cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
counterfeit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/
Forms: form: counterfeits
form: counterfeiting
form: counterfeited
form: counterfeited
Etymology: From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.
Senses: examples: text: to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
glosses: To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
examples: text: The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth,"
ref: 2008, Michael Gaudio, Engraving the savage: the New World and techniques of civilization, page xii:
glosses: To produce a faithful copy of.
examples: text: to counterfeit the voice of another person
text: Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.
ref: 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster:
text: I again conveyed his key into his pocket, and counterfeiting sleep—though I never once closed my eyes, lay in bed till after he arose and went to prayers—an exercise to which I had long been unaccustomed.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To feign; to mimic.
topics: card-games
poker
qualifier: usually "be counterfeited"
glosses: Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
Derived terms: anticounterfeiting
counterfeitability
counterfeitable
counterfeitingly
uncounterfeited
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: morphs
Etymology: Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.
Senses: examples: text: Bq. ezpel ['box tree'] likely goes back to *ez-, a morph found in Basque tree names, and *-bel 'dark'.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 482:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
Derived terms: empty morph
zero morph
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: morphs
Etymology: Back-formation from morphism. Attested since the 1950s. See also morphology.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, the yellow morphic males can change their status from paired to satellite and from satellite to the paired one. However, they cannot cross into the status of the red morph.
ref: 2010, T.J. Pandian, Sexuality in Fishes, page 51:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: morphs
form: morphing
form: morphed
form: morphed
Etymology: Clipping of metamorphose
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
examples: text: Meta leapt forward. In midair his lower half morphed, and suddenly he was one-half humanoid, one-half coiled spring.
ref: 1993, Peter David, The Siege:
text: "Would it reflect badly on women if I morphed my bust size up a bit for it? Sorta like wearing a padded bra?"
ref: 2015 January 30, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Jan 30, 2015:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To shapeshift.
examples: text: By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
ref: June 18 2013, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:
text: “Highbrow and lowbrow, alternative and mainstream, work and play, CEO and hipster are all morphing together today,” [Richard] Florida enthuses.
ref: 2014, Astra Taylor, quoting Richard Florida, chapter 2, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
glosses: To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
Derived terms: morphable
morpher
morphling
unmorph
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: morphs
Etymology: Clipping of metamorphose
Senses: examples: text: But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?
ref: 2000, Vivian Carol Sobchack, Meta Morphing, page 123:
glosses: A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
Derived terms: biomorphic
blorph
intermorph
monomorphisation
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Etymology: Clipping of morphine
Senses: examples: text: They're bringing you some morph before long. […] The tube has its own needle, and the medic jabs it in like he has done it a million times, then marks Chickenfeed's forehead so the Rear will know he's already had morphine.
ref: 2008, Donald Bodey, F.N.G., page 103:
glosses: Morphine.
morph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mô(r)f
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: morphs
Etymology: Clipping of morphodite
Senses: examples: text: I am seeking to correspond with a TV [transvestite] or a natural morph. I want them to be passive (I'm totally non-violent) but open in feelings and ideas. I need no financial support, only moral support from a person with small sex parts.
ref: 1990 April 7, Roy Vance, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
glosses: A hermaphrodite, an intersex person.
Related terms: morphic
morpho-
morphological
muscle morph
aloha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-lō’-(h)ə
ipa: /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/
enpr: ə-lō’-hä
enpr: ə-lō’-ə
ipa: /əˈloʊˌhɑ/
ipa: /əˈloʊ.ə/
rhymes: -əʊhɑː
rhymes: -əʊhə
rhymes: -əʊə
Forms: form: alohas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
Senses: examples: text: Traveling as the princess regent with a retinue that included Princess Ruth and Queen Kapi‘olani, Lili‘u was welcomed by enormous crowds and lavish outpourings of aloha, as her subjects clasped her knees and kissed her hands and feet to show their reverence.
ref: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 91:
glosses: Good wishes, love.
glosses: An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
Derived terms: aloha party
aloha shirt
aloha snackbar
Aloha Spirit
Aloha State
aloha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-lō’-(h)ə
ipa: /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/
enpr: ə-lō’-hä
enpr: ə-lō’-ə
ipa: /əˈloʊˌhɑ/
ipa: /əˈloʊ.ə/
rhymes: -əʊhɑː
rhymes: -əʊhə
rhymes: -əʊə
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
Senses: glosses: Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
symptom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm(p)təm/
Forms: form: symptoms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).
Senses: examples: text: The doctor told that his coughing and sneezing was the symptom of standing for too long in the rain.
text: Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
examples: text: Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.
text: "Nay, nay," exclaimed Lord Norbourne, "I cannot go quite so far as that. I have, thanks to your hospitality, laid in a stock of health enough for the ensuing winter: but as to the general benevolence of which you talk, I confess I find no symptoms: if I did, they would alarm me more than those of the gout."
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 114–115:
text: Some people see birth outside of marriage as a social problem—a sign of a breakdown in the traditional family and a symptom of moral decay.
ref: 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare:
glosses: A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Synonyms: word: indication
word: manifestation
word: sign
word: signal
word: symptom
Hyponyms: word: fever
word: pain
word: rash
word: fatigue
Derived terms: BLIPS
cardinal symptom
monosodium glutamate symptom complex
MSG symptom complex
Pratt's symptom
rational symptom
somatic symptom disorder
symptomatology
symptom journal
symptomless
Uhthoff's symptom
withdrawal symptom
Related terms: asymptomatic
asymptote
symptomatic
Zuni
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Zuñi
Etymology: From earlier Zuñi, from American Spanish, from Acoma Western Keres sɨ̂‧ni or a cognate thereof.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Zuni people or their traditional language.
Derived terms: Zuni bluehead sucker
Zuni bowl
Zuni Pueblo
Zuni River
Zuni Salt Lake
Zuni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zunis
form: Zuni
form: Zuñi
Etymology: From earlier Zuñi, from American Spanish, from Acoma Western Keres sɨ̂‧ni or a cognate thereof.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American Pueblo people, native to the Zuni River valley.
Zuni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zuñi
Etymology: From earlier Zuñi, from American Spanish, from Acoma Western Keres sɨ̂‧ni or a cognate thereof.
Senses: glosses: The language traditionally spoken by members of this tribe.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Zuni terms
zun ⁠
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
Etymology: From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
Senses: glosses: Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
examples: text: 1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett
I've got the pip horribly at present.
text: Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
ref: 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:
text: With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:
text: So sorry that you caught the pip
On our most recent northward trip
But you'll be better soon I'm hopin'
Cause with the mornings I'm not copin'
Some nerve. Tell those nasty viruses to Bug off!
ref: 1980 August 16, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 22:
text: “I frankly couldn't give a cat's knuckle about Gizmo. I mean, he's just kind of this fluttering lickspittle that is always bouncing about, always behind Nandor. But Nandor likes him.” “Oh, shut up, Colin Robinson. You're giving me the pip.”
ref: 2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (1:11 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
Derived terms: like a chicken with the pip
pippy
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
Etymology: Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin).
Senses: glosses: A pippin, seed of any kind.
examples: text: Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
text: On most of the shores of the ancient Mediterranean, before any historical record, the cultivated grape vine, Vitis vinifera Linn., was grown. Its relationship to the wild vine of Eurasia, Vitis silvestris Gmel., is uncertain. Its pips can mostly be distinguished from those of the wild vine, and have been found in Egypt and Syrian Hama from the fourth millennium BC, at Lachish and Jericho in the early Bronze, at Troy II during the Bronze, in the Peloponnesus from Early Helladic, in Crete from the Early Minoan.
ref: 1995, John Pairman Brown, Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume 1, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: A pippin, seed of any kind.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple.
examples: text: She sure is a pip, that one. You need company?
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 612:
glosses: Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
glosses: P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Derived terms: apple pip
pip emma
pipfruit
pipless
pippy
until the pips squeak
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
form: pipping
form: pipped
form: pipped
Etymology: Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin).
Senses: examples: text: Peel and pip the grapes.
glosses: To remove the pips from.
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Senses: glosses: One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: public service
glosses: One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
glosses: A spot; a speck.
glosses: A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
glosses: A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Synonyms: sense: symbol on playing card etc
word: spot
Derived terms: pipper
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
form: pipping
form: pipped
form: pipped
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.
Senses: examples: text: He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
text: Arteta faced much scrutiny after Spurs pipped the Gunners to Champions League football on the final day of last season, with opposite number Conte deservedly hailed for the transformation he had overseen in just a few months at the helm.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
text: Some 28 percent said he was the best performer, pipping DeSantis by one point
ref: 2023 August 24, Rob Crilly, “Vivek Ramaswamy beats Ron DeSantis for best performance AND tops Donald Trump as the 'real winner' in poll of the Republican debate”, in Daily Mail:
synonyms: pip to the post
glosses: To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
examples: text: The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
glosses: To hit with a gunshot.
Related terms: pip to the post
pip at the post
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
form: pipping
form: pipped
form: pipped
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: To peep, to chirp.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
Derived terms: pipsqueak
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my day began with the pips for the morning news in Charlotte Lawless's kitchen.
ref: 1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter:
glosses: One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
Synonyms: sense: electronic sound, counting down seconds
word: stroke
Derived terms: pip pip pip
pip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭp
ipa: /pɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: pips
Etymology: Abbreviation of percentage in point.
Senses: examples: text: The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This trader doesn't want to sit and watch the screen but play the longer moves and forces behind forex.
ref: 2015, Abe Cofnas, “Trading Styles and Strategies”, in The Forex Trading Course: A Self-study Guide to Becoming a Successful Currency Trader, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part II (Timing the Trade with Technical Analysis), page 157:
topics: business
finance
qualifier: currency trading
glosses: The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Related terms: sense: terms containing "pip", probably of unrelated or unknown etymology
word: pip pip
sense: terms containing "pip", probably of unrelated or unknown etymology
word: pip-pip
sense: terms containing "pip", probably of unrelated or unknown etymology
word: pip-squeak
sense: terms containing "pip", probably of unrelated or unknown etymology
word: toodle pip
pit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt/
ipa: [pʰɪʔt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: pits
form: pitting
form: pitted
form: pitted
Etymology: From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.
Senses: examples: text: Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
glosses: To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
glosses: To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
examples: text: Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
text: For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
ref: 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, AV Club, The Hunger Games:
text: 2017 August 25, Aukkarapon Niyomyat & Panarat Thepgumpanat, "Thai junta seeks Yingluck's arrest as former PM skips court verdict", in reuters.com, Reuters
That movement, pitted against a Bangkok-centered royalist and pro-military elite, has been at the heart of years of turmoil.
text: 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera
Thaksin's ouster triggered years of upheaval and division that has pitted a poor, rural majority in the north that supports the Shinawatras against royalists, the military and their urban backers.
glosses: To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
examples: text: Bottas had to pit earlier than expected for fresh tyres. Hamilton followed him in next time around and the two drivers were instructed to stay off the kerbs to protect their tyres.
ref: 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Derived terms: pit against
pit one's wits
pit out
pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt/
ipa: [pʰɪʔt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: pits
Etymology: From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: pip
synonyms: word: seed pit
word: stone
word: ;
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: pyrena
word: pyrene
glosses: A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
examples: text: [...] weapons "pits" (the plutonium components of nuclear weapons, named by analogy with the pit of a fruit such as a peach), [...].
ref: 1996, “2 Background”, in :w:National Research Council (United States), editor, An Evaluation of the Electrometallurgical Approach for Treatment of Excess Weapons Plutonium, Washington DC, USA: National Academies Press, →DOI, page 15:
text: The Nagasaki-type [bomb] [...] had a wider range of yield potential depending on the kind of fissile core and tamper assembly, or "pit," used in it.
ref: 1999, Anne C Fitzpatrick, Igniting the Light Elements: The Los Alamos Thermonuclear Weapon Project, 1942-1952, Los Alamos, NM (United States): Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), →DOI, Thesis LA-13577-T, page 248:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
Derived terms: cherry pit
peach pit
seed pit
pit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt/
ipa: [pʰɪʔt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: pits
form: pitting
form: pitted
form: pitted
Etymology: From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.
Senses: examples: text: One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
glosses: To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt/
ipa: [pʰɪʔt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: pits
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: I resolved to find all my pits good homes and to get out of the rescue and breeding business.
ref: 2012, Shorty Rossi, Four Feet Tall and Rising, page 186:
synonyms: word: pibble
word: pit bull
word: pittie
word: shitbull
word: velvet hippo
glosses: A pit bull terrier.
Related terms: english: probably etymologically unrelated
translation: probably etymologically unrelated
word: pit-a-pat
nature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: nā′-chə
ipa: /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə/
ipa: /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/
ipa: /ˈnɛː.tʃɐ/
ipa: /ˈnæɪ̯.tʃə/
ipa: [ˈnæe̯tʃɐ]
ipa: [ˈnae̯tʃɐ]
rhymes: -eɪtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: natures
form: naturing
form: natured
form: natured
form: natuer
Etymology: From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus.
Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kinde, ikinde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.
Senses: glosses: To endow with natural qualities.
krill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: krill
form: krills
Etymology: From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
examples: text: Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock
ref: 2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD:
glosses: Crack cocaine.
Derived terms: Antarctic krill
northern krill
plankton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæŋk.tən/
Forms: form: planktons
form: plankton
Etymology: Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) + -on.
Senses: examples: text: Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean.
text: The lake water was full of microscopic plankton.
text: The study focused on the role of plankton in the food chain.
glosses: Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
glosses: A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.
Coordinate terms: nekton
neuston
psammon
pleuston
seston
benthon
Derived terms: aeroplankton
archaeoplankton
bacterioplankton
bathyplankton
epiplankton
euplankton
femtoplankton
geoplankton
haliplankton
holoplankton
ichthyoplankton
jellyplankton
limnoplankton
macroplankton
megaplankton
meroplankton
mesoplankton
microplankton
mixoplankton
mycoplankton
nanoplankton
nektoplankton
nonplankton
office plankton
paleoplankton
phytoplankton
picoplankton
planktivore
planktivorous
planktonic
planktonivore
planktonivory
planktonology
planktonophagous
potamoplankton
protozooplankton
pseudoplankton
tychoplankton
ultraplankton
zooplankton
Related terms: plankter
planktic
planktology
planktotrophic
Welsh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛlʃ/
rhymes: -ɛlʃ
Forms: form: Welch
Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).
This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)).
Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.
Senses: synonyms: Walian#Adjective
glosses: Of or pertaining to Wales.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
glosses: Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.
examples: text: The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
ref: 1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War:
glosses: Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.
Synonyms: Cambrian
Cymric
Walian
Welshy
Welshie
Derived terms: Middle Welsh
Old Welsh
Welsh ale
Welsh Bicknor
Welsh Black
Welsh cake
Welsh cat
Welsh chimney
Welsh cob
Welsh comb
Welsh-comb
Welsh corgi
Welsh dresser
Welsher
Welsh hat
Welsh hook
Welsh Hook
Welsh lead
Welsh lump
Welshman
Welsh Marches
Welsh mountain pony
Welsh nephew
Welshness
Welsh not
Welsh onion
Welsh plain
Welsh pony
Welshpool
Welsh rabbit
Welsh rarebit
Welsh stick
Welsh terrier
Welsh Ticket
Welsh web
Welshwoman
Welsh yard
Welsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛlʃ/
rhymes: -ɛlʃ
Forms: form: Welsh
form: Welch
Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).
This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)).
Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.
Senses: examples: text: 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.
ref: 1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832
glosses: The Welsh language.
glosses: The people of Wales.
glosses: A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Cymraeg
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Cymric
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kymric
sense: people
word: Welshman
Derived terms: sense: person or people
word: Welshland
sense: person or people
word: Welshman
sense: person or people
word: welch
sense: person or people
word: welcher
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Old Welsh
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Middle Welsh
Welsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛlʃ/
rhymes: -ɛlʃ
Forms: form: Welshes
form: Welch
Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).
This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)).
Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
glosses: An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
glosses: A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Welsh terms
present participle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: present participles
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: word: pres. part.
word: pres.part.
word: p.pr.
hypernyms: participle
<
wordform
<
form
coordinate_terms: past participle
p. p.
p.p.
pp.
pp
;
future participle
glosses: A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.
Related terms: word: active participle
word: participle
word: perfect passive participle
word: present participial
word: gerund
word: gerundive
word: periphrastic
imperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/
ipa: /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/
Forms: form: more imperfect
form: most imperfect
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect.
Senses: examples: text: Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
text: Nothing imperfet or deficient left
 Of all that he Created.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; / Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.
ref: 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: defective
fallible
faultful
faulty
antonyms: faultless
infallible
perfect
glosses: Not perfect,
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: perfect
glosses: Unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: word: perfect
word: infect
glosses: Representing a continuing or repeated action.
raw_tags: of a tense or verb form
examples: text: When the prophet Joel was describing the formidable accidents in the day of the Lord's judgment, and the fearful sentence of an angry Judge, he was not able to express it, but stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.
ref: 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon III. [Doomsday Book; or, Christ’s Advent to Judgment.] Part III.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 35:
glosses: Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
Derived terms: imperfect authentic cadence
imperfect fungi
imperfect indicative
imperfectly
imperfectness
imperfect rhyme
imperfect subjunctive
imperfect tense
imperfect time
past imperfect tense
present imperfect
Related terms: imperfection
imperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/
ipa: /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/
Forms: form: imperfects
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect.
Senses: glosses: Something having a minor flaw.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: preterimperfect
glosses: A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
Derived terms: imperfective
imperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/
ipa: /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/
Forms: form: imperfects
form: imperfecting
form: imperfected
form: imperfected
Etymology: From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect.
Senses: examples: text: 1651, John Donne, Letter to Henry Goodere, in Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, edited by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910,
I write to you from the Spring Garden, whither I withdrew my self to think of this; and the intensenesse of my thinking ends in this, that by my help Gods work should be imperfected, if by any means I resisted the amasement.
text: Time, which perfects some things, imperfects also others.
ref: 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 43:
text: […] such was their desire for greater rhythmic freedom that composers began to use red notes as well. […] Their value was […] restricted at first, for redness implies the imperfecting of a note which is perfect if black […]
ref: 1962, Alec Harman, Wilfrid Mellers, Man and His Music: The Story of Musical Experience in the West, Oxford University Press, Part I, Chapter 5, p. 126:
glosses: to make imperfect
Hebrew
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːbɹuː/
Forms: form: Ebrew
Etymology: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).
Senses: examples: text: Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window.
ref: 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Synonyms: Hebraic
Derived terms: Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures
Hebrew calendar
Hebrew character
Hebrew Scriptures
setaceous Hebrew character
Related terms: Israelite
Israelitish
Jewish
Hebrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːbɹuː/
Forms: form: Hebrews
form: Ebrew
Etymology: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
glosses: A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
examples: text: The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.
ref: 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
glosses: The writing system used in Hebrew language.
glosses: Unintelligible speech or writing.
Hyponyms: sense: people
word: Jew
sense: people
word: Samaritan
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Biblical Hebrew
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Ivrit
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Neo-Hebraic
Derived terms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Biblical Hebrew
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Classical Hebrew
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Neo-Hebrew
word: Hebrewess
word: Shebrew
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Hebrew terms
Turkish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/
ipa: [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ]
ipa: [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ]
Forms: form: Türkish
Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
Senses: synonyms: Anatolian Turkic
Anatolian Turkish
glosses: The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
examples: text: This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above all, Ottoman) is the Sanglakh of an obscure eighteenth-century compiler
ref: 2001, C. Edmund Bosworth, editor, A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001, page 97:
text: M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek.
ref: 2003, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Culture and Learning in Islam, page 256:
text: [...] these works include stories of the battles the Turks fought against the Chinese, a variety of legends, and numerous specimens of verse (found mostly in Chinese translation) written in Uyghur Turkish.
ref: 2011, Talat S. Halman, Jayne L. Warner, A Millennium of Turkish Literature, page 6:
text: And my uncle always shouted: “Uzbek Turkish is very close to our Turkish language!”
ref: 2011, Elif Batuman, The Possessed:
text: It was Navai who through his poetry almost single-handedly turned his native Chaghatay Turkish into a literary language.
ref: 2022, Dominic Lieven, In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History:
glosses: Synonym of Turkic.
synonyms: word: Turkic
Turkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/
ipa: [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ]
ipa: [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ]
Forms: form: Türkish
Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
Senses: examples: text: When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presided at the council, in state. Swayed a Turkish pipe instead of a scepter. Known to sit with eyes closed ...[…]
ref: 1896, Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg, Higher Lessons in English: A work on English Grammar and composition, 1st edition, Outlook Verlag GmbH, published 2023, →ISBN, page 557:
text: The SNC has broad support, with a strong Sunni Muslim component and is backed by the Turkish government.
ref: 2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN:
synonyms: Anatolian Turkic
Anatolian Turkish
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.
examples: text: [...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages
ref: 1962, Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian Studies, page 37:
text: Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages.
ref: 1982, András Róna-Tas, Chuvash Studies, page 119:
text: This is openly a characteristics of Chaghatay and other Eastern Turkish languages and dialects.
ref: 2007, László Károly, Turcology in Turkey: selected papers, page 458:
text: In the Timurid empire, the Chaghatay Turkish language, which became the standard of the Timurid court, was part of the eastern branch of Turkic languages.
ref: 2019, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Hammer and Anvil:
glosses: Synonym of Turkic.
synonyms: word: Turkic
Synonyms: Turk
Derived terms: Anatolian Turkish
Modern Turkish
Old Anatolian Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
Turkish Angora
Turkish bath
Turkish bow
Turkish bread
Turkish carpet
Turkish checkers
Turkish coffee
Turkish corsair
Turkish crescent
Turkish delight
Turkish draughts
Turkishly
Turkishness
Turkish pizza
Turkish Republic
Turkish Riviera
Turkish rugging
Turkish sage
Turkish Star Wars
Turkish teeth
Turkish towel
Turkish toweling
Turkish towelling
Turkish Van
Turkish Vankedisi
Related terms: Turk
Turkic
turquoise
Wiktionary’s coverage of Turkish terms
Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/
rhymes: -ɪʒən
rhymes: -iːʒən
Forms: form: Friesic
Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”); see the plural Frīsan for more.
Senses: examples: text: In the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands, a high percentage of the population, about 350000, speak Frisian as their first language.
ref: 1998, Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education, page 405:
text: This means that full competence in both Frisian and Dutch (ie understanding, speaking, reading and writing ability) is aimed at all pupils in the province, whether they speak Frisian or Dutch at home.
ref: 2000, Jasone Cenoz, Ulrike Jessner, English in Europe: the acquisition of a third language, page 223:
text: Many Frisians speak Frisian at home and Dutch at work.
ref: 2005, Pat Seward, Sunandini Arora Lal, Netherlands, page 89:
glosses: A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
glosses: A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
glosses: A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
Related terms: Middle Frisian
Old Frisian
Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/
rhymes: -ɪʒən
rhymes: -iːʒən
Forms: form: Frisians
form: Friesic
Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”); see the plural Frīsan for more.
Senses: examples: text: King Hygelac of the Geats had been struck down by one might swipe of the foemen, the Frisians.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
glosses: A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/
rhymes: -ɪʒən
rhymes: -iːʒən
Forms: form: more Frisian
form: most Frisian
form: Friesic
Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”); see the plural Frīsan for more.
Senses: examples: text: Because the instruction manual was Frisian, Yves couldn't read it.
glosses: Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
glosses: Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).
glosses: Of or relating to people of Frisian descent.
glosses: Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland
Derived terms: Frisianize
Frisian water dog
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Forms: form: danish
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.
Senses: glosses: The language of Danes and Denmark.
Derived terms: Old Danish
Middle Danish
Modern Danish
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Forms: form: danish
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.
ref: 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms: Danish axe
Danish blue
Danish dog
Danish Gambit
Danish longball
Danishness
Danish oil
Danish pastry
Danish Red
Danish seine
Danish Sign Language
Danish West Indies
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Forms: form: Danish
form: danish
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Danes, natives of Denmark.
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Forms: form: Danishes
form: danish
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.
ref: 1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:
glosses: Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Etymology: From Dan + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of someone named Dan.
Related terms: Danielish