yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
Padre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: Padres
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player for the San Diego Padres.
pos: noun
examples: Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.
Translations:
Parmesan
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Pat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Pats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Irish person.
pos: noun
tags: offensive
possibly
slang
examples: I'll do it, sir, by the honor of the Pats, just take your two good looking selves into the garden, […]
The stereotypes of the Irish were more negative. Irish men, the “Pats,” were seen as “always drunk, eternally fighting, lazy, and shiftless.”
Translations:
Patriot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Capitalization of patriot.
Inflected forms:
form: Patriots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An individual Patriot missile.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A person who was in favor of American Independence from Britain during the American Revolution.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: Synonym of Patriote (A devolution-of-power supporter in Lower Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriots' War).)
pos: noun
tags: Canada
historical
gloss: A devolution-of-power supporter in Upper Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriot War).
pos: noun
tags: Canada
historical
Antonyms: Loyalist
Translations:
lang: French
word: Patriote
Pause
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From pause.
Inflected forms:
form: Pauses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pause
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.
pos: noun
Translations:
Peach
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: * As an English surname, from French péché (“sin”). Compare Peachey, Petch.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Pietsch.
Inflected forms:
form: Peaches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native or resident of Georgia in the United States.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
Translations:
Peep
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps, owned by Just Born, Inc.
Inflected forms:
form: Peeps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A soft marshmallow confection, shaped into a baby animal for Easter celebration.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
Pelargonium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pelargonium
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: an extract of the rose geranium, Pelargonium sidoides, used as an alternative medicine
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Pentium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pent- (“five”) + -ium.
Base: pent
Inflected forms:
form: Pentiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
pos: noun
examples: Given the usual Pentium-level processors now commonly available and the amount of memory these systems typically contain, the program we have developed can deal (optimally) with object set sizes in the lower teen’s, but even this requires the capability of Fortran90 to allocate very large arrays dynamically (and inform the user whether sufficient memory exists on the system to solve the problem of the size being requested).
gloss: A computer having a Pentium processor.
pos: noun
Translations:
Perpendicular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Inflected forms:
form: more Perpendicular
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Perpendicular
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of a style of English Gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, marked by stiff and rectilinear lines, mostly vertical window-tracery, depressed or four-centre arch, fan-tracery vaulting, and panelled walls.
pos: adj
Translations:
Phantom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Phantoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
pos: noun
gloss: A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.
pos: noun
examples: Paul pulled out the Phantom; niggas can't stand it but them hoes gonna come out.
Translations:
Phoenix
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
pos: noun
gloss: A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
pos: noun
gloss: A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pike
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Pikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Translations:
Pinyin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 20th c., from Mandarin Chinese 拼音 (pīnyīn, literally “spelled sounds”).
Inflected forms:
form: pinyin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Pin-yin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: p'in-yin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A phonetic script or romanization system for various languages spoken in the People's Republic of China, e.g. Tibetan
pos: noun
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pinyin.
Translations:
Piper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Pipers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An airplane made by Piper.
pos: noun
examples: Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job
Translations:
Pisces
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin piscēs, the nominative plural of piscis (“fish”), calque of Ancient Greek ἰχθύες (ikhthúes, “fish (pl); name of constellation”). Compare Akkadian 𒁺𒉺𒉺 (DU.NU.NU, “fish-cord”); the constellation is often depicted as two fish tied by a ribbon.
Inflected forms:
form: Pisces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone with a Pisces astrological sign.
pos: noun
Antonyms: Virgo
Translations:
Poisson
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).
Inflected forms:
form: Poissons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Poisson distribution.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Pole.
Inflected forms:
form: Poles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person of a West Slavic ethnic group native to Central Europe, inhabiting the country of Poland.
pos: noun
Translations:
Polo
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Paulus.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
pos: intj
Translations:
Pony
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Ponys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ponyes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ponies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.
Inflected forms:
form: Pops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A social club and debating society at Eton College.
pos: noun
gloss: The body of college prefects.
pos: noun
Translations:
Porto
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.
* (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.
Inflected forms:
form: Portos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Oporto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: O Porto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Port
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Oporto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: O Porto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Port
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: oporto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: o porto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: porto
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: port
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Oporto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: O Porto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Porto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Port wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: oporto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: o porto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: porto wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: port wine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A port wine.
pos: noun
gloss: A generic port wine; a wine of the style of Porto.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: Fortified wine.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
Translations:
Prince
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Princes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The title of a prince.
pos: noun
examples: Having been at the center of an international tragedy, the general public view is that the next generation—Princes William and Harry, and also Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice—have suffered enough and deserve every moment of happiness coming their way, and people are more than willing to help them celebrate their successes.
Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.
Translations:
Proctor
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.
