text:
birth

Pronunciation

 * ,, verb also:
 * ,, verb also:

Etymology 1
From (1250), from earlier, , from ,  (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), replacing 🇨🇬 (rare variant ), equivalent to  (compare also ). The Old Norse is from (compare 🇨🇬, ); 🇨🇬 is from prefixed  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
 * 2)  An instance of childbirth.
 * 3)  A beginning or start; a point of origin.
 * 4)  The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
 * 5) That which is born.
 * 1)  The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
 * 2) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.

Usage notes
Birth and childbirth: Childbirth connotes the event as it occurs to the mother, whereas birth connotes it as it occurs to the offspring. For example, "the pain of childbirth" suggests pain the mother feels, while "the pain of birth" suggests pain the baby feels. Either term can be used from an outside perspective (Fathers are more and more frequently present at the birth/at childbirth).

Translations

 * Afar: ubka
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وِلَادَة, مَوْلِد,, تَوَلُّد
 * Egyptian Arabic: ميلاد
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: amintare
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ро́ды, нараджэ́нне
 * Bengali: পয়দায়েশ
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ра́ждане,
 * Catalan: naixença,
 * Chichewa: badwa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian: sünd
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: nassince, part
 * Galician:, nacenza
 * Georgian: დაბადება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: τόκος, γένεσις
 * Haitian Creole: nesans
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: fæðing
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: kebaitan, kebayitan
 * Kazakh: туу
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لەدایکبوون
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ການເກິດ
 * Latin: nascentia, nativitas,
 * Latvian: dzemdēšana, dzemdības
 * Lithuanian: gimdymas
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: породување, раѓање
 * Malay:, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whānautanga, wherereitanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fødsel
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Saho: ubka
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рође́ње
 * Roman:, rožastvo
 * Slovak: narodenie
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sudovian: gimsenis
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:, , ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian A: cmol
 * Tocharian B: camel
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: dogluş
 * Ukrainian: поло́ги, наро́дження
 * Urdu: تولد, پیدائش, ولادت
 * Uyghur: تۇغۇلۇش
 * Uzbek: tugʻilish
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: berte

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , doğuluş
 * Belarusian: нараджэ́нне
 * Bulgarian: ра́ждане,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: naskiĝo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: part
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: τόκος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: nascentia
 * Italian:
 * Latin: nascentia, nativitas,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: породување, раѓање
 * Maori: whānautanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fødsel
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pôrod, narodenie
 * Spanish:, alumbramiento
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: наро́дження
 * Urdu: تولد, پیدائش, ولادت

 * Arabic: وِلَادَة, بدايَة
 * Armenian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, naixença
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: γένεσις
 * Interlingua: nascentia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: سەرەتا, لەدایکبوون
 * Latin:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: раѓање, зародиш, почеток
 * Maori: tīmatanga
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: zaliw
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese:, sự ra đời

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: naixença
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , sukujuuri
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: потекло, род
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: ,

 * Indonesian:
 * Latin:
 * Sindhi:,  ,
 * Telugu:

Adjective

 * 1) A familial relationship established by childbirth.
 * Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Etymology 2
From, , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To bear or give birth to (a child).
 * 2)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.

Usage notes

 * The term is much more common, especially in literal use.

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Breton:,   radical gan-
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: naski
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დაბადება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: γεννᾰ́ω
 * Guaraní:  (1)
 * Hebrew: הוֹלִיד
 * Ido: ,
 * Ingrian: synnyttää
 * Interlingua:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: مناڵبوون
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: раѓа
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: unquy
 * Romanian:
 * Sanskrit: जनति
 * Slovak: porodiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: dar a luz
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: பிறப்பை கொடு,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Tupinambá: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology 3
See.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) pimple, blemish

Etymology 2
Diminutive lengthening of.

