nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə/, /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈnɛː.tʃɐ/, /ˈnæɪ̯.tʃə/ 1. To endow with natural qualities. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: krill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”). Pronunciation: /kɹɪl/ 1. Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. Example: “This science relates to krill and krill ecosystems, whale acoustic monitoring and Southern Ocean ecosystems,” the spokesperson said. 2. Crack cocaine. Labels: slang Example: Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock
Word: plankton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) + -on. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón, “drifting”), neuter nominative of πλαγκτός (planktós), from πλάζομαι (plázomai, “to wander, drift”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to cause to wander, drive astray”). By surface analysis, plankt- + -on. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋ(k).tən/ 1. Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean. Example: The lake water was full of microscopic plankton. 2. A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water. Labels: countable, usually
Word: person Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person From Middle English persoun, personne et al., from Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“human being”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Doublet of parson and persona. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sən/, [ˈpʰɜːsn̩], /ˈpɜɹ.sən/, [ˈpʰɝsn̩], /ˈpɑ.sən/ 1. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Or let us perſon him like ſome wretched itinerary Judge, […] 2. To man, to supply with staff or crew. Labels: gender-neutral, transitive Example: “Okay. Soon as Natalie heard, and while she was flailing around trying to turn up a Valium, she decided she had better call Scott Harrison and ask his opinion on what sort of advice, re legal moves, she ought to call back to Iréné, or Rama, or Wilkerson, or whoever’s personning the fort back there.” / “Whoever’s whatening the fort?” / “Please.[…]” Example: Thank you to the many who helped the festival succeed (and apologies to anyone omitted): […] Kevin and Mary Jannsen, for tireless work including the initial survey, soliciting raffle donations, selling tickets, personning the raffle booth during the festival, etc.
Word: Welsh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dutch Waals, Danish vælsk, Old Norse valskr), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlʃ/, /ˈwelʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to Wales. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. Labels: not-comparable 3. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. Labels: not-comparable 4. Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
Word: Welsh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dutch Waals, Danish vælsk, Old Norse valskr), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlʃ/, /ˈwelʃ/ 1. The people of Wales. Labels: collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable 2. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Welsh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dutch Waals, Danish vælsk, Old Norse valskr), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlʃ/, /ˈwelʃ/ 1. The Welsh language. Labels: uncountable Example: 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh. 2. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: present participle Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.
Word: imperfect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin perficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin perfectus Latin imperfectusder. Old French imparfitder. Middle English imperfit English imperfect From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/, /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/ 1. Not perfect. Example: Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Example: Nothing imperfet or deficient left Of all that he Created. 2. Unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. 3. Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. 4. Representing a continuing or repeated action. 5. Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. Labels: obsolete Example: When the prophet Joel was describing the formidable accidents in the day of the Lord's judgment, and the fearful sentence of an angry Judge, he was not able to express it, but stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.
Word: imperfect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin perficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin perfectus Latin imperfectusder. Old French imparfitder. Middle English imperfit English imperfect From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt/, /ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/ 1. Something having a minor flaw. 2. A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
Word: imperfect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin perficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin perfectus Latin imperfectusder. Old French imparfitder. Middle English imperfit English imperfect From Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern French imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect. Pronunciation: /ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/ 1. to make imperfect Labels: transitive Example: 1651, John Donne, Letter to Henry Goodere, in Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, edited by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910, I write to you from the Spring Garden, whither I withdrew my self to think of this; and the intensenesse of my thinking ends in this, that by my help Gods work should be imperfected, if by any means I resisted the amasement. Example: Time, which perfects some things, imperfects also others.
Word: Hebrew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːbɹuː/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nothing hangs on the walls, though a stained-glass Hebrew chai leans against the window.
Word: Hebrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːbɹuː/ 1. A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Labels: countable 2. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber. Labels: countable 3. Unintelligible speech or writing. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: Hebrew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːbɹuː/ 1. The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people. Example: ‘Kinsman’ and ‘avenger’ meet in the same word in Hebrew and in Arabic; nor did Greek tribal custom keep them separate. Example: The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them. 2. The writing system used in Hebrew language.
Word: Turkish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/, /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/, [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ], [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ] 1. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. 2. Synonym of Turkic. Example: This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above all, Ottoman) is the Sanglakh of an obscure eighteenth-century compiler Example: M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek.
Word: Turkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/, /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/, [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ], [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ] 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language. Labels: not-comparable Example: When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presided at the council, in state. Swayed a Turkish pipe instead of a scepter. Known to sit with eyes closed ...[…] Example: The SNC has broad support, with a strong Sunni Muslim component and is backed by the Turkish government. 2. Synonym of Turkic. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages Example: Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages.
Word: Frisian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”) whence modern English Frise; see the plural Frīsan for more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/, /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/, /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/ 1. A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Labels: specifically Example: In the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands, a high percentage of the population, about 350000, speak Frisian as their first language. Example: This means that full competence in both Frisian and Dutch (ie understanding, speaking, reading and writing ability) is aimed at all pupils in the province, whether they speak Frisian or Dutch at home. 2. A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Labels: specifically 3. A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Labels: specifically
Word: Frisian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”) whence modern English Frise; see the plural Frīsan for more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/, /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/, /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/ 1. A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark). Example: King Hygelac of the Geats had been struck down by one might swipe of the foemen, the Frisians. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
Word: Frisian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”) whence modern English Frise; see the plural Frīsan for more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/, /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/, /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/ 1. Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language. Example: Because the instruction manual was Frisian, Yves couldn't read it. 2. Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border). 3. Of or relating to people of Frisian descent. 4. Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland Labels: specifically
Word: Danish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ 1. The language of Danes and Denmark. Labels: uncountable
Word: Danish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to Denmark. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.
Word: Danish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ 1. Danes, natives of Denmark. Labels: collective, usually
Word: Danish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ 1. Ellipsis of Danish pastry. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.
Word: Danish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš). 1. A male given name.
Word: Danish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Dan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Danish From Dan + -ish. 1. Characteristic of someone named Dan. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: Russian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an. Piecewise doublet of Rossiyan. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɹʊʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɾʌʃ(ə)n/ 1. Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians. Example: The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶ Example: So that is the official line: you’re shit, we’re shit, everything’s shit, never try for a better world because it doesn’t exist. That is not only bleak, I think it’s also the working title of every Russian novel ever written. 2. Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union. Labels: dated 3. Of or pertaining to Rus. Labels: dated 4. Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
Word: Russian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an. Piecewise doublet of Rossiyan. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɹʊʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɾʌʃ(ə)n/ 1. A citizen of Russia. Labels: countable Example: A grim smile plays about Tarzan’s lips. At least Rokoff will be cheated. How mad he will be! And death will be more merciful than he could have hoped for at the hands of the Russian. Example: But be that as it may: the Great Russian chauvinist Voznesenskii knew exactly how best to touch upon the asiaphobic nerve of his fellow-countrymen, how to stimulate the deep-rooted irrational fears of the Russians of peril looming from Asia, and how to turn those fears against China. 2. A person of an East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia; an ethnic Russian. Labels: countable 3. A person from the Soviet Union. Labels: countable, obsolete 4. The Russian language. Labels: uncountable Example: The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶ 5. A domestic cat breed. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A cat of this breed. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance. Labels: countable, rare, singular, uncountable Example: Ok, I do think I am starting to get used to it, but you have to admit, if youve^([sic]) been juggling bags and then start juggling Russians, they feel sooo lopsided to juggle at first! 8. Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow). Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable 9. A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members). Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable 10. A kind of sausage derived from Russian kolbasa. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable
Word: Russian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an. Piecewise doublet of Rossiyan. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɹʊʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɾʌʃ(ə)n/ 1. A surname.
Word: Russian Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an. Piecewise doublet of Rossiyan. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɹʊʃ(ə)n/, /ˈɾʌʃ(ə)n/ 1. To compel or force someone as a result of Russian influence or pressure. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Swedish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch. Pronunciation: /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/ 1. A North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland, and by a very small minority in Estonia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Swedish.
Word: Swedish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch. Pronunciation: /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to Sweden. Labels: not-comparable Example: This simulation aims at describing the hydrological conditions at a Swedish deep repository of nuclear waste during a glaciation. 2. Of or pertaining to the Swedish language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: of Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A spelling of /əv/ influenced by Etymology 1. 1. Eye dialect spelling of have and 've, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I have refrained from giving many details which I might of done, from feelings of delicacy; indeed, they were of so dark and dreadful a nature, that I could do no more than hint at them Example: "I had a woman up here last week to look at my feet, and when she have been the bill you'd of thought she had my appendicitus out."
Word: Slovak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene. Pronunciation: /ˈsloʊvɑːk/, /ˈsloʊvæk/, /sləˈvæk/, /sləˈvɑːk/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Slovak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene. Pronunciation: /ˈsloʊvɑːk/, /ˈsloʊvæk/, /sləˈvæk/, /sləˈvɑːk/ 1. A person from Slovakia or of Slovak descent.
Word: Slovak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene. Pronunciation: /ˈsloʊvɑːk/, /ˈsloʊvæk/, /sləˈvæk/, /sləˈvɑːk/ 1. The West Slavic language of Slovakia.
Word: or Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”). Pronunciation: /ə(ɹ)/, /ɔː(ɹ)/, /ɚ/, /oɹ/, /ɑɹ/ 1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true. Example: You may stay or go. Example: He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. 2. An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. 3. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. 4. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). Example: It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. 5. Connects two equivalent names. Example: The country Myanmar, or Burma
Word: or Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above). 1. Alternative form of OR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: or Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English or (“gold”), borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum. Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː(ɹ)/ 1. The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". Example: In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots.
Word: or Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From late Middle English or (“gold”), borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum. Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: or Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere. 1. Early (on). Labels: obsolete 2. Earlier, previously. Labels: obsolete
Word: or Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere. 1. Before; ere. Generally followed by "ever" or "e'er". Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it. Example: I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
Word: Hungarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hungary + -an. Pronunciation: /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to Hungarian notation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Hungarian prefix used in this book for a GroupBox control is “grp”.
Word: Hungarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungary + -an. Pronunciation: /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/ 1. A person of a Uralic ethnic group native to Central Europe, comprising the ethnic majority of Hungary. Labels: countable 2. A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity. Labels: countable, dated 3. The main language of Hungary. Labels: uncountable Example: I remember a conversation I had once with a friend who insisted that “nouns are declined but verbs are conjugated”; except in Hungarian you both decline and conjugate nouns, sometimes together. 4. Hungarian notation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The qualifier is the descriptive part of the name that would probably make up the entire name if you weren't using Hungarian.
Word: Flemish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/ 1. Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. Example: But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders. Example: […] 1302, in which Flemish farmers and civilians armed with goedendags stand in battle formation. The goedendags resemble long clubs, but they have a much wider beating ring around the top and it is possible that a daring combatant […] 2. Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language. 3. Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Word: Flemish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/ 1. Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders. 2. West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Word: chook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʊk/ 1. A chicken, especially a hen. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed with Coopex. Example: 2006, Judith Brett, The Chook in the Australian Unconscious, in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, Reflected Light: La Trobe Essays, page 329, This little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks in mechanical contraptions and photos to show the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the chook′s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use to defend ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism. 2. A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal 3. A fool. Labels: Australia, dated 4. Affectionate name for a person Labels: Australia, Northern-England
Word: chook Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʊk/ 1. A call made to chickens. Labels: Australia 2. An imitation of the call of a chicken. Example: Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.
Word: centillion Part of Speech: num Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin centi-bor. French centi-bor. English centi- English -illion English centillion From centi- + -illion. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɪl.i.ən/ 1. 10³⁰³. 2. 10⁶⁰⁰.
Word: thirteen Part of Speech: num Etymology: From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/, /ˌθɝtˈtin/, /ˌθɝtin-/, /ˈθɜː.tiːn/, /ˈθɝt.tin/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three. Example: There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards. Example: His brother's age is thirteen.
Word: fourteen Part of Speech: num Etymology: From Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with West Frisian fjirtjin, Dutch veertien, German vierzehn, Danish fjorten. Equivalent to four + -teen. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.tiːn/, /ˈfɔɹ.tin/, /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/, /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen. Example: […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.
Word: million Part of Speech: num Etymology: Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.jən/, /ˈmɪ(l)jən/ 1. The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²). Example: Near-synonyms: mega-, M- Example: Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country. […] So far, only 56 million NINs have been collected by mobile operators, according to a federal government press release. 2. An unspecified very large number. Labels: colloquial, excessive Example: Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion Example: I told you a million times before.
Word: Czech Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛk/, /t͡ʃek/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.
Word: Czech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛk/, /t͡ʃek/ 1. A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent. Labels: countable Example: By 1963, almost 130,000 Czechs had migrated to this country. They tended to gravitate to the farming communities.
Word: Czech Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛk/, /t͡ʃek/ 1. A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic. Labels: uncountable Example: By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. 2. The Czech Republic (Czechia). Labels: nonstandard Example: She's from Czech, Croatia, or somewhere over there. The ill thing is that we always come together when we're drunk, but half way through our drunken talks, she always gets mad at something and leaves. Example: A whole array of companies and consultants are found travelling to Croatia or Czech or China, to extol the latest virtues of electioneering, perhaps via the UK Westminster Foundation for Democracy, […]
Word: cube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables"). Pronunciation: /kjuːb/, /kjub/ 1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. Example: When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same. 2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube. Example: A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks. 3. The third power of a number, value, term or expression. Example: The cube of 2 is 8. Example: The cube of 0.5 is 0.125. 4. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube. 5. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube. 6. Clipping of cubic inch(es). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds. 7. An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, moreso than even a square. Labels: dated
Word: cube Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables"). Pronunciation: /kjuːb/, /kjub/ 1. To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. Labels: transitive Example: Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven. Example: From this severe trial Mr. Nackybal emerged with distinction, having in his cubing made only twenty-five slight mistakes out of the forty-six cubes demanded, and in his rooting, out of the fifty-three extractions propounded, committed a mere matter of four trifling errors! 2. To form into the shape of a cube. Labels: transitive 3. To cut into cubes. Labels: transitive Example: Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice. 4. To use a Rubik's cube. Labels: intransitive Example: He likes to cube now and then.
