text:
assertion

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
 * 2) Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
 * 3) A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
 * 4) Maintenance; vindication
 * 5)  A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
 * 6)  the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
 * 1) Maintenance; vindication
 * 2)  A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
 * 3)  the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
 * 1)  A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
 * 2)  the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
 * 1)  the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: дәғүә
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: stellige bewering
 * Esperanto: aserto
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:,  ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , , , Vorbringen,
 * Italian:, , asserimento,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: тврдња,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: giitsabi
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: тве́рдження
 * Vietnamese:

 * Bashkir: дәғүә
 * French:
 * German:, Geltendmachung

 * Esperanto: aserto
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From.

title: assertion


text:
assiege

Etymology
(Modern 🇨🇬); equivalent to en.

Noun

 * 1)  A siege.

Verb

 * 1)  To besiege.

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title: assiege


text:
assumption

Etymology
From, from and. ; see assume.

Noun

 * 1) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
 * 2) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
 * 3) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
 * 4)  The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
 * 5) The taking of a person up into heaven.
 * 6) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
 * 7)  Assumptio.
 * 1) The taking of a person up into heaven.
 * 2) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
 * 3)  Assumptio.
 * 1)  Assumptio.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:supposition

Translations

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: assumpció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican: assunta
 * Dutch: op zich nemen
 * Esperanto: supozo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ვარაუდი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀνάληψις
 * Italian:
 * Latin: assumptio
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: приня́тие на себя́
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Venetian: asunsion

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Bulgarian:, допускане
 * Catalan: suposició
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: antagelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: supozo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , , Annehmen, Vermuten, Unterstellen, , Voraussetzen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑπόληψις
 * Haitian Creole: asonpsyon, sipozisyon
 * Hebrew: hash'ará,  hanakhá
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:, andaian,
 * Irish: foshuíomh
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: претпоставка
 * Maori: kīpono
 * Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: припущення

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Bulgarian:, допускане
 * Catalan: suposició,, supòsit
 * Danish: antagelse, formodning
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: hash'ará,  hanakhá
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: foshuíomh
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: pūmāramarama, whakatarunatanga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Catalan:, premissa menor
 * Finnish: alipremissi
 * French: ,
 * Irish: foshuíomh
 * Russian:

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Bulgarian: успение
 * Catalan: assumpció
 * Danish: optagelse i himlen
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: taivaaseenastuminen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , Assumtion
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עלייה השמיימה
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: внебовзятие
 * Venetian: asunsion

 * Aragonese: asumpción
 * Bulgarian: Успение Богородично
 * Catalan:
 * Corsican: Assunta
 * Danish: himmelfart
 * Dutch: Mariahemelvaart,, Tenhemelopneming
 * Finnish: Neitsyt Marian taivaaseen ottamisen päivä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew העלייה השמימה Haaliyá Hashamayma
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Deastógáil
 * Italian:
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: Moregodsdag
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Adormirea Maicii Domnului
 * Russian:Успение Богородицы
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: himmelsfärd
 * Venetian: asunsion

title: assumption


text:
asthenic

Adjective

 * 1) Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: asteeninen
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) A person who has asthenia.

Translations

 * Polish:, asteniczka
 * Swedish: asteniker

title: asthenic


text:
asymmetry

Etymology
From, from + , from  + ; equivalent to en.

Noun

 * 1) Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
 * 2) The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
 * 1) The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
 * 1) The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
 * 1) The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.
 * 1) The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَدَم تَنَاسُق
 * Asturian: asimetría
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: asimetría, disimetría
 * Georgian: ასიმეტრია
 * German: Asymmetrie
 * Greek:
 * Irish: neamhshiméadracht, aisiméadracht
 * Italian:, dissimmetria
 * Japanese: 非対称性, 非対称, アシンメトリー
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: асимѐтрија
 * Latin:
 * Slovene: àsimetríja
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: awamparianyo
 * Turkish:

title: asymmetry


text:
avow

Etymology
From, from , from , from +. . Not related to.

Verb

 * 1)  To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
 * 2)  To bind or devote by a vow.
 * 3)  To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See.
 * 1)  To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See.
 * 1)  To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 公開說
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: myöntää avoimesti,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: profiteor
 * Macedonian: изјавува
 * Maori: tūtohu
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: aidich
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, açıkça söylemek,

Noun

 * 1)  avowal

title: avow


text:
backer

Noun

 * 1) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: borg
 * Bulgarian:
 * Icelandic: stuðningsmaður
 * Latin: assensor
 * Maori: kaitautoko
 * Ottoman Turkish: آرقه, دستك

title: backer


text:
backhanded

Etymology
From + -ed.

Adjective

 * 1) With the back of the hand.
 * 2) Involving a backward flip of the hand.
 * 3) Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
 * 4) Indirect.
 * 5) Backwards, turned around.
 * 6)  inclining to the left
 * 7) Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
 * 8) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1) Indirect.
 * 2) Backwards, turned around.
 * 3)  inclining to the left
 * 4) Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
 * 5) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1) Backwards, turned around.
 * 2)  inclining to the left
 * 3) Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
 * 4) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1)  inclining to the left
 * 2) Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
 * 3) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1) Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
 * 2) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
 * 1) Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

Translations

 * Icelandic: bakhandar-, gerður með handarbakinu

 * Bulgarian:
 * Icelandic:, klaufskur

 * Icelandic: öfugsnúinn; tvíræður, vafasamur

 * Bulgarian: наклонен наляво
 * French: penché à gauche
 * Icelandic: hallandi til vinstri

Adverb

 * 1) In a backhanded manner.

title: backhanded


text:
badinage

Etymology
Borrowed from, from the verb from , from. Distantly related to.

Noun

 * 1) Playful raillery; banter.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: škádlení
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, henektinaz, henekqerf
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, munhuggande

Verb

 * 1) To engage in badinage or playful banter.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: закачам се
 * French:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) joke; gag; wind-up
 * 2)  a trivial, simple task

title: badinage


text:
bail

Etymology 1
From, from the verb  and noun , from , present active infinitive of , from  (English: ).

Noun

 * 1)  Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
 * 2)  Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
 * 3)  The person providing such payment.
 * 4) A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
 * 5) A person who bails water out of a boat.
 * 6)  Custody; keeping.
 * 1) A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
 * 2) A person who bails water out of a boat.
 * 3)  Custody; keeping.
 * 1)  Custody; keeping.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَفَالَة
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: piyansa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kauce
 * Danish: kaution
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: takuut,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: pēla
 * Hebrew: ערבות
 * Hiligaynon: piyansa
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: bannaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: vadimōnium
 * Macedonian: кауција
 * Maori: moni taurangi, utu here
 * Old English: borg
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: piyansa, lagak-panagot
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: ضمانت
 * Vietnamese: tiền tại ngoại
 * Welsh:

 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: piyansa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 取保候審
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: løsladelse mod kaution
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kaŭcio
 * Finnish: vapaaksi laskeminen takuita vastaan
 * French: libération sous caution, liberté sous caution
 * Italian: libertà provvisoria
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: moni taurangi, utu here
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: освобождение под залог
 * Spanish: libertad bajo fianza
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: piyansa
 * Urdu: ضَمانَت
 * Vietnamese: tại ngoại,

 * Danish: kautionist
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: người đóng tiền tại ngoại

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: sàssola
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: sassola
 * Maori: tīheru, tatā
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:

 * Finnish: äyskäröijä
 * Portuguese: baldeador

Verb

 * 1) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
 * 2)  To release a person under such guarantee.
 * 3)  To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
 * 4)  To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
 * 5) * November 4, 1857, Henry William Harper, letter to St. John
 * we had hard work to reach our haven, having to bail out the water with my straw hat.
 * 1)  To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
 * 2) To set free; to deliver; to release.
 * we had hard work to reach our haven, having to bail out the water with my straw hat.
 * 1)  To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
 * 2) To set free; to deliver; to release.
 * 1) To set free; to deliver; to release.
 * 1) To set free; to deliver; to release.
 * 1) To set free; to deliver; to release.

Translations

 * Finnish: maksaa takuut
 * German: Kaution stellen

 * Finnish: päästää vapaaksi takuita vastaan

 * Finnish:

 * Bulgarian:, (вода от лодка)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀντλέω
 * Irish: taosc
 * Italian: sgottare
 * Malay: menimba
 * Maori: tīheru
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: taosc

 * Finnish:

Etymology 2
From a shortening of, ultimately same as above.

Verb

 * 1)  To leave or exit abruptly.
 * 2) * 2010 September, Jeannette Cooperman, "Bringing It Home", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 62:
 * The Teacher Home Visit Program takes a huge commitment—time, energy, patience, diplomacy. Quite a few schools have tried it and bailed.
 * 1)  To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
 * 1)  To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).

Etymology 3
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
 * 2) A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
 * 3) * 1953, British Institute of Management, Centre for Farm Management, Farm Management Association, Farm Managememt, 1960, John Wiley, |bails%22+cow+milk&hl=en&ei=zmvGTqKPIuzDmQWV1oUn&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bail|bails%22%20cow%20milk&f=false page 160,
 * More recently, the fixed bail, sometimes called the ‘milking parlour’, with either covered or open yards, has had a certain vogue and some very enthusiastic claims have been made for this method of housing.
 * 1) * 2011, Edith H. Whetham, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales, Volume 8: Volumes 1914-1939, |bails%22+cow+milk&hl=en&ei=zmvGTqKPIuzDmQWV1oUn&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 191,
 * Ten men thus sufficed for the milking of three hundred cows in five bails, instead of the thirty men who would normally have been employed by conventional methods.
 * 1) A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
 * 2)  A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
 * 3) A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
 * 4)  One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
 * 5)  Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
 * 1)  One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
 * 2)  Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
 * 1)  Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:

 * Finnish:
 * Maori: kapi

 * Maori: pērapu

Verb

 * 1) To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Etymology 4
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To confine.
 * 2)  To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
 * 3)  To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.

Translations

 * Maori: pērapu

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to go
 * 2) to walk
 * 3) to go away; to leave
 * 4) to spend; to use up

Preposition

 * 1) to; toward

Etymology
See

Conjunction

 * 1)  while

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) lease (contract)
 * 2)  yonks, ages

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  thing, stuff, affair

Etymology
From ; see.

Noun

 * 1) prosperity
 * 2) proper condition, order
 * 3) state
 * 4) treatment
 * 5) validity
 * 1) treatment
 * 2) validity

Etymology
Originally a reduced form of, a u-stem parallel form to the archaic singular form of  “fear” (cf. 🇨🇬).

Adverb
(+ dat. + ( +) gen.)

 * 1) afraid, scared

Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *bayul, from, form.

Noun

 * 1) cloth

Etymology 1
From the root of

Noun

 * 1) thrift, frugality

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) sling, ballista

title: bail


text:
bailiwick

Etymology
From and, from.

Noun

 * 1) The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
 * The Bailiwick of Jersey.
 * 1) A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: fógetaumdæmi
 * Italian: bailiato
 * Manx: bayleeaght, bayleeys
 * Polish:
 * Russian: бейливик
 * Spanish: bailía
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch: ,,
 * French:, ,
 * Icelandic: þekkingarsvið,  starfssvið,  áhugasvið,  valdsvið
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: bailía

title: bailiwick


text:
bailey

Etymology
From, from , plural of.

Noun

 * 1) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
 * 2) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
 * 3)  A prison or court of justice.
 * 4) An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
 * 1) An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).

Translations

 * Finnish: ulkomuuri
 * Irish: bábhún
 * Latin: ballium

 * Finnish: linnanpiha

title: bailey


text:
bait

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to.

Noun

 * 1) Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
 * 2) Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
 * 3) Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
 * 4)  Something that lures or entices a specified group
 * 5) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
 * 6)  A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat
 * 7)  A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
 * 8)  A miner's packed meal.
 * 9) A light or hasty luncheon.
 * 10)  A post intended to get a rise out of others.
 * 1) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
 * 2)  A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat
 * 3)  A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
 * 4)  A miner's packed meal.
 * 5) A light or hasty luncheon.
 * 6)  A post intended to get a rise out of others.
 * 1) A light or hasty luncheon.
 * 2)  A post intended to get a rise out of others.

Translations

 * Aklanon: paon
 * Aleut: umĝix̂
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: amuzki, beita,
 * Bikol Central:
 * Brunei Malay: umpan
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: treustrumm
 * Czech: návnada
 * Danish: agn, madding
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: agn
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: engado,, gueldo, raba
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δέλεαρ
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: beita,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin: esca
 * Macedonian: мамец
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mansaka: paan
 * Maori: māunu, mōunu, parangia, poapoa
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠥᠭᠭᠦᠭᠡᠰᠢ
 * Norman: bète
 * Norwegian: beita,
 * Old Norse: beita, agn
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мамац
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: návnada
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , señuelo
 * Sranan Tongo: beti
 * Swahili: chambo
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pain
 * Tausug: umpan
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прина́да, нажи́вка
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: abwyd
 * Yakan: umpen

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: otrávená návnada
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 毒餌
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: návnada,, vábnička
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ensenrada, engado, besbello
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мамац
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: abwyd

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To attract with bait; to entice.
 * 2)  To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
 * 3)  To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
 * 4)  To target a pest species by laying baits.
 * 1)  To target a pest species by laying baits.

Usage notes

 * This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb, which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression is frequently misspelled  by writers unfamiliar with the verb.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, слагам стръв
 * Catalan:, , , , posar un parany
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: houkutella syötillä
 * French:
 * Galician: iscar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δελεάζω
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 餌で釣る
 * Latin: inescō
 * Maori: pātoi, poapoa
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ма́мити
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: dát návnadu
 * Faroese: egna
 * Finnish: syötittää
 * Galician: encabar, iscar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 餌を付ける
 * Maori: kāweru, māunu, mōunu
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, , , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
 * to bait a bear with dogs;  to bait a bull
 * 1)  To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
 * 2)  To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
 * 3)  (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
 * 4)  (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
 * 1)  (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
 * 2)  (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
 * 1)  (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
 * 1)  (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

Etymology 3
battre de l'aile or des ailes, to flap or flutter.

Verb

 * 1)  To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

Etymology 4
.

Adjective

 * 1)  Obvious; blatant.
 * 2)  Well-known; famous; renowned.
 * 1)  Well-known; famous; renowned.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obvious
 * See also Thesaurus:famous

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) wide, broad
 * 2) distant, far
 * 1) distant, far
 * 1) distant, far

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) house abode
 * 2) home house or structure in which someone lives
 * 3)  couplet a pair of lines in poetry
 * 4)  stanza a unit of a poem, often in the form of a paragraph
 * 1)  stanza a unit of a poem, often in the form of a paragraph

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) house abode
 * 2) home house or structure in which someone lives
 * 3)  couplet a pair of lines in poetry

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) byte

Noun

 * 1) boxing

Verb

 * 1) hit
 * 2) punch

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) kindness
 * 2) senses; clear state of mind
 * 3) prudence; cautiousness
 * 4) docility; domesticity
 * 1) prudence; cautiousness
 * 2) docility; domesticity
 * 1) docility; domesticity

title: bait


text:
baize

Etymology
From, feminine plural of adjective mistaken as a singular noun.

Noun

 * 1) A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
 * 2)  A coarse woolen  with a long ; usually dyed in plain colors.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 檯面呢
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: boiji,
 * French: drap de billard,
 * Galician: feltro
 * Irish: baise, baiséadach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ラシャ
 * Macedonian: су́кно, кла́шна
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To cover or line with baize.

title: baize


text:
bale

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
 * 2) Suffering, woe, torment.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

Noun

 * 1)  A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
 * 2)  A funeral pyre.
 * 3)  A beacon-fire.

Etymology 3
From, from and , of  origin. .

Noun

 * 1) A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
 * 2) A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
 * 3) A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
 * 4) A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
 * 5) A block of compressed cannabis.
 * 1) A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
 * 2) A block of compressed cannabis.

Translations

 * Belarusian: цюк
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: fardo, bala, paca
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тюк

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: bala, paca
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: pēre, paere
 * Norwegian: høyballe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Walloon: botea, balot, rowe di strin
 * Yiddish: באַלן

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To wrap into a bale.

Derived terms

 * bale up

Translations

 * Bulgarian: балирам
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:, paalittaa
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: pēre
 * Polish: balotować, belować
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 4
Alternative spelling of.

Verb

 * 1)  To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Etymology
.

Interjection

 * 1)  okay

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) chaff inedible casing of a grain seed

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) broom

Verb

 * 1) to sweep

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) house

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) An evil or wrong act; a bad deed.
 * 2) Maliciousness, iniquity, damage.
 * 3) Devastation and doom; the causing of lifelessness.
 * 4) Woe or torment; hurting, agony.

Adjective

 * 1)  decisive, ruinous, vicious
 * 2) tormentuous, painful, hurtful

Etymology 2
Either from, , or a conflation of both; in any case, from.

Noun

 * 1) Any large fire; a bonfire or pyre.
 * 2) A fire for inhumation; a funeral pyre.
 * 3) A fire for execution or killing.

Etymology 3
Probably, , from , from or , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A  rounded bundle

Etymology
From. The noun sense is derived from how papeda is served by turning it around a pair of tongs; a serving is thus called a turn of papeda.

Verb

 * 1)  to turn around
 * 2)  to reverse

Noun

 * 1)  a portion, serving

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) open building
 * 2) pavilion
 * 3) hall

Etymology
root. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The normal result, *ba, is not used as the singular has been replaced with through analogy.

Noun

 * 1) slobber, drool, dribble, saliva

Etymology
. Perhaps a corruption of, whence also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to speak

Etymology
, third-person singular present indicative form of, from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  worth; value
 * 2) promissory note; credit; IOU
 * 3) request of partial advanced payment

Adverb

 * : so

Adjective

 * 1)  valuable; important
 * 2) bought on credit

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) ballet

title: bale


text:
ballista

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَرَّادَة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: balista
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βαλλίστρα
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ballista
 * Ottoman Turkish: منجنیق
 * Persian: خرکمان,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: balista
 * Turkish: balista

Etymology
<

Noun

 * 1) ballista military engine

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * a

title: ballista


text:
banker

Etymology 1
, after.

Noun

 * 1) One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
 * 2) The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
 * 3)  A money changer.
 * 4) The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
 * 5)  A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
 * 1)  A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَصْرَفِيّ, بَنْكِيّ
 * Azerbaijani: bankir
 * Belarusian: банкі́р
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: banquer, banquera
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bankisto, bankistino
 * Estonian: pankur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בנקאי, בנקאית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: baincéir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 은행가(銀行家)
 * Latin: argentārius
 * Lithuanian: bankininkas
 * Macedonian: банкар
 * Malay: jurubank
 * Maltese: bankier, bankiera
 * Norman: bantchi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bankier
 * Nynorsk: bankier
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Bankia
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਬੈਂਕਰ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̀нка̄р
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: bankár
 * Slovene: bančnik
 * Spanish:, banquera
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: chủ ngân hàng
 * Welsh: bancwr
 * Yiddish: באַנקיר, באַנקירער

 * Finnish: rahanvaihtaja
 * German:, Geldwechslerin
 * Greek:
 * Romanian:

 * Albanian:
 * Catalan: banquer, banquera
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: pelinhoitaja,
 * German:, ,
 * Irish: baincéir, scríbín
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, banquera
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
From  or.

Noun

 * 1) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
 * 2) * May 20 1815,, letter to a merchant
 * I think the 584 Bankers may be put down 36,540 tons, navigated by 4,627 men and boys
 * 1)  A ditcher; a drain digger.
 * 2)  A banksman.
 * 1)  A banksman.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

Synonyms

 * ,, , helper engine

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: työntöveturi
 * Romanian: locomotivă împingătoare

Noun

 * 1) banker

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a beater

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  rich person
 * 1)  rich person

title: banker


text:
banner

Etymology 1
From, from (Modern ), of  origin. More at.

Noun

 * 1) A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
 * 2)  The military unit under such a flag or standard.
 * 3)  A military or administrative subdivision.
 * 4) Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
 * 5) A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
 * 6)  A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
 * 7)  The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
 * 8)  A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
 * 9)  The principal standard of a knight.
 * 10) A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
 * , Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China
 * 1)  The principal standard of a knight.
 * 2) A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
 * , Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China
 * , Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China

Translations

 * Arabic: رَايَة,
 * Egyptian Arabic: بنديرة
 * Azerbaijani:, ələm
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , , gomfaró
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏓᏘ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: rubando
 * Estonian: lahingulipp
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: σημαία
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: lippu
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئاڵا
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: vexillum
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: бајрак, знаме
 * Malay:, pepanji
 * Manchu: ᡴᡳᡵᡠ, ᡤᡡᠰᠠ
 * Maori: kara, haki
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠭ
 * Nahuatl: annotata
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: fana
 * Oromo: alaabaa
 * Ottoman Turkish: بیراق, سنجاق, لوا, علم
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bratach
 * Southern Altai: ту
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, pindol;
 * Tocharian B: waipe
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, стяг, флаг, знаме́но, знамено́
 * Vietnamese:, lá cờ, , ngọn cờ
 * West Frisian:

 * Arabic: لَافِتَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: транспара́нт
 * Bulgarian: транспара́нт
 * Catalan: pancarta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, mainoskangas
 * French:
 * German: Spruchband,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian: banner
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: транспаре́нт
 * Malay: kain rentang,
 * Norwegian: banner
 * Old English: cumbol
 * Ottoman Turkish: پانو
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: транспара́нт,
 * Vietnamese: ,

 * Arabic: مُلْصَق
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: транспара́нт, плака́т
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , , gomfaró
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, julistekangas, julistenauha
 * French:
 * German: Spruchband, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 懸垂幕,
 * Korean: 플래카드, 현수막(懸垂幕), 배너
 * Macedonian: транспаре́нт
 * Malay: kain rentang,
 * Nahuatl: annotata
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: cumbol
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: транспара́нт, плака́т
 * Vietnamese:

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Vietnamese:, ngọn cờ, ,

 * Arabic: إِعْلَان
 * Bulgarian: ба́нер
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, bannerreklame
 * Esperanto: reklamrubando, reklamilo
 * Finnish:, mainosbanneri, mainospalkki
 * French:
 * German:, Werbebanner
 * Hebrew:, פירסומת, כְּרָזָה
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 배너
 * Marathi: बॅनर
 * Norwegian: banner
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: báner
 * Vietnamese: hình quảng cáo

 * Catalan:, gomfaró
 * Czech: zástava
 * Danish: standart, rytterfane
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: standart
 * Finnish:
 * French: banière
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Macedonian: знаме, бајрак, штанда́рта
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ
 * Tuvan: кожуун

Adjective

 * 1) Exceptional; very good.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُمْتَاز
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: fremragende
 * Estonian: erakordne
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, da urlo
 * Khmer:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:, rất tốt

 * Albanian:
 * Basque:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish:

Verb

 * 1)  To adorn with a banner.
 * 2)  To display as a banner headline.

Noun

 * 1) One who bans something.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  web advertisement

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   advertisement in a web page

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) banner, flag

Etymology
.

Etymology
. Attested since 1996. .

Noun

 * 1)  type of advertisement on a web page taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content

title: banner


text:
barque

Etymology
From, borrowed from , itself borrowed from or a  equivalent, from , from , from  'Egyptian boat', from , from , from ,. . Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
 * 2) * 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
 * On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
 * 1)  Any small sailing vessel.
 * 2)  A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
 * 3) * 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
 * Barque of phosphor On the palmy beach…

Synonyms

 * see boat

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: barko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: pāka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bark
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, barkskepp
 * Tarifit: aɣarrabu

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Luxembourgish: Naachen

Etymology
, probably borrowed from or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from. .

Noun

 * 1) small boat

title: barque


text:
bauble

Etymology
From, , , , from , , most likely a reduplication of , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
 * 2)  Anything trivial and worthless.
 * 3) A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
 * 4) A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
 * 1)  Anything trivial and worthless.
 * 2) A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
 * 3) A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
 * 1) A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

Synonyms

 * See also: Thesaurus:trinket

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: rihkamakoru,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λῆρος
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: juggel
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kristnaska globo
 * Finnish: joulupallo
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: gömbdísz
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: bola de natal
 * Russian: ёлочный шар
 * Spanish: bola de navidad
 * Swedish: julgranskula

 * Danish: narrebriks
 * Finnish: narrinsauva
 * Russian: шутовской жезл

title: bauble


text:
beacon

Etymology
From, from , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from ,.

Noun

 * 1) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
 * 2)  A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.
 * 3) A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
 * 4)  That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path.
 * 5) An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
 * 1)  That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path.
 * 2) An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
 * 1) An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
 * 1) An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَنَار
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: сигнален огън
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: ,
 * Dutch:, bakenvuur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, brandariz
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φρυκτός, πυρσός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , irányfény, jelfény
 * Japanese: かがり火
 * Macedonian: си́гнален о́ган
 * Maori: ramaroa
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: сигна́льный ого́нь
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сигнална ва̏тра
 * Roman: signalna vȁtra
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сигна́льний вого́нь

 * Arabic: مَنَار
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: balisma, mallón
 * German:
 * Hungarian: jelzőállomás,, irányjeladó,
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 등댓불
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: мая́к,

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: curuto, cruto
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: punto cospicuo
 * Spanish:, punto conspicuo
 * Swedish:, landmärke

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Macedonian: предупреду́вање
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: упозоре́ње
 * Roman:
 * Ukrainian: пересторо́га

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a beacon.
 * 2)  To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
 * 3)  To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
 * 1)  To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

title: beacon


text:
beam

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

The original English meaning of beam ("tree") is preserved in some compound words such as.

The verb is from, from , from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
 * 2)  One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
 * 3)  One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
 * 4) * 1805 Alexander Tilloch. Account of a terrible Hurricane in the West Indies 1804. Philosophical Magazine. Vol. XXI. P. 14
 * Capt. King, from Demarara, was invaded by the gale on the evening of the 6th, in lat. 21° 51', and his vessel was thrown on her beam ends. He was forced to cut away her main-mast. Lost a man, who was washed overboard.. . .Capt. Mood, on a voyage from Alexandria (Virginia), to St. Mary's (Georgia), was, on the night of the 7th, in the Gulf Stream, to the eastward of Charlston: the wind there was east-north-east, and so hard as to throw his vessel on her beam ends. She lay several hours in this situation. Several of his crew were washed overboard.
 * 1) * 1808 Richard Hall Gower. On the Theory and Practice of Seamanship.
 * It often happens that by a sudden squall of wind a vessel is thrown over upon her beam ends, without a prospect of recovering her erect while she remains upon the same tack, therefore attempts are made to veer her; but as the rudder lies along the surface of the water it becomes useless, and as the sails are either blown from the yards, or become unmanageable, recourse is had to cutting away the main-mast and mizen-mast, that the ship may veer under the fore-mast:-a most desperate expedient, particularly if the ship is far distant from port!
 * 1)  The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
 * 2)  The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
 * As the vessel passes a landmark, the landmark is said to be abeam. Once the vessel has passed the landmark, it falls abaft the beam, then it gradually falls astern.
 * 1)  The straight part or shank of an anchor.
 * 2)  The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
 * 3)  In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
 * 4)  The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
 * 5)  A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
 * 6)  The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
 * 7)  One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
 * 8)  The pole of a carriage or chariot.
 * 9)   A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
 * 10)  A ray; a gleam.
 * 11)  A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
 * 12)  An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
 * 13) A broad smile.
 * 1)  The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
 * 2)  One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
 * 3)  The pole of a carriage or chariot.
 * 4)   A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
 * 5)  A ray; a gleam.
 * 6)  A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
 * 7)  An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
 * 8) A broad smile.
 * 1)  The pole of a carriage or chariot.
 * 2)   A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
 * 3)  A ray; a gleam.
 * 4)  A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
 * 5)  An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
 * 6) A broad smile.
 * 1)  A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
 * 2)  An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
 * 3) A broad smile.
 * 1) A broad smile.

Hyponyms

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: خَشَبَة
 * Armenian:
 * Ashkun: kaṭë́
 * Azerbaijani:, diniş, tir, balka
 * Bavarian: Baam
 * Belarusian: бэлька, брус
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: trua
 * Danish: bjælke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: trabo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, viga
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δοκός
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: bíoma, giarsa
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kamkata-vari: kaṭë́
 * Kikai: 桁
 * Kunigami: 桁
 * Latin:, tignum
 * Luxembourgish: Dunn
 * Malay:, alang ,  , pelancar ,
 * Maori: kurupae
 * Miyako: 桁
 * Northern Amami Ōshima: 桁
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bjelke
 * Okinawan: 桁
 * Old Czech: břevno
 * Old Portuguese: trave
 * Old Slovak: brvno
 * Ottoman Turkish: مرتك, دیرك
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Prasuni: këṭë́
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: греда, брвно
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: brvno
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sinag, barakilan
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek: to'sim,
 * Volapük:
 * Waigali: kaṭë
 * Yaeyama: 桁
 * Yoron: 桁
 * Zazaki: qetil

 * Arabic: كمرَة
 * Bavarian: Baam
 * Belarusian: бэлька, перакладзіна
 * Bulgarian: трегер
 * Danish: bjælke, drager
 * Dutch:
 * Farefare: bãraaga
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δοκός
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Malay:, alang ,
 * Maori: kurupae, kauae, kauwae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bjelke
 * Plautdietsch: Baulkjen
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: sepo
 * Turkish:

 * Bavarian: Baam
 * Finnish:, poikittaispalkki
 * Galician: bao
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Malay: pelancar
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili: boriti

 * Bulgarian: бимс
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:

 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Italian: corno principale

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Italian: barra timone
 * Russian:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: valin
 * Russian:

 * Albanian: ,
 * Breton:
 * Catalan: camatimó
 * Dutch: ploegboom
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, temón
 * German: Pflugbaum, Grindel
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: arnodd

 * Finnish:
 * Russian:

 * Arabic: شُعَاع
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: нур
 * Belarusian: праме́нь
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀκτίς
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ビーム,
 * Korean:, 빔, 빛줄기
 * Latin: radius
 * Luxembourgish: Stral
 * Malay:
 * Maori: haeata
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: swāñco
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: paladr
 * Zazaki: berq

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 符槓
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:

 * Albanian:
 * Basque:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ido: ,
 * Norman:
 * Romanian:

Verb

 * 1)  To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
 * 2)  To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
 * 3)  To furnish or supply with beams.
 * 4)  To give the appearance of beams to.
 * 5)  To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
 * 6)  To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
 * 7)  To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
 * 8)  To put (something) on a beam.
 * 9)  To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
 * 1)  To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
 * 2)  To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
 * 3)  To put (something) on a beam.
 * 4)  To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
 * 1)  To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
 * 2)  To put (something) on a beam.
 * 3)  To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
 * 1)  To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: stråle
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Maori: aho
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Maori: mingo(mingo) kata, mimingo kata
 * Swedish:

 * Finnish: palkittaa
 * Polish: belkować, obelkować

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Swedish:

 * German:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tree
 * 2)  beam of wood
 * 3) gallows
 * 4)  the Cross
 * 5) * Codex Vercillensis
 * "ang"

- Wæs sē bēam bōcstafum āwriten.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) tree

title: beam


text:
beastly

Etymology
From, , , equivalent to. Compare, ,.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
 * 2)  Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
 * 3)  Abominable; very unpleasant.
 * 4)  Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
 * 5) * 2014, March 21, Tycho de Feijter, “Hummer H2 is a Big Black Beast in the Rain in China”, CarNewsChina.com:
 * A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.
 * 1)  Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
 * 2) * 2014, March 21, Tycho de Feijter, “Hummer H2 is a Big Black Beast in the Rain in China”, CarNewsChina.com:
 * A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.
 * 1) * 2014, March 21, Tycho de Feijter, “Hummer H2 is a Big Black Beast in the Rain in China”, CarNewsChina.com:
 * A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.
 * A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.

Usage notes
Most often used pejoratively, but sense 4 has predominantly positive connotations. is more narrow, though also often used pejoratively.

Translations

 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κτηνώδης
 * Middle English: bestial, beestly
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: brùideil

 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κτηνώδης
 * Middle English: bestial, beestly
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: brùideil

 * Bulgarian:
 * German:

Adverb

 * 1) Like a beast; brutishly.

title: beastly


text:
beatification

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: beatificació
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 宣福禮
 * Czech: blahořečení
 * Danish: saligkåring
 * Finnish: autuaaksijulistaminen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: beannú
 * Japanese: 列福
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: saligkåring
 * Nynorsk: saligkåring
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: saligförklaring
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: беатифіка́ція

title: beatification


text:
bedeck

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Doublet of.

Verb

 * 1)  To deck, ornament, or adorn
 * 2)  to grace.
 * 1)  to grace.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: у́краси, укра́сува, ки́ти, на́кити
 * Maori: whakapīwari
 * Polish:, , okrasić,
 * Russian:

title: bedeck


text:
befoul

Verb

 * 1) To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
 * 2) * 1897, Robert Gwynneddon Davies (translator), The Sleeping Bard by, London: Simplkon, Marshall & Co., Part I,
 * At last, what with a round of blasphemy, and the whole crowd with clay pistols belching smoke and fire and slander of their neighbours, and the floor already befouled with dregs and spittle, I feared lest viler deeds should happen, and craved to depart.
 * 1) * 1997,, , “Echo and Narcissus” in Paul Keegan (ed.), Ted Hughes: Collected Poems, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003, p. 919,
 * There was a pool of perfect water.
 * No cattle
 * Had slobbered their muzzles in it
 * And befouled it.
 * 1) (specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
 * 2)  To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
 * 3) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
 * 1)  To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
 * 2) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
 * 1)  To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
 * 2) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
 * 1) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
 * 1) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
 * 1) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * German:
 * Korean: 더럽히다
 * Latin: inquinō
 * Ottoman Turkish: كیرلمك, پیسلمك, مردارلامق
 * Portuguese:

 * Bulgarian: ,

title: befoul


text:
behalf

Etymology
From, from , from + , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
 * 2)  One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
 * 1)  One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
 * 1)  One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.

Translations

 * Finnish: see
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: a vantaggio di
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: vegne
 * Nynorsk: vegner
 * Swahili:

title: behalf


text:
belay

Etymology 1
From, , from , From , equivalent to en. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * Verb:
 * Noun:
 * Noun:
 * Noun:
 * Noun:
 * Noun:

Verb

 * 1)  To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
 * 2)  To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
 * 3)  To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
 * 4)  To surround; to environ; to enclose.
 * 5)  To overlay; to adorn.
 * 6)  To besiege; invest; surround.
 * 7)  To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
 * 1)  To surround; to environ; to enclose.
 * 2)  To overlay; to adorn.
 * 3)  To besiege; invest; surround.
 * 4)  To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
 * 1)  To besiege; invest; surround.
 * 2)  To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: dare volta,
 * Ottoman Turkish: مانداللامق
 * Ukrainian: закріпи́ти

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: страхува́ти, підстрахо́вувати

 * Bulgarian:, стоп
 * German:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: відста́вити

 * Ido:

Noun

 * 1)  The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
 * 2)  The object to which a rope is secured.
 * 3)  A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.

title: belay


text:
benevolent

Etymology
From, borrowed from ("well wishing"). Displaced native.

Adjective

 * 1) Having a disposition to do good.
 * 2) Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
 * 3) Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
 * 1) Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

Derived terms
{{col-auto|en|ecobenevolent|nonbenevolent|omnibenevolent|pseudobenevolent|semibenevolent|superbenevolent|ultrabenevolent|unbenevolent}benevolently|benevolentness|benevolent assimilation|benevolent overlord|benevolent absolutism}}

Translations

 * Arabic: خَيِّر
 * Belarusian: добразы́члівы, зы́члівы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: velvillig
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , hyvänsuopainen
 * French:
 * Galician: benevolente
 * Georgian: კეთილმოსურნე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دڵ سۆز
 * Latin: benevolens
 * Macedonian: добронамерен
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: ngākau aroha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Old English: welwillende
 * Persian: نیک‌کامه,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish: benevolente,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: доброзичли́вий, зичли́вий

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ihmisrakas
 * German:
 * Korean: 자애로운
 * Macedonian: човеко́љубив
 * Maori: ngākau aroha
 * Norwegian: menneskekjærlig
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Turkish: diğerkam, fedakar, ,

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bonfara
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: ngākau aroha
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Turkish: altruistik, fedakar

title: benevolent


text:
benignant

Etymology
From, on the model of.

Adjective

 * 1)  Kind; gracious; favorable.

title: benignant


text:
benison

Etymology
From, , borrowed from , from. First known use: 14th century. .

Noun

 * 1)  A blessing; benediction.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: благослови́я
 * Galician: beizón
 * German:
 * Russian:

title: benison


text:
bequeath

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
 * 2) To hand down; to transmit.
 * 3) To give; to offer; to commit.
 * 1) To give; to offer; to commit.

Usage notes

 * The verb is usually used of personal property; for real property, the term  is preferred (hence the phrase give, devise, and bequeath).

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: Miras buraxmaq, Miras qoymaq
 * Belarusian: завяшча́ць, адпі́сваць, адпіса́ць, адка́зваць, адказа́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, legar
 * German:, , , , übermachen,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: arfleiða
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, lasciare in eredità
 * Japanese:
 * Luxembourgish: verierwen, hannerloossen
 * Maori: whakaheke, wira
 * Middle English: biquethen
 * Occitan:
 * Old Frisian: biqathan
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian:, dunari,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili: rithisha
 * Swedish:, , lämna i arv
 * Turkish: mirasla bırakmak, vasiyetle bırakmak
 * Ukrainian: завіща́ти, відпи́сувати, відписа́ти, відка́зувати, відказа́ти
 * West Frisian: neilitte

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , jättää jälkipolville
 * French: ,
 * German:, , testamentarisch hinterlassen, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: whakaheke, waiho iho
 * Middle English: biquethen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Sicilian:, tramannari, trasmèttiri
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Turkish:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Middle English: biquethen
 * Sicilian: dunari, òffriri
 * Spanish:, ,

title: bequeath


text:
berserk

Etymology

The is borrowed from, probably from  + , referring to the bearskins which the warriors wore. is possibly ultimately derived from ; and from. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the first element of the word is from, referring to warriors who went into battle without armour, but this is now thought unlikely. .

The is derived from the noun.

The might partly be a, analyzed as containing the suffix.

Translations

 * Armenian: բերսերկ
 * Azerbaijani: berserk
 * Bulgarian: берсерк
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bersærk
 * Finnish: berserkki
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: берсерк
 * Macedonian: берсе́рк
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, береза́рк
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: берсерк

Adjective

 * 1) Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
 * 2) Bizarre; weird.
 * 3)  Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
 * 1) Bizarre; weird.
 * 2)  Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
 * 1)  Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
 * 1)  Wildly joyous; ecstatic.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: raivopäinen
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: збе́снат
 * Portuguese: fora de controle
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: fuera de control
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To be or become berserk.
 * 2)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.
 * 1)  To make berserk.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * , berserker frenzied Norse warrior

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  berserker

title: berserk


text:
berserker

Etymology

Borrowed from, probably from + , referring to the bearskins worn by the warriors. is possibly ultimately derived from ; and from. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the first element of the word is from, suggesting warriors who went into battle without armour, but this is now thought unlikely. .

The word was introduced in English by the Scottish author and historian (1771–1832) in  (1814) (spelled ), and in his novel The Pirate (1822) (spelled ). Sense 3 (“type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms”) was (1930–2007) in 1963 in his Berserker series of novels and short stories.

Noun

 * 1)  A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.
 * 2) One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
 * 3)  A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.
 * 1)  A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 巴薩卡,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bersærk
 * Dutch: berserker
 * Faroese: berserkur
 * Finnish: berserkki
 * German:, Berserk
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:, バーザーカー
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , береза́рк
 * Swedish:

title: berserker


text:
besiege

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
 * 2)  To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
 * 3) to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
 * 1) to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
 * 1) to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حاصر
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: asediar
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: obléhat
 * Danish: belejre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sieĝi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , cercar
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πολιορκέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: obsideō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: belageren
 * Maori: pāhau, pakipaki, awhi, pōrohe, whakapae
 * Ngazidja Comorian: zingiza
 * Norman: assiégi
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: omleire
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: intuy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: oblegati
 * Spanish:, , poner sitio
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: обступати облогою, брати в облогу, облягати

 * Danish: belejre
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: pāhau, pakipaki
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan sèist air
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Irish:

title: besiege


text:
betray

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

is from, from , from , ultimately from. Compare also, ,. The modern sense is due to influence from or merger with, which is similar in sound and meaning. The similarity with, , from , is coincidental.

Verb

 * 1)  To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
 * 2)  To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
 * 3)  To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
 * 4)  To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
 * 5)  To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
 * 6)  To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
 * 7)  To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
 * 1)  To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
 * 2)  To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
 * 3)  To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
 * 4)  To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
 * 5)  To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
 * 1)  To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
 * 2)  To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
 * 1)  To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
 * 2)  To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

Translations

 * Albanian: tradhëtoj
 * Arabic: خانَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: خان
 * South Levantine Arabic: خان
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: здра́джваць, здра́дзіць
 * Bengali: বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forråde
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: perfidi
 * Estonian: reetma
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Old French: traïr
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ღალატი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παραδίδωμι
 * Hebrew: הִסְגִּיר
 * Hindi: प्रकट करना, धोखा देना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: svíkja
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: сатып кету, ұстап беру
 * Khmer:, កំបត់
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: чыккынчылык кылуу
 * Lao: ຫັກຫລັງ
 * Latgalian: izdūt
 * Latin: prōdō
 * Latvian: nodot
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: предава
 * Malay: belot, khianat, mengkhianati
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kaikaiwaiū
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: trahi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forråde
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: lǣwan
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: veroden
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝздати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zradiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Old Spanish: traer, dar traçión
 * Swahili: saliti
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: хиёнат кардан, кӯрнамакӣ кардан
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: dönüklik etmek, haýynlyk etmek
 * Ukrainian: зра́джувати, зра́дити
 * Urdu: دھوکا دینا
 * Uzbek: xiyonat qilmoq, xoinlik qilmoq
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: bradu

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: traïr
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: pettää
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: prōdō
 * Maori: whakamoho
 * Norman: trahi
 * Old English: lǣwan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝздати
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зра́джувати, зра́дити
 * Welsh: bradu

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Old French: traïr
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: pettää
 * Italian:
 * Latin: prōdō,
 * Malayalam:
 * Norman: trahi
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: dētegō, prōdō, oleō
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, pronaći,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, von etwas zeugen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Old English: meldian
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Latin: in errōrem dūcō,
 * Malayalam:
 * Romanian: a induce în eroare, a îndruma greșit
 * Spanish:

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, sitzenlassen
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,

 * Estonian:

title: betray


text:
biceps

Etymology
From, from +. See there for more details.

Noun

 * 1)  Any muscle having two heads.
 * 2) Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
 * 3)  The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
 * 4)  A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
 * 1)  The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
 * 2)  A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
 * 1)  A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
 * 1)  A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
 * 1)  A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)

Usage notes

 * Now often mistaken as a plural form; see . An archaic plural, borrowed from the Latin, also exists.

Translations

 * Arabic: ذَات اَلرَّأْسَيْن
 * Egyptian Arabic: ذات الرأسين
 * Armenian: բիցեպս,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kaksipäinen lihas
 * French:
 * Galician: bíceps
 * Georgian: ბიცეფსი
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 이두근
 * Maori: uarua
 * Marathi: द्विशिरस्का
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: bíceps
 * Tagalog: daga-dagaan
 * Turkish:

 * Arabic: ذَات اَلرَّأْسَيْن اَلْعَضُدِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: باي
 * Dutch: armbuigspier,, elleboogbuiger
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Latin: lacertus
 * Turkish:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  ; any two-headed muscle
 * 2) the biceps brachii

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   (any two-headed muscle)
 * 2) the biceps brachii

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) double-headed, having two heads
 * 2)  having two summits or peaks
 * 3)  double-edged
 * 4)  divided into two parts
 * 1)  double-edged
 * 2)  divided into two parts
 * 1)  divided into two parts

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) biceps brachii

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) ; any two-headed muscle
 * 2) the biceps brachii

Etymology
From.

title: biceps


text:
bifurcation

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A division into two branches.
 * 2)  Any place where one thing divides into two.
 * 3) The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
 * 4) Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
 * 5)  A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
 * 6)  The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
 * 7)  The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
 * 8)  A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 椏叉,
 * Czech: větvení, rozdvojení
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, gallada
 * German: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bifurkasjon
 * Nynorsk: bifurkasjon
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 分叉
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, haarauma, haarakohta,
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bifurkasjon
 * Nynorsk: bifurkasjon
 * Polish:, , bifurkacja
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,

 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish: haarautuminen kahtia;
 * German: ,

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish:, bifurkacja
 * Spanish:

 * Finnish:, kahdentuminen
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Swedish:, ,

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * a, where two roads etc. part or meet

title: bifurcation


text: biggest

title: biggest


text:
biologist

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أَحْيَائِي
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: ,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: біёлаг
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: biòleg, biòloga
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, biologino , , biologiistino
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: biólogo, bióloga
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: biologi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: biolog, ahli biologi
 * Irish: bitheolaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ژینناس
 * Latin: biologus, biologa
 * Latvian: biologs, bioloģe
 * Macedonian: биоло́г
 * Maori: kaimātai koiora
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: biolog
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, bióloga,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: био̀лог, биоло̀гица
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:, biologinja
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: haynayanon, manghahaynay
 * Thai: นักชีววิทยา
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, біологи́ня
 * Urdu: ماہرِ حیاتیات, ماہرۂ حیاتیات, حیاتیات دان
 * Volapük: lifavan, hilifavan, jilifavan
 * West Frisian: biolooch, biologe

title: biologist


text:
bipedal

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) Having two feet or two legs; biped.
 * 2) Pertaining to a biped.
 * bipedal locomotion
 * bipedal locomotion

Translations

 * Belarusian: двухно́гі
 * Bengali: দুপেয়ে
 * Bulgarian: двукрак
 * Catalan: bípede
 * Czech: dvojnohý
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, bipedisch, zweibeinig, zweibeinig
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tvífættur
 * Latin: bipēs
 * Manx: daa-chassagh, daa-choshagh
 * Maori: waewae-rua
 * Old English: twifēte
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: bipedal
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: двоно́гий
 * Volapük: telfutik,

 * Bengali: দুপেয়ে
 * Maori: waewae-rua
 * Spanish: bipedal
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: telfutafik,  hitelfutafik,  jitelfutafik,  follögafik,  hifollögafik,  jifollögafik

title: bipedal


text:
bivouac

Etymology
(earlier, ), from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
 * 2) Any temporary encampment.
 * 3) A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
 * 4)  The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
 * 5)  A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
 * 1)  A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: bivak
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bivako
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: bivaque
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: tīhokahoka, māhauhau
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,

 * Maori: māhauhau, tīhokahoka, pōrukuruku
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1) To set up camp.
 * 2)  To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
 * 3)  To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
 * 1)  To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
 * 2)  To encamp for the night without tents or covering.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Italian:, , attendarsi,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:

Etymology
From earlier, , , from , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  encampment for the night

title: bivouac


text:
bland

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
 * 2) Lacking in taste or flavor.
 * 3) Lacking in vigor.
 * 4)  Lacking interest; boring; dull.
 * 5)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
 * 1) Lacking in vigor.
 * 2)  Lacking interest; boring; dull.
 * 3)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
 * 1)  Lacking interest; boring; dull.
 * 2)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
 * 1)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
 * 1)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
 * 1)  Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Interlingua: blande
 * Italian:
 * Polish: uspakajający
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

 * Armenian:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Eastern Bontoc: lamset
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: shavdo
 * Maori: waimeha, makiha, mākihakiha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, intetsigende
 * Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز, لذتسز, یاوان
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: fleiw
 * Polish:, , , bez smaku,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, , , , , ,
 * Tagalog: matabang
 * Ukrainian: безсма́ковий
 * Vietnamese: ,

 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Eastern Bontoc:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Maori:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

 * German:,  , ,
 * Russian: ,

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: sanftmütig, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , , pritenos
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also.

Verb

 * 1)  To mix; blend; mingle.
 * 2)  To connect; associate.

Etymology 3
From, from , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  Mixture; union.
 * 2) A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1)  bland

Noun

 * 1) mix

Preposition

 * 1) among

title: bland


text:
blanch

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.

Verb

 * 1)  To grow or become white.
 * His cheek blanched with fear.
 * The rose blanches in the sun.
 * 1)  To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
 * to blanch linen
 * Age has blanched his hair.
 * 1)  To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
 * 2)  To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
 * 3)  To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
 * 4)  To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
 * to blanch almonds
 * 1)  To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
 * 2)  To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
 * 3)  To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
 * 4) * c. 1680,, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture
 * Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
 * 1) * c. 1680,, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture
 * Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: побелявам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: bánaigh
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Irish: bánaigh
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: blanszować, zblanszować
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
Variant of, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.

Verb

 * 1) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
 * 2) * 1624-39, Sir, Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (published 1651), page 343
 * I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way.
 * 1) To cause to turn aside or back.
 * to blanch a deer
 * 1) To use evasion.
 * 1) To use evasion.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) white

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) white

title: blanch


text:
blazer

Etymology
From. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) A semi-formal jacket.
 * 2) A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
 * 3) Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
 * 4) The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
 * 5)  One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
 * 6)  One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
 * 7)  An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
 * 8) A con or swindle.
 * 1) A con or swindle.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kleurbaadjie, skoolbaadjie
 * Bulgarian: бле́йзър
 * Czech: blejzr
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: bleiser
 * Finnish:, klubitakki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: блејзер
 * Marathi: ब्लेझर
 * Polish: blezer
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: blazer, vestón,
 * Ukrainian: бле́йзер

Noun

 * 1)  jacket

Noun

 * 1)  type of jacket.

Noun

 * 1)  (jacket)

Etymology
.

Etymology
.

title: blazer


text:
bleak

Etymology 1
From (also, whence the English  ), and  (due to Old Norse), and earlier , , from , ,  and , all from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Without color; pale; pallid.
 * 2) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
 * 3) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
 * 1) Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:pallid

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: kaame, kahvatu, plass
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: უფერული, ფერმკრთალი
 * German:, , ausgeblichen
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian:, sbiancatu, sghiancatu
 * Spanish: sin color,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, ,

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, nehostinný,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: ღია, დაუცველი, მოტიტვლებული
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: argail, dearóil
 * Italian:
 * Manx: meayl
 * Maori: hāhā, mōwai, hahore, tūhea
 * Portuguese: desolado
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lom
 * Sicilian: ngustiatu
 * Spanish: ,

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: neradostný, bezútěšný,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Irish: dearóil
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: mōkinokino
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gruamach
 * Sicilian:, nfilici
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

 * Slovene: (1)

Etymology 2
From, perhaps an alteration (due to or ) of ; or perhaps from a diminutive of , equivalent to  or. See.

Noun

 * 1) A small European river fish, of the family.

Translations

 * Albanian:, , cime, korobace
 * Bulgarian: уклей, блескач
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ouklej obecená
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: viidikas
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: σίρκο
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: ukleikka
 * Italian: ,
 * Komi-Zyrian: бадькормык, бадькор, шаклей
 * Latin: alburnus, albica
 * Latvian: vīķe
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: мыле, вишкыле, шапкагол
 * Western Mari: сильди
 * Mazanderani: اسلف, اسلک
 * Old English: blǣġe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: alburnete
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Udmurt: бадькуар, вувылчорыг
 * Ukrainian: верхово́дка

title: bleak


text:
bleb

Etymology
Possibly, similarly to and.

Noun

 * 1) A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
 * 2)  A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
 * 3) * 2008, Lin Her-Shyuan Lin, Adam C, Reynolds, 180: Filtering Blebs and Associated Problems, Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder (editors), Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy, 6th Edition, page 340,
 * Inflammation and scarring is a shared mechanism for chemical irritants, cryotherapy, laser thermotherapy, and autologous blood injection in the treatment of bleb dysesthesia, overfiltering blebs, and bleb leaks.
 * 1) * 2009, Anthony Wells, Tina Wong, Jonathan G. Crowston, 79: Tenon's Cyst Formation, Wound Healing, and Bleb Evaluation: Part A: Tenon's Cyst Formation and Management, Tarek M. Shaawary, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Jonathan G. Drowston (editors), Glaucoma, Volume 2: Surgical Management, page 236,
 * If the leak allows bulk flow of aqueous, the rest of the bleb can collapse, allowing apposition of the inflamed inner bleb walls, which are likely to adhere. If such adherence is over most or all of the bleb area, bleb failure is probably inevitable.
 * 1)  An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
 * 2) * 2013, Louis Foucard, Xavier Espinet, Eduard Benet, Franck J. Vernerey, The Role of the Cortical Membrane in Cell Mechanics: Model and Simulation, Shaofan Li, Dong Qian (editors), Multiscale Simulations and Mechanics of Biological Materials, page 261,
 * As the bleb grows (the growth time is on order of a minute), the actin cortex starts reassembling beneath the bleb membrane.
 * 1)  A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
 * 2) * 1974, George E. Stoertz, George E. Ericksen, Geology of Salars in Northern Chile, Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, page 32,
 * Figure 23.The crust is underlain by silty sand, which is loosely cemented by a meshwork of gypsum crystals and contains blebs and small nodules of white ulexite (U).
 * 1)  A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
 * 2) * 1974, George E. Stoertz, George E. Ericksen, Geology of Salars in Northern Chile, Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, page 32,
 * Figure 23.The crust is underlain by silty sand, which is loosely cemented by a meshwork of gypsum crystals and contains blebs and small nodules of white ulexite (U).

Verb

 * 1) To form, or cause the formation of, blebs.

title: bleb


text:
blithe

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
 * 2)  Cheerful, happy.
 * 1)  Cheerful, happy.
 * 1)  Cheerful, happy.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: descurós, ,
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: arokore
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * French:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: blied
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare bliss.

Adjective

 * 1) Happy

title: blithe


text:
bluff

Etymology 1
Probably from, from ; or from the noun. Related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
 * 2)  An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
 * 3)  The card game poker.
 * 4) One who bluffs; a.
 * 5)  An excuse.
 * 1) One who bluffs; a.
 * 2)  An excuse.
 * 1)  An excuse.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: блъф, блъфиране
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: blufo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , , bluffaus
 * Galician:, alburgada, algaruxada, algueiro, padumada, , grola
 * Georgian:
 * German: Bluffen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: blefiranje, pretvarjanje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: wikang palagwa, palipad-hangin, lastog, kalastugan
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:

 * Bulgarian: блъф
 * Esperanto: blufo
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's  is stronger than it is.
 * 2)  To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of  or  in order to  and gain some.
 * 3) To take advantage by bluffing.
 * 4)  To give   ; to ; to
 * 1) To take advantage by bluffing.
 * 2)  To give   ; to ; to
 * 1)  To give   ; to ; to

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: bleffare,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, zablefować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: blefirati, se pretvarjati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: блефува́ти

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:, zablefować, bluffować, zabluffować
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology 2
Related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
 * 2)   A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
 * 1)   A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.

Translations

 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: chʼinágohíʼáá
 * Bulgarian: отвесен бряг
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Felsufer, , ,
 * Irish: leathaill
 * Italian:
 * Maori: matapari
 * Navajo: deezʼá
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, , отве́сный бе́рег
 * Slovene: pečina
 * Welsh:, dibyn

Adjective

 * 1) Having a broad, flattened front.
 * 2) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
 * 3) * 1769,, "Côte en écore" (entry in An Universal Dictionary of the Marine)
 * a bluff or bold shore
 * 1) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
 * 2) Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
 * 1) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
 * 2) Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
 * 1) Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

Translations

 * Finnish:

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Russian: ,

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:, ,

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: poltrig, polterig
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 3
Possibly, perhaps related to and.

Verb

 * 1) To fluff, puff or swell up.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  false expression of the strength of one's position
 * 1)  false expression of the strength of one's position

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  lie intended to deceive

Etymology
.

Etymology
. According to SO attested since 1903.

Noun

 * 1) A.
 * 2)  A.
 * 3) A.
 * 1)  A.
 * 2) A.

title: bluff


text:
blurt

Etymology
Possibly.

Verb

 * 1) To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: höläyttää,, ,
 * French:, laisser échapper
 * German: herausplatzen, ausquatschen,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 口走る
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Spanish: ,

Noun

 * 1) An abrupt outburst.

title: blurt


text:
bombast

Etymology

From, from , a variant of , from , possibly related to , from a root meaning “to twist, wind”.

Noun

 * 1)  Cotton, or cotton wool.
 * 2)  Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
 * 3)  High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
 * 1)  Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
 * 2)  High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
 * 1)  High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
 * 1)  High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
 * 1)  High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

Translations

 * Indonesian:
 * Latin: ampulla
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bombast

Verb

 * 1) To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
 * 2) To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
 * 1) To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

Translations

 * Maori: tūpererū

Adjective

 * 1) Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from , a variant of , from , of origin.

Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  ; cotton or cotton wool

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) bombastic

title: bombast


text:
bonanza

Etymology
From, from , a.

Noun

 * 1)  A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
 * 2) The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
 * 3)  Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.
 * 1)  Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: emosuoni
 * Polish:
 * Russian: бона́нца
 * Ukrainian: бонанца, золота жила

 * Russian: бона́нца

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: золота жила

Noun

 * 1) good weather

Etymology
, from, from , alteration of.

Noun

 * 1)  gold mine, lucky strike, sweet deal
 * 2)  lark, snorter
 * 1)  lark, snorter
 * 1)  lark, snorter

Etymology
From, alteration of. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  good weather
 * 2)  bloom, flourishing

title: bonanza


text:
bookish

Adjective

 * 1) Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
 * 2) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
 * 1) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
 * 1) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; lukuintoinen, kirjoihin uppoutuva
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: könyvszerető,, olvasni/tanulni szerető
 * Polish: dużo czytający
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  empollón
 * Yiddish: ביכערדיק, אָנגעלייענט

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, hivataloskodó, , , könyvszerű,
 * Japanese: 文語の
 * Marathi: पुस्तकी
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Yiddish: לומדיש

title: bookish


text:
botanical

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: батані́чны
 * Catalan:
 * Classical Nahuatl: etzapotl
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: plantufrøðiligur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: ботаникалық
 * Latvian: botānisks
 * Maori: huaota
 * Occitan: botanic
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: luibheach
 * Slovak: botanický
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, växt-
 * Tagalog: dalubhalmanin
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:

Noun

 * 1)  Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source

title: botanical


text:
botheration

Etymology
From.

Interjection

 * : bother!
 * 1) * 1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120
 * Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.
 * Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.

Noun

 * 1)  The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
 * 2) * 1803,, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696,
 * I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works [...]
 * 1)  An act of bothering or annoying.
 * 2)  A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
 * 1)  An act of bothering or annoying.
 * 2)  A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
 * 1)  A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.

title: botheration