Inflected forms:
form: Procter
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Proctor density; Proctor value
Translations:
Professor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Professors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Prof.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: The title for someone who holds the job of professor.
pos: noun
gloss: A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
sometimes
examples: This is just what I wanted. I got professor environment pants over here, and I can't get my jetski started. How am I gonna get back?
Translations:
Progressive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more Progressive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Progressive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Progressives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
pos: adj
gloss: A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pullman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: Ellipsis of Pullman car, after the Pullman Palace Car Company, named after American engineer and industrialist George Pullman (1831–1897).
Inflected forms:
form: Pullmans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.
gloss: A train made up of Pullman coaches.
pos: noun
Translations:
Puma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See puma; the name was chosen to highlight ideas of strength, agility, and grace often associated with the large cat.
Inflected forms:
form: Pumas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
pos: noun
examples: Joe Fortune shook his head, swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, and put on his Pumas.
Translations:
Puritan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Probably from purity + -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan.
Base: purity
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Puritans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pyrrhic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Pyrrhus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English Pyrrhic
From Pyrrhus + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more Pyrrhic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Pyrrhic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pyrrhic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BCE), Greek general and statesman.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Pyrrhic army lost the Pyrrhic war.
gloss: Achieved at too great a cost or detriment to have been worthwhile (as a victory, accomplishment, etc).
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: Although this syndrome is thought to resemble patterns of Pyrrhic revenge […]
I feared a Pyrrhic victory: I had been vindicated intellectually, but I was afraid of being too right and seeing the system crumble under my feet.
Translations:
Q-tip
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: American genericization from the brand name coined (and registered as the trademark "Q-TIPS") by Unilever; see tip. Q stands for quality.
Inflected forms:
form: Q-tips
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: q-tip
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Q-tips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Q-tipping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Q-tipped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Q-tipped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: q-tip
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible plastic rods with a swab of cotton/cotton wool at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears and other hard-to-reach places.
pos: noun
gloss: To clean with a Q-tip.
pos: verb
examples: He disposed of his black outfit, doomed to incineration, and took a quick antimicrobial-enhanced shower […] lathering his face, sanctifying his pits, and Q-tipping his pointy ears.
Translations:
Ra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Ras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.
pos: noun
Translations:
Rabbi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Rabbis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
Translations:
Ram
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From ram (“strike forcefully”).
Inflected forms:
form: Rams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A US Korean War anti-tank weapon.
pos: noun
Translations:
Rebel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Rebels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Confederate soldier; of the American Civil War.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
Red
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Reds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Communist.
pos: noun
examples: The 5th “Red” army corps is also making for Wuting while the 9th “Red” army corps is preparing bamboo rafts for crossing the Kin Sha Kiang (River) northwards to invade south-western Szechuan.
The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa.
First reports were that the Reds, in five gunboats and swarms of junks, succeeded in landing on tiny Wuchiu in Formosa Strait, but were beaten off with many captured.[…]
The attack on Wuchiu, a mile-long, half-mile-wide island 15 miles off the mainland, was the first amphibious operation by the Reds since they began boasting last summer they would "liberate" Formosa.
Teng left China just before the Red takeover to come to this country.
Sixty knots? No way, Barnes. The Reds don't have anything that fast.
gloss: A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
pos: noun
gloss: Communist.
pos: adj
examples: the Red Army
gloss: Communist.
pos: adj
gloss: Native American.
pos: adj
tags: dated
ethnic
offensive
slur
usually
examples: the Red race
Derived words: Redfella
Translations:
Reform
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of Reform Judaism, its tenets, or its adherents.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Reich
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”). Doublet of Raj.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
pos: noun
examples: The Empire is differently denominated as well by Germans themſelves as by others. It is called the Reich, in Latin Regnum, by way of eminence, as alſo the German Reich, in Latin Regnum Germanicum. The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.
gloss: The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
pos: noun
examples: Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
gloss: Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: And so his fine words — they are excellent within these limitations — must be husbanded exclusively against foes of the Russian Reich. Nevertheless, he too turns his back on the past with a will. . . . God knows how far the Tolstoian talent […]
Mr. Ycas, one of their members, told me that a serious attempt was made to strike for total independence but that the majority felt it was the wise course to ask for autonomy within the Russian Reich. A Lithuanian National Council was formed.
Did not Oliver Cromwell, the founder of the British Reich, boast that hanging Irishmen always gave him an excellent appetite? Yet who could deny that he was a political and military genius? One should always compare Imperialisms […]
Frere, obviously keen to start the thousand-year civilizing mission of the British Reich as soon as possible, invited Cetshwayo to a meeting in December 1878.
[…] we are presenting our analysis of the place and significance of the remote war technology within the American Reich.