Noun

 * 1) son, little boy

title: birth


text:
accord

Etymology
From, , borrowed from (compare modern French  and ), from , from  via suffix substitution (with ), ultimately from , and thus distantly related to 🇨🇬 (via 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
 * 2) A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
 * 3) Agreement or harmony of things in general.
 * 4)  A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
 * 5)  An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
 * 6)  An international agreement.
 * 7) Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
 * 1)  A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
 * 2)  An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
 * 3)  An international agreement.
 * 4) Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
 * 1)  An international agreement.
 * 2) Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
 * 1) Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
 * 1) Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَفَاهُم
 * Belarusian: пагадне́нне
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cebuano: panaghiuyon
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: kokkulepe
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: accordo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 협정
 * Macedonian: слога, сложност
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: зго́да

 * Belarusian: ако́рд,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: ,

 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Hindi:
 * Macedonian: согласност
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1)  To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
 * 2)  To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
 * 3)  To agree or correspond; to be in harmony;  to be concordant.
 * 4)  To agree in pitch and tone.
 * 5)  To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
 * 6)  To give consent.
 * 7)  To arrive at an agreement.
 * 1)  To agree in pitch and tone.
 * 2)  To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
 * 3)  To give consent.
 * 4)  To arrive at an agreement.
 * 1)  To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
 * 2)  To give consent.
 * 3)  To arrive at an agreement.
 * 1)  To give consent.
 * 2)  To arrive at an agreement.
 * 1)  To give consent.
 * 2)  To arrive at an agreement.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , in Übereinstimmung bringen
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: ,

 * German:, in Einklang bringen, , ,

 * Finnish: olla jotain mieltä
 * German:, , , , in Einklang stehen
 * Russian:, ,

 * Bulgarian: предлагам помощ
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology
. Compare with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) chord
 * 2) agreement
 * 3) permission, consent

Noun

 * 1)  agreement

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title: accord


text:
wolf

Etymology
From, from , , from , from , from. See also 🇨🇬, West Frisian and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬; also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬)..

Noun

 * 1) ; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
 * 2) Any of several related canines that resemble  in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
 * 3) A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
 * 4)  A wolf tone or wolf note.
 * 5)  Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
 * 6) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
 * 7) A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of, a tineid moth.
 * 8) A wolf spider.
 * 9)  An eating ulcer or sore. See.
 * 10) A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
 * 1) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
 * 2) A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of, a tineid moth.
 * 3) A wolf spider.
 * 4)  An eating ulcer or sore. See.
 * 5) A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
 * 1) A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
 * 1) A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

Verb

 * 1)  To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
 * 2)  To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
 * 3)  To hunt for wolves.
 * 1)  To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
 * 2)  To hunt for wolves.
 * 1)  To hunt for wolves.
 * 1)  To hunt for wolves.

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

Noun

 * 1) wolf

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

Noun

 * 1)  wolf

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * , undomesticated
 * 1) one of many other canids of the family, especially of the genus Canis
 * 1) one of many other canids of the family, especially of the genus Canis

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  wolf, grey wolf

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * , lupine
 * 1) terrifying person

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) wolf

Descendants

 * Udinese: ,
 * Udinese: ,
 * Udinese: ,
 * Udinese: ,
 * Udinese: ,

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) wolf

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) wolf

title: wolf


text:
craggy

Adjective

 * 1) Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, rozeklaný, ostře řezaný,
 * Finnish: louhikkoinen,, karkeapiirteinen,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: alltrach, creagach, méirscreach, sceilgeach, speancach
 * Macedonian: ска́лест, ка́рпест
 * Maori: pūtaratara
 * Norwegian: forrevet, klippefull
 * Old English: sċylfiġ
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,  , ,

title: craggy


text:
planet

Etymology
From, from , from , , from , from , of unknown origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. More at. So called because they have apparent motion, unlike the "fixed" stars. Originally including also the moon and sun but not the Earth; modern scientific sense of "world that orbits a star" is from 1630s in English. The Greek word is an enlarged form of, also "wandering star, planet", in medicine "unstable temperature."

