truckload

text: A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.

ref: 1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A:

links: truck truck

links: lorry lorry

text: We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates.

text: Another meme shows an empty van. “Excellent news,” it reads. “The first truckload of your thoughts and prayers has just arrived.”

ref: 2018 May 19, AJ Willimgham, “How ‘thoughts and prayers’ went from common condolence to cynical meme”, in CNN:

en-noun

expansion: truckload (plural truckloads)

forms: truckloads (plural)

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ.
Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō)
Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los)
Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā)
Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der.
Medieval Latin trochleader.
Anglo-Norman troclebor.
Middle English trokel
English truckle?
English truck
English load
English truckload
From truck + load.

truck

load

expansion:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ.
Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō)
Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los)
Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā)
Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der.
Medieval Latin trochleader.
Anglo-Norman troclebor.
Middle English trokel
English truckle?
English truck
English load
English truckload
[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "pulley", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "sheave in block and tackle equipment", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to run", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "run", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰregʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "id" : "run", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*drem-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τρέχω", "gloss" : "run, move quickly", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "denoting a kind of bird", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́λος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τροχῐ́λος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ία", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-είᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "nominal suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τροχῐλείᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "trochlea", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "trocle", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "trokel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "truckle", "lang" : "en" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "truck", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "load", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "truckload", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="truckload">
From truck + load.

ipa: /ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd/


commandant

links: military military

links:
commanding officer
commanding officer

links: force force

links: division division

raw_glosses: (military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

links: major major

raw_glosses: (military) A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage.

links: lieutenant-colonel lieutenant-colonel

raw_glosses: (military, South Africa, historical) lieutenant-colonel

pos: noun

expansion: commandant (plural commandants)

forms: commandants (plural)

պարետ

code: hy

sense: a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division

roman: paret

командир

code: bg

roman: komandir

指揮官 /指挥官

code: cmn

roman: zhǐhuīguān

komendantti

code: fi

commandant

code: fr

parancsnok

code: hu

comandante

code: it

comandante

code: pt

comandant

code: ro

команди́р

code: ru

roman: komandír

коменда́нт

roman: komendánt

comandante

code: es

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandant
English commandant
From French commandant.

etymon

en

:uder

expansion:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandant
English commandant
[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to order", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "commandāre", "id" : "to commend", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beside", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "con-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "order", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)meh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "have put", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰéh₁t", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manuðō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "hand", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "itc-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "ine-pro:*(s)meh₂-", "id" : "hand" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manus", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "manus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "itc-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "ine-pro:*dʰéh₁t<id:have put>", "id" : "put" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-dō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mandō", "gloss" : "commit, intrust, enjoin", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "commendō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "hand over", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*manuðō", "4" : ":afeq", "5" : "manus", "6" : "-dō", "id" : "hand over" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mandō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "commando", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "comander", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "commander", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "commander", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "commandant", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "commandant", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="commander" data-lang="en" data-title="commandant" id="English:_commander">
From French commandant.

ipa: /ˈkɒməndænt/

ipa: /kɒmənˈdænt/

ipa: /-dɑnt/

ipa: /ˈkɒməndənt/

ipa: /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/

ipa: /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commandant.wav


commandant

links: commander commander

nl-noun

m

-en

expansion: commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)

forms:
commandanten (plural)
commandantje (diminutive neuter)

公勃壟

roman: kong-pu̍t-lóng

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandantbor.
Dutch commandant
Borrowed from French commandant.

nl

:bor

expansion:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandantbor.
Dutch commandant
[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "commander", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to order", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "commandāre", "id" : "to commend", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beside", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "con-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "order", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)meh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "have put", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰéh₁t", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manuðō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "hand", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "itc-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "ine-pro:*(s)meh₂-", "id" : "hand" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*manus", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "manus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "itc-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "ine-pro:*dʰéh₁t<id:have put>", "id" : "put" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-dō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mandō", "gloss" : "commit, intrust, enjoin", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "commendō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "hand over", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*manuðō", "4" : ":afeq", "5" : "manus", "6" : "-dō", "id" : "hand over" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mandō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "commando", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "comander", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "commander", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "commander", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "commandant", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "commandant", "lang" : "nl" }" data-id="commander" data-lang="nl" data-title="commandant" id="Dutch:_commander">
Borrowed from French commandant.

rhymes: -ɑnt

parts: com man dant


commandant

fr-noun

expansion: commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)

forms:
commandants (plural)
commandante (feminine)

كُوماندان

roman: komāndān

sense: commander

कमांडेंट

roman: kamāṇḍẽṭ

قوماندان

roman: komandan

قُومَنْدان

roman: qomandān

sense: military commander

قومندان

roman: qumandā́n, qomandā́n

کومندان

roman: kumandā́n, komandā́n

کوماندان

roman: kumāndā́n, komāndā́n

قوماندان

roman: qomandan

کُمانْدان

roman: komândân

کُمیدان

roman: kumedān

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandant
Present participle of commander.

etymon

fr

:der

commander<id:to order>

expansion:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
▲
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandant
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homophone: commandants


commandant

links: commandō commando#Latin

glosses: third-person plural present active subjunctive of commandō

pos: verb

head

la

verb form

expansion: commandant


commandant

nrf

noun

g: m

plural

commandants

f2accel-form: p

feminine

commandante

nrf-noun

f: commandante


mangy

links: mange mange

glosses: Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

text: We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.

type: example

text: When we came abreast again, they faced the river, stamped their feet, nodded their horned heads, swayed their scarlet bodies; they shook towards the fierce river-demon a bunch of black feathers, a mangy skin with a pendent tail— something that looked a dried gourd; they shouted periodically together strings of amazing words that resembled no sounds of human language; and the deep murmurs of the crowd, interrupted suddenly, were like the responses of some satanic litany.

ref: 1899 April, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part III (Conclusion):

type: quotation

text: Specter Knight: 'YOUR QUEST TO BECOME KING OF CARDS HAS NOT... GONE UNNOTICED.' / King Knight: 'AH, WORD HAS REACHED THE SLUMS, HAS IT? AM I TO TRAVEL WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF MANGY BEGGARS, NOW?'

ref: 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Spectral Ravine:

links: Worn worn

links: squalid squalid

links: bedraggled bedraggled

links: decrepit decrepit

raw_glosses: (by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.

text: And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]

ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33:

links: Contemptible contemptible

links: despicable despicable

links: low low

pos: adj

en-adj

er

expansion: mangy (comparative mangier, superlative mangiest)

forms:
mangier (comparative)
mangiest (superlative)
mangey (alternative)

أَجْرَب

code: ar

sense: afflicted with mange

roman: ʔajrab

جربان

code: acw

roman: jarbān

кра́став

roman: krástav

ronyós

code: ca

prašivý

code: cs

schurftig

code: nl

skabia

code: eo

krätzig

code: de

gearbach

code: ga

گەڕ

code: ckb

roman: gerr

گەڕۆڵ

roman: gerroll

gurî

code: kmr

scaber

code: la

шугав

code: mk

roman: šugav

galeux

code: nrf

parszywy

code: pl

чесо́точный

roman: česótočnyj

парши́вый

roman: paršívyj

шу̏гав

code: sh

skabbig

code: sv

uyuz

code: tr

коро́стявий

code: uk

roman: koróstjavyj

kshipsi

code: unm

opelichaný

sense: worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit

убо́гий

roman: ubógij

запу́щенный

roman: zapúščennyj

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
English mange
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English mangy
From mange + -y.