Word: cube Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables"). Pronunciation: /kjuːb/, /kjub/ 1. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: Beautiful peepshows with hand-coloured engravings by Martin Englebrecht, 1684-1756, were produced in Augsburg about 1740. The box, about six inches cube, contained slots to take four cut-out scenes, the front of the box had another cut-out, and the back was painted with a landscape, making six 'curtains' in all.
Word: cube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedchamber or lounge”), from cubare (“to lie down”). 1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices. Example: My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
Word: hexahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hexa- + -hedron. Piecewise doublet of sexahedron. Pronunciation: /hɛksəˈhiːdɹən/ 1. A polyhedron with six faces.
Word: parallel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-. Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/, /ˈpaɹəˌlɛl/ 1. Equally distant from one another at all points. Labels: not-comparable Example: The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel. Example: the instrument held with its plane roughly parallel to the equinoctial or celestial equato 2. Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". Labels: not-comparable Example: The two railway lines are parallel. Example: When honour runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished. 3. Either not intersecting, or coinciding. Labels: excessive, not-comparable 4. Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time. Labels: not-comparable Example: a parallel algorithm 5. Analogous, similar, comparable. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: the parallel lives of two citizens Example: In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir. 6. Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: parallel universe
Word: parallel Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-. Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/, /ˈpaɹəˌlɛl/ 1. With a parallel relationship. Example: The road runs parallel to the canal.
Word: parallel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-. Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/, /ˈpaɹəˌlɛl/ 1. One of a set of parallel lines. Example: Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line? 2. Direction conformable to that of another line. Example: lines that from their parallel decline 3. A line of latitude. Example: The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town. 4. An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel. 5. Something identical or similar in essential respects. Example: It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty. Example: None but thyself can be thy parallel. 6. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity. Example: Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope 7. One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. 8. A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
Word: parallel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-. Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/, /ˈpaɹəˌlɛl/ 1. To construct or place something parallel to something else. Example: The needle […] doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian. 2. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. Example: Archaic covered bridges lingered fearsomely out of the past in pockets of the hills, and the half-abandoned railway track paralleling the river seemed to exhale a nebulously visible air of desolation. Example: Racing on, we parallel the M5 doing 95mph, according to the app on my smartphone. 3. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. 4. To compare or liken something to something else. Example: Although its spokesmen do not hesitate to parallel their oppression to that of blacks, the gay male community has chosen to ignore the voices of black gay men. Example: These scholars argue that gender and sexual identity are like nature and the environment; they parallel the queer/performance connection to the environmental/performance connection. I consider, instead, how all these categories actively interact and overlap. 5. To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc. Example: [H]is life is paralel’d / Euen with the ſtroke and line of his great Iuſtice: […] 6. To equal; to match; to correspond to. Example: He will ſteale ſir an Egge out of a Cloiſter: for rapes and rauiſhments he paralels Neſſus. 7. To produce or adduce as a parallel. Example: Macb[eth]. ’Twas a rough Night. / Lenox. My young remembrance cannot paralell / A fellow to it. Example: Who cannot parallel theſe ſtories out of his experience?
Word: eleventh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as ellefte, enlefte, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/, /iˈlɛv.ənθ/, /əˈlɛv.ənθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number eleven. Labels: not-comparable Example: Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most.
Word: eleventh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as ellefte, enlefte, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/, /iˈlɛv.ənθ/, /əˈlɛv.ənθ/ 1. The person or thing in the eleventh position. 2. One of eleven equal parts of a whole. 3. The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
Word: twelfth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”), Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”). Pronunciation: /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ], /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ], /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf], /twɛlftθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. Labels: not-comparable Example: The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book. Example: She finished twelfth in the race.
Word: twelfth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”), Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”). Pronunciation: /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ], /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ], /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf], /twɛlftθ/ 1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole. Example: A twelfth of 240 is 20. Example: Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal. 2. An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
Word: thirteenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English thrittenthe, thrittethe, from Old English þrēottēoþa; equivalent to thirteen + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/, /ˌθɝˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number thirteen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thirteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English thrittenthe, thrittethe, from Old English þrēottēoþa; equivalent to thirteen + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/, /ˌθɝˈtiːnθ/ 1. The person or thing in the thirteenth position. 2. One of thirteen equal parts of a whole. 3. The interval comprising an octave and a sixth. 4. The thirteenth day of a month. Example: January 13th
Word: fourteenth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/, /ˌfɔɹˈtiːnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number fourteen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fourteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th. Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/, /ˌfɔɹˈtiːnθ/ 1. The person or thing in the fourteenth position. 2. One of fourteen equal parts of a whole. 3. The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.