nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: row Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ/, /ˈɹoʊ/, /ɾo/, /ɾou/, /rɑː/ 1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc. Example: And there were windows in three rows. Example: The bright seraphim in burning row. 2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 3. Clipping of cornrow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural, slang Example: Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight. Example: If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh.
Word: row Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder. Related to Russia. 1. To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars. Labels: transitive Example: to row the captain ashore in his barge 3. To be moved by oars. Labels: intransitive Example: The boat rows easily.
Word: row Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder. Related to Russia. 1. An act or instance of rowing. Example: I went for an early-morning row. 2. Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Word: row Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb. Pronunciation: /ɹaʊ/ 1. A noisy argument. Labels: UK Example: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. Example: In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time. 2. A continual loud noise. Labels: UK Example: Who's making that row?
Word: row Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb. Pronunciation: /ɹaʊ/ 1. To argue noisily. Labels: intransitive
Word: nutrition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio. Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, /njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, /njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ 1. The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […] Example: Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds. 2. That which nourishes; nutriment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.
Word: muck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish møg ("dung")), from Proto-Germanic *mukį̄ (“dung; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”) (compare Welsh mign (“swamp”), Latin mūcus (“snot”), mucere (“to be moldy or musty”), Latvian mukls (“swampy”), Albanian myk (“mould”), Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, lamp wick”), Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), German Mauke (“mud fever”)), from *(s)mewg, mewk 'to slip'. More at meek. Pronunciation: /mʌk/, /mʊk/ 1. Slimy mud, sludge. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The car was covered in muck from the rally race. Example: I need to clean the muck off my shirt. 2. Soft (or slimy) manure. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. Labels: also, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: What's that green muck on the floor? Example: "I am so happy to be away from all the muck," she [Melinda French Gates] said, adding elsewhere in the interview: "Whatever questions remain there of what - I can't even begin to know all of it - those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband. 4. Grub, slop, swill Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Money. Labels: derogatory, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: the fatal muck we quarrell'd for 6. The pile of discarded cards. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. Heroin. Labels: Scotland, slang, uncountable, usually 8. Pornography. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually 9. Semen. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: Ah blurt oot ma muck n pull oot. 10. Food, especially that eaten quickly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Does I need fur t' mek som muck fur yis two?
Word: muck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish møg ("dung")), from Proto-Germanic *mukį̄ (“dung; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”) (compare Welsh mign (“swamp”), Latin mūcus (“snot”), mucere (“to be moldy or musty”), Latvian mukls (“swampy”), Albanian myk (“mould”), Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, lamp wick”), Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), German Mauke (“mud fever”)), from *(s)mewg, mewk 'to slip'. More at meek. Pronunciation: /mʌk/, /mʊk/ 1. To shovel muck from. Labels: transitive Example: We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick. 2. To manure with muck. Labels: transitive 3. To do a dirty job. 4. To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed. Labels: colloquial 5. To vomit. Labels: Australia, informal, intransitive Example: Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck. 6. To eat; to devour or guzzle. Labels: Canada, slang
Word: MADD Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mæd/ 1. Acronym of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Yorkshire pudding Part of Speech: noun 1. A dish made from batter baked in fat, usually served as an accompaniment to roast beef but sometimes (in a larger form) served with other fillings or as a separate course. Example: "Dear, dear, we shall have no dinners worth eating till we get to England. I quite long for our good Sunday smell of a piece of roast-beef and a Yorkshire pudding."
Word: toad in the hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional English dish of roasted sausages (or formerly other kinds of meat) in batter. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable 2. Egg in a hole. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Assamese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Assam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Assamese From Assam + -ese. 1. Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named. 2. In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language. Example: Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese.