ety

expansion:
Etymology tree
English mange
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English mangy
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From mange + -y.


sterling

text: Nummus […] is taken for braſſe pens, or els pieces of ſiluer of the valu of a dandiprat or i. d. ob. a pece or there about, ſo that yͤ thouſand peces wer moche about the ſomme of twentie nobles sterlynges [i.e., nobles of sterlings].

ref: 1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Augustus Caeser”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book II, folio 178, recto, paragraph 38, marginal note:

text: "I do not fear your curses," said Philippe [Philip II of France]. "You have no right to pronounce them on the realm of France. Your words smell of English sterlings."

ref: 1868, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “Cameo XXIII. The Rebellious Eaglets.”, in Cameos from English History: From Rollo to Edward II […], London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 103:

text: In England sterlings and nobles were struck, both of them often counterfeited.

ref: 1911, August Octav Ritter von Loehr, “Numismatics”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann [et al.], editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia […], volume XI, New York, N.Y.: Robert Appleton Company, →OCLC, page 155, column 2:

links: English English#Adjective

links: silver silver#Adjective

links: penny penny#Noun

links: introduce introduce

links: Normans Norman#Noun

raw_glosses: (countable, obsolete except historical) An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.

qualifier: obsolete except historical

raw_glosses: (countable) A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.

links: issued issue#Verb

links: countries country#Noun

links: Scotland Scotland

text: Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / […] / Pol[onius]. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane [taken] theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […]

ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature [C4], verso:

text: [D]rop the ten ſhillings into this Baſon; […] So, iſt right Iacke? iſt ſterling?

ref: 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature D2, recto:

text: By uſeful Obſervations he can tell / The ſacred Charms that in true Sterling dvvell.

ref: 1699, [Samuel Garth], “Canto II”, in The Dispensary; a Poem, London: […] John Nutt […], →OCLC, page 18:

text: [T]he Tenants are obliged by their Leaſes to pay Sterling vvhich is Lavvful Current Money of England, […]

ref: 1724 March, M. B. [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], A Letter to the Shop-keepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-people of Ireland, Concerning the Brass Half-pence Coined by Mr. Woods, with a Design to have Them Pass in this Kingdom. […], Dublin: […] J[ohn] Harding […], →OCLC, page 9:

text: [A]mong the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.

ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC, section 1; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

raw_glosses: (uncountable) The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.

links: currency currency

links:
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

links: based base#Verb

links:
pound sterling
pound sterling

links: genuine genuine

links: British British#Adjective

links: contrasted contrast#Verb

links: foreign foreign#Adjective

text: Many of the women cleaned house for other women, soaping fine china and polishing heavy sterling, […]

ref: 1977, Ed McBain [pseudonym; Evan Hunter], chapter 4, in Long Time No See […], new edition, London: Coronet Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 59:

raw_glosses: (uncountable) Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).

links:
sterling silver
sterling silver#English

links: alloy alloy#Noun

links: contain contain

links: percent percent#Adverb

links: silver silver#Noun

links: remainder remainder#Noun

links: copper copper#Noun

links: articles article#Noun

links: made make#Verb

links: collectively collectively

sterling silver

text: […] Sterling vvas the knovvn and approved Standard in England, in all Probability, from the Beginning of King Henry the Second's Reign. But King John vvas undoubtedly the firſt vvho introduced Sterling Money in Ireland.

ref: 1745, Stephen Martin Leake, “John, A.D. 1199”, in An Historical Account of English Money, from the Conquest, to the Present Time; […], 2nd edition, London: […] W. Meadows, […], →OCLC, page 62:

raw_glosses: (uncountable, historical) Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).

links: Former former#Adjective

links: gold gold#Adjective

links: coinage coinage

links: standard standard#Adjective

links: fineness fineness

text: [E]ight of them [carats] make but one Sterlin, and a Sterlin is the 24 part of an ounce.

ref: 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Carat”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature O ij, verso, column 1:

raw_glosses: (countable) Synonym of pennyweight (“a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce”)

links: pennyweight pennyweight#English

links: unit unit#Noun

links: mass mass#Noun

links: equal equal

links: grains grain#Noun

links:
troy ounce
troy ounce

pennyweight

raw_glosses:
(by extension)
(obsolete)
(uncountable) Money generally.

links: Money money#Noun

text: [T]he Lavv hath not left it in the Povver of the Prerogative to compel the Subject to take any Money, beſide Gold and Silver of the Right Sterling and Standard.

ref: 1724 August 15 (Gregorian calendar), M. B. [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, upon the Occasion of a Paragraph in his News-paper of Aug. 1st. Relating to Mr. Wood’s Half-pence. […], Dublin: […] J[ohn] Harding […], →OCLC, page 6:

raw_glosses: (uncountable) The standard degree of fineness.

links: degree degree

en-noun

expansion: sterling (countable and uncountable, plural sterlings)

forms: sterlings (plural)

sterling

code: fi

sense: English silver penny first introduced by the Normans; penny issued in other countries

جنيَه إِسْتِرْلِينِيّ

code: ar

sense: currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency

جنية استرليني

code: arz

roman: gené esterlini

лира

code: bg

roman: lira

lliura

code: ca

英镑

code: cmn

roman: Yīngbàng

libra

code: gl

გირვანქა სტერლინგი

code: ka

roman: girvanka sṭerlingi

ფუნტი

roman: punṭi

sterlina

code: it

英貨

code: ja

alt: えいか

roman: eika

sterling

code: ms

sterlina

code: mt

esterlina

code: pt

сте́рлинг

code: ru

roman: stérling

фунт

roman: funt

libra

code: sk

libra esterlina

code: es

esterlina

code: tl

sterling

sense: former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness

etymology_text: From Middle English sterling, possibly from Old English *steorling, from steorra (“star”) and -ling, in reference to the stars that appeared on certain English pennies. Alternatively, the first element may be *stēre, meaning “strong” or “stout” (compare the etymology of solidus).

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sterling

text: […] King William [the Lion] vvas to pay 100000. l. [pound] Striueling for his ranſome, the one half in preſent coin, the other 50000 l. vpon time.

ref: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Henrie the Second, Duke of Normandy, Guyen and Aquitaine, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 80, page 467, column 1:

text: The Salaries of all the great Officers of this State, are very ſmall: I have already mentioned that of a Burgomaſter's of Amſterdam to be about fifty pounds ſterling a year: […]

ref: 1673, William Temple, “Of Their Government”, in Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands, London: […] A[nne] Maxwell for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC, page 108:

text: Sir Arthur only stipulated, that a little ragged boy, for the guerdon of one penny sterling, should run to meet his coachman, and turn his equipage back to Knockwinnock.

ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 147–148:

text: The doctrine of the Old Testament is the religion of England. […] It believes in a Providence which does not treat with levity a pound sterling.

ref: 1856, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Religion”, in English Traits, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, page 225:

text: In the first place, schemes of partial international co-ordination can be arranged between such governments as can agree upon them. This has already been done in the case of the Sterling Bloc, which is composed of countries whose rulers have decided that it is worth while to co-ordinate their separate national plans so that they shall not interfere with each other.

ref: 1937, Aldous Huxley, “The Planned Society”, in Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 41:

raw_glosses: Of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage.

links: relating relate#Verb

links: currency currency

links:
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

links: types type#Noun

links: English English#Adjective

links: British British#Adjective

raw_glosses:
(not comparable)
Of silver: being of standard quality.

links: silver silver#Noun

links: quality quality#Noun

text: The ſterling mark upon plate, and the ſtamps upon linen and vvoollen cloth, give the purchaſer much greater ſecurity than any ſtatute of apprenticeſhip.

ref: 1776 March 9, Adam Smith, “Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock”, in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book I (Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labour, […]), II (Inequalities Occasioned by the Policy of Europe), page 151:

text: [W]hat is baſe / No poliſh can make ſterling, […]

ref: 1785, William Cowper, “Book VI. The Winter Walk at Noon.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, pages 281–282:

raw_glosses: Of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver.

links: thing thing

links:
sterling silver
sterling silver

text: Pray thee peace, pay her the debt you ovve her, and vnpay the villany you haue done vvith her, the one you may doe vvith ſterling mony, and the other vvith currant repentance.

ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature C2, verso:

text: [I]s this base annunciation a mere swindle on the incautious, to beguile them of their time, their patience, and three shillings of sterling money of this realm?

ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 14:

text: Sumptuosity and sordidness; revenge, life-weariness, ambition, darkness, putrescence; and, say, in sterling money, three hundred thousand a year,—were this poor Prince once to burst loose from his Court-moorings, to what regions, with what phenomena, might he not sail and drift!

ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Notables”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Parliament of Paris), page 71:

raw_glosses: (archaic) Of English (or (obsolete) Scottish) currency: genuine, of legal tender.

links: Scottish Scottish#Adjective

links: genuine genuine

links:
legal tender
legal tender

text: […] I knovv your Opinion is current and ſterling: […]

ref: 1655, James Howell, “XLIV. To Sir L. D. in Paris.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume IV, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 496:

text: This love, ſuppoſing it ſterling, I (ſtultus ego [I am foolish]!) return'd in kind: But I do not repent it.

ref: 1755, [Edward Young], “Letter V. Life’s Review.”, in The Centaur Not Fabulous. […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […]; [a]nd R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 238:

text: Then decent pleaſantry and ſterling ſenſe / That never gave nor vvould endure offence, / VVhipp'd out of ſight vvith ſatyr juſt and keen, / The puppy pack that had defil'd the ſcene.

ref: 1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Table Talk”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC, page 33:

text: The nephew, Manuel Molina, is a young man of sterling worth and Spanish gravity.

ref: 1832, [Washington Irving], “The Household”, in The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey & [Isaac] Lea, →OCLC, pages 75–76:

text: I have said that Mr. Crawley was a stern, unpleasant man; and it certainly was so. The man must be made of very sterling stuff, whom continued and undeserved misfortune does not make unpleasant.

ref: 1860 January – 1861 April, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Lufton’s Ambassador”, in Framley Parsonage. […] (Collection of British Authors; 551), copyright edition, volume I, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published April 1861, →OCLC, page 219:

text: Then the world seemed none so bad, / And I myself a sterling lad; / And down in lovely muck I've lain, / Happy till I woke again.

ref: 1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, “[Poem] LXII”, in A Shropshire Lad, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, The Bodley Head, published 1906, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 92:

text: Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.

ref: 2014 December 13, Mandeep Sanghera, “Burnley 1 – 0 Southampton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2025:

text: Neither the law nor the facts support Senator [Charles] Grassley's baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions. It is disappointing that the senator and his staff continue to focus a politically motivated campaign on Ms. [Huma] Abedin, who has been known her entire professional life for hard work, integrity, and her sterling reputation. It is people like Ms. Abedin whom we should all want in public service.

ref: 2016 January 31, William D[avid] Cohan, quoting Miguel Rodríguez, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, published February 2016, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2016:

text: HSTs [high-speed trains] continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units […] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher.

ref: 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A Need for Speed and the Drive for 125”, in Rail, number 941, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53:

raw_glosses: Of acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.

links: acknowledged acknowledged#Adjective

links: influence influence#Noun

links: authoritative authoritative

links: high high#Adjective

links: excellent excellent#Adjective

links: proven proven#Adjective

links: worth worth#Noun

text: This waie of exerciſe was […] made ſterling agayne by M. Quintilian: […]

ref: a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, “[The Second Booke Teachyng the Ready Way to the Latin Tong]”, in Margaret Ascham, editor, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC, folio 35, verso:

text: And if my vvord be Sterling yet in England, / Let it command a Mirror hither ſtraight, / That it may ſhevv me vvhat a Face I haue, / Since it is Bankrupt of his Maieſtie.

ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 40:

raw_glosses: (obsolete) Having currency (“general acceptance, recognition, or use”).

links: currency currency#English

links: general general#Adjective

links: acceptance acceptance

links: recognition recognition

links: use use#Verb

en-adj

more

expansion: sterling (not generally comparable, comparative more sterling, superlative most sterling)

forms:
more sterling (comparative)
most sterling (superlative)

esterlí

sense: of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage

sterling-

code: fi

sterling-

sense: of silver: being of standard quality

esterlí

sense: of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver

sterlinghopeinen

english: made of

translation: made of

erinomainen

sense: of proven worth; of high or excellent quality

root

ine-pro

langname

ine-pro

expansion: Proto-Indo-European

word

ine

dlongʰos

inh

enm

sterling

expansion: Middle English sterling

ang

*steorling

expansion: Old English *steorling

ipa: /ˈstɜːlɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterling.wav

ipa: /ˈstɜɹlɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈstɛɾlɪŋ/

homophone: Stirling (fern–fir–fur merger)

rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ

parts: ster ling


sterling

date: Middle English–18th c.

links: starling starling#English

links: family family#Noun

links: Sturnidae Sturnidae#Translingual

links: passerine passerine#Adjective

links: birds bird#Noun

links:
common starling
common starling

links:
Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus vulgaris#Translingual

links: dark dark#Adjective

links: iridescent iridescent

links: plumage plumage

glosses: Obsolete form of starling (“a family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds; specifically, the common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage”).

en-noun

expansion: sterling (plural sterlings)

etymology_text: See starling (etymology 1).


sterling

text: Near the bridge the bubbles rose large as oak-apples; he was kicking four webs together, having sighted the fish. The bubbles ended in another swirl by a weed-fringed sterling, and a delicate swift water-arrow shot away between the two piers of the middle arch—the peal, or sea-trout, had gone down, passing three inches off the snapt jaws.

ref: 1923 June – 1927 February (date written), Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter […], London; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published October 1927, →OCLC, first year, page 8:

date: 18th–20th c.

links: construction construction

links:
starling
starling#Etymology 2

links: enclosure enclosure

links: coffer-dam coffer-dam

links: formed form#Verb

links: piles pile#Noun

links: driven drive#Verb

links: closely closely

links: structure structure#Noun

links: work work#Noun

links: protection protection

links: wash wash#Noun

links: waves wave#Noun

links: commonly commonly

links: used use#Verb

links: protect protect

links: piers pier#Noun

links: bridge bridge#Noun

raw_glosses: (construction) Obsolete form of starling (“an enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge”).

starling

etymology_text: See starling (etymology 2).


sterling

links: silver silver

links: penny penny

head

enm

expansion: sterling

enm-noun

pl: sterlings

pl2: sterlinges

pl3: sterlingges

pl4: sterlingues

pl5: starlingus

expansion: sterling (plural sterlings or sterlinges or sterlingges or sterlingues or starlingus)

forms:
sterlings (plural)
sterlinges (plural)
sterlingges (plural)
sterlingues (plural)
starlingus (plural)
sterlinge (alternative)
starling (alternative)
strīling (alternative)

etymology_text: Possibly from Old English *steorling, from steorra (“star”) and -ling, in reference to the stars that appeared on certain English pennies. Alternatively, the first element may be *stēre, meaning “strong” or “stout” (compare the etymology of solidus).


