nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: builder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English byldere English builder From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl.də/, /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/ 1. One who builds or constructs things. 2. Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers. 3. Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output. Example: To cut coding time and to insure maintainability of the algorithms, an "algorithm builder tool" was constructed. Example: A map builder uses map layers from several sources and adds data to make a custom map. 4. Clipping of bodybuilder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare Example: In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.
Word: Togolese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French togolais, equivalent to Togo + -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Togolese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French togolais, equivalent to Togo + -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese. 1. A person from Togo or of Togolese descent. Labels: in-plural Example: Grunitzky was educated locally and abroad (receiving one of the first scholarships ever granted to a Togolese), studying mathematics and obtaining an engineering degree (1937). Upon his return to Togo, Grunitzky joined the civil service[…]
Word: Tongan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tonga Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tongan From Tonga + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/ 1. An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga. Labels: uncountable 2. A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent. Labels: countable
Word: Tongan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tonga Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tongan From Tonga + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Medieval Latin Part of Speech: name 1. The Latin language as used during the Middle Ages, before it was developed by the Italian humanists into Renaissance Latin.
Word: New Latin Part of Speech: name 1. The reformed Latin language as written or spoken as a lingua franca from 14th century Renaissance Latin to Contemporary Latin beginning in the late 19th century.
Word: Ghanaian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Ghana Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ghanaian From Ghana + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/, /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people. Labels: not-comparable Example: She had a little southern accent that tinted her Ghanaian one.
Word: Ghanaian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Ghana Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ghanaian From Ghana + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːˈneɪ.ən/, /ˈɡɑ.ni.ən/ 1. A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent. Example: The locals did this, waiting for tourists to disembark so that they could con them into paying for things Ghanaians knew were free.
Word: Icelander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Iceland + -er. Displaced older Middle English Iselandman (“Icelander”, literally “Iceland man, Iceland person”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪs.lənd.ə/, /ˈaɪs.lənd.ɚ/ 1. A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Iceland.
Word: Jordanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Jordan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Jordanian From Jordan + -ian. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːˈdeɪnɪən/, /d͡ʒɔɹˈdeɪniən/ 1. A person from Jordan or of Jordanian descent.
Word: Jordanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Jordan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Jordanian From Jordan + -ian. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːˈdeɪnɪən/, /d͡ʒɔɹˈdeɪniən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the work of Camille Jordan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kuwaiti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kuwait + -i. 1. A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent.
Word: Kuwaiti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kuwait + -i. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kuwait or the Kuwaiti people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Lao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo). Pronunciation: /laʊ/, /ˈlɑːoʊ/ 1. A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia. Labels: countable 2. The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lao Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo). Pronunciation: /laʊ/, /ˈlɑːoʊ/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language. Labels: not-comparable Example: A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths.
Word: Lao Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo). Pronunciation: /laʊ/, /ˈlɑːoʊ/ 1. A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Word: Telugu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/ 1. A Dravidian language of India. Example: The train rumbled between narrow buildings with flat roofs and multicoloured walls, Telugu script crawling like creepers over them. 2. An ethnic group of southern India.
Word: Telugu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/ 1. A member of the Telugu ethnic group.
Word: Malagasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/, /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/ 1. A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
Word: Malagasy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/, /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/ 1. The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language. Example: “On the other hand, I had the French and English Wiktionaries which each had more Malagasy words than the entire Malagasy Wiktionary. [That was] the trigger to start working on the Malagasy Wiktionary. In 2009, [I] didn’t know much programming at that time, so I did everything by hand, at least in the beginning.” 2. The chief lect of this language or language group.
Word: Malagasy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/, /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prescribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/, /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/, /pɝˈskɹaɪb/, /ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/ 1. To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). Example: The doctor prescribed aspirin. Example: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones. 2. To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action. Example: The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations. Example: Prescribe not us our duties. 3. To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription). Example: Most probable that one presentation and 40 years possession thereafter, is sufficient to prescribe a right of patronage. Example: […] held, in a question with a party who had acquired right from the commissioners of the forfeited estates to the estate of the forfeited superior, as it stood in his person, that the crown charter of the vassal was a valid title on which to prescribe a right to the coal […] 4. To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
Word: proscribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/, /ˈpɹəʊskɹaɪb/, /ˈpɹoʊˌskɹaɪb/ 1. To forbid or prohibit. Labels: transitive Example: The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated. 2. To denounce. Labels: transitive Example: The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities. Example: If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with as much certainty as though he had been his confidential adviser. 3. To banish or exclude. Labels: transitive Example: Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.
Word: length Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”). Pronunciation: /lɛŋ(k)θ/, /lɛn(t)θ/, /leŋ(k)θ/, /len(t)θ/, /leɪŋ(k)θ/ 1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Duration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. 3. The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: five lengths ahead of the field 4. Distance between the two ends of a line segment. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Total extent. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the length of a book 7. Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a length of rope Example: a length of hair 8. A penis. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length. 9. A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […] Example: The boy was engaged to write out parts at a penny a length (42 lines) for Chetwood, who then charged the manager, […] 10. The number of cards held in a particular suit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning. 11. The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: length Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”). Pronunciation: /lɛŋ(k)θ/, /lɛn(t)θ/, /leŋ(k)θ/, /len(t)θ/, /leɪŋ(k)θ/ 1. To lengthen. Labels: obsolete Example: Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow. Example: Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde.
Word: probity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French probité, from Latin probitās (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊbɪti/, /ˈpɹoʊbəti/, [-ɾi] 1. Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour […] Example: [W]hen the interests or reputation of their own nation come into collision with those of another, they go to the opposite extreme, and forget their usual probity and candour, in the indulgence of spleen, and an illiberal spirit of ridicule.
Word: fleur de sel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”). 1. Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water. Example: Fleur de sel is less bitter than regular sea salt, they say, because it has very little magnesium.
Word: wat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai วัด (wát). Pronunciation: /wat/, /wɒt/ 1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. Example: There are two wats near this village. Example: Angkor Wat
Word: wat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ወጥ (wäṭ). 1. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Example: In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.
Word: wat Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect. Pronunciation: /wæ(ː)t/ 1. Alternative spelling of what. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: wat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect. Pronunciation: /wæ(ː)t/ 1. Alternative spelling of what. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, informal, not-comparable
Word: wat Part of Speech: det Etymology: Variation of what, used for humorous effect. Pronunciation: /wæ(ː)t/ 1. Alternative spelling of what. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, informal Example: Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."
Word: Forlì-Cesena Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Word: Macerata Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Macerata. 1. A province of Marche, Italy. 2. A town, the capital of Macerata.
Word: Massa Carrara Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Tuscany, Italy, containing the two towns Massa and Carrara.
Word: Matera Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Matera. 1. A province of Basilicata, Italy. 2. A city, the capital of Matera province, Basilicata.
Word: Messina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene. Pronunciation: /mɛˈsiːnə/ 1. A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina. 2. A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015. 3. A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily. 4. Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.
Word: Messina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene. Pronunciation: /mɛˈsiːnə/ 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Modena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Modena, from Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna). Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊdɪnə/, /ˈmɒdɪnə/ 1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 2. The capital city of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Word: Nuoro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Nuoro, related to Nuragic. 1. A province of Sardinia, Italy. 2. A town and capital of Nuoro, Italy.
Word: Oristano Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Oristano. 1. A province of Sardinia, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
Word: parma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parmigiana. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹmə/, /ˈpɑːmə/ 1. A dish cooked in the parmigiana style. Labels: Australia Example: The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.
Word: parma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin parma. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹmə/, /ˈpɑːmə/ 1. A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry. Labels: historical
Word: Pavia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Papia Italian Paviabor. English Pavia Borrowed from Italian Pavia. Pronunciation: /pəˈvi.ə/ 1. A province of Lombardy, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. 3. A township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States, previously named Union Township. 4. A municipality in Iloilo province, Philippines.
Word: Perugia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia. 1. The capital city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.
Word: Pesaro e Urbino Part of Speech: name 1. Province of Marche, Italy.
Word: Pescara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pescara. 1. A province of Abruzzo, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.
Word: Piacenza Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin placeō Latin placentia Latin Placentia Italian Piacenzabor. English Piacenza Borrowed from Italian Piacenza, from Latin Placentia. Doublet of pleasance. 1. A city, the capital of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. 2. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Word: Pistoia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pistoia. 1. A city and comune, the capital of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. 2. A province of Tuscany, Italy.
Word: Pordenone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pordenone. 1. A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.
Word: Potenza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Potenza. Doublet of potency. 1. A city, the capital of the province of Potenza and the region of Basilicata, Italy. 2. A province of Basilicata, Italy.
Word: Prato Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Prato. 1. A province of Tuscany, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
Word: Ragusa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush) 1. A province of Sicily, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The capital of Ragusa, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. A habitational surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ravenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna. 1. A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. 2. A coastal city, the present-day capital of the province of Ravenna. Example: Ravenna served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 until the latter's collapse in 476; thereafter it was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and then of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until the last exarch was executed by the Lombards in 751. 3. A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.
Word: Reggio nell'Emilia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Reggio Emilia (“city and province in Italy”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rieti Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rieti. 1. A province of Lazio, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy.
Word: Rimini Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Rimini, from Latin Arīminium. 1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 2. A resort city, the capital of the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 3. A ghost town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States.
Word: Rovigo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rovigo. 1. A province of Veneto, Italy. 2. A commune and town, the capital of the province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.
Word: Salerno Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Salerno, from Latin Salernum. 1. A province of Campania, Italy. 2. A city, the provincial capital of Salerno, Campania, Italy. 3. A surname.
Word: Sassari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sassari. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑsəɹi/, /ˈsæsəɹi/ 1. A province of Sardinia, Italy. 2. A city and commune, the capital city of the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
Word: Savona Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Savona. 1. A province of Liguria, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The capital city of the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A community on Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A village in Bath, Steuben County, New York, United States, named after Savona, Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Siena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Siena. Pronunciation: /siˈɛnə/ 1. A city and comune, the capital of the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. 2. A province of Tuscany, Italy.
Word: Sondrio Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Lombardy, Italy. 2. The capital of the province of Sondrio.
Word: Taranto Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Taranto, from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”). Doublet of Taras and Tarentum. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹəntoʊ/, /ˈtɛɹ.ən.toʊ/, /təˈɹæn.toʊ/, /təˈɹɑːn.toʊ/, /tɑˈɹɑːntoʊ/ 1. A port city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy. 2. A province of Apulia, Italy, around the city.
Word: Teramo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Teramo. 1. A province of Abruzzo, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy.
Word: Terni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Terni. 1. A province of Umbria, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.
Word: Trapani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Trapani. 1. A province of Sicily, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
Word: Trento Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Trento. Doublet of trident. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛntoʊ/ 1. A city, the capital of the province of Trentino and the region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. 2. Trentino (a province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy). Labels: rare
Word: Treviso Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Treviso. 1. A province of Veneto, Italy. 2. A town, the capital of Treviso province, Italy. Example: With a population of nearly 94,000, Treviso impressed judges by transforming an abandoned landfill into a solar park, overhauling its canal system to improve water quality and launching biodiversity projects to clean its air.
Word: Trieste Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Trieste. Pronunciation: /tɹiːˈɛst/, /tɹɪˈɛst/ 1. A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy. 2. A city in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy, the capital of the province.
Word: Udine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Udine. 1. A city and comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.
Word: Varese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Varese. 1. A province of Lombardy, Italy. 2. The capital city of the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy.
Word: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Piedmont, Italy.
Word: Vercelli Part of Speech: name 1. A town, and associated province in Piedmont, Italy.
Word: Vibo Valentia Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Calabria, Italy.
Word: Vicenza Part of Speech: name 1. A city and associated province of Veneto, Italy.
Word: Viterbo Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Lazio, Italy. 2. A town, the provincial capital of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.
Word: Ventimiglia Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Liguria, Italy.
Word: & Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Latin & 1. Abbreviation of and. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.” 2. Abbreviation of Latinet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated
Word: Andalusia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Andalusia, from Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus) + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌændəˈluːsi.ə/, /ˌændəˈluːʃə/, /ˌændəˈluːzi.ə/, /ˌændəˈluːʒə/, /ˌændəluːˈsiːə/ 1. A historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Capital: Seville. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Nikolaos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νικάω (nikáō, “I conquer”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Doublet of Nicholas. 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλαος (Nikólaos) used in Greece. The equivalent female name is Nikoleta.
Word: Nikos Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νίκος (Níkos) used in Greece. It is the most common form of the name Nikolaos, the Greek cognate of Nicholas.
Word: Nikolas Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλας (Nikólas), used in Greece. Example: The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A school resource officer faces charges after allegedly failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Word: Nikolis Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικολής (Nikolís) used in Greece.
Word: Nikoleta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Νικολέτα (Nikoléta), a female given name used in (modern) Greece. 1. A transliteration of the Greek female given name Νικολέτα (Nikoléta).
Word: Greeklish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Greek + English? Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːklɪʃ/ 1. A system for transliterating Greek into the Latin alphabet, either phonetically (for example, transliterating Νίκη as Niki) or orthographically (for example, transliterating Νίκη as Nikh).
Word: Nicolas Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɪ.kə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/ 1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of less common usage, variant of Nicholas. Example: And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch. Example: French President Nicolas Sarkozy advocated more regulation of commodities markets and better management of capital flows at the last G-20 meeting, and the G-7 intervened in currency markets to depress the yen in the wake of Japan’s March earthquake.
Word: Nicholas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably born by St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas’ clerks, I'll give thee this neck. Example: I must call you Nick—we always did call you young Nick when we knew you meant to marry the old widow. Some said you had a handsome family likeness to old Nick, but that was your mother's fault, calling you Nicholas. Aren't you glad to see me again? 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hamburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/, /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/, /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/ 1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich: Labels: uncountable 4. An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger. Example: I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again. 5. Ellipsis of hamburger button. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 6. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: hamburger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/, /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/, /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/ 1. To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body). Labels: informal, transitive Example: The men played baseball on coral diamonds that tore their shoes and clothes and hamburgered their hands. Example: And his tires triggered no Claymore mines or Bouncing Betties that might have hamburgered his vehicle with him in it.
Word: tie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teye (“cord, chain”), from Old English tēag, tēah (“cord, chain”), from Proto-West Germanic *taugu, from Proto-Germanic *taugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Compare Danish tov, Icelandic taug. Pronunciation: /taɪ/, /təɪ/, /toɪ/ 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. 3. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. 4. A lace-up shoe. Example: Oxford ties; Derby ties Example: […] the tip of her russet boot almost grazed that of his Oxford tie. 5. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened. 6. A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection. Example: the sacred ties of friendship or of duty Example: the ties of allegiance; the ties that bind 7. A structural member firmly holding two pieces together. Example: Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes. 8. A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails. Labels: US 9. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally. Example: It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score. 10. The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw). 11. An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s). Labels: US Example: I thought José was still a point down. I thought he needed another takedown to tie and pull ahead, so I ordered José to let his man up. I looked up too late, realizing that José already scored a tie. By that point, the New Jersey champion got his ... Example: […] game in the championships shouldering a vast disadvantage and was in due course defeated by Egyetértés, one of the newcomers in the first league. Eger, the other novice in the championships, also took off successfully scoring a tie with the Ruha ETO. 12. A meeting between two players or teams in a competition. Labels: UK Example: The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957. 13. A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes. 14. A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/. Labels: phonetic, transcription Example: Wikipedia: tie (typography) 15. One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set. 16. A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site. 17. A connection between two vertices. 18. A tiewig. Example: [H]e ordered his boarders and apartments to be dished out for the occasion, spared no pains in adorning his own person, and in particular employed a whole hour in adjusting a voluminous tye, in which he proposed to make his appearance.
Word: tie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English teien, teiȝen, from Old English tīġan, tīeġan, from Proto-West Germanic *taugijan, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Cognate with Icelandic teygja. Pronunciation: /taɪ/, /təɪ/, /toɪ/ 1. To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. Labels: transitive Example: Tie this rope in a knot for me, please. Example: Tie the rope to this tree. 2. To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like. Labels: transitive Example: Tie a knot in this rope for me, please. 3. To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like. Labels: transitive Example: Tie him to the tree. Example: In bond of virtuous love together tied. 4. To secure (something) by string or the like. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: Tie your shoes. Example: Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. 5. To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering. Labels: ambitransitive Example: They tied for third place. Example: They tied the game. 6. To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering. Labels: US, transitive Example: He tied me for third place. 7. To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation. 8. To believe; to credit. Labels: US, colloquial, dated Example: […] It seems they have sort of betrothal teas — can you tie it?" "Heavens!" said Mary […] Example: As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off." 9. In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead. Labels: transitive Example: So, a class for tying a hash to an ISAM implementation might provide an extra method to traverse a set of keys sequentially (the “S” of ISAM), since your typical DBM implementation can't do that.
Word: complaisant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/, /kəmˈpleɪzənt/ 1. Compliant. 2. Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable. Example: Replay our conversation You threw your accusations I'm always so complaisant I never change the station 3. Polite; showing respect. Labels: archaic Example: The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen.
Word: affect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, af- + Latin -fect. Pronunciation: /əˈfɛkt/ 1. To influence or alter. Labels: transitive Example: The experience affected me deeply. Example: The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction. 2. To move to emotion. Labels: transitive Example: He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play. Example: A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles. 3. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). Labels: transitive Example: Hepatitis affects the liver. 4. To dispose or incline. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty 5. To tend to by affinity or disposition. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. 6. To assign; to appoint. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: One of the domestics was affected to his special service. 7. To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction. Labels: transitive 8. To feign or pretend. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The light above the door made it unconvincing to affect that no one was at home.
Word: affect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter (“strive after”), Middle French affecter (“feign”), and their source, Latin affectāre (“to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign”), frequentative of afficere (“to act upon, influence”) (see Etymology 1, above). Pronunciation: /əˈfɛkt/ 1. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. Labels: transitive Example: to affect ignorance Example: to affect a British accent 2. To aim for, to try to obtain. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Duke.[...] I loue the people, But doe not like to stage me to their eyes: Though it doe well, I doe not rellish well Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement: Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion That do's affect it. Example: For it is believed, that he never was married, affecting and embracing Chastity through the whole course of his Life. 3. To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. Labels: rare, transitive Example: There is a Lady in Verona heere Whom I affect: but she is nice, and coy, And naught esteemes my aged eloquence. Example: From that day forth she gan to him affect, / And daily more her favour to augment […] 4. To show a fondness for (something); to choose. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Amongst humane conditions this one is very common, that we are rather pleased with strange things then with our owne; we love changes, affect alterations, and like innovations. Example: Go, let him have a table by himself, for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for’t, indeed.
Word: affect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, adfectus (“a state of mind or body produced by some (external) influence, especially sympathy or love”), from afficere (“to act upon, influence”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɛkt/ 1. A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. Example: if we are afraid of robbers in a dream, the robbers are certainly imaginary, but the fear is real. This draws our attention to the fact that the development of affects [translating Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...]. Example: A third study demonstrated that the effects of self-affirmation on self-regulated performance were not due to positive affect. 2. One's mood or inclination; mental state. Labels: obsolete 3. A desire, an appetite. Labels: obsolete
Word: Corinthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Corinthius + -an. By surface analysis, Corinth + -ian. The senses related to opulence or debauchery derive from the reputation of ancient Corinth. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Corinth. 2. Of the Corinthian order. Example: The silver waters of the spring had long since disappeared, but there still were left a few of the Corinthian pillars, some stretched on the ground and overgrown with creeping-plants, while two or three yet remained erect, and showed how graceful the whole must have been. Example: The examples of the concave family in the Byzantine times are found principally either in large capitals founded on the Greek Corinthian, used chiefly for the nave pillars of churches, or in the small lateral shafts of the palaces. 3. Elaborate, ornate. 4. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Example: all her young Corinthian laity 5. Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs. Example: Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen. Example: It was a condition of the race, that the horses should be ridden by gentlemen ... [I]t was submitted, that if none were to be reputed in the rank of gentlemen, whose wives had not been visited by Lady Clanricarde, the notion of a Corinthian Race might as well be given up at once, within twenty miles all round Portumna castle. It would amount, in fact, to a disgentilizing of two or three counties.
Word: Corinthian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Corinthius + -an. By surface analysis, Corinth + -ian. The senses related to opulence or debauchery derive from the reputation of ancient Corinth. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs. 2. An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia. 3. An accomplished amateur athlete. 4. A sailboat owner who helms their own boat in competitive racing. 5. A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute.
Word: arcadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Italian arcatabor. French arcadeubor. English arcade Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English arcadian From arcade + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkeɪdɪən/ 1. Pertaining to an arcade. 2. Furnished with arcades. 3. Ideally rustic or pastoral.
Word: Messenian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Messenia + -an. 1. Of or relating to Messenia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Messenian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Messenia + -an. 1. An inhabitant or resident of Messenia.
Word: Acarnanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Acarnania + -an. Pronunciation: /ɔ.kɔɹ.neɪ.niːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Acarnania.
Word: Boeotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Boeotia. Pronunciation: /biːˈəʊʃən/, [ˈbjəwʃən] 1. Pertaining to Boeotia. Labels: historical Example: The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain something of an enigma, especially since Pelopidas' men at Cynoscephalae fought even more vigorously to preserve the victory after he fell there. 2. Stupid, foolish, dull-witted. Labels: broadly Example: we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites. Example: Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Bœotian ignorance […]
Word: Boeotian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Boeotia. Pronunciation: /biːˈəʊʃən/, [ˈbjəwʃən] 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Boeotia. Labels: historical 2. A dull or ignorant person. Labels: broadly
Word: Boeotian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Boeotia. Pronunciation: /biːˈəʊʃən/, [ˈbjəwʃən] 1. A dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia. Labels: historical
Word: Euboean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Euboe(us) + -an or Euboea + -n. Pronunciation: /juːˈbiːən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the island of Euboea.
Word: Euboean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Euboe(us) + -an or Euboea + -n. Pronunciation: /juːˈbiːən/ 1. An inhabitant of Euboea in central Greece.
Word: Cretan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Crete + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːtən/ 1. Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cretan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Crete + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːtən/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.
Word: Cretan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Crete + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːtən/ 1. The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.
Word: Magnesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Magnesia + -an. Pronunciation: /mæɡˈniʒən/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Magnesia.
Word: Magnesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Magnesia + -an. Pronunciation: /mæɡˈniʒən/ 1. Of or relating to Magnesia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Thesprotian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Thesprotia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Thesprotian From Thesprotia + -ian. Pronunciation: /θɛsˈpɹəʊ.ʃən/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Thesprotia in western Epirus, Greece.