cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Stick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
Related terms: urls: http://www.stick.com
word: Stick Enterprises
Stigmata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
glosses: bodily marks or sores, corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ; supposed to occur during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically
Stock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stocks
Etymology: * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).
examples: text: Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information.
ref: 2025 July 3, Ben Whedon, “Reshaping the right: A generational divide heralds a transformation of the GOP”, in Just the News:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”).
Related terms: Goodley Stock
Stoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Stoic
form: most Stoic
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stoic.
Stoic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stoics
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stoic.
Stoic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stoics
Senses: glosses: A student of Stowe School, England.
Stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English stoc (“place”).
Senses: examples: text: The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists.
ref: 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389:
glosses: Ellipsis of Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.
glosses: A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England; the parish includes Lower Stoke and Middle Stoke (OS grid ref TQ8275).
glosses: An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679).
glosses: A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England.
glosses: An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond, named after Stoke-by-Nayland in England.
Derived terms: Bradley Stoke
Chew Stoke
East Stoke
Harry Stoke
Itchen Stoke
Limpley Stoke
Little Stoke
Middle Stoke
Purton Stoke
Rodney Stoke
Severn Stoke
South Stoke
Stoke Albany
Stoke Bruerne
Stoke-by-Clare
Stoke-by-Nayland
Stoke Canon
Stoke Climsland
Stoke D'Abernon
Stoke Doyle
Stoke Edith
Stoke Ferry
Stoke Fleming
Stoke Gabriel
Stoke Gifford
Stoke Hammond
Stoke Holy Cross
Stoke Lyne
Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Newington
Stoke on Tern
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke Orchard
Stoke Pero
Stoke Poges
Stoke Prior
Stoke Rochford
Stoke St Gregory
Stoke St Mary
Stoke St Michael
Stoke sub Hamdon
Stoke Trister
Stoke upon Tern
Stoke Works
West Stoke
Stones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examples: 2008, March 22, Exile On Main St: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, by Robert Greenfield, review in The Guardian, by Steven Poole
And so the Stones somehow make Exile On Main St there, in a rigged-up studio in the basement.
glosses: The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century
Derived terms: Stonesy
Strand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: Strands
Etymology: So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
raw_tags: as "the Strand"
glosses: An area surrounding the street in central London, Greater London, England.
glosses: A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
Student
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Student's.
wikipedia: William Sealy Gosset
Su
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /suː/
ipa: /su/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: Clipping. Compare Sue.
Senses: examples: text: "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter.
ref: 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Fontana Lions, published 1980, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its variant forms.
Su
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /suː/
ipa: /su/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From Mandarin 蘇／苏 (sū).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Su
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suː/
ipa: /su/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sunday.
Sue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sues
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: examples: text: For the last decade at least, the trend seems to be that more untraditional names are being chosen over the Bobs, the Toms, the Sues and the Marys.
ref: 2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
Sue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sues
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”).
synonyms: word: Mary Sue
extra: type of character in fiction
Sul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suls
Etymology: Shortenings
Senses: glosses: Diminutive of Sully.
glosses: Diminutive of Sullivan.
Summer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Summers
form: Simmer
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men ſoever, but I giue them as good and as many as they bring, except he be ſome ſervant of mine.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Presumption”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 368:
text: Notwithstanding the tristness of the town, there are many visitors during the Summer who come for quiet and economy.
ref: 1844, Charles Wilkes, “Jaunt into Pennsylvania”, in William James Morgan, David B. Tyler, Joye L. Leonhart, Mary F. Loughlin, editors, Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy 1798–1877, Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy/U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1978, page 570:
text: Light limp caps of woollen, with brood visors, or broad-brimmed (but not too broad,) felt hats; double-breasted coats, so made that they can be worn open in warm weather, and will really protect the chest in a lower temperature; trowsers of the same, and under these, light flannel shirts and drawers; such are the proper materials for a soldier’s dress, even in the Summer months.
ref: 1861 May 1, “Volunteer Uniforms”, in The New York Times, volume X, number 3000, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025, page 4, column 6:
text: In early Summer, several years ago, we were ornithologizing in a beautiful clump of natural wood along a steep brae face, so well sheltered from the north and east, and with so sunny and southern an aspect, that it had been known to us for years as the very paradise of all sorts of singing birds in the nesting season.
ref: 1883 November 8, “Weasel and Hare”, in South-Western Presbyterian, volume XV, number 40, New Orleans, La., page 3, column 5:
text: In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.
ref: 1903, The Unitarian Register - Volume 82, page 872:
text: Since men are old offenders in the matter of bare-handedness let us put forth our best efforts in May to keep them gloved as far into the Summer season as possible.
ref: 1929, The Glovers Review - Volume 29, page xiv:
text: Several years ago starlings took over the residential sections for their nightly roostings during the Summer months.
ref: 1950, The Rotarian, volume 77, number 5, page 12:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of summer.
Sumo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Misumalpan language of Nicaragua.
Sun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
homophone: sun
Forms: form: the Sun
form: sonne
form: sunne
form: sun
Etymology: From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.
Senses: glosses: The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
glosses: The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
topics: journalism
media
newspapers
glosses: An English tabloid newspaper.
Synonyms: Sol
☉ ☼
Related terms: sun
currant bun
Sun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
homophone: sun
Forms: form: Suns
form: Sun.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sunday.
Coordinate terms: Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: son
homophone: sun
Forms: form: Suns
Etymology: From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Wall-Sun-Sun prime
Suomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɔːmɪ/
ipa: /ˈswɔmi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.
Senses: glosses: Finland (a country in Northern Europe).
examples: text: Suomi occupies the greater part of Finland
ref: 1877, Abel Hovelacque, The Science of Language, page 90
text: The Finnic languages show that the primitive people were clad only in the skins of animals since the skin or hide of an animal is kut in Wotiak, ked in Mordwin and kete in Suomi.
ref: 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266
text: "I THOUGHT HIS SITE WAS ENTIRELY IN SUOMI." "IF THAT MEANS IT'S GOT MORE DOTS OVER THE VOWELS THAN AN EIGHTIES HEAVY METAL ALBUM, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT."
ref: 2011, John O'Neill and Steve Johansson, "Ladies and the Vamps", Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint, page 32
glosses: The Finnish language.
examples: text: What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology.
ref: 2013 May 13, Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2015:
glosses: A surname from Finnish.
Suomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɔːmɪ/
ipa: /ˈswɔmi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.
Senses: examples: text: Over and above the 1,800,000 odd they number in Finland, the Suomi come in for about 250,000 more in the population of the adjacent Russian governments.
ref: 1893 Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians, translation of the third edition by Z.A. Ragozin, page 69
text: 1963, Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. (trans.), The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District
the original homeland of the Suomi tribe (suomalaiset).
text: the mythology of the Finnic peoples (the Suomi and Karelians)
ref: 1987, Gabriel Weisberg & Laurinda Dixon, The Documented Image, page 191
text: 1997, Eric Christiansen, The Northern Crusades,
Nevertheless, a community of Christians had been established among the Suomi (south-west Finns), and in 1215 there was a Finnish convert […] The motives of the Swedes who went into Suomi lands, and of the Suomi who accepted their faith and paid tithe to their bishop, can only be conjectured.
glosses: The Finns.
Suomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɔːmɪ/
ipa: /ˈswɔmi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi.
Super
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Proper name capitalized from ellided forms with super and super-.
Senses: examples: text: You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]
text: Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]
glosses: In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.
Superman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)mæn/
ipa: /ˈsupɚmæn/
Forms: form: Supermen
Etymology: From super- + man. The character, created by Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) and Joe Shuster (1914–1992), first appeared in DC Comics’ Action Comics #1 dated June 1938. The ice-cream flavor is named in reference to the red, yellow and blue of the superhero's costume.
Senses: examples: text: […] hoping against hope that she, with something like Superman's X-ray vision, might see through the photograph and behind it to the truth about Harris's architecture.
ref: 2000, Lisa Germany, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page vii:
text: But here's the big question: can this rip-snorting derivative lay 210 bhp down through its front wheels without forcing you to maintain Superman levels of grip on the steering wheel? Yes.
ref: 2002, Autocar, page viii:
text: In fact, everyone was used to her Superman-like strength. She made her way through the circuit of machines Mr. Connors had marked for them and ended up at the squat station. As she was placing the weight on the bar, she noticed[…]
ref: 2010, Michael Sullivan, The Alliance, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 149:
text: And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
ref: 2025 February 21, Leah Dolan, “How the Superman ‘S’ became fashion’s favorite logo”, in CNN:
synonyms: Man of Steel
Supes
glosses: A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly.
Coordinate terms: Supergirl
Derived terms: Superman-esque
Supermannish
Surat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large city in Gujarat, India.
Surat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Surats
Senses: glosses: A coarse uncoloured cotton made at Surat in India.
Sushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sushis
Senses: examples: text: Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi
ref: 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160
text: ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)
ref: 2007, John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173
text: Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words
ref: 2010, Paul Wilson, Erasing Iraq: the human costs of carnage - Page 34
glosses: A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
Sutra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sutras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sutra.
Svan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Swan
Etymology: From Georgian სვანი (svani).
Senses: glosses: A South Caucasian language of Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Laz, and Mingrelian.
Svan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Svans
form: Swan
Etymology: From Georgian სვანი (svani).
Senses: glosses: A person from Svaneti, or a descendant of Svan people.
Swadesh list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swadesh lists
Etymology: Named after the American linguist Morris Swadesh.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A list of vocabulary with universal test meanings and concepts.
Swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swans
form: Swann
Etymology: From swan, the bird.
* (surname): An English nickname from the swan bird.
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Swan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Swans
form: Swann
Etymology: From swan, the bird.
* (surname): An English nickname from the swan bird.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Noble County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marion County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Taney County, Missouri, named after Swan Creek.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Other townships, in Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Swan Township.
glosses: A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Swan.
Related terms: Swan Creek
Swan Quarter
Swan River
Swan View
Swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swans
Etymology: Clipping of Swansea.
Senses: examples: text: The Swans will doubtless recover, but they will head home this evening knowing that they didn't do themselves justice in a game that means so much to supporters.
ref: 2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Swede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: Swedes
Etymology: From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.
Senses: glosses: A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
glosses: A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
Derived terms: word: swede
word: Finland-Swede
alt: Swede from Finland, Finnish Swede
word: Finland Swede
word: Swedish
word: Swedishness
Related terms: Sweden
Swedophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Swedo- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The Swedophone part of the population (approximately 13 percent in 1900)
ref: 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 40:
text: Over half the population are Swedophone in Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari), one of the most distinctive and enchanting spots on this part of the Finnish west coast known as parallelsverige (parallel Sweden).
ref: 2015, Lonely Planet Scandinavia:
text: Studies in Swedophone Literature and Culture
ref: 2016, The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500:
glosses: Swedish-speaking.
Swedophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedophones
Etymology: From Swedo- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: Swedophones may turn to the works of Christian Palme and Bo Pellnäs.
ref: 2005, Sabrina P. Ramet, Thinking about Yugoslavia, page 311:
text: These people would then have been forced to abandon their language and become Swedophones.
ref: 2006, Carl O. Nordling, Finland: The Making of a Nation, page 98:
text: To ensure the survival of their language, the Swedophones now had to assert their right to be part of that country
ref: 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 42:
glosses: A speaker of Swedish.
Sweet Sixteen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The sixteen teams participating in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 16 teams have been eliminated.
examples: text: The new coach has just led the Nimrods to their first Sweet Sixteen.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.
Related terms: Final Four
Elite Eight
March Madness
Swift
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
examples: text: If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.
ref: 2014 June 5, John Timmer, “A fast look at Swift, Apple’s new programming language”, in Ars Technica:
text: Apple has made its Swift programming tools open source, Google opened up its TensorFlow machine-learning software, and IBM did the same with its SystemML.
ref: 2015 December 14, Steve Lohr, “Stephen Wolfram Aims to Democratize His Software”, in New York Times:
text: Unlike some children’s apps, which employ drag-and-drop blocks to teach coding, the Apple program uses Swift, a professional programming language that the company introduced in 2014.
ref: 2016 September 13, Natasha Singer, “Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding (iPads Sold Separately)”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the (Warwickshire) Avon north of Rugby.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Swift County
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Swiftian
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Swiftie
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Swift Quake
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Swift-Tuttle
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Tom Swifty
sense: terms derived from Swift (surname)
word: Tom Swiftie
Sy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Si
homophone: Cy
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Seyfert galaxy, a type of AGN class of active galaxy.
Sy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Si
homophone: Cy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Si.
Sy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Si
homophone: Cy
ipa: /ˈsi/
ipa: /saɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: sigh
homophone: sie
homophone: sai
homophone: psi
homophone: xi
homophone: scye
homophone: Si
homophone: Cy
Etymology: From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish
Sylva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An incorporated town, the county seat of Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.
Synoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the first three Gospels of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, and Luke — which are similar in style and content.
Synoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Synoptics
Senses: glosses: One of the Synoptic Gospels.
T
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Forms: form: t
form: Ts
form: T's
Senses: glosses: The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms: 2,4,5-T
cross someone's T
Generation T
high-T
pre-T
T-account
T-box
T-Boy
T-car
T-cushion
T-head
T-junction
T-nut
to a T
to the T
T-piece
T-pose
T-power
T-powering
T-rav
Ts and Bs
Ts and blues
T-shape
T-shirt
T-slot
T-symmetry
T-Town
T-variety
T
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Forms: form: t
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
T
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
rhymes: -iː
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: qualifier: ratings
glosses: Abbreviation of teen.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of taxable.
qualifier: American Library Association
glosses: Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).
glosses: Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.
T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
rhymes: -iː
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Forms: form: Ts
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: "I'm telling you, every good thing that has happened to me is because of this lucky T." Carrie had an extensive list going of all the positive moments that occurred after she got the T-shirt. She wore the lucky T to varsity basketball tryouts […]
ref: 2005, Kate Brian, Lucky T, page 8:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
related: word: tee
glosses: Ellipsis of T-shirt.
glosses: Abbreviation of Tuesday.
glosses: Abbreviation of Thursday.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of tenor.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Ellipsis of Model T.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
raw_tags: in multiple unit formations
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: word: W
english: wins
translation: wins
word: L
english: losses
translation: losses
glosses: Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of technical foul.
examples: text: But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
ref: 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE:
coordinate_terms: word: E
english: [[estrogen]]
translation: [[estrogen]]
qualifier: especially LGBTQ
glosses: Abbreviation of testosterone.
examples: text: The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.
ref: 1999, Thomas M. Blake, Annotated Atlas of Electrocardiography: A Guide to Confident Interpretation, New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of T wave.
examples: text: Mind your Bs and Ts'
The other prong comes in the form of “T” lymphocytes (which mature in the thymus). These recognise and kill infected body cells.
ref: 2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of T cell.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Ellipsis of T-beam.
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: word: G
english: grog
translation: grog
glosses: Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.
T
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
rhymes: -iː
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: AT&T.
examples: text: I'm going to take the T.
glosses: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.
synonyms: Pennsyltucky
glosses: The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
raw_tags: with the
T
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
rhymes: -iː
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: /t/
ipa: [tʰ]
ipa: [t]
ipa: [t̬]
ipa: [ɾ]
ipa: [ʔ]
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: The prefix trans-.
Related terms: topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: W
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: L
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: OT
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: OTL
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: OTW
TS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]
ref: 1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26:
text: Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.
ref: 2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179:
text: Many young TS ladies don't just need plastic surgery, […]
ref: 2007, Red Jordan Arobateau, Lamentations In The Cool Of The Evening, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: Abbreviation of transsexual.
coordinate_terms: TSSCI
SCI
glosses: Initialism of top secret.
TS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TSs
form: TSes
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of transsexual.
glosses: Abbreviation of transcript.
examples: text: BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything.
HOMER: Well, T.S.
ref: 1991, Jeff Martin, Three Men and a Comic Book (episode of The Simpsons TV series)
glosses: Initialism of tough shit.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of tropical storm.
glosses: Initialism of technical standard.
raw_tags: in ISO standards
glosses: Initialism of technical specification.
examples: text: One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]
ref: 1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247:
text: We report (1) […]; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]
ref: 2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment, →ISBN, page 237:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Tourette syndrome.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Turner syndrome.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of turbine ship, a ship powered by a gas turbine or steam turbine engine.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: Initialism of total station.
glosses: Initialism of telesync.
glosses: Initialism of this shit.
TS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: TG
glosses: Initialism of Telangana State: a state of India.
examples: text: […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage.
[…]
The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker -an (HG -in) is attached.
ref: 1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98:
glosses: Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon.
glosses: Initialism of Taylor Swift.
Tabasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈbæskəʊ/
Etymology: Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli.
The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.
Senses: glosses: A state of Mexico.
Tabasco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈbæskəʊ/
Etymology: Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli.
The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.
Senses: glosses: A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.
Derived terms: Tabasco sauce
Tad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
Tad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.
glosses: Tadcaster.
Taff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an Irish and Welsh surname, variant of Taaffe.
* The river is from Welsh Taf
Senses: glosses: A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Taff's Well
Related terms: sense: River
word: Taf
Taffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæfi/
rhymes: -æfi
Forms: form: Taffys
form: Taffies
Etymology: From Welsh Dafydd (“David”), a common Welsh name. Doublet of David. Or else from Welsh Taf, a river-name in South Wales.
Senses: glosses: A Welshman.
Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Thai
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
Senses: glosses: A local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria.
glosses: A female given name from Chinese.
glosses: A branch of the Tai-Kadai language family, including Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Thai
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
Forms: form: Tais
form: Tai
Senses: examples: text: The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number.
ref: 1901, Census of India:
glosses: A descendant of speakers of a common proto-Tai language, including subpopulations which no longer speak a Tai language.
Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Thai
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邰 (Tái) and 斄 /𭤎 (Tái).
Senses: examples: text: The first ancestor of Zhou tribe was Hou Ji who originally lived in Tai (today's Wugong of Shaanxi), and duke of Liu, his successor, moved to Bin (today's Bin county of Shaanxi), and then passed down to the lord of Dan.[…]
 Qi later settled down in Tai (southwest of Wugong county of today's Shaanxi), which was located the center of the fertile land of Weibei Plain.[…]
 The poem Duke Liu, which only has 6 sections and 234 Chinese characters in total, vividly narrates duke Liu's moving from Tai (today's Wugong county, Shaanxi province) to Bin (today's Binxian county, Shaanxi province) and big events regarding him in a very organized structure.
ref: 2016, M. Yong et al., “Originating Period of Tourism Culture”, in The General History of Chinese Tourism Culture, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2023, pages 11, 26, 27:
glosses: An ancient city and former polity under the Xia dynasty in present-day Wugong, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Thai
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 代 (dài).
Senses: examples: text: Five short stories concern land reform, elections in the border region, and anti-Japanese activities:[...]
e) “Feng-pao Tai-hsien-chʻeng” 風暴代縣城 (Storms in Tai County). A twenty-year-old anti-Japanese hero does not surrender even when he is captured and executed.
ref: 1979, Meishi Tsai, Contemporary Chinese Novels and Short Stories, 1949–1974: An Annotated Bibliography, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 142:
text: Kuang-wu 廣武 lay in the southwestern part of today's Tai County 代縣, Shansi; Wu and Lu, 93.3392n.
ref: 1994 [145–86 BCE], Ssu-ma Ch’ien, edited by William Nienhauser, The Grand Scribe's Records, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114:
text: Kou-chu Mountains: today called Yen-men Mountains, a mountain range located to the southeast of Ma-yi, near present-day Tai county, in Shansi (Chung-kuo li-shih ti-t'u chi, 2:17-18, 3-10).
ref: 2002, Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History, →OCLC, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of Dai.
Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: Thai
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴 (Dài), as well as from its Cantonese pronunciation Daai³.
Senses: examples: text: The company on Nov. 3 last year asked an employee surnamed Tai (戴) to deliver 10 barrels of silane — a flammable alkaline substance — from Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (潮州) to Sinyuan Township (新園) without telling him what the cargo would be, Tseng said at a news conference on behalf of Tai, adding that the company did not even have a license to deliver the dangerous substance.
ref: 2017 November 7, Lin Chia-nan, “Kerry logistics accused of work-related injury cover-up”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2017, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: Katherine Tai, President Biden’s pick for United States trade representative, promised lawmakers during her confirmation hearing on Thursday that she would work with Congress to help reinvigorate the economy and aggressively enforce American trade rules against China, Mexico and other trading partners.
Ms. Tai, in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, said her background challenging China’s unfair trade practices in the Obama administration had given her knowledge of “the opportunities and limitations in our existing toolbox.”
ref: 2021 February 25, Ana Swanson, “Biden’s Pick for Trade Representative Promises Break With Past Policy”, in The New York Times, sourced from Washington, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2021, Economy:
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Austro-Tai
Tai Hu
Tal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tals
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew טל (tal, “dew”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Talent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
Tallinn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːlɪn/
ipa: /ˈtælɪn/
rhymes: -ɑːlɪn
Etymology: Borrowed from Estonian Tallinn (“Tallinn”), compound of old Taani (“Denmark”) and linn ("town", originally "castle").
Senses: examples: text: Tallinn – a staunch supporter of Ukraine – has requested consultations under Nato’s article four, which allows members to meet with allies if their security is threatened.
ref: 2025 September 21, Luke Harding, “German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The capital city of Estonia.
Derived terms: Tallinner
Tammy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæmi/
Forms: form: Tammi
form: Tammie
Etymology: A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.
Senses: examples: text: Wish I knew if he knew
What I'm dreaming of
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love.
ref: 1957, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Tammy (song):
text: “We are devastated by the tragedy that unfolded Sunday evening in Waukesha,” the statement read. “It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Tammy Durand, wife of our Executive Chairman Dave Durand. Tammy was an integral part of our family who will be missed dearly by everyone at BVM.”
ref: 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN:
text: The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.
ref: 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN:
text: Tammy Baldwin, the two-term Wisconsin Democrat, didn’t attend President Joe Biden’s post-debate rally in the state earlier this month.
ref: 2024 July 28, Simone Pathe, “Tammy Baldwin looks to maintain edge over top of the ticket in battleground Wisconsin”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Tan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 譚／谭 (Tán).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Tan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [t˭än]
Etymology: From Hokkien 陳 /陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chen and Tran.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Tan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [t˭än]
Etymology: From Mandarin 丹 (Dān), reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Tan¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Tae ping camps commanded the Tan river which, flowing eastward, becomes further on the Wei, under which name it joins the Grand Canal at Lin tsing, on the northern side of the highest level of the Canal waters.
ref: 1856, Thomas Taylor Meadows, “Military History of the Tae pings, After the Occupation of Nanking, Up to the Present Time”, in The Chinese and their Rebellions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., →OCLC, page 175:
text: As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch'inling Shan to Hsian.
ref: 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 214:
text: I was much disappointed at learning that the water was too low for navigation on the Tan river as yet, and that we would have to travel four days over the mountains to Kingtzekuan, on the border of Honan, before we should find the river navigable.
ref: 1923, Frits Holm, My Nestorian Adventure in China, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 191:
text: In mid-March 1914 the White Wolf band gathered with a number of other rural bands at Ching-tzu-kuan, a cluster of houses at a pass on the Tan river at the Honan-Shensi provincial borders.[...]
They continued through the Tsinling mountains above the Tan river valley on a high trad under yet higher caves where villagers traditionally hide.
ref: 1974, Edward Friedman, Backward Toward Revolution: the Chinese Revolutionary Party, University of California Press, published 1977, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 152–153:
glosses: Alternative form of Dan.
Tan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [t˭än]
Senses: glosses: A surname from Vietnamese.
Tang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋ/
ipa: /tɑːŋ/
enpr: täng
ipa: /tæŋ/
ipa: /tɑːŋ/
Forms: form: T'ang
form: Tʻang
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 唐 (Táng).
Senses: glosses: The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
examples: text: Empress Liu (ca. 890-926 A.D.), whose birthplace was Chenan in Wei (now Chenan county, Hebei province), was the wife of Li Cunxu, who reigned as Emperor Zhuangzong, during the Tang dynasty.
ref: 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
glosses: A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
glosses: Any of a number of places in China.
examples: text: A biography of Hu claims that Hu's attitudes changed in 1961, after he was sent to supervise agricultural policy changes in Tang county, Hebei province.
ref: 1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine, The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328:
glosses: Any of a number of places in China.
A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Tang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋ/
ipa: /tɑːŋ/
enpr: täng
Forms: form: Tangs
form: T'ang
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 湯 /汤 (Tāng).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Tang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋ/
ipa: /tɑːŋ/
enpr: täng
Forms: form: Tangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 滕 (tang4).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Tang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋ/
ipa: /tɑːŋ/
enpr: täng
Forms: form: Tangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 鄧 /邓 (dang6).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Cantonese.