑːˈuː.ɹuːn̩]
rhymes: -uːɹuːən
Etymology: From Nauru + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauruan language.
Nauruan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: näo͞oʹro͞oən
ipa: [nɑːˈuː.ɹuːn̩]
rhymes: -uːɹuːən
Etymology: From Nauru + -an.
Senses: glosses: the language of Nauru
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Nauruan terms
berth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːθ/
enpr: bûrth
ipa: /bɜɹθ/
ipa: /bɛɹθ/
ipa: /bøːθ/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /beːθ/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɛːθ/
homophone: birth (fern–fir–fur merger)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Forms: form: berths
form: berthing
form: berthed
form: berthed
Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English birth (“(nautical) bearing away or off, clearance, berth”). Further etymology uncertain, but probably from beren (“to carry (away), bear”) + -th (suffix denoting a condition, quality, state of being, etc., forming nouns); if so, the English word is analysable as bear + -th (suffix forming nouns from verbs), and is a piecewise doublet of birth.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: "The Henery," being let loose to drive up the river of herself, did run up as high as the bridge, and broke down some of the rails of the bridge, and so back again with the tide, and up again, and then berthed himself so well as no pilot could ever have done better; […]
ref: 1667 July 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “June 30th, 1667 (Lord’s Day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC, page 406:
text: Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is designed to berth the world's largest tankers and to process, initially, 4,500,000 tons of crude oil a year.
ref: 1961 August, “New Traffic Flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 494:
topics: nautical
transport
antonyms: unberth
coordinate_terms: dock
moor
glosses: To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
antonyms: unberth
coordinate_terms: dock
moor
glosses: To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.
qualifier: chiefly passive voice
glosses: To assign (someone) a berth (noun sense 1.3 or sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
glosses: To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
examples: text: The cabin-boy Ransome […] came in at times from the round-house, where he berthed and served, now nursing a bruised limb in silent agony, now raving against the cruelty of Mr. Shuan.
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: Of a person: to occupy a berth.
Derived terms: word: berthage
word: berther
word: berthing
word: unberth
berth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːθ/
enpr: bûrth
ipa: /bɜɹθ/
ipa: /bɛɹθ/
ipa: /bøːθ/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /beːθ/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɛːθ/
homophone: birth (fern–fir–fur merger)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Forms: form: berths
form: berthing
form: berthed
form: berthed
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Icelandic byrði (“side of a ship, board”).
Senses: examples: text: VVhen you haue berthed or brought her [the ship] vp to the planks, vvhich are thoſe thicke timbers vvhich goeth fore and aft on each ſide, vvhereon doth lie the beames of the firſt Orlop, vvhich is the firſt floore to ſupport the plankes doth couer the Hovvle, thoſe are great croſſe timbers, that keepes the ſhip ſides aſunder, the maine beame is euer next the maine maſt, […]
ref: 1627, Iohn Smith [i.e., John Smith], “How to Build a Ship with the Definitions of All the Principall Names of Euery Part of her Principall Timbers, also How They are Fixed One to Another, and the Reasons of Their Vse”, in A Sea Grammar, with the Plaine Exposition of Smiths Accidence for Young Sea-men, Enlarged. […], London: […] Iohn Haviland, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: Chiefly in shipbuilding: to construct (a ship or part of it) using wooden boards or planks; to board, to plank.
Derived terms: word: berthed
word: berthing
Tokelauan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /toʊkəˈlaʊən/
Forms: form: Tokelauans
Etymology: From Tokelau + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Tokelau or of Tokelauan descent.
Tokelauan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /toʊkəˈlaʊən/
Etymology: From Tokelau + -an.
Senses: glosses: The Polynesian language of the Tokelauan people.
Tokelauan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /toʊkəˈlaʊən/
Forms: form: more Tokelauan
form: most Tokelauan
Etymology: From Tokelau + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tokelau, the Tokelauan people or language.
Tanzanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtænzəˈniən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Tanzanians
Etymology: From Tanzania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Tanzania or of Tanzanian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Tanzanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtænzəˈniən/
rhymes: -iːən
Etymology: From Tanzania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tanzania, the Tanzanian people or language.
Wallachia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/
Forms: form: Walachia
Etymology: From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Moldavia
Transylvania
glosses: A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.
glosses: A cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia.
Derived terms: Wallachian
Wallachian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ən/
Forms: form: Wallachians
form: Walachian
Etymology: From Wallachia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent.
Wallachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ən/
Forms: form: Walachian
Etymology: From Wallachia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Wallachia.
Wallachian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ən/
Forms: form: Walachian
Etymology: From Wallachia + -an.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Wallachians; Romanian.
Dominican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
ipa: /ˌdɒ.mɪˈniː.kən/
ipa: /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
ipa: /ˌdɑ.mɪˈni.kən/
ipa: /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
Forms: form: Dominicans
Etymology: From Dominica + -an & Dominic + -an. Compare Latin dominicānus.
Senses: examples: text: More than 40% of Dominicans are economically vulnerable and are at risk of falling into poverty due to climate-related impacts and economic crises, according to the World Bank.
ref: 2024 May 17, Jessica Hasbun, “The Dominican Republic votes on Sunday. Here’s what to know”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2024:
synonyms: Dominican Republican
glosses: A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
glosses: A person from the Commonwealth of Dominica or of its descent.
synonyms: black friar
preaching friar
Friar Preacher
Jacobin
glosses: A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.