nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Republican Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an French républicainder. English republican English Republican From republican (“favoring a republic”). Pronunciation: /ɹɨˈpʌ.blɨ.kɨn/ 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States:
Word: Rescue Part of Speech: name 1. A city in California.
Word: Reserve Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Kansas. 2. A census-designated place in Louisiana. 3. A census-designated place in Montana. 4. A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico. 5. A census-designated place in Wisconsin.
Word: Reservoir Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia
Word: Reunion Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Réunion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rev Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Rev.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Revelation Part of Speech: name Etymology: Proprialization from revelation. The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The final book of the New Testament of the Bible; its events. Example: He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
Word: Revolution Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of American Revolution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: American TV, in the black-coffee hours of a Saturday morning, had other things to focus on. On this side of the Atlantic, two and a half centuries away from the Revolution, it’s easier to take it all in as a costume party, as the royals were borne through the streets like elaborately plated desserts.
Word: Rex Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēxbor. English Rex From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy. Pronunciation: /ɹɛks/ 1. The reigning king. Labels: formal 2. A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today. 3. A popular name for a dog. 4. An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. 5. A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
Word: Rhea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ə/, /ˈɹeɪə/ 1. A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus. Labels: Greek 2. Saturn V, one of the moons of Saturn. 3. The asteroid 577 Rhea. 4. A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
Word: Rhea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Rea. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪ/ 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
Word: Rho Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of GTP-binding proteins
Word: Rho Part of Speech: name 1. A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Word: Rice Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Welsh surname, borrowed from Welsh Rhys, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, Freese, Price, and Preece. * As an English surname, from Old English hris (“brushwood, shrubbery”). * Also as an English surname, from a nickname through Middle English and Anglo-Norman from French ris (“smile, laughter”). * Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun rice. * As as German surname, Americanized from Reis (“shoot, twig”), related to the Old English word above. Compare Ries. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪs/ 1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s. Example: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA. 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rich Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Richard. The surname also derives from rich as a nickname. Pronunciation: /ɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard. 2. A surname transferred from the given name. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States:
Word: Rick Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rick From the male given name Richard. Pronunciation: /ɹɪk/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard, as well as similar name such as Ricardo. Example: Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job. 2. A surname transferred from the given name.
Word: Ridley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Place names in England, Old English hrēad (“reeds”) or rydde (“cleared land”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Thus, equivalent to reed or rid + -ley (“lea”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdli/ 1. A surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage. 4. A number of places: 5. A number of places: 6. A number of places: 7. A number of places:
Word: Riga Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin: * Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river. * Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɡə/ 1. The capital city of Latvia. Example: [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.
Word: Riga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga). 1. A surname.
Word: Rik Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Rick (“male nickname, usually short for Richard”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ring Part of Speech: name 1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness. 2. A parish of County Waterford, Ireland. 3. An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.
Word: Ritter Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: Rob Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹɒb/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Robert or Robin. Example: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech. 2. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from Robert.
Word: Robin Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒbɪn/, /ˈɹɑbɪn/ 1. A unisex given name. Example: They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England Example: This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin. 2. A unisex given name. Example: "We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child. Example: In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Robin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒbɪn/, /ˈɹɑbɪn/ 1. Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Word: Rock Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach. * Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock. * As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker. * As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg. * As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche. * Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”). * As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock. Compare Roch. 1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ). Example: Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony March 27. Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A number of places in England: 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 6. A number of places in England: 7. A number of places in England: 8. A number of places in England: 9. A place in Wales: 10. A place in Wales: 11. The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. the Rock 19. the Rock Labels: Australia 20. the Rock 21. the Rock Labels: Canada
Word: Rocky Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives with -y. 1. A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, or Rock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘I didn′t know your son′s name was Rocky,’ I quietly said as we started walking again. ‘It's really Richard. When he was a kid we called him Ricky, which somehow turned into Rocky. Some people call him Rocco. He gets called a lot of things.’ Example: Philadelphia Museum of Art:[…]This venue is also famous for its notable appearance in the 1976 movie 'Rocky', where Robert "Rocky" Balboabounds up the museum's steps as he prepares for his upcoming title match with Apollo Creed. 2. Diminutive of Rock (“surname”). Labels: countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable 3. nickame for a boxer, after Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: Australia, countable, diminutive, form-of, informal, uncountable Example: Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia. Example: Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island. 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rod Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviated form of Rodney and of Roderick, both with roots originating from Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”). 1. A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick. Example: President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.
