cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Po
Etymology: From Italian Po, from Latin Padus.
Senses: glosses: The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
Poisson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: native, France
ipa: [pwasɔ̃]
ipa: /ˈpwɑːsɒn/
Forms: form: Poissons
Etymology: After Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840), French mathematician.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The Poisson distribution.
wikipedia: Siméon Denis Poisson
Related terms: Poisson cohomology
Poisson distribution
Poisson effect
Poissonian
Poisson manifold
Poisson noise
Poisson process
Poisson's ratio
Polaris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /poʊˈlɑɹɪs/
ipa: /poʊˈlɛɹɪs/
enpr: pō-lär′ĭs
enpr: pō-lâr′ĭs
note: North-Central American English
ipa: [poˈleɹ.ɪs]
note: more rarely
ipa: [poˈlɑɹ.ɪs]
Etymology: From Latin stēlla polāris (“pole star”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.
examples: text: Tremble, you weaklings, cower in fear / I am your ruler — land, sea, and air / Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall / I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris"
ref: 1990, “Rust in Peace… Polaris”, in Dave Mustaine (lyrics), Dave Mustaine (music), Rust in Peace, performed by Megadeth:
glosses: A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Alpha Ursae Minoris
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: α Ursae Minoris
Hypernyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: North Star
Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊl/
ipa: [pʰɒʊɫ]
ipa: /pɐʉl/
ipa: [pʰɒʊɫ]
ipa: /poʊl/
ipa: [pʰoʊɫ]
ipa: [pʰoəɫ]
ipa: /pol/
ipa: [pʰoɫ]
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: pole
homophone: poll
Forms: form: Poles
Etymology: From German Pole.
Senses: glosses: A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
Synonyms: word: Polander
Derived terms: Poless
Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊl/
ipa: [pʰɒʊɫ]
ipa: /pɐʉl/
ipa: [pʰɒʊɫ]
ipa: /poʊl/
ipa: [pʰoʊɫ]
ipa: [pʰoəɫ]
ipa: /pol/
ipa: [pʰoɫ]
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: pole
homophone: poll
Forms: form: de la Pole
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pole
Polka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polkas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Polo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Paulus.
Senses: glosses: Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
Polo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polos
Etymology: From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian or Spanish
Poltergeist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From poltergeist, the supernatural entity. From orbiting a neutron star, a "dead" star, a star that no longer contains a fusion core, but which is radiating away its stored energy.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planets
glosses: A planet in Lich star system, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; One of the pair of planets that were the first exoplanets which were discovered. A planet in orbit of the pulsar Lich (PSR B1257+12)
Synonyms: word: PSR B1257+12 B
word: PSR B1257+12
Coordinate terms: alt: the pulsar PSR B1257+12
word: Lich
sense: planets of Lich (PSR B1257+12)
word: Draugr
sense: planets of Lich (PSR B1257+12)
word: Phobetor
Ponce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Ponce.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.
Pong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Marketing coinage, from ping-pong.
Senses: examples: text: A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!
ref: 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows game programming gurus, page 10:
text: If the US invades Iraq, we'll see action all right, much more than we witnessed with the primitive Pong-ish effects delivered during Gulf War 1.0,
ref: 2003 March 1, “Gulf War 2.0: The Son Strikes Back”, in Toronto Star:
text: The paddle controllers are necessary for playing Pong-style contests, and since two paddles share one controller input you can easily play doubles Pong with an extra set of paddles.
ref: 2006, Chris Kohler, Retro gaming hacks, page 10:
topics: video-games
glosses: An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.
Related terms: telly tennis
Pony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Pony International, an American brand of athletic gear.
synonyms: MLP
glosses: Ellipsis of My Little Pony, a cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines.
Derived terms: sense: My Little Pony
word: brony
sense: My Little Pony
word: PMV
sense: My Little Pony
word: ponification
sense: My Little Pony
word: ponify
Pony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ponys
form: Ponyes
form: Ponies
Senses: glosses: An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.
Pool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In all likelihood from the noun pool.
Senses: glosses: A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6641).
glosses: Ellipsis of Pool-in-Wharfedale.
glosses: A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, also known as Pool in Wharfedale.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A department of the Republic of the Congo.
Derived terms: Welshpool
Pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒp/
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
rhymes: -ɑp
homophone: pop
Forms: form: Pops
Etymology: Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.
Senses: glosses: A social club and debating society at Eton College.
glosses: The body of college prefects.
Pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒp/
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
rhymes: -ɑp
homophone: pop
Forms: form: Pops
Etymology: Shortened from popular (concert).
Senses: examples: text: As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, “Chapter 5”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
glosses: A popular classical music concert.
Pop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒp/
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
rhymes: -ɑp
homophone: pop
Etymology: From pop (“father”).
Senses: examples: text: “All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.
ref: 1982, Jhan Robbins, Front Page Marriage, page 186:
text: […] George Melford (Pop, stage doorman) […]
ref: 1999, Amy Dunkleberger, Patricia King Hanson, AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, page 216:
text: […] Ralph Sanford (doorman); A.S. “Pop” Byron (stage doorman); Allen Fox (photographer); […]
ref: 2020, Edwin M. Bradley, Hollywood Musicals You Missed, page 65:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
Pope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊp/
ipa: /poʊp/
Etymology: From pope; also used in Ireland/Scotland as a surname meaning "papa, father."
Senses: glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fayette County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Panola County, Mississippi.
Derived terms: Popean
Pope County
Popeiana
Related terms: Alexander Pope
English poet
Pope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊp/
ipa: /poʊp/
Forms: form: Popes
Etymology: From pope; also used in Ireland/Scotland as a surname meaning "papa, father."
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pope.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of pope.
Popper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Popperian
Popperism
Poppy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "It is a very pretty name, Mma. I should like to be called Poppy."
The compliment drew a smile. "I used to be very embarrassed about it," said Poppy. "I used to try to hide my name from people. I thought it was a very silly name."
Mma Ramotswe shook her head. There was nothing embarrassing about the name Poppy, but there was no telling what names people would find embarrassing.
ref: 2006, Alexander McCall Smith, Blue Shoes and Happiness, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
Poppy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: My grandfather, whom we all call "Poppy", loves children and enjoys imparting his knowledge of aspects to them.
...
Cell phones were not invented at the time, however, so I could not contact Poppy to help me end the hiccups.
ref: 2008 April 29, Steven Keslowitz, From Poland to Brooklyn, page 120:
glosses: Alternative form of poppy (“father, grandfather, or other male authority figure of a similar standing”).
glosses: Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush
Portal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
glosses: A surname.
Porto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oporto
form: O Porto
form: Port
form: Oporto
form: O Porto
form: Port
form: oporto
form: o porto
form: porto
form: port
form: Oporto wine
form: O Porto wine
form: Porto wine
form: Port wine
form: oporto wine
form: o porto wine
form: porto wine
form: port wine
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.
* (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal.
glosses: A district in northern Portugal.
Derived terms: Porto flip
port
porto
Porto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portos
form: Oporto
form: O Porto
form: Port
form: Oporto
form: O Porto
form: Port
form: oporto
form: o porto
form: porto
form: port
form: Oporto wine
form: O Porto wine
form: Porto wine
form: Port wine
form: oporto wine
form: o porto wine
form: porto wine
form: port wine
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.
* (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.
Senses: glosses: A port wine.
glosses: A generic port wine; a wine of the style of Porto.
glosses: Fortified wine.
Hypernyms: fortified wine
wine
Post
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Posts
Senses: topics: journalism
media
newspapers
glosses: A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Iran.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.
Coordinate terms: Times
Powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See Power.
Senses: glosses: plural of Power
Powers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Coos County, Oregon, United States.
Preacher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament.
glosses: A male given name from English.
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: A nickname.
Pres.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pres.
synonyms: word: Pres
Priapus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪˈeɪpəs/
Etymology: From Latin Priāpus, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.
Derived terms: priapic
priapically
priapism
priapismic
Price
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪs/
Forms: form: Prices
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Utah.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A river in Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename:
A village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Price County.
Derived terms: Price County
Related terms: Pryce
Reece
Rees
Reese
Rhys
Rice
Prime Minister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prime Ministers
Senses: examples: text: The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
ref: 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of prime minister.
Primrose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The surname derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland, from Brythonic words meaning "tree" + "moor", changed by folk etymology because of phonetic resemblance to primrose. The given name is one of the 19th-century flower names.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname.
examples: text: Mother said, "How do you like Primrose? It sounds fresh and pretty." Milly-Molly-Mandy thought it sounded a very nice name. […] And then she decided, as the baby had come in the spring-time, it had better be Primrose.
ref: 1929, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 8, in More of Milly-Molly-Mandy:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Derived terms: Primrose syndrome
Prince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Princes
Senses: examples: text: Having been at the center of an international tragedy, the general public view is that the next generation—Princes William and Harry, and also Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice—have suffered enough and deserve every moment of happiness coming their way, and people are more than willing to help them celebrate their successes.
ref: 2015, Fraser McAlpine, Stuff Brits Like: A Guide to What’s Great About Great Britain, Berkley, →ISBN:
text: Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.
ref: 2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN:
glosses: The title of a prince.
Prince
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Princes
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who acted like a prince, or played the part in a pageant, or served in the household of a prince.
examples: text: Prince Fielder hit another home run today.
text: Young Mr Turveydrop's name is Prince; I wish it wasn't, because it sounds like a dog, but he didn't christen himself. Old Mr Turveydrop had him christened Prince, in remembrance of the Prince Regent.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter XIV, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: A male given name from English in occasional use.
glosses: A township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Coordinate terms: sense: given name
word: Princess
Derived terms: Dormand-Prince method
Princeton
Princeville
TAFKAP
Prior
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pryor
Etymology: From Middle English Prior, Priur (surname), from Middle English prior, priour (“prior”). More at prior.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for someone employed by a prior.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.
Pro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pros
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pro.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Probe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A model of Ford automobile.
Proctor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Procter
Etymology: The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, named after J. Proctor Knott.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Comanche County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Proctor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Procter
Etymology: The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.
Senses: examples: Proctor density; Proctor value
qualifier: soil science
glosses: Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.
Professor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Professors
form: Prof.
Senses: glosses: The title for someone who holds the job of professor.
examples: text: This is just what I wanted. I got professor environment pants over here, and I can't get my jetski started. How am I gonna get back?
ref: 2022 July 14, Charlie Berens and You Betcha, Kayak Vs Jetski:
glosses: A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic.
Profit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Profits
Etymology: Variant of Proffitt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Progressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more Progressive
form: most Progressive
Senses: glosses: Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
glosses: Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
Progressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: Progressives
Senses: glosses: A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
Prohibition
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
The period from 17 January 1920 through 5 December 1933 in the United States, between the effective dates of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the United States Constitution.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Prophet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prophets
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Jesus.
examples: text: He would sit crouched up in a corner of the cave all day long, calling upon Allah and the Prophet to protect him.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Muhammad.
glosses: A surname
Protestant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/
Forms: form: Protestants
form: protestant
Etymology: Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: Christian
glosses: A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).
examples: text: To unite the whole people of Ireland; to abolish the memory of all past dissensions; and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter—these were my means.
ref: 1827 [1796] Theobald Wolfe Tone, Memoirs Vol.1 p.64 (Henry Colburn, London) ed. William Theobald Wolfe Tone
text: MR. SEXTON said, he had always understood that the difference between Protestants and Presbyterians was not a difference of creed, but as to episcopacy and practice.
ref: 1893 June 14, Hansard 4th series Vol 13 HC Deb c.1001
glosses: A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters
Hypernyms: sense: member of a denomination
word: Christian
sense: member of a denomination
word: Trinitarian
Derived terms: anti-Protestant
crypto-Protestant
non-Protestant
post-Protestant
pre-Protestant
Prod
Proddy
pro-Protestant
Protestantism
pseudo-Protestant
WASP
Protestant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/
Forms: form: more Protestant
form: most Protestant
form: protestant
Etymology: Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: It is not perhaps too much to say, that a more harmonious, a more decorous, a more loyal, a more Protestant, a more Christian meeting, never took place within the walls of our ancient city.
ref: 1840, Norwich Operative Protestant Association, Released statement, The Penny Protestant Operative, page 15:
text: To make this perfectly clear, we shall contrast a few of the most Protestant with a few of the most Roman Catholic counties.
ref: 1855, Napoléon Roussel, Catholic and Protestant Nations Compared, volumes 1-2, page 120:
text: For reasons to do with the predominantly Lutheran rather than Calvinist heritage (and to some extent with the postwar division of Germany which hived off the more Protestant East), the participation of Protestants in the CDU has been small.
ref: 2004, Paul Freston, Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey, page 27:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Christian
glosses: Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
Derived terms: anti-Protestant
crypto-Protestant
non-Protestant
post-Protestant
pre-Protestant
pro-Protestant
Protestant Cay
pseudo-Protestant
Prov.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proverbs.
Provost
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Provis
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a provost.
Prussian blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prussian blues
Etymology: The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning.
glosses: A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.
Related terms: Berlin green
Prussian red
Prussian blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prussian blue
form: most Prussian blue
Etymology: The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
Senses: glosses: Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
Synonyms: topics: colour
color
word: Berlin blue
topics: colour
color
word: bronze blue
topics: colour
color
word: celestial blue
topics: colour
color
word: cyanine
topics: colour
color
word: Haarlem blue
topics: colour
color
word: Hamburg Blue
topics: colour
color
word: iron blue
topics: colour
color
word: oriental blue
topics: colour
color
word: Paris Blue
topics: colour
color
word: potash blue
topics: colour
color
word: Turnbull's blue
Related terms: Prussian red
Ps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: How long have you been living in the Ps?
text: everyone in the hood had a lawsuit except me i wish i lived in the Ps so i could've been eating wild led paint chips i would've been up at least a mil right now
ref: 2018 September 2, @heirmeg, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 May 2024:
text: Clearly not a lot of people from the hood on this thread. Every hood got a couple white kids that came up in the Ps and talks just like everyone else around.
ref: 2020 September 29, u/stormfather86, “Recently dropped the one friend who tried it. She really thought...”, in Reddit, r/BlackPeopleTwitter, archived from the original on 05 May 2024:
text: Not everyone who lives in the Ps is immediately gang affiliated, you monumental herb. Quit presenting classist stereotypes as fact.
ref: 2020 November 17, “Red Hook Housing Projects”, in Reddit, r/nyc, archived from the original on 05 May 2024:
text: Of course the numbers is like this. Its more people. Here's a broader view. A street in Compton, 20 to 30 houses, generally 3 to 5 ppl per household. Now a street in the Tremont section, bout 40 5 or 6 story buildings in one block, apts A-G, 3 to 5 ppl per household, and I haven't even mentioned big developments such as (RPT, Twin Parks, the Ps). We packed in this bitch like sardines.
ref: 2023 June 1, u/TheKwyetRoom, “Some of NYC most dangerous & active hoods compared to Los Angeles”, in Reddit, r/NYStateOfMind, archived from the original on 05 May 2024:
glosses: Abbreviation of projects (“multi-story low-income housing development”).
Ps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P
Psyche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
rhymes: -aɪki
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
glosses: 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid
Derived terms: Psyche glass
Psyche knot
Pu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pu/
Etymology: From Mandarin 蒲 (Pú).
Senses: examples: text: He also announced: the former Pu County CCP Committee must be affirmed as a party organization. The decision to reorganize the Pu County CCP Committee was wrong. There was no one and no incidents in Pu County which were related to the conspiratorial activities of the "gang of four" to usurp party power and there was no bourgeois faction connected with the "gang of four."
ref: 1980 December 3 [1980 November 29], “Verdict in frameup case of 'armed rebellion' in Pu County, Shanxi reversed under the direction of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission--the frameup case was pure fabrication concocted with the support of the former principal responsible person of the Shanxi provincial party committee”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 234, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing RENMIN RIBAO, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page R 6:
text: She wanted to find out where the artist lived and learn from him or her. She discovered the artist lived in Pu county, Shanxi province.
ref: 2003 January 3, Xiaoli Hu, “New Life in Old Art”, in Beijing Today, number 95, →OCLC, Face, page 9, column 3:
glosses: A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Pula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula.
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Istria County, Croatia.
Pula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pulas
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”).
* Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola.
* Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pullman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊlmən/
Forms: form: Pullmans
Etymology: Ellipsis of Pullman car, after the Pullman Palace Car Company, named after American engineer and industrialist George Pullman (1831–1897).
Senses: examples: text: It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.
ref: 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: Pullman car
glosses: A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
glosses: A train made up of Pullman coaches.
Pullman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊlmən/
Etymology: Ellipsis of Pullman car, after the Pullman Palace Car Company, named after American engineer and industrialist George Pullman (1831–1897).
Senses: glosses: A surname, notably that of George Pullman.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, named after the Pullman Company.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A community area and neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, formerly a company town founded by George Pullman.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lee Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Whitman County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Pullman pan
Puma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Solomon Islands.
glosses: An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
glosses: A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
Puma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pumas
Etymology: See puma; the name was chosen to highlight ideas of strength, agility, and grace often associated with the large cat.
Senses: examples: text: Joe Fortune shook his head, swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, and put on his Pumas.
ref: 1989, Daniel Lynch, chapter 5, in Bad Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Windsor Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
Punch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened from Punchinello.
Senses: glosses: A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.
glosses: Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dodona durga
word: common Punch
Punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Punches
Etymology: Shortened from Punchinello.
Senses: examples: text: ‘And the Punches,’ said William. ‘There’s cattle! A Suffolk Punch, when he’s a good un, is worth his weight in gold. Did you ever breed any Suffolk Punches yourself, sir?’
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Ellipsis of Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”).
glosses: A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
Related terms: pleased as Punch
proud as Punch
Punch and Judy
Punch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Punches
Etymology: Variant of Points.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Puritan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjʊɹɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjɚɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjʊəɹɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjɔːɹɪtən/
Forms: form: Puritans
Etymology: Probably from purity + -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan.
Senses: glosses: A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
Related terms: Puritanism
Puritan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjʊɹɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjɚɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjʊəɹɪtən/
ipa: /ˈpjɔːɹɪtən/
Forms: form: more Puritan
form: most Puritan
Etymology: Probably from purity + -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan.
Senses: examples: text: It’s a seedy time of the night and Jacky is telling me about sailors and their needs. A man called P. C. Alexander, an ex-Indian High-Commissioner in London has cleaned up Madras. There’s a very Puritan atmosphere here now, and the seamen are not happy. ‘All ship’s crew very happy with Calcutta. Can bring many girls there. Bombay too – no problem.’ Bombay is apparently the only city in India to license prostitutes.
ref: 1989, Michael Palin, Around the World in 80 Days, BBC Books, →ISBN, page 111:
text: Chardonnay is very malleable, but once we get the fruit in we actually take a very Puritan approach to it.
ref: 2009, Melissa Stackhouse, “Conversations with Bigwigs: Melissa Stackhouse”, in Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Drink This: Wine Made Simple, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Chardonnay: Chic and Changeable), page 121:
text: I learned to work from my grandfather, who held a very Puritan kind of work ethic.
ref: 2019, Susan L. Popham, “Teaching Editing through a Feminist Theoretical Lens”, in Suzan Flanagan, Michael J. Albers, editors, Editing in the Modern Classroom, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of puritan.
Purple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Putonghua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/
ipa: /ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/
ipa: /ˌputɑŋˈhwɑ/
Forms: form: p'u-t'ung-hua
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 普通話／普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).
Senses: examples: text: As a mainland China national, the counter for our trial was fluent in English, Putonghua, and the Sichuan dialect, and was familiar with a number of other major Chinese languages such as Cantonese and Hakka.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
glosses: Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.
Pyramids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pyramids
Senses: glosses: A set of ancient pyramidal-shaped constructions in Egypt, mostly built as tombs for the pharaohs.
Pyrrhic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪk
Forms: form: more Pyrrhic
form: most Pyrrhic
form: pyrrhic
Etymology: From Pyrrhus (318-272 BC), a king of Epirus whose forces sustained heavy losses in defeating the Romans + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The Pyrrhic army lost the Pyrrhic war.
glosses: Of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BC), Greek general and statesman.
examples: text: Although this syndrome is thought to resemble patterns of Pyrrhic revenge […]
ref: 1993, Steven Berglas, Roy F. Baumeister, Your Own Worst Enemy: Understanding the Paradox, page 166:
text: I feared a Pyrrhic victory: I had been vindicated intellectually, but I was afraid of being too right and seeing the system crumble under my feet.
ref: 2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan, page 19:
glosses: Achieved at too great a cost or detriment to have been worthwhile (as a victory, accomplishment, etc).
Related terms: Pyrrhic victory
Q
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: q
form: Qs
form: Q's
Etymology: Latin Q (Q/q)
Senses: glosses: The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Q
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: q
Etymology: Latin Q (Q/q)
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuː/
ipa: /kju/
ipa: /kjʉː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: cue
homophone: queue
homophone: Kew
Forms: form: Qs
Etymology: Shortening
Senses: examples: text: Q and A
glosses: Abbreviation of question or questions.
glosses: Abbreviation of quarter.
examples: text: Yeah, alright, started with a Q, didn't wait in line
ref: 2023 June 1, Dave, Central Cee, Jim Legxacy, Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie, Kyle Evans, “Sprinter” (track 2), in Split Decision, performed by Dave and Central Cee, Neighbourhood; Live Yours:
glosses: Abbreviation of quarter.
A quarter ounce of a drug.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of quasar.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
antonyms: DNQ
glosses: Abbreviation of qualified.
glosses: American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
examples: text: 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 23:
text: The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.
ref: 2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess:
topics: board-games
card-games
chess
games
glosses: Abbreviation of queen.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).
Derived terms: topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: DQ
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: DSQ
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: q
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: RIQ
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: RLQ
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: RQQ
Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuː/
ipa: /kju/
ipa: /kjʉː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: cue
homophone: queue
homophone: Kew
Forms: form: Qs
Etymology: From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.
Senses: glosses: A gadget master, gadget creator.
Related terms: Eye-Q
Q angle
Q-Day
Q drop
Q-line
Q-pop
Q rating
Q-slur
Suzie Q
Q-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q-tips
form: q-tip
Etymology: American genericization from the brand name coined (and registered as the trademark "Q-TIPS") by Unilever; see tip. Q stands for quality.
Senses: glosses: A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible plastic rods with a swab of cotton/cotton wool at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears and other hard-to-reach places.
Q-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Q-tips
form: Q-tipping
form: Q-tipped
form: Q-tipped
form: q-tip
Etymology: American genericization from the brand name coined (and registered as the trademark "Q-TIPS") by Unilever; see tip. Q stands for quality.
Senses: examples: text: He disposed of his black outfit, doomed to incineration, and took a quick antimicrobial-enhanced shower […] lathering his face, sanctifying his pits, and Q-tipping his pointy ears.
ref: 2013, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, Bloomsbury, page 310:
glosses: To clean with a Q-tip.
Synonyms: word: cotton wool bud
Qomolangma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In this book, all the reports with their text-figures and tables can be said to be the most comprehensive and systematical stratigraphic works about the Mt. Qomolangma Region ever written and published up to present day.
ref: 1987, Zhongguo ke xue yuan. Xizang ke xue kao cha dui, Stratigraphy of the Mount Qomolangma Region:
text: The Himalayas are barriers to the warm and humid summer monsoon and make a great difference of precipitation between the north and the south of Mt . Qomolangma.
ref: 2006, Journal of Geographical Sciences - Volumes 16-17, page 332:
text: With the opening of the highways from Lhasa to Xigaze's Tingri County, visitors to Mount Qomolangma can enjoy a closer view of the magnificent mountain
ref: 2010, China Tourism - Issues 325-327, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of Chomolungma, the Tibetan name for Mount Everest.
Derived terms: Qomolangma Feng
Quaternary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kwŏt′ər-nĕr′ē
enpr: kwə-tûr′nə-rē
ipa: /ˈkwɑt.əɹˌnɛɹ.i/
ipa: /kwəˈtɜɹ.nə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈkwɒt.əˌnɛɹ.iː/
ipa: /kwəˈtɜː.nə.ɹiː/
Etymology: From Latin quaternārius (“consisting of four”), from quaternī (“by fours”); in numerical sense via Middle English quaternary. Compare French quaternaire.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Pleistocene, Holocene, Anthropocene, assholocene
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: Age of Man
glosses: The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of quaternary.
Related terms: Neogene
Tertiary
Que
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ques
Etymology: Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué. Doublet of Quek, Guo, and Kwok.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
glosses: A surname from Catalan.
Que
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Que.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Querétaro: a state of Mexico.
glosses: Abbreviation of Quebec: a province of Canada.
glosses: Abbreviation of Quebec City: the capital city of Quebec, Canada.
Quintus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quintuses
form: Quinti
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Quīntus (“masculine praenomen”), from quīntus (“fifth”).
Senses: examples: text: Q. Q.] ‘the two Quinti.’ Quintus, the brother of Cicero, and his son Quintus. […] utinam mederi] ‘would that my nearest and dearest had chosen to relieve my sufferings, rather than to aggravate them’; he refers to the Quinti and Terentia.
ref: 1894, Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, Louis Claude Purser, “Part VII. Letters from Cicero’s Return to Italy after the Battle of Pharsalia to the Death of Tullia.”, in The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero, […] (Dublin University Press Series), volume IV, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co. […]; London: Longmans, Green, & Co., […], →OCLC, footnote 1, pages 239 and 256:
text: “Quintus, I want a word with you,” said the other Quintus, for there are two Quinti.
ref: 1937 September 8, Quintus Quiz [pseudonym], “Life Owes You Nothing”, in Charles Clayton Morrison, editor, The Christian Century, volume LIV, number 36, Chicago, Ill.: Christian Century Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1097, column 1:
text: Cicero’s preoccupation with the slander spread by the two Quinti about him at a dangerous time would in any case have led him to focus less on everyday family ructions.
ref: 1988, Suzanne Dixon, “The Roman Mother and the Adolescent or Adult Son”, in The Roman Mother, Beckenham, Greater London; Sydney, N.S.W.: Croom Helm, →ISBN, page 190:
text: Neither of the Quintuses moved, too enthralled to care what Gnaeus Pompey did to the family tyrant.
ref: 2002, Colleen McCullough, “The March of Cato’s Ten Thousand […]”, in The October Horse (Masters of Rome; 6), London: Century, →ISBN, section 1, page 127:
glosses: A male given name from Latin
glosses: A male surname from Latin
Quran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qurans
Senses: examples: text: ‘You know the Quran tells us to enjoy sex as one of God’s blessings?’ Hira said.
‘Within marriage!’
ref: 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of Qur'an.
Derived terms: Quran belt
R
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː/
enpr: är
ipa: /ɑɹ/
ipa: /ɔːɹ/
ipa: /aːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: ah
homophone: or
homophone: oar
homophone: ore
homophone: are
homophone: our
homophone: hour stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: r
form: Rs
form: R's
Etymology: From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.
Senses: glosses: The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
R
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː/
enpr: är
ipa: /ɑɹ/
ipa: /ɔːɹ/
ipa: /aːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: ah
homophone: or
homophone: oar
homophone: ore
homophone: are
homophone: our
homophone: hour stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: r
Etymology: From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number