NATO and the European Union, both led by America, embody that purpose. It preserves the sovereignty of the member states, but ultimate sovereignty rests with the American Reich and all the states willingly coordinate their policies with and subordinate themselves to American leadership.
The Human Reich over nature is inherently flawed, catastrophically overextended, and soon to fall on its own sword.
The Human Reich is a fundamentally flawed bit of imagination that can never be realized, as we critically depend on an intact ecology.
Translations:
Renaissance
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
French renaissancebor.
English Renaissance
Borrowed from French renaissance.
Inflected forms:
form: Renaissances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: the Harlem Renaissance
Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit.
Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).
The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title]
Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.
gloss: Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Republican
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: Republicans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Famine, pestilence, war… War! I like it!
When did you become a Republican.
At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.
Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are."
Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat."
Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."
Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
gloss: An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
gloss: A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
archaic
examples: It was confident both that the Republicans would never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against the Republicans.
gloss: A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
pos: noun
Translations:
Rho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Rhos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a family of GTP-binding proteins
pos: noun
Translations:
Robin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: * (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.
* (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.
Inflected forms:
form: Robins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Robyn
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
Roger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
pos: noun
Translations:
Romance
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.
pos: adj
examples: In this paper we will concentrate on the problem posed by Iberian Romance languages (i.e. Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish), …
Translations:
Romantic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more Romantic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Romantic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Romantick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: Romantics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Romantick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Romance.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to Romanticism.
pos: adj
gloss: Synonym of Romance.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: An artist involved in the Romantic movement.
pos: noun
Derived words: neo-Romantic
neo-romantic
preromantic
Translations:
Rose
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: Roses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
informal
gloss: The winner of that year's contest.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
informal
Translations:
Ruby
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.
pos: noun
tags: Cockney
slang
examples: We're going down the Indian for a Ruby; wanna join us?
No matter if you're Asian, Arab or Eskimo, everyone loves a ruby.
Translations:
Sadh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi साध (sādh, “member of the Sadh sect; Sadh”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).
Inflected forms:
form: Sadhs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Saadh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Saadhu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.
pos: noun
Translations:
Sagittarius
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
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).
Inflected forms:
form: Sagittariuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.
pos: noun
Translations:
Saint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rail-transport
railways
sports
transport
Etymology: From saint.
Inflected forms:
form: Saints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
pos: noun
examples: Saint Stephen was the first martyr.
gloss: A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.
pos: noun
tags: Mormonism
examples: the Kirtland Saints
They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.
The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.”
gloss: Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
pos: noun
examples: In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]
Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […]
Their prayers were answered when future New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl champion Jabari Greer intercepted Croyle's pass. In the fourth overtime, ...
gloss: Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
Sapphire
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Sapphires
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A stereotype of an aggressive and domineering black woman.
pos: noun
examples: When black women speak up about indignities, they are Sapphires. When black women stand up for their rights, they are Sapphires.
Described as feisty wenches, seductive Jezebels, or loud and angry Sapphires, Black women's public persona has long been dominated by these images.
Translations:
Savannah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Savannahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Savannah cat.
pos: noun
gloss: The Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis).
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
Scorpion
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Inflected forms:
form: Scorpions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone with the Scorpio star sign.
pos: noun
examples: No racketting around and cocktail parties for those born under the influence of the Water-carrier and the Archer. No nylons for Scorpions.
gloss: Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Scotch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Contraction of Scottish. The chess opening is supposedly named after a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.
Inflected forms:
form: Scotches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch.
gloss: Any variety of Scotch.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: My favorite Scotches are Glenlivet and Laphroaig.
gloss: A glass of Scotch.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Gimme a Scotch.
Derived words: single malt scotch
Translations:
lang: Polish
word: szkocka
Scunner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Scunners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
pos: noun
Translations:
Sellotape
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.
Inflected forms:
form: Sellotapes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A brand of adhesive tape (and similar products) similar to Scotch tape (US).
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Ireland
New-Zealand
UK
uncountable
usually
Translations:
Senator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Senators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
pos: noun
examples: The legislation, sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Lee, and Murphy, required the president to withdraw all forces from Yemen (except those participating in antiterrorism operations against AQAP) within 30 days of enactment.
Translations:
Shaker
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Base: shake
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Shakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of a Christian Protestant religious sect who do not marry.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to a distinctive style of furniture developed by the Shakers, characterised by functionality and minimalist designs.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Shay
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: Variant of Shea, from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Inflected forms:
form: Shays
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.
pos: noun
Translations:
Sicilian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Sicilians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart?
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Sicily, <.
pos: noun
examples: The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]
gloss: Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
pos: noun
examples: Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.
Translations:
Singer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From singer.
* (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines
* (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.