Word: Rod Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rȍdъ. 1. The god of the family, ancestors and fate in Slavic mythology.
Word: Roe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊ/ 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Roe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊ/ 1. Ellipsis of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: Ultimately, Ms. Bottone said she just wanted to know whether she could keep driving in the H.O.V. lane for the remainder of her pregnancy, as she said she had in her previous pregnancies, long before the overturning of Roe.
Word: Roe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one"). Pronunciation: /ɹoʊ/ 1. A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Word: Roger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/, /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈroː.dʒɐ] 1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Word: Roger Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/, /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈroː.dʒɐ] 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer. Example: Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. The Devil; Satan. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 4. Jolly Roger (pirate flag) Example: The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]
Word: Roman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. * In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/, /ˈɹoʊ.mən/ 1. Of or from Rome. 2. Of or from the Roman Empire. Labels: historical 3. Of or from the Byzantine Empire. Labels: historical 4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression. Example: "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue. 5. Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet. 6. Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse. Labels: colloquial Example: You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one. 7. A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.) 8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See. 9. Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
Word: Roman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. * In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/, /ˈɹoʊ.mən/ 1. A native or resident of Rome. 2. A native or resident of the Roman Empire. Labels: historical 3. A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire. Labels: historical Example: Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus... 4. The Roman script. Labels: uncountable Example: Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents. 5. A single letter or character in Roman type. Labels: countable 6. A Roman Catholic. Labels: dated Example: ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’
Word: Roman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. * In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/, /ˈɹoʊ.mən/ 1. A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe. 2. A surname. 3. A city in Neamț County, Romania.
Word: Roman camomile Part of Speech: noun 1. Chamaemelum nobile, one of the two species of plants most commonly known as camomile. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Romance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French romanz (“vernacular language (of France)”), from Late Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus + -icus. Extended in the 17th century to all languages derived from Latin. Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/, /ˈrəʊman(t)s/, /roʊˈmæn(t)s/, /ˈroʊˌmæn(t)s/, /roˈmæns/ 1. The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin. Labels: uncountable Example: The Romance languages are normally grouped along broad geographical lines into Italo-Romance (Italian dialects, with a standard based on Tuscan); Gallo-Romance (French and Provençal); Hispano-Romance (Castilian Spanish, Catalan as less widely recognized standard, and Portuguese); Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh, Ladin, and Friulian); and Balkan Romance (Dalmatian, now extinct, and Romanian). [...] Proto-Romance was a purely spoken language, and we should at least in principle keep it separate from Vulgar Latin.
Word: Romance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French romanz (“vernacular language (of France)”), from Late Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus + -icus. Extended in the 17th century to all languages derived from Latin. Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/, /ˈrəʊman(t)s/, /roʊˈmæn(t)s/, /ˈroʊˌmæn(t)s/, /roˈmæns/ 1. Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc. Example: In this paper we will concentrate on the problem posed by Iberian Romance languages (i.e. Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish), … Example: This book is a fully updated edition of a work first published in 1986. It is intended as a comprehensive work on both current and historical phonetic transcription practice. It covers the phonetic symbol usages of such major traditions as the early Amerindianist work of the Boas school; the American structuralist phonetics and phonology associated with Bloch, Smith, and Trager; and the internationally known system of phonetic representation traditions and transcription principles associated with the International Phonetic Association (IPA). In addition it covers less well known traditions like those of Romance philologists, Germanicists, Slavicists, Indologists, Sinologists, Africanists, and so on, and includes entries for rare and obsolete symbols that have been suggested for use by respected specialists in phonetics but which will be unfamiliar to most linguists and speech scientists.
Word: Romantic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Romance. 2. Of or pertaining to Romanticism. 3. Synonym of Romance. Labels: informal
Word: Romantic Part of Speech: noun 1. An artist involved in the Romantic movement.
Word: Rosa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosabor. English Rosa Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊzə/, /ˈɹəʊzə/ 1. A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose. Example: Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head.
Word: Rose Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz/ 1. A female given name from Germanic. Example: Celia: Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, be merry. Rosalind. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports. Example: Sentiment hallows the vowels of Delia; /Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose; 2. A surname from Middle English. Example: While recording, Rose said, a female passerby “encouraged her to speak with Nicholas, so she...rang his front doorbell.” 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 9. A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).
Word: Rose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz/ 1. A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest. Labels: Ireland, informal 2. The winner of that year's contest. Labels: Ireland, informal
Word: Rosemary Part of Speech: name Etymology: A combination of Rose + Mary, referring to the flower as a symbol of Virgin Mary, first recorded in the eighteenth century. It is found in continental Europe as Rosemarie and Rosa Maria. After mid-nineteenth century when flower names became common it may also refer to the herb rosemary, Latin ros marinus "dew of the sea". Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/, /ˈɹəʊzˌmɛːɹi/, /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/, /ˈɹoʊzməɹi/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: "And you - you darling!" - addressing the astonished Rosemary - "will you love your grandmamma? Kiss me, my child." - - - "Oh, you tell fibs!" cried the child. "My name is Rose Marie Romarin - is it not, Grandpa?" Example: Rosemary. A sweet dark name, though finally a shrill trite woman.
Word: Rosette Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Rosette. By surface analysis, Rose + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Rosetta. 1. A female given name from French. Example: The wedding of Miss Rosette Sipley Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward Ford of Washington Avenue, to Arklay King of Garrison-on-the-Hudson took place in the Church of the Redeemer here to-day. Example: Josiane Hayat, a daughter of Rosette Hayat of Rego Park, Queens, and the late David Edouard Hayat of Alexandria, Egypt, was married yesterday to Dr. Peter Michael Gottesfeld, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gottesfeld of Teaneck, N.J., and Stockbridge, Mass.
Word: Rouge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Rouge. 1. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. A surname from French.
Word: Route Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Rube Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Reuben. 2. A male given name.
Word: Ruby Part of Speech: name Etymology: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone. 1. A female given name. Example: Ruby, my dear / Hold back that tear / I know he's gone / Your love has flown Example: And those are her two daughters, Opal and Ruby. Her husband, Joshua, named them. He said they were to be the jewels of his old age. She would never have thought of names like that. There wasn't an ounce of sentiment in her body. 2. A surname. Labels: rare 3. A male given name. Labels: rare 4. A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s. Example: The final thrust of Bob's argument is that if you strip away all disk I/O (and he cites the move to SSD persistent storage), we'll shift away from interpreted languages such as Ruby and PHP and back to Java. Example: Ruby began life in Japan as the creation of Yukihiro Matsumoto, known more commonly as Matz. Unlike that of most language developers, Matz's motivation for Ruby was fun and a principle of “least surprise,” in order to improve overall developer productivity. 5. A city in Alaska. 6. A ghost town in Arizona. 7. A town in South Carolina. 8. A town in Wisconsin. 9. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. 10. A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: Ruby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone. 1. A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: We're going down the Indian for a Ruby; wanna join us? Example: No matter if you're Asian, Arab or Eskimo, everyone loves a ruby.
Word: Rufus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin rūfus (“red”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːfəs/ 1. Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13). Example: Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 2. A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century. 3. A minor city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. 4. A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Rugby Part of Speech: name Etymology: From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡbi/ 1. A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated (OS grid ref SP5075). 2. A local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, with its headquarters in the town. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A village in Hilltops council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Rum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”). 1. Alternative form of Rome: Rome (a major city in Italy). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, obsolete
Word: Rum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Roma and Rome. 1. An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire. Labels: historical 2. A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate. Labels: historical 3. Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts. Labels: archaic
Word: Rum Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ruse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der. Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English Ruse Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːseɪ/ 1. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia. 2. A city in northeastern Bulgaria. 3. A municipality of Ruse Province, Bulgaria. 4. A province in Bulgaria.
Word: Ruse Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːz/ 1. A surname. 2. A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.
Word: Rush Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch. 1. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Ruth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth (“compassion”) by Puritans. Pronunciation: /ɹuːθ/ 1. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. 2. The resident of Moab around whom the text centers. Example: And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. 3. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: Her face hardened. "I despise pity." "In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless." Example: He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair. 4. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. 5. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.
Word: S Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /ɛs/, /s/, /z/, /ʒ/ 1. The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, uppercase
Word: S Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ɛs/, /s/, /z/, /ʒ/ 1. The nineteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script. Labels: uppercase
Word: S Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of south. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of season (group of episodes of a series). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I watched S01 through 03. I have yet to watch the S04. Example: The pilot episode is S01E01. 3. Initialism of small (the manufactured size or an item of that size). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable, usually 4. Initialism of soprano. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of subtitles. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of sextodecimo (book size, 15-17.5 cm in height). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: S Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of small (of the manufactured size). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, usually 2. Initialism of satisfactory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: S Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the first letter of set and of stage, two fundamental concepts of the theory. 1. An axiomatic set theory, developed by logician George Boolos, in which several of the axioms of ZF are derivable as theorems. Example: S has no axiom of extensionality and identity is absent from the other S axioms.
Word: Sa Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Saturday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Sa Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Samuel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. A language of Vanuatu
Word: Sabella Part of Speech: name 1. a female given name, diminutive of Isabella
Word: Sadh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi साध (sādh, “member of the Sadh sect; Sadh”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu). Pronunciation: /sɑːd/ 1. A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.
Word: Safe Part of Speech: name 1. An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
Word: Saffron Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from English; a rare flower name from the saffron. Example: The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.
Word: Saga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 佐賀(さが) (Saga). 1. Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan) 2. The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Saga Part of Speech: name Etymology: From saga or its etymon Old Norse saga. 1. A unisex given name. Labels: rare Example: Saga Becker Example: 2007, Saga McOdongo, Deadly money maker
Word: Saga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga'). 1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Example: We saw many other striking manifestations of hydrothermal activity in the Himalayan geothermal belt. The boiling spouters of Namling County, for example, emit endless jets of water and steam; the Rugyog fumarole of Saga County sends up vapors and gases as scorching as the breath of a furnace;[…] Example: Previously, they had met a man from Saga county, not far from the Nepali border, who had given an interesting piece of information: from his place, he had seen people escaping over a mountain into Nepal.
Word: Sage Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage. * As an Irish surname, variant of Savage. * As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge). 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name from English. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed. 3. A female given name from English. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sagitta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”). Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/, /səˈɡɪt.ə/ 1. A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.
Word: Sagittarius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin sagittārius (“archer”), calque of Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs); possibly adapted from Akkadian 𒀯𒉺𒉋𒊕 (pabilsaĝ, “the bow-armed god Pabilsaĝ”) (see Pabilsaĝ), from Sumerian 𒀯𒉺𒉋𒊕 (ᴹᵁᴸPA.BIL₂.SAG). Pronunciation: /ˌsadʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/, /ˌsædʒəˈtɛəɹiəs/, /ˌsædʒəˈtɛɹiəs/ 1. A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured as a centaur drawing a bow. It contains the stars Kaus Australis, Kaus Borealis and Nunki. 2. The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).
Word: Sagittarius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sagittārius (“archer”), calque of Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs); possibly adapted from Akkadian 𒀯𒉺𒉋𒊕 (pabilsaĝ, “the bow-armed god Pabilsaĝ”) (see Pabilsaĝ), from Sumerian 𒀯𒉺𒉋𒊕 (ᴹᵁᴸPA.BIL₂.SAG). Pronunciation: /ˌsadʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/, /ˌsædʒəˈtɛəɹiəs/, /ˌsædʒəˈtɛɹiəs/ 1. Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.
Word: Said Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd). Pronunciation: /saɪd/ 1. A male given name from Arabic. 2. A surname from Arabic.
Word: Said Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd). Pronunciation: /saɪd/ 1. Alternative form of Sayyid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Saint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saint. Pronunciation: /seɪnt/, /sənt/ 1. A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name. Example: Saint Stephen was the first martyr. 2. A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon. Labels: Mormonism Example: the Kirtland Saints Example: They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion. 3. Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan. Example: In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […] Example: Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […] 4. Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR. Labels: UK
Word: Saint Part of Speech: name Etymology: From saint. Pronunciation: /seɪnt/, /sənt/ 1. A surname.
Word: Saint Part of Speech: name Etymology: From saint. Pronunciation: /seɪnt/, /sənt/ 1. A nickname, given to someone of very good character. 2. A nickname, given to someone of extreme religiosity.
Word: Saint George's Day Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of St. George's Day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sal Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given names Salomon, Salvador, or Salvatore. Example: Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Sally.
Word: Sal Part of Speech: name 1. One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
Word: Sal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Salami Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Sale Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English sealh (“willow tree”). 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9892). 2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, named after Robert Sale. 3. A surname.
Word: Salina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From salina, saline. 1. An island off the coast of Sicily. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Salina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain, possibly a variant of, or a coinage inspired by, Selina. The place name seems an unlikely source. 1. A female given name.
Word: Salina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Salina. 1. A surname.
Word: Sally Part of Speech: name Etymology: A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary. Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.i/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name. Example: She submitted―for what alternative did she have?―to being Sally in this family, but she always signed herself, Sarah. Example: Maybe her first name was Sally, but David thought he would have remembered a name like that; there were so few Sallys these days. Now the world belonged to Ambers, Ashleys, and Tiffanys. 2. A nickname for the Salvation Army. Labels: UK, slang
Word: Sally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary. Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.i/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of sally: the crystalline or powdered form of MDA. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, slang
Word: Salvadorean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish Salvadorbor. Portuguese Salvadorbor. English Salvador English -ean English Salvadorean From Salvador + -ean. 1. Alternative spelling of Salvadorian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele, according to State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone.
Word: Salvadorean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish Salvadorbor. Portuguese Salvadorbor. English Salvador English -ean English Salvadorean From Salvador + -ean. 1. Alternative spelling of Salvadorian. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Given Bukele’s ample margins of popularity – 98% of Salvadoreans supported the president’s handling of the pandemic, according to a CID Gallup poll from March this year – the White House may prefer engaging with the young leader on the current crisis rather than unleashing a war of words.
Word: Salvia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Salvia. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Samba Part of Speech: name 1. A town and district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Word: Same Part of Speech: name 1. A district capital of Manufahi District in East Timor 2. A town in Tanzania.
Word: San Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s. 1. Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa. Labels: ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, regional, slur
Word: San Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s. 1. Any of the languages spoken by these people.
Word: San Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish San. 1. A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
Word: Sande Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. 2. A municipality of Vestfold, Norway.
Word: Sande Part of Speech: name 1. A women's society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast, which initiates girls into adulthood through rituals including female genital mutilation.
Word: Sandwich Part of Speech: name Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich. 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An English habitational surname originating from this town. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families. 3. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable