nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: general Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: General Eisenhower was the first SACEUR. 2. A great strategist or tactician. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world. 3. A general fact or proposition; a generality. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars. 4. The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The equivalent of a king in Chinese chess, the xiangqi piece that is confined to the palace, moves orthogonally one point at a time, and whose loss decides the game. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Synonym of admiral, a senior naval title, a great naval strategist or tactician. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. Short for general servant, a maid-of-all-work, a servant able to be assigned to any task in a household. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable Example: Then the servants left and there was only one, a General. A great deal of your comfort and happiness depends on having a good General. Example: My general is sister to your second housemaid. 8. Short for general election, a regular election for most offices in a region or country. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Example: Sure, this candidate is the favorite in the primary among the party faithful, but how is he going to do in the general? 9. Short for general anesthetic, a substance used to numb most feeling throughout the body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 10. Short for general anesthesia, the category of substances used to numb most feeling throughout the body or an instance of such substances. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 11. Short for general insurance, the area of the insurance industry dealing with policies for the general public. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: I work in general.
Word: general Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. To lead (soldiers) as a general. Example: Generalled by Mrs. Hauksbee, who, again, had all Mrs. Mallowe's wisdom at her disposal, proud of himself and, in the end, believing in himself because he was believed in, Otis Yeere stood ready for any fortune that might befall, certain that it would be good.
Word: general Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: choir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Pronunciation: /kwaɪə(ɹ)/, /kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)/, /kwaɪɚ/, /kʰwajr/, /kʰɔjr/ 1. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. Example: The church choir practices Thursday nights. Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer. 2. One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse. Example: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 3. One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. Labels: Christian Example: Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels. 4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
Word: choir Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Pronunciation: /kwaɪə(ɹ)/, /kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)/, /kwaɪɚ/, /kʰwajr/, /kʰɔjr/ 1. To sing in concert. Labels: intransitive Example: The great aim of this book is to secure congregational singing, which the churches must come to, at last, after a long interval of choiring.
Word: shuttle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a merger of two words: * Middle English shutel, shotel, schetel, schettell, schyttyl, scutel (“bar; bolt”), from Old English sċyttel, sċutel (“bar; bolt”), equivalent to shut + -le * Middle English shutel, schetil, shotil, shetel, schootyll, shutyll, schytle, scytyl (“missile; projectile; spear”), from Old English sċytel, sċutel (“dart, arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *skutilaz. The name for a loom weaving instrument, recorded from 1338, is from a sense of being "shot" across the threads. The back-and-forth imagery inspired the extension to "passenger trains" in 1895, aircraft in 1942, and spacecraft in 1969, as well as older terms such as shuttlecock. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəl/, [ˈʃʌɾəɫ] 1. A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom. Example: My dayes are ſwifter then a weauers ſhuttle, and are ſpent without hope. Example: Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feather'd hours, and all my hopes deride!. 2. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch. 3. A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places. Example: The shuttle bus runs to the airport on a half-hourly basis from the central station. Example: And until December 2010 the northern stretch of the 'Extension' featured a charming side-show: the Chesham Shuttle. [...] But the people of Chesham moaned about the shuttle: the waiting room at Chalfont & Latimer was too hot, or too cold; there were leaves on the line. [...] On 12 Dec 2010 the shuttle ceased operations and Metropolitan trains began to terminate at both Amersham and Chesham. 4. Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle. Example: You're saying we take the parking shuttles, reinforce them with aluminum siding and then head to the gun store where our friend Andy plays some cowboy-movie, jump-on-the-wagon bullshit. 5. Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle). 6. A shuttlecock. 7. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
Word: shuttle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a merger of two words: * Middle English shutel, shotel, schetel, schettell, schyttyl, scutel (“bar; bolt”), from Old English sċyttel, sċutel (“bar; bolt”), equivalent to shut + -le * Middle English shutel, schetil, shotil, shetel, schootyll, shutyll, schytle, scytyl (“missile; projectile; spear”), from Old English sċytel, sċutel (“dart, arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *skutilaz. The name for a loom weaving instrument, recorded from 1338, is from a sense of being "shot" across the threads. The back-and-forth imagery inspired the extension to "passenger trains" in 1895, aircraft in 1942, and spacecraft in 1969, as well as older terms such as shuttlecock. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəl/, [ˈʃʌɾəɫ] 1. To go or send back and forth between two places. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: On several occasions during the next several months my attempts to see the logs were met alternately with this denial of their existence or a denial of my right to see them. After being shuttled from station to headquarters and headquarters to station, I finally consulted with GCNs attorney, John Ward. 2. To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service. Labels: transitive Example: Guests can be shuttled to and from the hotel for no extra cost. Example: It may get even busier in town when a sleek train service called the Brightline debuts this summer, shuttling travelers between nearby West Palm Beach and Miami.
Word: phoenix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːnɪks/ 1. A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes. Example: burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood 2. Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Labels: figuratively Example: Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes. Example: Lord Allerton was that modern phœnix, a young man, without a single objection. 3. A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang. Labels: Chinese 4. A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta. Labels: historical Example: The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma. 5. A marvelous person or thing. Labels: obsolete Example: He may not be a phœnix of cleverness in your sense; his profession is different; but it would be all the better for you to talk a little on his subjects. 6. A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
Word: phoenix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːnɪks/ 1. To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability Labels: Australia Example: Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades. Example: The ATO defines iIllegal^([sic – meaning illegal]) phoenixing as when a new company is created to continue the business of a company that has been deliberately liquidated to avoid paying its debts, including taxes, creditors and employee entitlements.
Word: map Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe. Pronunciation: /mæp/, /map/, /mɛp/ 1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features. Example: a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput Example: He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle. 2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components. Example: a map of the Earth's magnetic field Example: The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above. 3. A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes). Example: Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ 4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings. 5. The face. Labels: UK, dated Example: And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck. 6. An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place. Example: I don't want to play this map again! Example: Jack loves playing on this Fortnite map. 7. Synonym of associative array.
Word: map Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe. Pronunciation: /mæp/, /map/, /mɛp/ 1. To represent by means of a map. Labels: transitive Example: This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail. Example: Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system. 2. To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map. Labels: transitive Example: The team is mapping the route of the new railway line. Example: The space probe is mapping the Earth's gravitational field. 3. To have a direct relationship; to correspond. Labels: intransitive Example: This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work. Example: Significantly, the aural-oral data does not map closely to the visual linguistic landscape at NIE. 4. To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with. Labels: transitive Example: Map "volume down" to the F2 key. 5. To act as a function on something, taking it to something else. Labels: transitive Example: f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B. Example: Equivalently: f:A→B,a↦f(a) 6. To assign a drive letter to a shared folder. Labels: transitive
Word: ad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, or advertiser. Pronunciation: /æd/ 1. Clipping of advertisement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed. Example: However, the ad that was seen as the most successful in 2000 reflected Chen Shui-bian's Taiwanese roots, that was the Kuantien Ad that showed the small town where he had grown up, his neighbours, relatives and people that had known him as a child. 2. Clipping of advertising. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of advertiser. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: ad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of advantage. Pronunciation: /æd/ 1. Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the advantage point following a deuce is always played. Example: [S]uddenly Agassi hits a hard heavy cross-court back hand that pulls Federer way out to his ad (= his left) side, and Federer gets to it but slices the stretch backhand short, a couple feet past the service line […]. 2. Advantage Example: ads and disads
Word: ad Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad (“to, on”). Pronunciation: /æd/ 1. to, toward
Word: index Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin indexder. English index From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɛks/, [ˈɪndæks], /ˈɪndeks/ 1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location. Example: The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found. Example: He isn't able to find the index of the book. 2. The index finger; the forefinger. 3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc. 4. A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph. 5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Example: Among the gravity indexes is the severance of diplomatic relations. Example: Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants. 6. A sign; an indication; a token. Example: His son's empty guffaws […] struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind. Example: Their use of these words as epithets is an index of an appallingly low level of feminist awareness. 7. A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol. 8. A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities. 9. A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient. Example: In other words, we predict that the index for a new pair of materials can be obtained from the indexes of the individual materials, both against air or against vacuum. 10. A raised suffix indicating a power. 11. An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table. Labels: especially 12. A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table. 13. The number of cosets that exist. Example: The index of 2ℤ in ℤ is 2. 14. A prologue indicating what follows. Labels: obsolete Example: Ay me, what act, that roars so loud and thunders in the index?
Word: index Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin indexder. English index From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɛks/, [ˈɪndæks], /ˈɪndeks/ 1. To arrange an index for something, especially a long text. Labels: transitive Example: MySQL does not index short words and common words. 2. To inventory; to take stock. 3. To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels. 4. To measure by an associated value. Example: For thousands of years, human progress was indexed to the ease and speed of our mobility: our capacity to walk on two legs, and then to ride on animals, sail on boats, chug across the land and fly through the air, all to procure for ourselves the food and materials we wanted. 5. To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate. Labels: transitive Example: For example, the feature I indexes the current speaker in the speech event and you, the current addressee. 6. To access a value in a data container by an index. 7. To use a mechanism to move an object to a precise location. Labels: transitive
Word: Afghan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source. Pronunciation: /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/, /ˈæf(ˌ)ɡɑːn/ 1. A person from Afghanistan. Example: Four cases of measles – a highly contagious virus – have also been discovered among Afghans who recently arrived in the US, prompting the administration to temporarily pause flights of Afghan refugees to the US. 2. A person of Pashtun ethnicity. Labels: dated 3. Synonym of Afghan rug. 4. Synonym of Afghan Hound. 5. Synonym of Afghan coat. 6. Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“crocheted or knitted blanket or throw”) Labels: alt-of 7. Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“type of iced chocolate biscuit”) Labels: New-Zealand, alt-of
Word: Afghan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source. Pronunciation: /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/, /ˈæf(ˌ)ɡɑːn/ 1. Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. 2. Clipping of Afghanistan. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: He will be in Afghan for another six months.
Word: Afghan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source. Pronunciation: /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/, /ˈæf(ˌ)ɡɑːn/ 1. Of, from or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks. 2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Albania + -n. Doublet of Albanese. Compare Middle French Albanien and old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”). Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ælˈbeɪn.jən/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian ethnic group or the Albanian language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albania + -n. Doublet of Albanese. Compare Middle French Albanien and old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”). Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ælˈbeɪn.jən/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jən/ 1. A person of an ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe, comprising the ethnic majorities of Albania and Kosovo. Example: Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following the 1998-99 war in which Kosovar Albanians attempted to break from what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, made up of today’s Serbia and Montenegro.
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Albania + -n. Doublet of Albanese. Compare Middle French Albanien and old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”). Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ælˈbeɪn.jən/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jən/ 1. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Albanians honored old-age in all men, death in none, accounting it vnlawfull to mention a dead man; with whom they alſo buried his wealth.
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Albany + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. of or from the city of Albany, New York State
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albany + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.
Word: Albanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Alba + -n- + -ian. 1. Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286. Labels: historical, poetic, rare
Word: Algerian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria Middle English -n English -n English Algerian From Algeria + -n. Pronunciation: /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/, /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry. Example: It was a view that would not necessarily be shared by Algerians subjected to the gégène or having had their bellies pumped full of water during the Battle of Algiers. 2. Wine produced in Algeria.
Word: Algerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria Middle English -n English -n English Algerian From Algeria + -n. Pronunciation: /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/, /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria, its people, or its culture. Example: (Yasmina Khadra is a female pseudonym for a former Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, who lives in France and whose work has once again been overheatedly translated by John Cullen.)
Word: Algerian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Algerian From Alger (“Algiers”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/, /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire. Labels: historical 2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria.
Word: Algerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Algerian From Alger (“Algiers”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/, /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Regency of Algiers, its people, or its culture. Labels: historical 2. Of, from, or pertaining to Algiers, its people, or its culture.
Word: Wales Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul. Pronunciation: /weɪlz/, /weːlz/, /wɛjlz/, /welz/, /wæɪlz/ 1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales Example: Reassured and pleased with the railway, the Queen returned from Paddington to Slough on June 23, bringing with her the infant Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII. 2. The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inc Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Inc. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative 2. Abbreviation of incoming. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: inc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of increment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: inc Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of increase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]
Word: Tokelau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Niuean tokelau (“north”), Māori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”). Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊkəlaʊ/ 1. Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
Word: East Timor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Timor-Leste. Pronunciation: /iːst tiːmɔː/ 1. A country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor. Official name: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Capital: Dili.
Word: Tajikistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Persian تَاجِیکِسْتَان (tājīkistān) (from which Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston)). By surface analysis, Tajik + -istan. Pronunciation: /təˈdʒiːkɪˌstɑːn/, /təˈdʒɪkɪˌstɑːn/, /tɑː-/, /tæ-/, /-stæn/ 1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe. Example: Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries. Example: Rahmon, addressing Putin directly, said that Tajikistan and other countries in the vast region have been treated like outsiders and indicates that the region deserves more investment from Moscow.[…] Rahmon said the neglect of Tajikistan and the other countries of Central Asia, which he said were only used for their raw materials during the Soviet era, was one of the reasons for the collapse.
Word: Turks and Caicos Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Turks from the Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus) that grows in the region + Caicos from Lucayan Taíno caya hico, meaning 'string of islands'. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)ks ən ˈkeɪkəs ˌaɪləndz/ 1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean.
Word: São Tomé and Príncipe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque of Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (literally “Saint Thomas and Prince”), the two major islands which form the nation. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊ təˈmeɪ ən ˈpɹɪnsɪpeɪ/ 1. A country and archipelago of Central Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. Official name: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Capital: São Tomé.
Word: Suriname Part of Speech: name Etymology: From English Surinam, from the name of the Surinen people, likely Lokono. Pronunciation: /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˌsjʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˈsʊə.ɹɪ.næm/, /ˌsʊɹ.ɪˈnɑm/, /ˈsʊɹ.ɪ.nɑm/ 1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo. Example: In recognition of his achievement, de Clieu was presented in 1746 to Louis XV, who was keener on coffee than his predecessor had been. At around the same time, the Dutch introduced coffee to Suriname, a colony in South America.
Word: Somalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Somali Soomaaliya, equivalent to Somali + -ia. Pronunciation: /səˈmɑːli.ə/, /səˈmɑli.ə/, /səˈmɐːli.ə/, /səˈmale.ə/ 1. A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu. Example: Somaliland seceded from Somalia 31 years ago and functions as an independent state with its own government but is still considered internationally as part of Somalia.
Word: Sierra Leone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian sierra (“mountain range”) + leone (“lion”) (via Venetian), itself from Portuguese Serra Leoa (“lioness mountains”), as the area was described to the rest of Europe by Venetian explorer Alvise Cadamosto; in reference to the Lion Mountains (named by Pedro de Sintra in 1462). Pronunciation: /siˌɛɹə liˈoʊn/ 1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.
Word: Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Part of Speech: name 1. Two distinct islands, dependencies of Norway.
Word: Sri Lanka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā) / ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”). Displaced Old English Deprobane. Pronunciation: /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlæŋkə/ 1. An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo. Example: Sri Lanka has asked the IMO to classify plastic pellets as toxic substances, and Vanuatu is calling for better reporting of containers lost at sea.
Word: South Korea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From south + Korea, due to its southerly position on the Korean peninsula. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ kəˈɹiːə/ 1. A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Official name: Republic of Korea. Capital: Seoul. Example: HSI data indicates that up to a million dogs are bred and sacrificed annually in South Korea for human consumption, even though demand is at a “historic low,” with about 6 million dogs residing in South Korean homes and 57 percent of the population supporting the ban.
Word: North Korea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From north + Korea, due to its northerly position on the Korean peninsula. Pronunciation: /noɹθ ˌkəˈɹi.ə/, /nɔːθ ˌkəˈɹiː.ə/ 1. A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Capital: Pyongyang. Example: The Little Assembly directed the commission to hold elections "wherever possible" which means, in effect, the United States-occupied zone. Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely. Example: A few species such as bat, shrew, striped hamster and muskrat are found only in North Korea. Also only in North Korea are tiger, lynx, two species of deer, Manchurian weasel and northern pika in the plateau regions of Paektusan.
Word: Saudi Arabia Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Saudi and Arabia. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊ.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/, /ˌsɔː.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/ 1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh. Example: In the three and a half years since the start of the Second World War the Sa’udi king had received annually from Great Britain some £3 million in goods and silver coins, plus some £750,000 which Casoc advanced in 1941 and again in 1942 against royalties anticipated from post-war oil sales. But in the two years after the signing of the February 1943 Lend–Lease order some $33 million (nearly £8 million) in cash, goods and bullion flooded into Sa’udi Arabia from the USA on top of oil revenues, and Abdul Aziz was at least £1 million a year better off – for, in their eagerness to make up for lost time in Arabia, the Americans gave with both hands. Example: Little did anyone dream that Sa’udi Arabia possessed the world's largest oil reserves, which would eventually bring incredible wealth and power but would also undermine an ancient Eastern way of life.
Word: storm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English stormen (“of the wind: to blow violently; to cause to roll or toss”), from storm (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs). Compare Middle English sturmen (“to attack (someone) with great force”), from Old English styrman (“to rage, storm; to make a great noise, cry aloud, shout, storm”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturmijan (“to storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną (“to storm”), from *sturmaz (“a storm”) (see etymology 1) + *-janą (suffix forming causatives from strong verbs, with a sense of ‘to cause to do [the action of the verb]’). The Middle English word did not survive into modern English. The noun is derived from verb etymology 2, verb sense 2.3 (“to violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it”). Cognates * Dutch stormen (“to bluster, storm”) * German stürmen (“to rage, storm; to assault, attack”) * Icelandic storma (“to storm”) * Low German stormen (“to storm”) * Swedish storma (“to bluster, storm”) Pronunciation: /stɔːm/, /stɔɹm/ 1. A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
Word: Seychelles Part of Speech: name Etymology: After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles. Pronunciation: /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/ 1. An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.
Word: Saint Helena Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /seɪnt həˈliːnə/, /seɪnt ˈhɛlənə/ 1. A saint: the mother of the emperor Constantine the Great. 2. An island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean. 3. A city in Napa County, California, United States.
Word: Russia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *rōþruz? Old East Norse *rōþs-bor. Proto-Finnic *rooccibor. Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)bor. New Latin Russiabor. English Russia From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ) (whence Arabic رُوس (rūs) and Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs)), which originally referred to a group of Varangians who established themselves near Kiev in the 9th century and ruled Kievan Rus; probably from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old East Norse *roþs- (“related to rowing”); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”), an older name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Ultimately from Old Norse róðr (“steering oar”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). By surface analysis, Russ + -ia. First attested in c. 1390s. Doublet of Rossiya. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃə/, /ˈɹʊʃə/, /ˈɾʌʃə/, /ˈɹʌ.ʃɐ/, /ˈɹʊ.ʃɐ/ 1. A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The next stop that we make will be England / Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too / Don't you know that it's time to get on board? / And let this train keep on riding, riding on through Example: “Revoking PNTR for Russia is going to make it harder for Russia to do business with the United States and doing it in unison with other nations that make up half of the global economy will be another crushing blow to the Russian economy that’s already suffering very badly from our sanctions,” Biden said. 2. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR). Labels: broadly, countable, historical, uncountable 3. The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava. 4. Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev. Labels: countable, dated, historical, uncountable Example: Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava. 5. Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia). Labels: countable, dated Example: Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias — the empire over self. Example: Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.
Word: Russia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *rōþruz? Old East Norse *rōþs-bor. Proto-Finnic *rooccibor. Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)bor. New Latin Russiabor. English Russia From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ) (whence Arabic رُوس (rūs) and Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs)), which originally referred to a group of Varangians who established themselves near Kiev in the 9th century and ruled Kievan Rus; probably from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old East Norse *roþs- (“related to rowing”); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”), an older name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Ultimately from Old Norse róðr (“steering oar”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). By surface analysis, Russ + -ia. First attested in c. 1390s. Doublet of Rossiya. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃə/, /ˈɹʊʃə/, /ˈɾʌʃə/, /ˈɹʌ.ʃɐ/, /ˈɹʊ.ʃɐ/ 1. Ellipsis of Russia leather. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Dull Russias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers.
Word: Réunion Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Réunion. Doublet of reunion. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/, /ɹeɪ.uːniˈɒn/ 1. An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.
Word: Palau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”). Pronunciation: /pəˈlaʊ/ 1. A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud. Example: Another society in which wealth per se was highly valued was Palau, but wealth belonging to descent units and not to individuals.[…] Palau society was divided into a large number of individually named, exogamous matriclans, and these were in turn subdivided into named matrilineages, each of which was a land-owning corporation and localized within a single community. Example: The president of Palau declared Tuesday that his Pacific island nation will ban commercial fishing and become a marine sanctuary.[…] Remengesau said establishing “a 100 percent marine sanctuary” will enable Palau to preserve “a pristine environment” and promote snorkeling, scuba diving and ecotourism as an alternative way to grow its economy.
Word: Niue Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Niuean Niuē (“behold the coconut palm”), from niu (“coconut”) + ē (“o (vocative particle)”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːeɪ/ 1. An island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Republic of Niue. Capital: Alofi.
Word: Martinique Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours. The name is sometimes suggested to be a modification of a native Ta-Arawak (Taino or Kalinago) name Madinina (“island of flowers”) or Matinino (“island of women”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɑː(ɹ)tɪˈniːk/ 1. An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.
Word: Lesotho Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”). Pronunciation: /ləˈsuːtuː/ 1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.
Word: Kyrgyzstan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kyrgyz Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan), from кыргыз (kırgız, “Kyrgyz”) + -стан (-stan, “-stan”). Equivalent to Kyrgyz + -stan. More at Kyrgyz. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪə.ɡɪˌstɑːn/, /ˈkɛː.ɡɪˌstɑːn/, /-stæn/, /ˌkɪəɹ.ɡɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌkɛːɹ.ɡɪˈstɑːn/ 1. A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Official name: Kyrgyz Republic. Capital: Bishkek.
Word: Kazakhstan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Казахста́н (Kazaxstán). Analyzable as Kazakh + -stan. Pronunciation: /ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn/, /ˈkæzəkˌstɑːn/, /-stæn/, /ˌkazəkˈstɑːn/, /ˈkazəkˌstɑːn/ 1. A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan. Example: At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. Example: Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 p.m. ET in a Soyuz spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a seven-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.