Inflected forms:
form: Singers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
pos: noun
examples: They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.
gloss: A motorcar from a former make of British motor car.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
Slinky
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The term was coined in 1943 by Betty James which means sleek and graceful
Inflected forms:
form: Slinkys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Slinkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A toy in the form of a loose metal (originally) or plastic spring that can be made to "walk" down stairs as its coils separate and close up.
pos: noun
Translations:
smart-alecky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English smart aleck
English -y
English smart-alecky
From smart aleck + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: more smart-alecky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most smart-alecky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the quality of a smart aleck; rude, disrespectful.
pos: adj
examples: The Katzenjammer Kids were fun because they made the adults look stupid. But they were a little too smart-alecky for my taste.
Translations:
So
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Socialist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Socialists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto.
gloss: A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.
pos: noun
Translations:
Sooner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Sooners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Some skunk of a Sooner, sneaking in ahead of the Run, had set the blaze to keep the Boomers off, saving the land for himself.
Synonyms: Okie
Oklahoman
Translations:
Sora
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Munda ethnic group from eastern India.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Sorb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sorbe, from Lower Sorbian Serb, the self-appointed name. Doublet of Serb.
Inflected forms:
form: Sorbs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.
pos: noun
Translations:
Southern
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.
Inflected forms:
form: more Southern
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Southern
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Sotheran
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sothern
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sotheron
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Southan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Southerin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Southon
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Southorn
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sudran
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sudron
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sutherin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Suthern
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sutherns
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Suthren
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.
pos: adj
gloss: From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.
pos: adj
tags: US
examples: But although Southern cooking makes use of a cornucopia of vegetables, it also typically includes generous portions of meat and fried chicken. Even vegetable dishes and breads are often cooked with animal fat: Greens are fried in bacon grease …
Southern cooking makes its presence felt throughout the northern half of the state. Vegetables such as okra, collard greens, black-eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and fried eggplant are added to staples such as fried chicken, roast beef, and hogjaw — meat from the mouth of a pig.
Derived words: Southernly
Translations:
Spiffy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Spiffies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A spring-wire collar stay, worn by men.
pos: noun
examples: The only neat thing about him was his collar. It was held down by a Spiffy wire stay.
Translations:
Spirograph
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Spirographs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A geometric drawing toy consisting of a set of plastic gears and toothed rings.
pos: noun
Translations:
Springbok
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Springboks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of South Africa's national rugby union team ("the Springboks").
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A town in Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A locality in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Spur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.
Inflected forms:
form: Spurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
Start
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: video-games
Etymology: The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
Inflected forms:
form: Starts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: start
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
pos: noun
Translations:
State
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Capitalization of state.
Inflected forms:
form: States
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory.
pos: noun
gloss: The current governing political entity in which the speaker lives.
pos: noun
tags: often
with-definite-article
Translations:
Steen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.
Inflected forms:
form: Steens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
countable
uncountable
Translations:
Stella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin stēlla (“star”).
Inflected forms:
form: Stellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
pos: noun
examples: I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.
gloss: A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).
pos: noun
tags: Jamaica
derogatory
slang
examples: They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men.
Translations:
Sten
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Acronym of Shepherd, Turpin, Enfield. From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield.
Inflected forms:
form: Stens
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: STEN
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: STEn
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sten
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.
pos: noun
Translations:
Stick
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.
Inflected forms:
form: Sticks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Official IRA.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Translations:
Sue
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping.
Inflected forms:
form: Sues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Su
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”).
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
Suomi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Finnish Suomibor.
English Suomi
Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The Finns.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: Over and above the 1,800,000 odd they number in Finland, the Suomi come in for about 250,000 more in the population of the adjacent Russian governments.
1963, Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. (trans.), The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District
the original homeland of the Suomi tribe (suomalaiset).
the mythology of the Finnic peoples (the Suomi and Karelians)
1997, Eric Christiansen, The Northern Crusades,
Nevertheless, a community of Christians had been established among the Suomi (south-west Finns), and in 1215 there was a Finnish convert […] The motives of the Swedes who went into Suomi lands, and of the Suomi who accepted their faith and paid tithe to their bishop, can only be conjectured.
Translations:
Surat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Surats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A coarse uncoloured cotton made at Surat in India.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Translations:
Sushi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Sushis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi
... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)
Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words
Translations:
Svan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Georgian სვანი (svani).
Inflected forms:
form: Svans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Swan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person from Svaneti, or a descendant of Svan people.
pos: noun
Translations:
Swan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From swan, the bird.
* (surname): An English nickname from the swan bird.
Inflected forms:
form: Swans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Swann
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
Swede
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.
Inflected forms:
form: Swedes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Sweden.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Related words: Sweden
Derived words: Finland-Swede
Finland Swede
swede
Swedeland
Swedeling
Swedesburg
Swedish
Swedishness
Swedistan
Translations: