3149
intimidated
[[English]]
[Verb]
intimidated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of intimidate.
0
0
2009/04/13 13:31
TaN
3150
itching
[[English]]
[Verb]
itching
1.Present participle of itch.
0
0
2009/04/13 13:43
TaN
3152
Gang
[[Bosnian]]
[Proper noun]
Gang
1.Ganges (river)
[[Croatian]]
[Proper noun]
Gang
1.Ganges (river)
[[German]]
[Etymology]
Old High German ganc
[Noun]
Gang m. (genitive Gangs, Ganges, plural Gänge)
1.walking
2.motion, movement
3.gear
4.hallway
5.(of a meal) course
[See also]
- Allee f.
- Gasse f.
[[Serbian]]
[Proper noun]
Gang
1.Ganges (river)
0
0
2009/04/13 14:00
TaN
3155
America
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɛrɪkə/[Etymology]
From Latin America.
[Proper noun]
America (plural Americas)
1.The continents of North and South America.
2.The United States of America.
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
America f.
1.(continent) America
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
Latinization of the given name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). First recorded use is 1507.[1]
[Proper noun]
America f. (locative case Americae)
1.America.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[a'me.ri.ka][Etymology]
Latin America
[Proper noun]
America f. (plural Americi)
1.America
[References]
- Notes:
1.^ Hebert, John R., "The Map That Named America: Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World" [1], Information Bulletin, Library of Congress.
0
0
2009/02/16 23:27
2009/04/13 15:38
TaN
3161
crest
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛst[Noun]
crest
1.A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
2.The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
3.(heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
4.The upper curve of a horse's neck.
5.The ridge or top of a wave.
6.The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
7.The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
8.The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
9.The top line of a slope or embankment.
[Verb]
to crest (third-person singular simple present crests, present participle cresting, simple past and past participle crested)
1.Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
0
0
2009/04/13 18:45
TaN
3163
genealogy
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Old French and Modern French généalogie < Late Latin genealogia < Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogia) < γενεά (genea) "generation, descent" and -λογία (-logia) "study of"
[Noun]
genealogy (countable and uncountable; plural genealogies)
1.(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
2.(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
3.(uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
[Synonyms]
- pedigree
0
0
2009/04/13 18:46
TaN
3164
seque
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
seque
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of secar.
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of secar.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
seque (infinitive: secar)
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of secar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of secar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of secar.
0
0
2009/04/13 18:52
TaN
3171
divergence
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Divergence (operator)Wikipediadivergence (plural divergences)
1.The degree to which two or more things diverge.
2.(mathematics) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number
[Synonyms]
- (mathematical operator):
- div
- ∇·
[[French]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Fr-divergence.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin divergentia.
[Noun]
divergence f. (plural divergences)
1.divergence
0
0
2009/04/14 11:23
TaN
3179
whiner
[[English]]
[Noun]
whiner (plural whiners)
1.One who whines about perceived problems; a complainer
I never realized that Felicia was such a whiner, but she complained steadily about various minor discomforts for the entire road trip.
[Synonyms]
- bellyacher
- crybaby
- whinger
0
1
2009/04/14 16:38
2009/04/14 16:38
TaN
3181
firstborn
[[English]]
[Adjective]
firstborn
1.Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2.Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
[Etymology]
first + born
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:FirstbornWikipediafirstborn (plural firstborns)
1.The first child to be born to a parent or family.
[References]
- “firstborn” at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “firstborn” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- primogeniture
0
0
2009/04/14 16:39
TaN
3182
legion
[[English]]
ipa :-iːdʒən[Adjective]
legion
1.numerous, vast multitude (as in 'his attributes are legion').
[Etymology]
From Latin legiō
[Noun]
legion (plural legions)Wikipedia has an article on:LegionWikipedia
1.a military organization, army, regiment, (rather archaic)
2.an association (often of ex-servicemen)
3.a large group of people
0
0
2009/04/14 16:39
TaN
3183
hominid
[[English]]
[Adjective]
hominid (comparative more hominid, superlative most hominid)
1.Of the Hominidae
[Noun]
hominid (plural hominids)
1.Any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (Humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans).
0
0
2009/04/14 16:41
TaN
3184
tither
[[English]]
[Noun]
tither
1.One who collects tithes.
2.One who pays tithes.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:41
TaN
3187
rhesus monkey
[[English]]
[Noun]
rhesus monkey (plural rhesus monkeys)
1.The rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta
[Related terms]
- Rh
- RhD
- Rhesus factor
- Rhesus system
0
0
2009/04/14 16:42
TaN
3188
Rhesus
[[English]]
ipa :-iːsəs[Noun]
rhesus (plural rhesuses)
1.A macaque monkey native of southern and southeastern Asia; Macaca mulatta.
[Synonyms]
- rhesus macaque
- bhunder
0
0
2009/04/14 16:42
TaN
3189
foraging
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ForagingWikipediaforaging (plural foragings)
1.The act of searching for food.
[Verb]
foraging
1.Present participle of forage.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:42
TaN
3190
cheater
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃiːtə(r)/[Noun]
cheater (plural cheaters)
1.Informal for cheat, someone who commits the act of cheating.
[Synonyms]
- cheat
0
0
2009/04/14 16:44
TaN
3191
indignantly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
indignantly
1.in an indignant manner
0
0
2009/04/14 16:44
TaN
3192
macaque
[[English]]
ipa :/məˈkɑk/[Etymology]
From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, from Bantu makaku ‘some monkeys’, from ma- numeric prefix + kaku ‘monkey’.
[Noun]
macaque (plural macaques)
1.Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.
[See also]
- Barbary ape
[[French]]
ipa :/makak/[Etymology]
From Portuguese macaco, from Bantu makaku ‘some monkeys’, from ma- numeric prefix + kaku ‘monkey’.
[Noun]
macaque m. (plural macaques)
1.macaque
0
0
2009/04/14 16:44
TaN
3196
fairy
[[English]]
[Derived terms]
[Etymology]
Middle English fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“‘goddess of fate’”), from Latin fātum (“‘fate’”)
[Noun]
fairy (abstract noun)
1.Land of the fae, state of enchantment, associated with fays (as in fairy gold, fairy queen) fairy (plural fairies)
1.A mythical being who had magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings; A sprite.
2.(derogatory slang) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
3.(paganism) A nature spirit revered in modern paganism.
[Synonyms]
- (mythical being): faerie, faery, fay, fey, fae, sprite
- (male homosexual): fag (US), faggot (US), poof (UK), queenWikipedia has an article on:FairyWikipedia
0
0
2009/04/14 16:46
TaN
3197
wren
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛn[Noun]
wren (plural wrens)
1.Members of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae.
2.Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:46
TaN
3198
Wren
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛn[Noun]
wren (plural wrens)
1.Members of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae.
2.Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:46
TaN
3199
WR
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
WR (plural WRs)
1.(astronomy) Wolf-Rayet star
[Initialism]
WR
1.(sports) world record
0
0
2009/04/14 16:46
TaN
3201
nestling
[[English]]
[Noun]
nestling (plural nestlings)
1.A small bird that is still confined to the nest.
[Verb]
nestling
1.Present participle of nestle.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:47
TaN
3203
peck
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛk[Derived terms]
- pecking order
- peckish
- woodpecker
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:PeckWikipediapeck (plural pecks)
1.One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
They picked a peck of wheat.
2.A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
3.A short kiss.
I greeted him with a quick peck on the cheek.
[Verb]
to peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
1.To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
The birds pecked at their food.
2.To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
3.(archaic) To type.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:47
TaN
3204
Peck
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛk[Derived terms]
- pecking order
- peckish
- woodpecker
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:PeckWikipediapeck (plural pecks)
1.One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
They picked a peck of wheat.
2.A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
3.A short kiss.
I greeted him with a quick peck on the cheek.
[Verb]
to peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
1.To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
The birds pecked at their food.
2.To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
3.(archaic) To type.
0
0
2009/04/14 16:47
TaN
3208
parlance
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑː.ləns/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-us-parlance.ogg
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“‘to talk’”) + -ance.
[Noun]
parlance (plural parlances)
1.A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest.
2.1836, James Fenimore Cooper, "Eclipse":
To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]
3.1845, Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, Letter IX:
We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."
4.(archaic, rare) Speech, discussion or debate.
5.1849, Lady Charlotte Guest, The Mabinogion, "Peredur the Son of Evrawc":
And without further parlance they fought, […]
6.1909, William Elliot Griffis, The Story of New Netherland, Chapter 22:
The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."
[Synonyms]
- jargon
0
0
2009/04/14 18:38
TaN
3214
max
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
max
1.(mathematics) maximum function
[[English]]
ipa :/mæks/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/En-us-max.ogg
[Abbreviation]
max or max.
1.short form of maximum
[Synonyms]
- maxi
[Verb]
to max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)
1.With "out", to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.
He maxed out his credit cards to get his business started.
[[Italian]]
[Abbreviation]
max or max.
1.(short form of massimo) max
0
0
2009/04/14 19:23
TaN
3215
maximally
[[English]]
[Adverb]
maximally (comparative more maximally, superlative most maximally)
1.In a maximal manner.
2.To a maximal extent. As much as possible.
0
0
2009/04/14 19:23
TaN
3220
premonition
[[English]]
[Noun]
premonition (plural premonitions)
1.A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
2.A strong intuition that something is about to happen.
0
0
2009/04/15 11:40
TaN
3223
clairvoyant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/En-us-clairvoyant.ogg
[Adjective]
clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)
1.Of, or relating to clairvoyance.
2.Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3.Able to foresee the future.
[Etymology]
From French clairvoyant from clair (“‘clear’”) + voyant (“‘seeing’”), present participle of voir (“‘see’”).
[Noun]
clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)
1.A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
2.A person able to foresee the future.
[Synonyms]
- (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
- (person able to forsee the future): fortune teller
0
0
2009/04/15 11:41
TaN
3224
clairaudient
[[English]]
[Adjective]
clairaudient (not comparable)
1.Pertaining to or involving clairaudience.
0
0
2009/04/15 11:41
TaN
3225
straw
[[English]]
ipa :/strɔ:/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/En-us-straw.ogg
[Adjective]
straw (not comparable)
1.Made of straw.
straw hat
2.(color/colour) Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
[Etymology]
Old English strēaw, from Germanic *strawam ‘that which is strewn’. Cognate with Dutch stroo, German Stroh, Swedish strå.
[Noun]
straw (countable and uncountable; plural straws)
1.(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2.(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3.(countable) A drinking straw.
4.(color/colour) a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
[See also]
0
0
2009/04/03 14:51
2009/04/15 11:42
TaN
3226
Straw
[[English]]
ipa :/strɔ:/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/En-us-straw.ogg
[Adjective]
straw (not comparable)
1.Made of straw.
straw hat
2.(color/colour) Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
[Etymology]
Old English strēaw, from Germanic *strawam ‘that which is strewn’. Cognate with Dutch stroo, German Stroh, Swedish strå.
[Noun]
straw (countable and uncountable; plural straws)
1.(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2.(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3.(countable) A drinking straw.
4.(color/colour) a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
[See also]
0
0
2009/04/03 14:51
2009/04/15 11:42
TaN
3231
constrain
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪn
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-constrain.ogg
[Verb]
to constrain (third-person singular simple present constrains, present participle constraining, simple past and past participle constrained)
1.(transitive) to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
2.(transitive) to keep within close bounds; to confine
3.(transitive) to reduce a result in response to limited resources
0
0
2009/04/15 13:53
TaN
3233
indivisible
[[English]]
[Adjective]
indivisible (not comparable)
1.incapable of being divided; atomic.
2.(arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.
0
0
2009/04/15 14:39
TaN
50485
r
[[Translingual]]
ipa :[r][Etymology 1]
editModification of capital letter R by not closing the bottom of the loop but continuing into the leg to save a pen stroke, later shortening the right leg into a simple arc.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Gallery]
edit
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of R, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur
[See also]
editOther representations of R:
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑː(ɹ)/[Etymology 1]
editAnglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin rOld English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom are and our, pronounced like the name of the letter r.
[Etymology 3]
editAbbreviations.r
1.(stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɑr/, including the verb are
2.(stenoscript) Abbreviation of her and inflection hers.
3.(stenoscript) Abbreviation of our, inflection ours, and homophone hour.
[See also]
edit
- bossy r
- hard r
- intrusive r
- linking r
- r-dropping
- r-process
- r rotunda
- r-selection
- r-tard
- r-value
- r-word
- small r republican
- small-r republican
- straight r
[[Azerbaijani]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr lower case (upper case R)
1.The twenty-fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Basque]]
ipa :/ere/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The nineteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called erre and written in the Latin script.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛr[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- Previous letter: q
- Next letter: sedit
- 'r
[[Egyptian]]
ipa :/ɾaʀ/[Etymology 1]
editThe actual reading of this word is uncertain, as it is always written as an ideogram, but evidence from Coptic suggests the original was rꜣ. The extension in meaning to ‘part, piece, fraction’ might be either by way of a mouthful being used as a standard share in some distribution of food or goods,[1] or else extended from its meaning of ‘opening’ > ‘division’.
[Etymology 2]
editPossibly cognate to Hebrew אֶל (ʾel, “to, at”), Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā, “to, until, near”).[4]
[References]
edit
- “rʾ (lemma ID 92560)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- “r (lemma ID 91900)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[2], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- “jr (lemma ID 28170)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[3], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[4], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 103.6–103.9
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[5], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 386.6–388.10, 389.1–392.10
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 145–146
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 65, 71, 87, 118, 170, 179–180, 196, 410–411.
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 429
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
1. ^ Palma, Helena Lopez (2015) “Egyptian Fractional Numerals: The grammar of Egyptian NPs and statements with fractional number expressions” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 23, page 199
2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
3. ^ Sethe, Kurt (1916) Von Zahlen und Zahlworten bei den alten Ägyptern, page 82–83
4. ^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/ro/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ro and written in the Latin script.
[[Estonian]]
ipa :/ˈerː/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called err and written in the Latin script.
[[Faroese]]
ipa :/ɹ/[Letter]
editr (upper case R)
1.The twentieth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Finnish]]
[Etymology]
editThe Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and r for development of the glyph itself.
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called är or er and written in the Latin script.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛʁ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Fula]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editr
1.Romanization of 𐍂
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈr][Further reading]
edit
- r in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called err and written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
[[Ido]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Italian]]
[Letter]
editr f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case R)
1.The sixteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called erre and written in the Latin script.
[[Kashubian]]
[Etymology]
editThe Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and r for development of the glyph itself.
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-fifth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Latvian]]
ipa :[ɾ][Etymology]
editProposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
[Letter]
editRr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.
[[Livonian]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (upper case R)
1.The twenty-ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
[[Malay]]
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Maltese]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-second letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z
[[Mandarin]]
[References]
edit
- Wenlin Pinyin dictionary
- erhua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Romanization]
editr (r5/r0, Zhuyin ˙ㄖ)
1.Hanyu Pinyin reading of 兒/儿
[[Norwegian]]
ipa :/ærː/[Letter]
editr
1.The eighteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Nupe]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twentieth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/r/[Etymology]
editThe Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and r for development of the glyph itself.
[Letter]
editr (upper case R, lower case)
1.The twenty-third letter of the Polish alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.
[[Portuguese]]
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Romani]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.(International Standard) The twenty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2.(Pan-Vlax) The twenty-third letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[References]
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- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “R, r”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called er, re, or rî and written in the Latin script.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/r/[Alternative forms]
edit
- (uppercase) R
[Letter]
editr (Cyrillic spelling р)
1.The 23rd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by p and followed by s.
[[Silesian]]
[Etymology]
editThe Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and r for development of the glyph itself.
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-fifth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Skolt Sami]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (upper case R)
1.The twenty-seventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The nineteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ʔaɾ/[Etymology]
editFrom Spanish r. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English r.
- Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da/ra).
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish r.
[Further reading]
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- “r”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔)
1.The twentieth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called ar and written in the Latin script.editr (lower case, upper case R, Baybayin spelling ᜇ)
1.The fifteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called ra and written in the Latin script.editr (lower case, upper case R, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒ)
1.(historical) The twenty-first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called ere and written in the Latin script.
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The twenty-first letter of the Turkish alphabet, called re and written in the Latin script.
[[Turkmen]]
ipa :/r/[Letter]
editr (upper case R)
1.The twenty-first letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.
[See also]
edit
- (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/ɾ/[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called rí and written in the Latin script.
[[Zulu]]
[Letter]
editr (lower case, upper case R)
1.The eighteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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recourse
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔː(r)s[Noun]
recourse (plural recourses)
1.The act of seeking assistance or advice.
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tortuous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɔːʧuəs/[Adjective]
tortuous (comparative more tortuous, superlative most tortuous)
1.Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
2.2007 October 6, “Slogging on the Home Front”, editorial in The New York Times,
It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous process that can involve four separate hearings.
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raving
[[English]]
[Adjective]
raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)
1.Talking wildly.
2.Causing excitement or wild praise.
She was not considered a raving beauty.
[Adverb]
raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)
1.Incoherently
He went stark, raving mad.
[Noun]
raving (plural ravings)
1.(usually plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.
[Verb]
raving
1.Present participle of rave.
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interiors
[[English]]
[Noun]
interiors
1.Plural form of interior.
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scrubs
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌbz[Noun]
scrubs (plural scrubs)
1.A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
2.(by extension) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeve shirt and pants.
3.Plural form of scrub.
[Synonyms]
- gown
- surgical gown
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biased
[[English]]
[Adjective]
biased (comparative more biased, superlative most biased)
1.exhibiting bias; prejudiced
The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
2.angled at a slant
The table had a biased edge.
[Alternative spellings]
- (UK) biassed
[Anagrams]
- abides
[Verb]
biased
1.Simple past tense and past participle of bias.
She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
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MUD
[[English]]
[Acronym]
MUD
1.(online gaming, gerne) An interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.
[Etymology]
From Multi-User Dungeon
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MU
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
MU
1.Mauritius, a member state of the United Nations.
2.North Maluku, a province of Indonesia.
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Mu
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Mu
1.A hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in one of the oceans.
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cheddar
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃɛdə(r)/[Etymology]
- From Cheddar cheese
[Noun]
cheddar (countable and uncountable; plural cheddars)
1.A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
2.(slang) Money; cash.
[Verb]
to cheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)
1.(cheese making) The process of cutting and pressing cheese to remove the whey and leave drier curds.
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
cheddar
1.cheddar (cheese)
[[French]]
[Noun]
cheddar m. (plural cheddars)
1.Cheddar cheese
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
cheddar c.
1.cheddar
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bahamas
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.a country in the Caribbean. Official names, short: The Bahamas; full: Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
[See also]
- Appendix:Countries of the world
[[Breton]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Danish]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[French]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas f pl
1.Bahamas
[[German]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas pl.
1.Bahamas
[[Interlingua]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas f. pl.
1.Bahamas
[[Norwegian]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
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Bahamas
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.a country in the Caribbean. Official names, short: The Bahamas; full: Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
[See also]
- Appendix:Countries of the world
[[Breton]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Danish]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[French]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas f pl
1.Bahamas
[[German]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas pl.
1.Bahamas
[[Interlingua]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas f. pl.
1.Bahamas
[[Norwegian]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
Bahamas
1.Bahamas
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reef
[[English]]
ipa :/riːf/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-us-reef.ogg
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: eefr
- fere
- free
[Etymology]
From Old Norse rif.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ReefWikipediareef (plural reefs)
1.A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water.
2.(Australia) & (South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
3.(nautical) An arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind.
4.A reef knot.
[Verb]
to reef (third-person singular simple present reefs, present participle reefing, simple past and past participle reefed)
1.(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
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inshore
[[English]]
[Adjective]
inshore
1.close to (especially in sight of) a shore
2.(of a wind) blowing from the sea to the land
[Adverb]
inshore
1.near the shore
2.towards the shore
[See also]
- deep-sea
- offshore
- insure
- ensure
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