sterling

links: szterling szterling#Polish

pl-noun

m-anml

expansion: sterling m animal

forms:
sterling (nominative singular)
sterlingi (nominative plural)
sterlinga (genitive singular)
sterlingów (genitive plural)
sterlingowi (dative singular)
sterlingom (dative plural)
sterlinga (accusative singular)
sterlingi (accusative plural)
sterlingiem (instrumental singular)
sterlingami (instrumental plural)
sterlingu (locative singular)
sterlingach (locative plural)
sterlingu (singular vocative)
sterlingi (plural vocative)

etymology_text: Borrowed from English sterling.

ety

pl

expansion:
[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sterling", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Polish", "term" : "sterling", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pl" }" data-lang="pl" data-title="sterling">
Borrowed from English sterling.

rhymes: -ɛrliŋk


humping

links: hump hump#English

head

expansion: humping

ipa: /ˈhʌmpɪŋ/

rhymes: -ʌmpɪŋ


humping

text: The foreign ladies, in their simple, tasteful, fresh attire, innocent of the humpings and bunchings, the monstrosities and deformities of ultra-fashionable bad taste, beamed with cheerfulness, friendliness, and kindliness.

ref: 1974, Isabella Bird, Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes:

text: As for sex, every man in the county knew of the famous thirty-minute humpings available from one of the 'girls' who worked out of the rear rooms of Angels Motel.

ref: 2007, Rod Wallsmith, Booze, Blood and Justice:

links:
Sexual intercourse
sexual intercourse

en-noun

expansion: humping (plural humpings)

forms: humpings (plural)


lakeside

links: lake lake

links: adjacent adjacent

glosses: The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.

s

expansion: lakeside (usually uncountable, plural lakesides)

forms: lakesides (plural)

湖岸

sense: the shore of a lake

roman: hú'àn

湖畔

roman: húpàn

湖邊 /湖边

roman: húbiān

Seeufer

code: de

湖畔

alt: こはん

roman: kohan

湖岸

alt: こがん

roman: kogan

レークサイド

roman: rēkusaido

호숫가

code: ko

roman: hosutga

бе́рег

alt: о́зера

roman: béreg

бе́рег о́зера

code: uk

roman: béreh ózera

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
English lake
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English -side
English lakeside
From lake + -side.

ety

:af

lake

-side

expansion:
Etymology tree
English lake
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English -side
English lakeside
[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "long", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*seh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*sīdaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*sīdǭ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "sīde", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "side", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "side", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-side", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lakeside", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="lakeside">
From lake + -side.

ipa: /ˈleɪkˌsaɪd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lakeside.wav


lakeside

links: side side

en-adj

expansion: lakeside (not comparable)

järvenranta-

sense: by the side of a lake

riverain

code: fr

παραλίμνιος

code: el

roman: paralímnios

παραλίμνιο

roman: paralímnio

湖畔の

roman: kohan no


g'night

links:
good night
good night

pos: intj

etymology_text: Contraction of good night; compare g'day, g'bye.

ipa: /ɡəˈnaɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-g'night.wav

rhymes: -aɪt


ting

text: Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.

ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, “The Private Theatricals”, in Sketches by Boz:

text: Lonnie shook the Sacajaweas from his hand and let them land noisily on the glass coffee table—ting ting ting—oblivious or indifferent or likely hostile to Ig so near to nap.

ref: 2015, Claire Vaye Watkins, “Book One”, in Gold Fame Citrus, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 74:

text: “Aah, Miss Zoe!” proclaimed Raj, as she opened the door to his shop. The bell rang as she entered. TING.

ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Burt’s Burgers”, in Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 135:

links: bell bell#English

links: struck strike#English

glosses: Representing a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

etymology_text: Onomatopoeic.

onomatopoeic

expansion: Onomatopoeic

enpr: tĭng

ipa: /tɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav

rhymes: -ɪŋ


ting

text: Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.

ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xxiii. 307:

text: At the same moment the ting of a bell sounded sharply.

ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 36:

links: bell bell

links: struck strike

glosses: A high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

en-noun

expansion: ting (plural tings)

forms: tings (plural)

kilahdus

sense: The sound made when a small bell is struck

ting

code: id


ting

text: When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.

text: It was built by Alco—the American Locomotive Company—and looked fairly new; it was carried on two 4-wheel bogies, and had a funny bell that tinged continuously somewhere inside.

ref: 1942 February, “A Railway Day in New England”, in Railway Magazine, page 38:

glosses: To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

en-verb

expansion: ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

forms:
tings (present singular third-person)
tinging (participle present)
tinged (participle past)
tinged (past)

kilahtaa

sense: To make a ting sound

helähtää

code: izh


ting

glosses: An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

en-noun

s

expansion: ting (plural tings or ting)

forms:
tings (plural)
ting (plural)
ding (alternative)

etymology_text: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³.

bor

cmn-wadegiles

expansion: Wade–Giles

der

cmn

鼎

expansion: Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng)

lang

zh

鼎

expansion: 鼎

enpr: dĭng


ting

text: Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy / Need twenty percent of whatever she bags

ref: 2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave:

links: thing thing

links: person person

raw_glosses: (Caribbean, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to an attractive woman or a relation engaged in criminal schemes or disreputable connections).

etymology_text: From thing.


ting

head

da

g: c

singular definite

tingen

f1accel-form: def|s

plural indefinite

ting

f4accel-form: indef|p

expansion: ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)

forms:
tingen (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
ting (indefinite nominative singular)
tingen (definite nominative singular)
ting (indefinite nominative plural)
tingene (definite nominative plural)
tings (genitive indefinite singular)
tingens (definite genitive singular)
tings (genitive indefinite plural)
tingenes (definite genitive plural)

da-noun-infl-base

sg-indef: ting

sg-def: tingen

pl-indef: ting

pl-def: tingene

gen-sg-indef: tings

gen-sg-def: tingens

gen-pl-indef: tings

gen-pl-def: tingenes

alting

english: everything

translation: everything

ingenting

english: nothing

translation: nothing

tingslig

english: regarding things

translation: regarding things

etymology_text: From Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą, cognate with Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.

inh

non

þing

g: n

t: assembly, council, business

der

gem-pro

*þingą

expansion: Proto-Germanic *þingą

cog

is

þing

assembly, parliament

expansion: Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”)

sv

expansion: Swedish

nb

ting

thing

expansion: Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”)

thing

expansion: English thing

ding

expansion: Dutch ding

de

Ding

expansion: German Ding

ipa: /tenˀɡ/

ipa: [ˈtˢeŋˀ]

rhymes: -eŋ


ting

links: assembly assembly

links: parliament parliament

glosses: assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)

head

noun

tinget

expansion: ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)

da-noun

et

forms:
tinget (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
ting (indefinite nominative singular)
tinget (definite nominative singular)
ting (indefinite nominative plural)
tingene (definite nominative plural)
tings (genitive indefinite singular)
tingets (definite genitive singular)
tings (genitive indefinite plural)
tingenes (definite genitive plural)

da-noun-infl-base

sg-def: tinget

gen-sg-def: tingets

alting

english: Icelandic parliament

translation: Icelandic parliament

folketing

english: parliament; Danish parliament

translation: parliament; Danish parliament

alt: Folketinget ()

lagting

english: regional parliament; Faroese parliament

translation: regional parliament; Faroese parliament

alt: Lagtinget ()

landsting

english: regional parliament; Greenlandic parliament

alt: Landstinget ()

på tinge

english: in parliament

translation: in parliament

inh

expansion: Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”)

en


ting

links: trail trail

head

ing

expansion: ting

etymology_text: From Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ.

ath-pro

*təŋʸ-eˑ

expansion: Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ


ting

fo

genitive singular

tings

plural

expansion: ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)

fo-noun

n

tings

ting

forms:
tings (genitive singular)
ting (plural)
ting (indefinite nominative singular)
tingið (definite nominative singular)
ting (indefinite nominative plural)
tingini (definite nominative plural)
ting (accusative indefinite singular)
tingið (accusative definite singular)
ting (accusative indefinite plural)
tingini (accusative definite plural)
tingi (dative indefinite singular)
tinginum (dative definite singular)
tingum (dative indefinite plural)
tingunum (dative definite plural)
tings (genitive indefinite singular)
tingsins (definite genitive singular)
tinga (genitive indefinite plural)
tinganna (definite genitive plural)

ting

etymology_text: From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

der

ipa: /ˈtʰɪŋ̊k/


ting

links: struck struck#English

glosses: the sound made when a small bell is struck

id-noun

expansion: ting (plural ting-ting)

forms: ting-ting (plural)

onom

id

expansion: Onomatopoeic

ipa: /ˈtiŋ/

ipa: [ˈt̪iŋ]

rhymes: -iŋ


ting

links: lentera lentera#Indonesian

links: lantern lantern

raw_glosses: (dialectal) synonym of lentera (“lantern”)

lentera

extra: lantern

etymology_text: Borrowed from Hokkien 燈 /灯 (teng, “light; lamp; lantern”).

bor+

nan-hbl

燈

tr: teng

t: light; lamp; lantern


ting

text: Di sed ting apm tu di sekan breda, di tord wan, an aal a dem dong tu breda nomba sevn.

ref: 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 22:26:

english: The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.

text: […]mi kiah tel nof gud tingz deh du.

ref: 2014, Larry Change, Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language:

english: I can talk bout all the good things they do.

links: endearing endearing

links: woman woman

raw_glosses: (endearing) a woman, especially one familiar to the speaker.

head

jam

plural

ting dem

or

tingz

expansion: ting (plural ting dem or tingz)

forms:
ting dem (plural)
tingz (plural)

etymology_text: Derived from English thing.

yesno

d

D

expansion: D

glossary

derived terms

Derived

expansion: Derived

der

en

thing

der+

expansion: Derived from English thing


ting

links: tingk tingk#English

head

verb

etymology_text: Derived from English think.

der

think

expansion: English think

expansion: Derived from English think


ting

links: tīng tīng#Mandarin

links: tíng tíng#Mandarin

links: tǐng tǐng#Mandarin

links: tìng tìng#Mandarin

pos: romanization


ting

head

pcm

head: ting

etymology_text: From English thing.


ting

definite singular

indefinite plural

ting

definite plural

tinga

or

tingene

expansion: ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

forms:
tingen (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
tinga (definite plural)
tingene (definite plural)

der

expansion: Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”)

expansion: Proto-Germanic *þingą


ting

links: court court

head

expansion: ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

forms:
tinget (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
tinga (definite plural)
tingene (definite plural)


ting

links: issue issue

nn-noun-irreg

m

tingen

tinga

expansion: ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

forms:
tingen (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
tinga (definite plural)

gjenstand

sense: an object

sak

sense: an issue

etymology_text: From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.

inh

nn

doublet

dings

expansion: Doublet of dings

cog

expansion: English thing

ipa: /tɪŋː/


ting

expansion: ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

forms:
tinget (definite singular)
ting (indefinite plural)
tinga (definite plural)

inh

non


ting

links: living live

der

gem-pro


ting

head

verb form

expansion: ting

etymology_text: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ting

text: upi'atinga

translation: egg white

english: egg white

links: white white

links: light light

head

tpw

adjective

noun form

tinga

expansion: ting (noun form tinga)

forms:
form tinga (noun)
Causative
moting
-ba'e
tingyba'e
-sab
-saba
tingaba
Singular
Singular & Plural
Plural
1ˢᵗ person
2ⁿᵈ person
3ʳᵈ person
1ˢᵗ person exclusive
1ˢᵗ person inclusive
Indicative (active)
xe ting (active)
ting (active)
oré ting (active)
îandé ting (active)
Imperative (active)
Permissive (active)
ta xe ting (active)
ta nde ting (active)
ta ting (active)
t'oré ting (active)
t'îandé ting (active)
ta pe ting (active)
Negative indicative (active)
na xe tingi (active)
na nde tingi (active)
na tingi (active)
n'oré tingi (active)
n'îandé tingi (active)
na pe tingi (active)
Negative imperative (active)
nde ting umẽ (active)
pe ting umẽ (active)
Negative permissive (active)
ta xe ting umẽ (active)
ta nde ting umẽ (active)
ta ting umẽ (active)
t'oré ting umẽ (active)
t'îandé ting umẽ (active)
ta pe ting umẽ (active)
Affirmative (gerund)
xe tingamo (gerund)
nde tingamo (gerund)
o tingamo (gerund)
oré tingamo (gerund)
îandé tingamo (gerund)
pe tingamo (gerund)
Negative (gerund)
xe tinge'ymamo (gerund)
nde tinge'ymamo (gerund)
o tinge'ymamo (gerund)
oré tinge'ymamo (gerund)
îandé tinge'ymamo (gerund)
pe tinge'ymamo (gerund)
Affirmative (infinitive)
tinga (infinitive)
Negative (infinitive)
tinge'yma (infinitive)
same as gerund (infinitive)
xe tingi (infinitive)
tingi (infinitive)
oré tingi (infinitive)
îandé tingi (infinitive)
xe tinge'ymi (infinitive)
tinge'ymi (infinitive)
oré tinge'ymi (infinitive)
îandé tinge'ymi (infinitive)

etymon

:inh

expansion:
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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ, from Proto-Tupian *tˀiŋ.

ipa: /tiŋ/

ipa: [ˈtĩŋ]

rhymes: -ĩŋ


ting

links: nauseous nauseous

links: nausea nausea

forms:
form tinga (noun)
Causative
moting
-ba'e
i tingyba'e
-sab
-saba
tingaba
Singular
Singular & Plural
Plural
1ˢᵗ person
2ⁿᵈ person
3ʳᵈ person
1ˢᵗ person exclusive
1ˢᵗ person inclusive
Indicative (active)
xe ting (active)
i ting (active)
oré ting (active)
îandé ting (active)
Imperative (active)
Permissive (active)
ta xe ting (active)
ta nde ting (active)
t'i ting (active)
t'oré ting (active)
t'îandé ting (active)
ta pe ting (active)
Negative indicative (active)
na xe tingi (active)
na nde tingi (active)
n'i tingi (active)
n'oré tingi (active)
n'îandé tingi (active)
na pe tingi (active)
Negative imperative (active)
nde ting umẽ (active)
pe ting umẽ (active)
Negative permissive (active)
ta xe ting umẽ (active)
ta nde ting umẽ (active)
t'i ting umẽ (active)
t'oré ting umẽ (active)
t'îandé ting umẽ (active)
ta pe ting umẽ (active)
Affirmative (gerund)
xe tingamo (gerund)
nde tingamo (gerund)
o tingamo (gerund)
oré tingamo (gerund)
îandé tingamo (gerund)
pe tingamo (gerund)
Negative (gerund)
xe tinge'ymamo (gerund)
nde tinge'ymamo (gerund)
o tinge'ymamo (gerund)
oré tinge'ymamo (gerund)
îandé tinge'ymamo (gerund)
pe tinge'ymamo (gerund)
Affirmative (infinitive)
tinga (infinitive)
Negative (infinitive)
tinge'yma (infinitive)
same as gerund (infinitive)
xe tingi (infinitive)
i tingi (infinitive)
oré tingi (infinitive)
îandé tingi (infinitive)
xe tinge'ymi (infinitive)
i tinge'ymi (infinitive)
oré tinge'ymi (infinitive)
îandé tinge'ymi (infinitive)


ting

links: ding ding

head

ro

interjection

onomatopoeic

expansion: Onomatopoeic


ting

links: thing thing

links: object object

links:
court of law
court of law

glosses: a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly

head

sv

nouns

expansion: ting n

forms:
ting (indefinite nominative singular)
tings (genitive indefinite singular)
tinget (definite nominative singular)
tingets (definite genitive singular)
ting (indefinite nominative plural)
tings (genitive indefinite plural)
tingen (definite nominative plural)
tingens (definite genitive plural)

allting

sense: object

allting

sense: assembly

etymology_text: From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

der

gmq-osw

expansion: Old Swedish þing


ting

links: think think

head

tpi

etymology_text: From English think.

forms: tingting (alternative)


racquetball

links: sport sport

links: squash squash

links: ball ball

raw_glosses: (uncountable) A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.

en-noun

expansion: racquetball (countable and uncountable, plural racquetballs)

forms:
racquetballs (plural)
racketball (alternative)

racketball

sense: sport similar to squash

racquetball

code: it

ラケットボール

roman: rakettobooru

라켓볼

roman: raketbol

แร็กเกตบอล

code: th

racketball-pallo

sense: ball used for this sport

etymology_text: From racquet + ball.

compound

racquet

ball

expansion: racquet + ball

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-racquetball.wav


cooling

links: cools cool#Verb

text: Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?

ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy; 1), London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 187:

links: food food

links: medicine medicine

links:
traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

links: serving serve#Verb

links: calm calm#Verb

links: body body

raw_glosses: (Asia) Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

qualifier: Asia

en-adj

expansion: cooling (comparative more cooling, superlative most cooling)

forms:
more cooling (comparative)
most cooling (superlative)

ахаладжа́льны

code: be

sense: that cools

roman: axaladžálʹny

hűtő

code: hu

english: making cool

translation: making cool

hűlő

english: getting cool

translation: getting cool

разладен

code: mk

roman: razladen

охлажда́ющий

roman: oxlaždájuščij

охоло́джувальний

roman: oxolódžuvalʹnyj

etymology_text: By surface analysis, cool + -ing.

surf

cool

-ing

id2: participial

expansion: By surface analysis, cool + -ing

ipa: /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooling.wav

ipa: /ˈkulɪŋ/

rhymes: -uːlɪŋ

parts: cool ing


cooling

links: decrease decrease#Noun

links: temperature temperature

links: Refrigeration refrigeration

en-noun

expansion: cooling (countable and uncountable, plural coolings)

forms: coolings (plural)

refredament

code: ca

sense: decrease in temperature

fuarú

code: ga

kjøling

code: nb

kjøling

code: nn

ochłodzenie

code: pl

похолода́ние

code: ru

roman: poxolodánije

охлажде́ние

roman: oxlaždénije

ахало́джванне

sense: refrigeration

english: process

translation: process

roman: axalódžvannje

ахаладжэ́нне

roman: axaladžénnje

охлаждане

code: bg

roman: ohlaždane

冷卻 /冷却

code: cmn

roman: lěngquè

chlazení

code: cs

קירור

code: he

roman: qirur

冷却

code: ja

alt: れいきゃく

roman: reikyaku

냉각

roman: naenggak

alt: 冷却

랭각

roman: raenggak

разладување

roman: razladuvanje

ладење

roman: ladenje


cooling

links: cool cool#English

head

expansion: cooling


prowl

text: Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.

text: It's easy to sneak vandalism into Wiktionary as there are few other users prowling the Recent Changes page.

text: He prowls each place, still in new colours decked.

ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

english: The New Arcadia

translation: The New Arcadia

text: While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.

ref: 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:

links: rove rove

links: stealthy stealthy

links: search search

links: prey prey

links: booty booty

raw_glosses: (ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.

text: That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.

links: idle idle

links: aimlessly aimlessly

raw_glosses: (intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.

text: to prowl money

links: collect collect

links: plunder plunder

raw_glosses: (transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder.

en-verb

expansion: prowl (third-person singular simple present prowls, present participle prowling, simple past and past participle prowled)

forms:
prowls (present singular third-person)
prowling (participle present)
prowled (participle past)
prowled (past)

дебна

sense: to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty

roman: debna

uzungulia

code: zdj

ĉirkaŭvagi

code: eo

vaania

code: fi

rôder

code: fr

durchstreifen

code: de

στριφογυρίζω

code: el

roman: strifogyrízo

ры́скать

roman: rýskatʹ

alt: в по́исках добы́чи

шныря́ть

roman: šnyrjátʹ

èalaidh

code: gd

merodear

code: es

ни́шпорити

code: uk

roman: nýšporyty

пони́шпорити

roman: ponýšporyty

обикалям

sense: to idle; to go about aimlessly

roman: obikaljam

кръстосвам

roman: krǎstosvam

perambular

code: pt

броди́ть

roman: brodítʹ

шля́ться

roman: šljátʹsja

ника́ти

roman: nykáty

grabić

sense: to collect by plunder

etymology_text: From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.

inh

enm

prollen

expansion: Middle English prollen

enpr: proul

ipa: /pɹaʊl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prowl.wav

rhymes: -aʊl

ipa: /pɹoʊl/


prowl

text: I'm going on a midnight prowl.

en-noun

expansion: prowl (plural prowls)

forms: prowls (plural)

grasowanie

code: pl

sense: the act of prowling


pooper

text: She likes it up the pooper.

links: anus anus

raw_glosses: (vulgar, slang) The anus; often in reference to anal intercourse.

text: I wanted us to have fun today. You're such a pooper cleaning the house now!

links:
poops out
poop out

links:
party pooper
party pooper#English

raw_glosses: (slang) One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of participation or negative attitude. Mostly used in the phrase party pooper.

links: gambling gambling#Noun

links:
slot machine
slot machine

raw_glosses: (gambling) A selection in a slot machine game that ends the picking bonus.

text: Jimmy's toilet training is finally over; he's becoming a good little pooper.

links: poop poop#Verb

links: infant infant

raw_glosses:
(rare) One who poops; or, poops well.
(by extension) An infant.

glosses:
One who poops; or, poops well.
An infant.

text: "Here I sit, on the pooper, giving birth to a Maine state trooper."

ref: 2001, Stephen King, “All That You Love Will Be Carried Away”, in The New Yorker:

links: toilet toilet

text: For whatever reason – the terrible animation or the absurd dialogue, most likely – these cutscenes are popular among poopers.

ref: 2012 November 3, Brad Evan Rosen, “YouTube Poop: Meme as Art, Community – by “William A – YLT2012””, in Yale Law Tech:

text: Many who disregard the medium are oblivious to the absurd amount of effort that some Poopers put into their projects.

ref: 2019 March 20, Luke Dormehl, “YouTube Poop is punk rock for the internet age, and you probably don’t get it”, in Digital Trends:

text: But each individual YTP features something different, and different YTP creators (often called "poopers") use their own styles.

ref: 2021 August 15, Ben Stegner, “What Is YouTube Poop?”, in Make Use Of:

links: Internet Internet

links:
YouTube Pooper
YouTube Pooper#English

expansion: pooper (plural poopers)

forms: poopers (plural)

shitter

sense: anus

Spielverderber

sense: party pooper

Kleinkind

sense: infant

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
English poop
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English pooper
From poop + -er.

ety

:af

poop

-er<id:agent noun>

expansion:
Etymology tree
English poop
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English pooper
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From poop + -er.

rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)


motorcade

text: JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.

text: The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.

ref: 1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:

links: VIP VIP

glosses: A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

en-noun

expansion: motorcade (plural motorcades)

forms: motorcades (plural)

車隊 /车队

sense: procession of cars

roman: chēduì

汽車行列 /汽车行列

roman: qìchē hángliè

autocolonne

code: nl

autokolonn

code: et

ავტოკოლონა

code: ka

roman: avṭoḳolona

αυτοκινητοπομπή

roman: aftokinitopompí

autósor

code: hu

bílalest

code: is

corteo di automobili

code: it

車列

alt: しゃれつ

roman: sharetsu

автоколонно

code: mhr

roman: avtokolonno

автоколо́нна

code: ru

roman: avtokolónna

моторизирана пратња

code: sh

bilkortege

code: sv

modurgad

code: cy

etymology_text: Blend of motor + cavalcade.

blend

motor

cavalcade

expansion: Blend of motor + cavalcade

ipa: /ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/

ipa: /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌkeɪd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motorcade.wav


motorcade

text: We then motorcaded to our hotel to change into formal wear[…]

ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 147:

raw_glosses: (intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.

en-verb

expansion: motorcade (third-person singular simple present motorcades, present participle motorcading, simple past and past participle motorcaded)

forms:
motorcades (present singular third-person)
motorcading (participle present)
motorcaded (participle past)
motorcaded (past)


give someone an earful

text: I should never have tried to grind the computer system to a halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful.

links: scold scold

raw_glosses: (informal, idiomatic) To scold someone loudly.

<,,gave,given>

expansion: give someone an earful (third-person singular simple present gives someone an earful, present participle giving someone an earful, simple past gave someone an earful, past participle given someone an earful)

forms:
gives someone an earful (present singular third-person)
giving someone an earful (participle present)
gave someone an earful (past)
given someone an earful (participle past)

kaikai i ana/ōna taringa

code: mi

sense: to scold someone loudly

audio: en-au-give someone an earful.ogg


alcoholics

links: alcoholic alcoholic#English

head

noun form

expansion: alcoholics

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alcoholics.wav


disgruntled

text: disgruntled employees preparing to strike over the lack of progress in talks with their employer on pay and conditions

text: About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. […] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?

ref: 1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2:

text: A good proportion of British Railways' most disgruntled main line passengers will be found among those who have to make long-distance journeys at week-ends, when trains are apt to be diverted and re-timed because of large-scale engineering works.

ref: 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Week-end Diversions”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 323:

links: dissatisfied dissatisfied#Adjective

links: frustrated frustrated#Adjective

links: upset upset#Adjective

links: mood mood

links:
bad temper
bad temper

links:
ill humour
ill humor

glosses: In a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.

en-adj

expansion: disgruntled (comparative more disgruntled, superlative most disgruntled)

forms:
more disgruntled (comparative)
most disgruntled (superlative)

gruntled

english: a back-formation

translation: a back-formation

حَرْدَان

code: ar

sense: in a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour

roman: ḥardān

асыулы

code: ba

roman: asıwlı

ҡәнәғәтһеҙ

roman: qənəğətheź

недоволен

code: bg

roman: nedovolen

раздразнен

roman: razdraznen

malkontenta

code: eo

nyrpeä

code: fi

frustré

code: fr

frustrado

code: gl

missgelaunt

code: de

недово́льный

roman: nedovólʹnyj

раздражённый

roman: razdražónnyj

gücenmiş

code: tr

etymology_text: From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).

lg

suffix

expansion: suffix

past tense

expansion: past tense

participle

expansion: participle

verb

expansion: verb

affix

disgruntle

-ed

id2: adjective

ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹʌntl̩d/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disgruntled.wav

ipa: /dɪsˈɡɹʌnt(ə)ld/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-disgruntled.wav

rhymes: -ʌntəld

parts: dis gruntl ed


disgruntled

links: disgruntle disgruntle#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of disgruntle

head

en

expansion: disgruntled

expansion: disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs)


riff

text: Listen to one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time!

text: Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has been named the greatest guitar riff of all time, 41 years after it was recorded, in a poll by website Music Radar.

ref: 2009 November 27, “Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff'”, in BBC:

links: melody melody

links: song song

links: instrumental instrumental

links: vocal vocal

glosses: A repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.

ref: 2015 September 27, “Pope Francis delivers off-the-cuff riff on family life”, in USA Today:

links: clever clever

links: witty witty

links: remark remark

text: Both the Orbit and the Pinnacle are riffs on an idea sketched out in 1917 by Vladimir Tatlin for a monument to international communism.

ref: 2012, The Economist, London Skyline: Tower Power:

text: Grok’s companions are a riff on the idea of AI assistants or agents, which some people use for friendship or romance in place of or in addition to human partners.

ref: 2025 July 16, David Ingram, “Musk's Grok 'companions' include a flirty anime character and an anti-religion panda”, in NBC News:

text: The creative team has experience with spoofing: Both [Paul] Rudd and [Amy] Poehler had parts in [David] Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer, a hysterically irreverent riff on ’80s summer-camp comedies.

ref: 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:

links: spoof spoof

en-noun

expansion: riff (plural riffs)

forms: riffs (plural)

motiv

code: az

sense: repeated instrumental melody line

riff

code: ca

リフ

code: ja

roman: rifu

riff

code: pt

моти́в

roman: motív

riff

code: es

napautus

sense: clever or witty remark

etymology_text: Uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of riffle, or an alteration of refrain.

unc

expansion: Uncertain

clipping

riffle

expansion: clipping of riffle

ipa: /ɹɪf/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riff.wav

rhymes: -ɪf

homophone: Rif


riff

text: She riffed on the Olympic judges, the bobsled team, then ad-libbed with a woman drinking a martini at the front table.

ref: 2006, Janet Tashjian, Fault Line: A Novel, →ISBN:

text: They were great architects deeply enmeshed in an urban chain of innovation; Wright riffed on Sullivan's idea of form following function, and Sullivan riffed on Jenney, and Jenney relied on the fireproofing innovations of Peter B. Wight.

ref: 2011, Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City, →ISBN:

text: For Holyoake a strategic advantage of his newly coined label was the way it riffed on the term 'secular' in the Western Christian imaginary.

ref: 2014, Johann P. Arnason, Religion and Politics: European and Global Perspectives, →ISBN, page 59:

text: He riffed an upward arpeggio and in a smooth, slightly neutered baritone began singing “Baby Face.”

ref: 2014, Edward Stewart, Privileged Lives, →ISBN:

text: In particular, Ralph Breaks The Internet riffs a lot on its enormous parent company, from that princess bit to the Sterling Holloway tone that new good-luck charm Alan Tudyk brings to his vocal performance to a goof on the de facto parenting advice that’s at the heart of so many Pixar movies.

ref: 2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019:

links: improvise improvise

links: art art

links: themes themes

glosses: To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.

text: He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a wellworn deck of cards. He hated Saturday duty. He cut the deck and riffed the two halves together.

ref: 2010, Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind, →ISBN:

text: He was gracious enough to thank her, and briefly riffed through the pages before putting it in his briefcase.

ref: 2012, Jane Roberts, Triple Challenge: '69 to '70, →ISBN, page 173:

text: The man reached inside a pocket of the black broadcloth coat he'd draped over the back of his chair and withdrew a deck of cards, which he fanned in one hand, then bent back and riffed rapidly into the palm of his other.

ref: 2014, Miles Swarthout, The Last Shootist, →ISBN:

links: riffle riffle

text: Most MSTers confine their "riffing" to original fan fiction rather than scripts from corporate-owned entertainment properties, which renders such twice-removed MSTing somewhat toothless: the cannibalizing parody of a pastiche.

ref: 2014 January 10, Robert G. Weiner, Shelley E. Barba, In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing, McFarland, →ISBN, page 126:

text: A bad sci-fi movie is often ludicrous and silly and ripe for riffing. A bad comedy is usually just dull.

ref: 2015 January 27, Chris Morgan, The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Twelve Classic Episodes and the Movies They Lampoon, McFarland, →ISBN, page 34:

links: joke joke

links: movie movie

glosses: To tell jokes over a movie or similar performance.

en-verb

expansion: riff (third-person singular simple present riffs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)

forms:
riffs (present singular third-person)
riffing (participle present)
riffed (participle past)
riffed (past)


riff

links: anatomy anatomy

links: belly belly

links: bowels bowels

raw_glosses: (anatomy, archaic) The belly; the bowels.

etymology_text: From Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Distant doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse.

root

ine-pro

*krep-

inh

*rif

expansion: Middle English *rif

ang

hrif

t: the belly; womb

expansion: Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”)

gmw-pro

*hrif

expansion: Proto-West Germanic *hrif

*hrefaz

t: body; torso; belly

t: body

expansion: Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”)

doublet

corpus

corpse

corse

expansion: doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse


riff

links: music music

links: riff riff#English

nl-noun

-s

expansion: riff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)

forms:
riffs (plural)
riffje (diminutive neuter)

etymology_text: Borrowed from English riff.

bor

nl

en

riff

expansion: English riff

ipa: /rɪf/

homophone: rif


riff

fr-noun

expansion: riff m (plural riffs)

ety

fr

:bor

expansion: [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "riff", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "riff", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="riff">

bor+

expansion: Borrowed from English riff


riff

raw_glosses: (music, neologism, chiefly in translations from English) riff

it-noun

expansion: riff m

etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from English riff.

ubor

it

expansion: Unadapted borrowing from English riff

ipa: /ˈrif/

rhymes: -if


riff

ety

es

:ubor

expansion:
[Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "riff", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "riff", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="riff">
Unadapted borrowing from English riff.

ipa: [ˈrif]


nosey

links: nosy nosy#English

en-adj

er

expansion: nosey (comparative nosier, superlative nosiest)

forms:
nosier (comparative)
nosiest (superlative)

etymology_text:
Etymology tree
English nose
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English nosey
From nose + -y.

nose

expansion:
Etymology tree
English nose
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English nosey
[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nosey", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="nosey">
From nose + -y.

ipa: /nəʊzi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nosey.wav

rhymes: -əʊzi


nosey

text: Harry and Ron both leapt out of their beds and wrenched the two elves apart, though they continued to try to kick and punch each other, egged on by Peeves, who swooped around the lamp squealing, ‘Stick your fingers up his nosey, draw his cork and pull his earsies –’

ref: 2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

en-noun

expansion: nosey (plural noseys)

forms: noseys (plural)


nosey

en-verb

expansion: nosey (third-person singular simple present noseys, present participle noseying, simple past and past participle noseyed)

forms:
noseys (present singular third-person)
noseying (participle present)
noseyed (participle past)
noseyed (past)


morse

text: The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:

date: from 15th c.

links: clasp clasp

links: fastening fastening

links: cope cope

glosses: A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.

en-noun

expansion: morse (plural morses)

forms: morses (plural)

etymology_text: From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

der

frm

mors

expansion: Middle French mors

la

morsus

bite; clasp

expansion: Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”)

ipa: /mɔːs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morse.wav

rhymes: -ɔːs


morse

text: The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]

ref: 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:

text: Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

ref: 1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881:

etymology_text: Uncertain, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later), and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.

unc

expansion: Uncertain

smi-pro

*moršë

expansion: Proto-Samic *moršë

cog

ru

морж

walrus

expansion: Russian морж (morž, “walrus”)

smi

expansion: Sami

fi

mursu

expansion: Finnish mursu

mul

Rosmarus

expansion: translingual Rosmarus


morse

links: morsecode morsecode#Dutch

nl-noun

n

expansion: morse n (uncountable, no diminutive)

parts: mor se


morse

links: morsen morsen#Dutch

raw_glosses: (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of morsen

head

verb form

expansion: morse

nonlemma

expansion: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


morse

links: walrus walrus

fr-noun

m

expansion: morse m (plural morses)

etymology_text: From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.

der

ru

морж

expansion: Russian морж (morž)

se

expansion: Northern Sami

ipa: /mɔʁs/

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-morse.wav

note: Somain


morse

links:
Morse code
Morse code

fr-noun

expansion: morse m (uncountable)


morse

links: morsa morsa#Italian

head

noun form

g: f

expansion: morse f


morse

links: mordere mordere#Italian

glosses: third-person singular past historic of mordere


morse

links: morso morso#Italian

past participle form

g: f-p

expansion: morse f pl


morse

links: morsus morsus#Latin

la

participle form


morse

links: Morse Morse

nb

noun

definite singular

morsen

expansion: morse m (definite singular morsen)

forms: morsen (definite singular)

etymology_text: From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

der

Morse

expansion: English Morse


morse

head

verb

imperative

mors

present tense

morser

simple past and past participle

morsa

morset

expansion: morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

forms:
mors (imperative)
morser (present)
morsa (participle past)
morsa (past)
morset (participle past)
morset (past)


morse

links: die die

etymology_text: From mors (“corpse”).


morse

nn

uncountable

expansion: morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)

forms:
morsen (definite singular)
morsa (alternative)

etymology_text: From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).

bor

en

yesno

n

N

expansion: n

lang

Samuel Morse

expansion: Samuel Morse

named-after

expansion: named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872)


morse

expansion: morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative morse/mors)

forms:
morsar (present)
morsa (past)
morsa (participle past)
morsast (infinitive passive)
morsande (participle present)
morse (imperative)
mors (imperative)
morsa (alternative)


morse

ro-noun

expansion: morse n (uncountable)

ro-decl-noun-single

n: sg

nsi: morse

nsd: morseul

npi: morsee

npd: morseele

gsi: morse

gsd: morseului

gpi: morsee

gpd: morseelor

vs: morseule

vp: morseelor

forms:
morse (accusative indefinite nominative)
morseul (accusative definite nominative)
morse (dative genitive indefinite)
morseului (dative definite genitive)
morseule (vocative)

etymology_text: Borrowed from French morse.

bor+

ro

fr

morse

expansion: Borrowed from French morse


morse

links: morgon gen#Swedish

links: morning morning

glosses: adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

morgon

extra: a past morning

pos: adv

head

sv

adverb

expansion: morse

etymology_text: From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).

der

gmq-osw

morghons

expansion: Old Swedish morghons


morse

raw_glosses: (usually in compounds) Morse (Morse code)