Word: Assamese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Assam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Assamese From Assam + -ese. 1. The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
Word: Assamese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Assam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Assamese From Assam + -ese. 1. A member of the people of Assam. Labels: in-plural
Word: bavarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bəˈvɛɹi.ən/, /bəˈvɑɹi.ən/, /bəˈvɛəɹɪən/ 1. A type of custard-like food, made with fruit. Example: peach bavarian
Word: timber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrument; application; cause, occasion, reason”), Latin domus (“home, house”), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house; household”), Albanian dhomë (“chamber, room”), Latgalian noms (“house”), Latvian nams (“house”), Lithuanian namas (“house”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian дом (dom, “home, house”), Czech dům (“house”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene dom (“home, house”), Serbo-Croatian до̑м, dȏm (“home, house”), Ukrainian дім (dim, “home, house; building”), Armenian տուն (tun, “home, house; family, household”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam, “house”), Sanskrit दम् (dam, “house”), दम (dama, “home”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbə/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː], /ˈtɪmbɚ/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː] 1. Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. Labels: uncountable Example: collect timber Example: cut down timber 2. Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. Labels: US, uncountable 3. A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof. Labels: countable Example: the timbers of a ship 4. Material for any structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 6. A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. The stumps. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: timber Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrument; application; cause, occasion, reason”), Latin domus (“home, house”), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house; household”), Albanian dhomë (“chamber, room”), Latgalian noms (“house”), Latvian nams (“house”), Lithuanian namas (“house”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian дом (dom, “home, house”), Czech dům (“house”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene dom (“home, house”), Serbo-Croatian до̑м, dȏm (“home, house”), Ukrainian дім (dim, “home, house; building”), Armenian տուն (tun, “home, house; family, household”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam, “house”), Sanskrit दम् (dam, “house”), दम (dama, “home”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbə/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː], /ˈtɪmbɚ/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː] 1. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling. Example: From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber!" 2. A cry used when anything is falling over. Labels: broadly Example: The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr!"
Word: timber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrument; application; cause, occasion, reason”), Latin domus (“home, house”), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house; household”), Albanian dhomë (“chamber, room”), Latgalian noms (“house”), Latvian nams (“house”), Lithuanian namas (“house”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian дом (dom, “home, house”), Czech dům (“house”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene dom (“home, house”), Serbo-Croatian до̑м, dȏm (“home, house”), Ukrainian дім (dim, “home, house; building”), Armenian տուն (tun, “home, house; family, household”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam, “house”), Sanskrit दम् (dam, “house”), दम (dama, “home”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbə/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː], /ˈtɪmbɚ/, [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː] 1. To fit with timbers. Labels: transitive Example: timbering a roof 2. To construct, frame, build. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nor timbred for it. 3. To light or land on a tree. Labels: intransitive 4. To make a nest. Labels: obsolete 5. To surmount as a timber does. Labels: transitive
Word: timbre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum, timpani, timbal, and tymbal. Pronunciation: /ˈtæmbɹə/, /ˈtæmbə/, /tɛ̃bɹ(ə)/, /ˈtæm.bɚ/, /ˈtɪm.bɚ/ 1. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was a hard whisper to catch at first, since the grey moustache concealed all movements of the lips, and something in its timbre disturbed me greatly; but by concentrating my attention I could soon make out its purport surprisingly well. 2. The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When someone speaks after inhaling helium, his voice has a higher timbre. With sulfur hexafluoride, the result is a lower timbre. 3. The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Quarterly the First quarter Siluer …, The second Siluer a Cheueron gules betweene three Castles Sables And to his timbre vpon his healme, an Elephants head in his proper Colours […] Example: The basilican pavilion [...] has frequently appeared on banners since the 13th century, but the pope has used it only rarely, as a timbre or crest above his coat of ARMS (a few examples exist from the time of MARTIN V).
Word: Bangla Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Bengali বাংলা (baṅla). Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/, /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/, /ˈbaŋla/ 1. Synonym of Bengali (language). Labels: uncommon Example: The segmental phones of Bangla are slightly different from those of other Indo-European languages. Example: I have spent a great deal of time in the subject of Bangla spelling reform, researched about it, written and published about it. I have written in Bangla in the reform I proposed for many years. 2. Synonym of Bengal (region). Labels: nonstandard Example: Historian Neehar Ranjan Roy has said that although the place lay on the footsteps of the Himalayas, it was in fact linked to the Bangla region. Example: As the Greek histories suggest, Alexander the Great was unsuccessful in his bid to conquer the Bangla region, then known as Gangaridai/Gangaridi, largely due to the military prowess of the people of the region;
Word: Bangla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Bengali বাংলা (baṅla). Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/, /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/, /ˈbaŋla/ 1. Bengali (ethnicity). Labels: nonstandard Example: This cooking's so different he says, from their Bangla cooking. Example: After a gap of two years caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, the Bangla new year Pohela Boisakh was celebrated across Bangladesh on Thursday, April 14 with enthusiasm and festivity.
Word: Bangla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Bangladeshi or Bangladesh. Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/, /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/, /ˈbaŋla/ 1. A Bangladeshi. Labels: India, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: Bangla Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Bangladeshi or Bangladesh. Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /ˌbɑːŋˈ(ɡ)lə/, /bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑ/, /bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑ/, /ˈbaŋla/ 1. Bangladesh. Labels: nonstandard
Word: lumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bə/, /ˈlʌm.bɚ/, /ˈlʊm.bə/ 1. Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually Example: Here they live by fishing on the most plentiful coasts in the world; there they fell trees, by the sides of large rivers, for masts and lumber […]. Example: 4 December 1883, Chester A. Arthur, Third State of the Union Address The resources of Alaska, especially in fur, mines, and lumber, are considerable in extent and capable of large development, while its geographical situation is one of political and commercial importance.; 2. Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: On the ſecond day of my impriſonment, I was viſited by the duke of L⁠—⁠—, a friend of my lord, who found me ſitting upon a trunk, in a poor little dining-room filled with lumber, and lighted with two bits of tallow-candle, which had been left over night. Example: We made all haste down stairs, and soon threw open the street door, for the reception of as much lumber, of all sorts, as our house would hold, brought into it by several who thought it necessary to move their furniture. 3. Useless or cumbrous material. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, / With loads of learned lumber in his head,[…] 4. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: a. 1746, Lady Grisell Baillie Murray, Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie They put all the little plate they had […] in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. 5. A baseball bat. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually 6. An erect penis. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
Word: lumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bə/, /ˈlʌm.bɚ/, /ˈlʊm.bə/ 1. To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly. Labels: intransitive Example: ...he was only apprized of the arrival of the Monkbarns division by the gee-hupping of the postilion, as the post-chaise lumbered up behind him. Example: The trooper climbed back on the rock and slid down to take the cadaver lowered to him by Bradly, who lumbered down to assist in carrying it. 2. To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on. Labels: transitive Example: They’ve lumbered me with all these suitcases. Example: I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon. 3. To heap together in disorder. Example: so much stuff lumberd together 4. To fill or encumber with lumber. Example: to lumber up a room 5. To pawn (goods). Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive
Word: Bengali Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī). Pronunciation: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/, /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ 1. Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ethnologue, the web-based publication, estimates that there are around 41 languages in Bangladesh and all of them are living. However, 8 of them are in danger of extinction. These include Khiang, Murong, Bawm, Pangkhua among others. It is ironic to think that a nation that fought for the right to speak a language, the first recorded instance of this in history, is the same nation that internally follows an agenda of Bengali supremacy.
Word: Bengali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī). Pronunciation: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/, /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ 1. A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bengali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Equivalent to Bengal + -i. Compare Assamese বঙালী (boṅali), Bengali বাঙালি (baṅali), Hindi बंगाली (baṅgālī), Classical Persian بنگالی (bangālī). Pronunciation: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/, /bɛŋˈɡɑli/ 1. A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India. 2. A village in Nancowry tehsil, Nicobar district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Word: Bicol Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”), from Central Bikol, see Central Bikol Bicol for more. Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.kol/, /ˈbiːkɔːl/, /ˈbikɔl/ 1. Ellipsis of Bicol Region. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. The language of the native inhabitants of the region, Bicolano.
Word: Cebuano Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish cebuano, from Cebú (“Cebu”) + -ano (“-an”). Pronunciation: /sɛˈbwaː.n̪o/, /sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/, /sɛˈbwɑːnəʊ/ 1. A language spoken in the Philippines in and near the province of Cebu.
Word: Cebuano Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish cebuano, from Cebú (“Cebu”) + -ano (“-an”). Pronunciation: /sɛˈbwaː.n̪o/, /sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/, /sɛˈbwɑːnəʊ/ 1. Pertaining to the Cebuano language or to its speakers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lumbar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lumbāris, from lumbus (“loin”) + -āris. See loin. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bɑː/, /ˈlʌm.bɑɹ/, /ˈlʌm.bɚ/ 1. Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis. Example: The lumbar spine supports the upper body and transmits the weight of the upper body to the pelvis and lower limbs.
Word: lumbar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lumbāris, from lumbus (“loin”) + -āris. See loin. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bɑː/, /ˈlʌm.bɑɹ/, /ˈlʌm.bɚ/ 1. The lumbar region. Labels: informal 2. A lumbar vertebra. Example: The first lumbar moved between the erect position and extreme flexion 8.2 cm.
Word: Chickasaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chickasaw Chikashsha. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪkəsɔː/ 1. A member of a Native American nation, now concentrated in southeastern Oklahoma.
Word: Chickasaw Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Chickasaw Chikashsha. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪkəsɔː/ 1. The Muskogean language of this tribe. Example: You don’t have to be a member of a tribe to help protect native languages. In Oklahoma, public students can choose to take Indigenous language courses like Bodéwadmimwen, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Comanche and others for school credit — an empowering step toward recognition and respect. Many tribal nations, including CPN, also offer free resources such as language apps, workshops and virtual lessons open to learners of all backgrounds and abilities. 2. Some place names in the United States: 3. Some place names in the United States: 4. Some place names in the United States: 5. Some place names in the United States:
Word: muck spreader Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of farm machinery, usually towed behind a tractor, used to spray liquified manure on fields. Example: The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!
Word: Gujarati Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ગુજરાતી (gujrātī). Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/, /ˌɡuːd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/ 1. The Indic language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India
Word: Gujarati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ગુજરાતી (gujrātī). Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/, /ˌɡuːd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/ 1. A person from Gujarat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gujarati Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ગુજરાતી (gujrātī). Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/, /ˌɡuːd͡ʒəˈrɑːti/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Gujarat, or the Gujarati people. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kash Patel, born to Gujarati parents in New York in 1980, was sworn in as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, in the presence of his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins and his family.
Word: Hopi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki dies, be dead. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.pi/, /ˈhoʊ.pi/ 1. A member of a particular tribe of North American natives.
Word: Hopi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki dies, be dead. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.pi/, /ˈhoʊ.pi/ 1. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American tribe.
Word: Hopi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hebi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Coal Mine capable of producing 450,000 tons of coal annually started operation in Hopi, Honan. Example: Two other major coal-mining centers, each producing coking-grade bituminous coal, have been developed in Honan since the late 1950's. Hopi, in northernmost Honan, arose in 1957 on the site of a small, primitive operation in a deposit of lean coal, low in volatile content. A city was established in that year, and the mining complex was linked by a 12-mile rail spur with Tangyin, on the main Peking-Hankow line.
Word: Luo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Luo, as an ethnic self-designation. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.əʊ̯/, /ləˈwəʊ̯/, /lwəʊ̯/, /ˈlu.oʊ̯/, /ləˈwoʊ̯/ 1. An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.
Word: Luo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Luo, as an ethnic self-designation. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.əʊ̯/, /ləˈwəʊ̯/, /lwəʊ̯/, /ˈlu.oʊ̯/, /ləˈwoʊ̯/ 1. The Nilotic language spoken by this group.
Word: Luo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Mandarin 洛 (luò). 1. A river in Shaanxi, China, tributary to the Wei. 2. A river in Henan, China, tributary to the Yellow River. Example: The remains of the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, Luoyang 洛阳, are situated approximately 15 km east of the present-day city of Luoyang in Henan. Since the site is bordered on the north by the Mangshan 邙山 (Mángshān) Mountains and overlooks the Luo River to the south, it has protective natural barriers and is also at an important junction for transportation and communication (fig. 37). Example: Several dozen animals have died and villagers are suffering nausea and dizziness after a massive spill of cyanide into the Luo River in Henan province. 3. A river in Fujian, China, flowing into the Taiwan Strait. 4. A surname from Chinese.
Word: Luo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Mandarin 羅 /罗 (luó). Doublet of Law and Lo. 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: Malayalam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ), from മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɐ.lɐ.ˈjɑː.ɭɐm/, /ˌmʌl.əˈjɑː.ləm/, /ˌmæl.əˈjɑː.ləm/, /ˌmɑː.ləˈjɑː.ləm/ 1. A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala and the UT of Lakshadweep in India. Example: Padmanabhan uttered a command in Malayalam, the regional language.
Word: Marathi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɑːti/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India. Example: I made a pact with her that she would teach me more Marathi and I could teach her the English alphabet.
Word: Marathi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɑːti/ 1. A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra. Example: 1882, R. V. Modak, History of the Native Churches Associated with the American Marathi Mission..., in Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813-1881, American Marathi Mission, page 11, In March 1831, Moroba, a Marathi, was received to the church. Example: 'These people want places reserved for Marathis in railways jobs, so they’re attacking candidates across the city … Bhai, this'll turn ugly before you know it.'
Word: Marathi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɑːti/ 1. Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page, In formulating the idea of a vernacular performative, the intention has been to situate Marathi filmmaking of the 1950s within a post-studio scenario. Example: For years now, local parties in Mumbai had campaigned for Marathi people to get preferential treatment – land, housing, jobs.
Word: Mohawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka). Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊhɔːk/ 1. A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations. 2. A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up. 3. A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century. Labels: historical
Word: Mohawk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka). Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊhɔːk/ 1. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people. 2. Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
Word: Punjabi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i. Pronunciation: /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /puːnˈdʒɑːbi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Punjabi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i. Pronunciation: /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /puːnˈdʒɑːbi/ 1. The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.
Word: Punjabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i. Pronunciation: /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /puːnˈdʒɑːbi/ 1. A resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab. Example: “Here are our Punjabis growling because you've monopolized the nicest woman in Simla. They'll tear you to pieces on the Mall, some day, Mr. Yeere.” 2. A speaker of the Punjabi language.
Word: Quechua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/ 1. A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia. Example: The Quechuas, a tribe of the Inca people, were Indians of the red race and with an appearance and trait which is distinctly American. “They are”, says Victor W. Von Hagen in his book, Realm of the Incas, “of medium height, and inclined to be thickset, with large hands, small wrists, a disproportionately large chest (developed for breathing at high altitudes), well-developed legs, and wide-spreading feet. They are broad-headed, with high cheekbones, prominent aquiline noses, and small, almond-shaped eyes.” There are still five million of them in the Andes.
Word: Quechua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/ 1. The language spoken by these people. Example: If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
Word: Quenya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Noldorin Quenya Quenya, ultimately derived from the Primitive Quendian root *kwene ("person"), being the name for the language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien as the language spoken by the Elves in his books. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛn.jə/, /ˈkwɪn.jə/, [ˈkʷwɛɲja] 1. A constructed language created by J. R. R. Tolkien modelled on Greek, Latin and Finnish. Example: If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
Word: Shona Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ 1. A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Example: I didn’t know anyone who spoke fluent Shona in the area.
Word: Shona Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ 1. A member of the Bantu tribes who speak Shona. Example: It's not relevant for the purpose of my discussion who got to Zimbabwe first between the Shonas and the Ndebeles.
Word: Shona Part of Speech: name Etymology: Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊnə/, /ˈʃoʊnə/ 1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: Sinhalese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Sinhala Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Sinhalese From Sinhala + -ese. Pronunciation: /sɪnhəˈliːz/, /sɪnəˈliːz/ 1. Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
Word: Sinhalese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sinhala Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Sinhalese From Sinhala + -ese. Pronunciation: /sɪnhəˈliːz/, /sɪnəˈliːz/ 1. A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka. Labels: countable 2. The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sioux Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake. Pronunciation: /sjuː/, /suː/ 1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Sioux Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake. Pronunciation: /sjuː/, /suː/ 1. A member of the Sioux tribe.
Word: Sioux Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake. Pronunciation: /sjuː/, /suː/ 1. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.
Word: Tamil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories. Pronunciation: /θəˈmɪɹ/, /t̪əˈmiɻ/, /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life. 2. Of the Tamil script. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tamil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories. Pronunciation: /θəˈmɪɹ/, /t̪əˈmiɻ/, /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/ 1. A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia. Labels: uncountable Example: “I go only to return,” I said, because Tamil has no words for last goodbyes. 2. the Tamil script. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tamil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories. Pronunciation: /θəˈmɪɹ/, /t̪əˈmiɻ/, /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/ 1. A person who originates from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka or has Tamil origins.
Word: Urdu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (see Urdu اُرْدُو (urdū) and Hindi उर्दू (urdū)), from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde and orda. Pronunciation: /ˈʊəˌduː/, /ˈɜːˌduː/, /ˈʊəɹduː/ 1. Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani. Example: ‘Urdu was born in the barracks a few hundred years ago, and was spoken by soldiers. It gets its grammar from Hindi, and vocabulary from Persian.’
Word: Urdu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (see Urdu اُرْدُو (urdū) and Hindi उर्दू (urdū)), from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde and orda. Pronunciation: /ˈʊəˌduː/, /ˈɜːˌduː/, /ˈʊəɹduː/ 1. Of or relating to the Urdu language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zazi Part of Speech: noun 1. A Pashtun tribe. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Zazi Part of Speech: name 1. The language of this people.
Word: Sinhala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese සිංහල (siṁhala), itself borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”) + -ल (-la), recorded as the name of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from about the 10th to 12th century, but presumably older, as it is also the source of the name Ceylon in western geographic tradition. The name is sometimes glossed as "abode of lions", referring to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island ( The Asiatic Journal 20 (1836), p. 30). Doublet of Ceylon and Elu. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnhələ/, /sɪnˈhɑːlə/ 1. Synonym of Sinhalese (“language”). Labels: uncountable
Word: Sinhala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese සිංහල (siṁhala), itself borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”) + -ल (-la), recorded as the name of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from about the 10th to 12th century, but presumably older, as it is also the source of the name Ceylon in western geographic tradition. The name is sometimes glossed as "abode of lions", referring to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island ( The Asiatic Journal 20 (1836), p. 30). Doublet of Ceylon and Elu. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnhələ/, /sɪnˈhɑːlə/ 1. The island of Sri Lanka. Labels: obsolete 2. The kingdom in the island of Sri Lanka mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Word: Panjabi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Punjabi. Pronunciation: /pɑnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/ 1. Alternative form of Punjabi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Panjabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Punjabi. Pronunciation: /pɑnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/ 1. Alternative form of Punjabi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Panjabi Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Punjabi. Pronunciation: /pɑnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/ 1. Alternative form of Punjabi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Ottoman Turkish داری (modern Turkish darı) and Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːɹi/ 1. Synonym of sorghum. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Foods, like locust-beans, or rice-meal, or dari-grain (a species of sorghum), which contain less than 8 or 9 per cent. of albuminoids, are too poor in nitrogenous substances to suit the requirements of the animal. Example: I regard canary seed or dari as much superior to chicken grits[…]
Word: dumpling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin: * perhaps from some Low German word (compare dümpeln (“bobbing up and down”)), * or from the rare dialectal adjective dump (“lump, of the consistency of dough”) (first attested in the late 1800s), + -ling (diminutive suffix), although dumpling is recorded much earlier. However, compare dumpy (“short and stout”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/ 1. A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. Labels: UK 2. A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. Labels: US 3. A term of endearment. Labels: endearing Example: My little dumpling. 4. A piece of excrement. Labels: mildly, vulgar Example: 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
Word: alumnus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-o-mh₁no- Proto-Italic *alomanos Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-mno- Latin alumnuslbor. English alumnus Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus (“foster child, nourished one”). Pronunciation: /əˈlʌmnəs/ 1. A male pupil or student. 2. A male graduate. 3. A student of any gender. 4. A graduate of any gender.
Word: antenna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antenna, antemna (“yard, sailyard; pole”). First used in this sense as a Latin word in the 15th century and as an English word by the end of the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɛn.ə/ 1. An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. Example: The overall shape of most insect antennae is elongate and cylindrical, although elaborations into plumose, lamellate, or pectinate forms have arisen many times in different insect lineages. Example: He put his fingers over his head like two antennas, crossed his eyes, and waggled his tongue like some kind of insect. In the same work, Brown uses antennae to refer to both aerials and feelers during more technical descriptions. 2. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. 3. The faculty of intuitive astuteness. Labels: figuratively Example: Most nurses believe they are born with an antenna of sorts, which is able to guide them through clinical practice and help them determine what is right and what is not... Example: Obama is astute. He approaches things with the help of a sensitive antenna. 4. A fragment of an oligosaccharide 5. The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
Word: appendix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin appendix. Pronunciation: /əˈpɛn.dɪks/, /əˈpɪn.dɪks/ 1. Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary Example: idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […] 2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information. Example: Holonym: back matter Example: Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil 3. The vermiform appendix. 4. Any process, prolongation, or projection.