cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dotate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dotates
form: dotating
form: dotated
form: dotated
Etymology: First attested in c. 1540; borrowed from Latin dōtātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dōtō (“to endow, apportion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dōs (“dowry, gift”, oblique stem in dōt-) + -ō, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the opponents of the theory of "spontaneous generation" amusing themselves with declaring that the learned "preparator" at the Museum of the Garden of Plants (son of the inventor of that famous theory) is going off to "the Phœnician City" to favor the assembled savans With an account of his efforts, hitherto unsuccessful, to hatch three crocodile-eggs (two of them white and one red), presented to him last winter by a traveller returned from the East, with a view to "dotating" France with a new article of food—stewed crocodile being declared by the said traveller to be both palatable and nutritious in a high degree.
ref: 1866 July 5, “Paris Gossip”, in The Nation, volume III, number 53, New York, N.Y.: Joseph H. Richards, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 2:
text: It was at a time when The Lamp (an oil paper) was blasting everything Mexican and fighting the Cárdenas administration, and when the United States Government was pressing for payment for lands of Americans dotated to the agrarians.
ref: 1947, Josephus Daniels, Shirt-Sleeve Diplomat, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, page 107:
text: She enjoyed of course rich estates elsewhere out of imperial and Salian demesne but were not communications with England a factor perhaps when her husband decided to dotate her just here on the lower Rhine?
ref: 1994, Karl Leyser, edited by Timothy Reuter, Communications and Power in Medieval Europe: The Gregorian Revolution and Beyond, London; Rio Grande, O.H.: The Hambledon Press, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: To endow.
Related terms: dotation
dowager
dower
dowry
endow
application forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of application form
Sylvester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Sylvester equation
Sylvester-Gallai theorem
Sylvester's criterion
Sylvester's formula
Sylvester's theorem
Related terms: word: Sylvestrine
word: sylph
english: see for more terms
translation: see for more terms
word: sylvan
word: Silvia
word: Sylvia
wedeln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedelns
Etymology: From German Wedeln.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.
wedeln
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wedelns
form: wedelning
form: wedelned
form: wedelned
form: wedel
Etymology: From German Wedeln.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: To perform a series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.
chicha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -iːtʃə
Forms: form: chichas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).
Senses: glosses: A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.
chicha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -iːtʃə
Etymology: From a popular song entitled La Chichera (“the chicha seller”), referring to the fermented beverage.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of popular Peruvian music related to cumbia and native Peruvian huayno.
love egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love eggs
Senses: glosses: A small vibrating egg-shaped sex toy designed for vaginal or anal stimulation.
fenya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian феня (fenja).
Senses: glosses: A Russian cant language used among criminals.
FPGA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FPGAs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of field-programmable gate array.
mici
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mici
Etymology: From Romanian mici, plural of mic (“small”).
Senses: examples: text: Then join a picnic table of shoppers at the Terasa Obor beer garden for a paper plate of mici (grilled meatballs, at 2.5 lei each), a bread roll (.5 lei) and a slather of spicy mustard.
ref: 2018 November 8, Susanne Fowler, “36 Hours in Bucharest”, in The New York Times:
text: “Come,” he said. “Come with me. I know a place where we could get some mici, even at this late hour. I'm hungry, too, you see, and I could use the company.”
ref: 2018, Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind, New York, NY: Atria Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Mititei (a popular Romanian dish).
wikipedia: mititei
stenopaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenopaeic.
perpetual license
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpetual licenses
Senses: glosses: A license with no expiration date.
Winnipegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnəˌpɛɡəɹ/
Forms: form: Winnipeggers
form: Winnipeger
Etymology: From Winnipeg + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When a Winnipegger gets his wagon stuck in one of them, he loosens the traces and lets the horses scramble out; and then, pulling off his clothes, goes in to extricate the vehicle, which, by the skillful use of ropes, he usually accomplishes.
ref: 1880 May, “The Red River of the North”, in Harper's, volume 60, number 360, page 814:
text: Our tears were shed on behalf of the Winnipegger who has himself photographed in the shaggy buffalo coat.
ref: 1884 October 24, The Mail, Toronto:
text: A citizen of Albert Lea, Minn., calls himself an Albert Lean; . . . one of Winnipeg, Man., is a Winnipegger.
ref: 1948, H. L. Mencken, “What the People of American Towns Call Themselves”, in American Speech, vol 23 no 3/4 (Oct-Dec):
text: The 19-year-old Winnipegger just signed his first pro hockey contract, a three-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche.
ref: 2007 May 11, Paul Friesen, “Wheat King crowned”, in Winnipeg Sun:
glosses: A native or resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Synonyms: Winnipegian
Winnipegonian
Related terms: Winnipegian
Winnipegonian
neoclassical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neoclassical
form: most neoclassical
form: neo-classical
Etymology: From neo- + classical.
Senses: glosses: Of pertaining to a style of architecture based on classical models, especially such a style of the 18th century.
glosses: Of or relating to various art styles, as in sculpture and ballet, inspired by older classical forms and conventions.
examples: text: The English word "psychopathy" is a neoclassical compound from Ancient Greek roots.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being a recent construction based on older, classical elements.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to an approach that focuses on the determination of prices, outputs, and income distributions in markets through supply and demand.
Derived terms: neoclassical darkwave
neoclassical dark wave
neoclassicalism
neoclassical liberal
neoclassical liberalism
neoclassically
nonneoclassical
neoclassical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoclassicals
form: neo-classical
Etymology: From neo- + classical.
Senses: examples: text: As a result, the media and the public were clamoring for change, supporting the efforts of leading neoclassicals like Milton Friedman to overthrow their Keynesian overlords in the academy.
ref: 2011, Steve Keen, chapter 2, in Debunking Economics — Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?, London & New York: Zed Books, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: Ellipsis of neoclassical economist.
Related terms: Palladian
neoclassic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neoclassic
form: most neoclassic
Etymology: From neo- + classic.
Senses: glosses: neoclassical
jangly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæŋɡli/
rhymes: -æŋɡli
Forms: form: janglier
form: jangliest
Etymology: From jangle + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Accompanied by a jangling sound.
Ottawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒtəwən/
ipa: /ˈɑtəwən/
Forms: form: Ottawans
Etymology: From Ottawa + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ottawa, the capital city of Canada.
Ottawan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒtəwən/
ipa: /ˈɑtəwən/
Forms: form: more Ottawan
form: most Ottawan
Etymology: From Ottawa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Ottawa.
glosses: Of or relating to the Ottawa tribe.
Humpty Dumptyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Humpty-Dumptyism
Etymology: From Humpty Dumpty + -ism, after the fictional character in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, who, when asked what he means by glory, replies, "I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'" Alice protests that this isn't the meaning of glory and Humpty Dumpty replies, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean——neither more nor less."
Senses: examples: text: "It seems to be saying one or both of two things. One is that any score that comes out of any procedure that purports to measure intelligence is a value of the scale, intelligence. If so, this would be Humpty Dumptyism."
ref: 2003, J. A. Keats, Norman Cliff, Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences, page 31:
glosses: The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.
wikipedia: Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass
Related terms: Humpty Dumptyish
Humpty Dumpty word
Pickwickian
Edmontonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Edmonton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Edmontonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Edmontonians
Etymology: From Edmonton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Edmontonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɛd.mənˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Edmonton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A North American faunal stage occurring during the late Cretaceous.
newsweekly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsweeklies
Etymology: From news + weekly.
Senses: glosses: A newspaper that is printed once per week.
newsweeklies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsweekly
toucans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toucan
base pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base pairs
form: basepair
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In molecular biology, two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected with hydrogen bonds.
Derived terms: kilobase pair
wobble base pair
base pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base pair
batch process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batch processes
Senses: glosses: Any process that is not continuous, but is carried out with a discrete amount of material.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A series of commands or programs that are executed without human intervention; the execution of such a series.
Related terms: batch processing
puckerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puckering
perchloroethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˌklɔːɹəʊˈɛθɪliːn/
ipa: /pɚˌklɔɹoʊˈɛθəˌlin/
Forms: form: perchloroethylenes
Etymology: From per- + chloro- + ethylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tetrachloroethylene, a nonflammable, non-polar solvent with low toxicity, especially in the dry-cleaning trade
synonyms: word: tetrachloroethylene
extra: a nonflammable, non-polar solvent with low toxicity, especially in the dry-cleaning trade
Synonyms: PCE
perc
Derived terms: perc.
tetrachloroethene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chlorinated derivative of ethylene Cl₂C=CCl₂; it is widely used for the dry cleaning of fabrics and for metal-degreasing.
Synonyms: tetrachloroethylene
perchloroethylene
perc
PCE
perc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of perchloroethylene.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of percussion.
dry cleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drycleaning
form: dry-cleaning
Senses: glosses: The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.
examples: text: When you're in town, could you pick up the dry cleaning?
glosses: Clothing or other items that will undergo, or have undergone, this kind of cleaning.
dry cleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drycleaning
form: dry-cleaning
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry clean
dry clean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dry cleans
form: dry cleaning
form: dry cleaned
form: dry cleaned
form: dryclean
form: dry-clean
Senses: glosses: To clean clothes or other fabrics through a process that uses solvents and specialized equipment instead of using water.
dry cleans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drycleans
form: dry-cleans
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dry clean
dry cleaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drycleaned
form: dry-cleaned
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry clean
dry cleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry cleaners
form: dry cleaner's
form: drycleaner
form: dry-cleaner
Senses: glosses: A person whose business is the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics.
glosses: A business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics.
dry cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drycleaners
form: dry-cleaners
Senses: glosses: plural of dry cleaner
dryclean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drycleans
form: drycleaning
form: drycleaned
form: drycleaned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry clean.
dry-clean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dry-cleans
form: dry-cleaning
form: dry-cleaned
form: dry-cleaned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry clean.
syconium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syconia
Etymology: From New Latin sȳconium, from Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + -ium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside
Related terms: syconial
drycleans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dryclean
dry-cleans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dry-clean
anthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ænˈθisɪs/
Forms: form: antheses
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἄνθησις (ánthēsis, “flowering”), from ἀνθέω (anthéō), from ἄνθος (ánthos).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The event of a flower opening.
Derived terms: isanthesic
postanthesis
preanthesis
synanthesis
drycleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry cleaning.
drycleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dryclean
dry-cleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry cleaning.
dry-cleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry-clean
dry-cleaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry-clean
drycleaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dry-cleaned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry cleaned simple past and past participle of dryclean
drycleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dry cleaner.
dry-cleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry-cleaners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dry cleaner.
dry-cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry-cleaner (alternative spelling of dry cleaners).
drycleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drycleaner
sensu
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sensu.
Senses: examples: text: The Testudinoidea contains two well supported groups: a restricted Emydidae (sensu Gaffney, 1975), and the currently unnamed group that includes the Bataguridae and Testudinidae for which Shaffer et al. (1997) propose the name Testudinoidae.
ref: 2001, Peter A. Meylan and H. Bradley Shaffer, “Molecular Evidence for Higher Relationships Among Turtles”, in Tree of Life Web Project:
text: The Halictini includes 23 genera sensu Michener (2000), of which Patellapis Friese is one of the least known genera.
ref: 2008 October 1, Kim Timmermann, Michael Kuhlmann, “Redefinition of the Southern African Bee Subgenera Patellapis (s. str.), P. (Chaetalictus) and P. (Lomatalictus) (hymenoptera: Halictidae, Genus Patellapis Friese, 1909)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, page 355:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: in the sense of
Related terms: lato senso
lato sensu
latu sensu
sensu lato
sensu latu
sensu strictissimo
sensu stricto
sensu strictu
stricto sensu
strictu sensu
calabrese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kæləˈbɹeɪzeɪ/
/kæləˈbɹeɪseɪ/
/ˈkæləbɹiːz/
Forms: form: calabreses
Senses: examples: text: Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.
ref: 2007, Gregory Holyoake, Scarecrows, page 171:
text: Although most people don't make much distinction between calabrese and broccoli, gardeners need to know the difference. Calabrese is a quick-growing crop, usually maturing in three or four months, and the plants aren't frost hardy.
ref: 2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, →ISBN:
text: Sow calabrese indoors.
ref: 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, →ISBN:
text: Some things I'm prepared to persevere with but my patience has an elastic limit and with calabrese it snapped.
ref: 2015, Mark Diacono, The New Kitchen Garden, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Calabrese (“a particular type of sprouting broccoli”).
calamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calamites
Senses: glosses: A member of the extinct genus of treelike horsetails (†Calamites).
Derived terms: calamitoid
monolog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monologs
form: monologue
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monologue.
monolog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monologs
form: monologing
form: monologed
form: monologed
form: monologue
Senses: examples: text: I'm really impressed with how little Jesus monologed.
ref: 1980, Charles H. Kraft, Communicating the Gospel God's way:
text: Instead of simply being broadcast to or monologed at, denizens of the virtual world are creating conversations and “hive minds” that produce truly collaborative experiences.
ref: 2009, Douglas Estes, SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World:
glosses: Alternative spelling of monologue.
Derived terms: monologist
monologize
Pinocchio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/
ipa: /pɪˈnəʊ.kɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /pɪˈnoʊ.ki.oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pinocchio, possibly from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or constructed from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”), also similar to Pino, diminutive of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as is Geppetto (the maker of Pinocchio).
Senses: coordinate_terms: Geppetto
glosses: The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.
glosses: The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.
Derived terms: Pinocchian
Pinocchio illusion
Pinocchio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/
ipa: /pɪˈnəʊ.kɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /pɪˈnoʊ.ki.oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ
Forms: form: Pinocchios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pinocchio, possibly from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or constructed from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”), also similar to Pino, diminutive of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as is Geppetto (the maker of Pinocchio).
Senses: synonyms: liar
glosses: One who lies often; a liar.
glosses: One who has difficulty hiding lies.
Related terms: 🤥
leaf through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: leafs through
form: leafing through
form: leafed through
form: leafed through
Senses: glosses: To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.
Synonyms: riffle
browse
scan
skim
ash-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ash-leaves
Senses: glosses: A leaf of an ash tree; used attributively in various terms (see Derived terms below).
Derived terms: word: ash-leaf macule
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: ash-leaf maple
word: ash-leaf patch
word: ash-leaf spot
banana leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana leaves
Senses: glosses: A leaf of the banana plant. (This entry is a translation hub.)
betel leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betel leaves
form: beetel leaf
form: beetle leaf
Senses: glosses: The leaf of the betel, used for its medicinal properties or recreational chewing
Derived terms: wild betel leaf
bigleaf magnolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bigleaf magnolias
Senses: glosses: A deciduous magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Magnolia macrophylla
word: Mexican bigleaf magnolia
broadleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: broad-leaf
Etymology: From broad + leaf.
Senses: examples: text: Urban has spent close to a decade slogging around in the ponds of Connecticut’s broadleaf forests examining the intricacies of salamander populations.
ref: 2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon:
glosses: Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
glosses: Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
Synonyms: broad-leafed
broad-leaved
latifoliate
latifolious
wideleaf
Derived terms: taxonomic: Sagittaria latifolia
word: broadleaf arrowhead
word: broadleaf bamboo
word: broadleaf carpet grass
word: broadleaf carpetgrass
taxonomic: Rumex obtusifolius
word: broadleaf dock
taxonomic: Plantago major
word: broadleaf plantain
word: broadleaf tree
word: broadleaf weed
broadleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broadleafs
form: broadleaves
form: broad-leaf
Etymology: From broad + leaf.
Senses: glosses: A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
glosses: A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
Synonyms: sense: tree of Jamaica
word: almond tree
sense: tree of Jamaica
word: Indian almond
sense: tree of Jamaica
word: tropical almond
sense: tree of Jamaica
word: umbrella tree
cloverleaf interchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloverleaf interchanges
Senses: synonyms: cloverleaf
coordinate_terms: partial cloverleaf interchange
parclo
glosses: A junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions.
Derived terms: partial cloverleaf interchange
partial cloverleaf interchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partial cloverleaf interchanges
Senses: synonyms: parclo interchange
parclo
hypernyms: interchange#Noun
coordinate_terms: cloverleaf interchange
cloverleaf
glosses: A variation on the cloverleaf interchange in which there are fewer loop ramps.
Related terms: folded diamond
cloverleaf skull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloverleaf skulls
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The abnormal skull resulting from craniosynostosis.
craniosynostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniosynostoses
Etymology: From cranio- + synostosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A medical condition in which some or all of the sutures in the skull of an infant close too early, causing problems with normal brain and skull growth.
Synonyms: cloverleaf skull syndrome
Kleeblattschädel
Related terms: cloverleaf skull
craniostenosis
adorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adorates
form: adorating
form: adorated
form: adorated
Senses: examples: text: The Maharſhees, holy bands, hail thee, and glorify thy name with adorating praiſes.
ref: 1787, “The Bhagvat-Geeta”, in Charles Wilkins, transl., The English Review, or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, page 98:
text: In the other is depicted the Crucifixion of Christ, who is represented as suffering between the two thieves, while the Maries are adorating below.
ref: 1866, Charles St. John, Edward J. Wood, Cosmo Innes, Natural History & Sport in Moray, page 237:
text: Five aspects of the cult easily adapt themselves to be measured, as they are treated often enough in the cult inventories: the number of gods adorated,[…].
ref: 1992, Joost Hazenbos, The Organization of the Anatolian Local Cults During the Thirteenth Century B.C.: An Appraisal of the Hittite Cult Inventories, page 215:
text: In ancient times, and in modern times in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime, people were required, even unwillingly to adorate the main deity of a state religion as the government described it.
ref: 2005, Gary Clifford Gibson, Creation & Cosmos; the Literal Values of Genesis, page 155:
glosses: To worship, adore.
disleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈliːf/
rhymes: -iːf
Forms: form: disleafs
form: disleafing
form: disleafed
form: disleafed
form: disleave
Etymology: From dis- + leaf.
Senses: glosses: To remove the leaves from.
Derived terms: disleafing
Southern belle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Southern belles
form: southern belle
Senses: examples: text: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
ref: 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A beautiful, archetypal (especially upper class) white woman of the Southern United States.
disleave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disleaves
form: disleaving
form: disleaved
form: disleaved
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disleaf.
Derived terms: disleaved
drop-leaf table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop-leaf tables
Senses: glosses: A table having a hinged section that can be fixed in a horizontal position to extend the table and folded down when not needed.
Hypernyms: table
declinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛklɪnət/
ipa: /ˈdɛklɪneɪt/
Forms: form: more declinate
form: most declinate
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1820; borrowed from Latin dēclīnātus, perfect passive participle of dēclīnō (“to bend down”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Bent downward or aside.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bending downward in a curve; declined.
declinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛklɪnət/
ipa: /ˈdɛklɪneɪt/
Forms: form: declinates
form: declinating
form: declinated
form: declinated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1820; borrowed from Latin dēclīnātus, perfect passive participle of dēclīnō (“to bend down”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: […] as if we were all to become village school teachers and spend our lives in declinating nouns and conjugating verbs.
ref: 1877, Samuel Royce, Deterioration and Race Education, page 313:
text: […] we observe that in the use of this auxiliary two declinated forms were conserved: […]
ref: 2000, Charles J. Borges, Oscar Guilherme Pereira, Hannes Stubbe, Goa and Portugal: History and Development, page 361:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of decline.
synonyms: word: decline
finback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finbacks
Etymology: From fin + back.
Senses: glosses: A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
Synonyms: finner
end-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-leaves
Senses: glosses: A blank sheet at the beginning or end of a book.
Synonyms: end-paper
Derived terms: end-leaf paper
baleen whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baleen whales
Senses: glosses: Any of several large whales, of the parvorder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone (baleen) instead of teeth.
Synonyms: baleen
great whale
mysticete
whalebone whale
toothless whale
Hyponyms: blue whale
gray whale
humpback whale
minke whale
pygmy right whale
right whale
Coordinate terms: toothed whale
fern-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The leaf of a fern; used attributively in various terms (see Derived terms below).
Synonyms: frond
Derived terms: fern-leaf crystallisation
fern-leaf crystallization
fern leaf tongue
whalebone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whalebones
Etymology: From whale + bone.
Senses: examples: text: “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”
ref: 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 5, in The Subtle Minotaur:
glosses: The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Synonyms: baleen
Derived terms: whalebone whale
whittle the whalebone
fig-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fig-leaves
Senses: examples: text: And now it's quite obvious that instead of Mr [Donald] Rumsfeld and Mr. [Dick] Cheney listening attentively to Mr Blair's sage advice, they've simply been using him as a patsy - a convenient fig-leaf.
ref: 2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
terrazzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrazzos
form: terrazo
Etymology: From Italian terrazzo.
Senses: examples: text: A fibreglass fish should have been spewing water into a terrazzo fountain, but the pipes had not yet been connected and bags of cement were heaped in the basin.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265:
text: Richard Sammons[…] began by leaving the ground floor studio pretty much as he found it, with 15-foot ceilings and a black terrazzo floor.
ref: 2007 January 4, Fred A. Bernstein, “Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle”, in New York Times:
topics: architecture
glosses: A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
four-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: four-leaved
glosses: Of a plant, having four leaves.
Derived terms: four-leaf clover
formol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water.
Derived terms: triformol
Related terms: formalin
heartleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartleaves
form: heartleafs
Etymology: From heart + leaf.
Senses: glosses: Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum).
glosses: Any of various plants with heart-shaped leaves, such as Houttuynia cordata.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Arnica cordifolia
word: heartleaf arnica
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum cordifolium
word: heartleaf aster
taxonomic: Mikania cordata
word: heartleaf hempvine
taxonomic: Arnica cordifolia
word: heartleaf leopardbane
taxonomic: Arctostaphylos tomentosa
alt: syn. Arctostaphylos cordifolia
word: heartleaf manzanita
taxonomic: Asclepias cordifolia
word: heartleaf milkweed
ivy-leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ivy-leaves
Senses: glosses: The leaf of the ivy.
Derived terms: pipe in an ivy-leaf
pipe in with an ivy-leaf
leaf-beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf-beetles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leaf beetle.
leafbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafbirds
Etymology: From leaf + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Chloropsis of small passerine birds, native to India and southeast Asia.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Chloropsis venusta
word: blue-masked leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis moluccensis
word: blue-winged leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis aurifrons
word: golden-fronted leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis sonnerati
word: greater green leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis jerdoni
word: Jerdon's leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis cyanopogon
word: lesser green leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis hardwickii
word: orange-bellied leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis flavipennis
word: Philippine leafbird
taxonomic: Chloropsis palawanensis
word: yellow-throated leafbird
scopate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scopate
form: most scopate
Etymology: Latin scopa (“a broom”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a scopa (tuft of hairs on the surface)
genitality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From genital + -ity.
Senses: glosses: In psychoanalytic theory, the part of sexuality that relates to the genitalia.
glosses: In Reichian psychoanalysis, the integrated function of the entire sexual apparatus; as opposed to pregenitality, neurosis. Note that in this use, sexuality oriented on the genitalia may not by itself constitute genitality, i.e. phallicism would be considered a pregenitally functioning sexuality.
glosses: The ability to attain erotic sensation in the genitalia.
Derived terms: heterogenitality
homogenitality
Related terms: genital
genitalia
genitally
respirate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respirates
form: respirating
form: respirated
form: respirated
Etymology: Back-formation from respiration.
Senses: glosses: To give artificial respiration to
volti
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Italian voltare (“to turn a page”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: turn the page
Related terms: volti subito
Ayden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.
glosses: A town in North Carolina.
glosses: A female given name.
Avery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.və.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈeɪv.ɹi/
rhymes: -eɪvəɹi
rhymes: -eɪvɹi
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A male given name from Old French or transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Michigan Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Three Oaks Township, Berrien County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Montmorency County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Benton County and Hickory County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Crawford County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Red River County, Texas.
Derived terms: Avery County
cancelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cancellus
cancellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cancellate
form: most cancellate
Etymology: From Latin cancellatus, past participle of cancellare.
Senses: examples: text: cancellate leaves
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the surface covered with raised lines, crossing at right angles.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Cancellated.
Derived terms: subcancellate
Darryl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæɹɪɫ/
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.
Daryl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.
Dara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Daras
Etymology: An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Related terms: Daragh
Darragh
Dara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Daras
Etymology: From Persian دارا (dārā), equivalent to Darius.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Persian.
Dara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Daras
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Daras
Etymology: From Slavic Dara / Cyr. Дара, derived from 'dar' / "дар" ('gift').
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Slavic.
Daragh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Daraghs
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Dara.
Darragh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darraghs
form: Darrah
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhdarach (“descendant of Dubhdarach”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Dara.
glosses: A surname from Irish.
Dominick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, variant of Dominic.
Derived terms: St Dominick
continuando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The situation where a plaintiff recovered damages for several trespasses in the same action.
continuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: continuates
form: continuating
form: continuated
form: continuated
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.
Senses: glosses: To make continuous, to give continuity to.
glosses: To continue, perpetuate.
Derived terms: continuated
continuating
continuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more continuate
form: most continuate
Etymology: First attested in 1471; inherited from Middle English continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: Childish in some, terrible in others; to be derided in one, pitied or admired in another; to him by fits, to a second continuate: and howsoever these symptoms be common and incident to all persons, yet they are the most remarkable, frequent, furious, and violent in melancholy men.
ref: , I.iii.1.2
text: An untirable and continuate goodness.
ref: c. 1605-08, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act 1, scene 1:
text: We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
synonyms: word: incessant
word: unbroken
word: amaranthine
word: ceaseless
word: constant
word: continual
word: continuate
word: continuous
word: dreich
raw_tags: of rain
word: endless
word: eternal
word: everlasting
word: extended
word: incessant
word: infinite
word: never-ending
word: nonstop
word: ongoing
word: perpetual
word: persistent
word: relentless
word: steady
word: still
word: termless
word: unbroken
word: unceasing
word: unending
word: unintermitted
word: uninterrupted
word: unremitting
word: lasting
word: permanent
word: uniform
glosses: Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
synonyms: word: diuturnal
word: prolonged
word: abiding
word: chronic
word: continuate
word: diuturnal
word: durable
word: durative
word: enduring
word: extending
word: hard-wearing
word: lasting
word: long-drawn-out
word: long-lasting
word: longevous
word: longsome
word: perdurable
word: persistent
word: prolonged
word: protracted
glosses: Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.
Derived terms: continuately
continuateness
Brayden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Braden.
Ashlyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An anglicized form of Irish Aisling (“dream, vision”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Anita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈniːtə/
Etymology: From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).
Senses: examples: text: My Aunt said she had some sense of the fitness of things and that she could not call a great, fat, quiet, blonde child a little, quick, dark name like Anita, and it wasn't what my mother had named me anyway.
ref: 1906, McClure's Magazine, volume 27, S.S. McClure Limited, page 425:
glosses: A female given name from Spanish.
Derived terms: Santa Anita
Arlene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arleen
form: Arline
Etymology: A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.
Senses: examples: text: Mama hated her own name, Arlene. "Arlene, Marlene, Darlene, they're all hayseed names," she deplored. Even more than Arlene, she hated Lena, which she'd been called in school, growing up.
ref: 1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Addie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Addies
form: Addy
form: Addi
Etymology: Diminutives formed with -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adeline, Adelaide, or Addison or other names beginning with Ad-.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Adam or Adrian or other names beginning with Ad-.
Addie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Addies
form: Addy
Etymology: From the brand name Adderall + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “Just popped an Addie, so I’m good to go” — this sort of pretest attitude has become pervasive. Conversations with several students suggested Adderall was always available, costing from $2 to $5 a pill.
ref: 2013 March 4, Roger Cohen, “The Competition Drug”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Adderall, especially when used as a cognitive enhancer or recreational drug.
Addie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Addies
Etymology: Diminutive form of the given name Adam.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Adela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.də.lə/
ipa: /əˈdɛ.lə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Etymology: Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Related terms: Adelaide
Adele
Adelina
Adeline
Alice
Aline
Ethel
Adeline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈædəlɪn/
/ˈædəliːn/
/ˈædəlaɪn/
Etymology: From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
Senses: examples: text: "That's my own corner...In it I have always called you Adeline." "Please don't say Adelyne. I am accustomed to Adeleen." "I suppose that's why I pronounce it Adelyne."
ref: 1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Dundurn Press Ltd, published 2009, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Adriana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adrianna
Etymology: Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.
Senses: examples: text: Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects, / I am not Adriana, nor thy wife
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, a feminine form of Adrian.
Derived terms: Audriana
Related terms: Adrienne
Alana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alanna
form: Alannah
form: Alanah
form: Ilana
Etymology: Feminine form of Alan (from Alan + -a). In regular use since the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.
ref: 2018 August 29, Jim Taylor, “The woman who founded the 'incel' movement”, in BBC:
glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Related terms: Alaina
Alannah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alanna
Etymology: Modern variant of Alana, the feminine form of Alan. Also associated with the affectionate Anglo-Irish term of address alanna (“child”). The spelling is influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as Hannah and Susannah.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Alaina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Alana coined in the 20th century from Alain, the French equivalent of Alan.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Annika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Annikas
Etymology: From Swedish Annika.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.