Noun

 * 1)  Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
 * 2)  Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
 * 3)  A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
 * 1)  Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
 * 2)  A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
 * 1)  A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
 * 1)  A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Usage notes

 * The term planet originally meant any star which wandered across the sky, and generally included comets and the Sun and Moon. With the Copernican revolution, the Earth was recognized as a planet, and the Sun was seen to be fundamentally different. The Galilean satellites of Jupiter were at first called planets (satellite planets), but later reclassified along with the Moon. The first asteroids were also considered to be planets, but were reclassified when it was realized that there were a great many of them, crossing each other's orbits, in a zone where only a single planet had been expected. Likewise, Pluto was found where an outer planet had been expected, but doubts were raised when it turned out to cross Neptune's orbit and to be much smaller than the expectation required. When Eris, an outer body more massive than Pluto, was discovered, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined the word planet as above. However, a significant number of astronomers reject the IAU definition, especially in the field of planetary geology. Some are of the opinion that orbital parameters should be irrelevant, and that either any equilibrium (ellipsoidal) body in direct orbit around a star is a planet (there are likely at least a dozen such bodies in the Solar system) or that any equilibrium body at all is a planet, thus re-accepting the Moon, the Galilean satellites and other large moons as planets, as well as rogue planets.

Hypernyms

 * planemo

Etymology

 * ultimately from and.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * a

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * a

Etymology 1
Ultimately from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

title: planet


text:
star

Etymology
From, from , from , variant of , from , , from. .

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

Noun

 * 1) Any small, natural and bright dot appearing in the unobscured sky, especially in the night or twilight sky.
 * 2)  A spheroid of plasma with sufficient gravity to fuse hydrogen or heavier elements into heavier elements still. Depending on context the Sun may or may not be included.
 * 3)  A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
 * 4)  An actor in a leading role.
 * 5) An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
 * 6)  (by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
 * 7)  An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
 * 8) A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
 * 9) A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
 * 10)  A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
 * 11) A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
 * 12) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
 * 13)  A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
 * 1) A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
 * 2) A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
 * 3)  A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
 * 4) A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
 * 5) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
 * 6)  A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
 * 1) A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
 * 2) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
 * 3)  A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
 * 1) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
 * 2)  A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
 * 1)  A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.

Synonyms

 * or ,
 * or ,

Verb

 * 1)  To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
 * 2)  To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
 * 3)  To mark with a star or asterisk.
 * 4)  To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
 * 5)  To shine like a star.
 * 1)  To mark with a star or asterisk.
 * 2)  To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
 * 3)  To shine like a star.
 * 1)  To shine like a star.
 * 1)  To shine like a star.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: играя главна роля
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: ĉefroli
 * Estonian:, , peategelane, peaesineja
 * Finnish: esittää pääosaa,
 * French:, tenir le rôle principal
 * German: die Hauptrolle spielen
 * Hungarian: főszereplőként szerepel, főszerepet/sztárszerepet játszik
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: avere il ruolo principale, avere il ruolo da protagonista
 * Japanese:
 * Northern Ohlone: 'ósé
 * Portuguese: protagonizar,
 * Spanish: estelarizar,
 * Telugu:
 * Welsh:

 * Hungarian: főszereplőként szerepeltet, főszereplője

 * Estonian: tähistama, tärnima, tähtima, märkima
 * Hungarian:, csillaggal megjelöl

 * Hungarian: csillaggal díszít

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) stiff, frozen
 * 2) rigid

Etymology
..

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  celebrity

Noun

 * 1) A friend, a mate, a pal

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) veil

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be (indicates a temporary state)

Noun

 * 1) alternative form of

Etymology
..

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) old

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) old, aged

Etymology
From, present active infinitive of. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To stay or remain
 * 2)  To live (somewhere)

title: star


text:
sky

Etymology

The is derived from, , , from , from , from  (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), from.

The is derived from the noun.

The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. It is also related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also, , , ,.

Noun

 * 1) The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
 * 2) With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
 * 3)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 4)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 5)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 6)  A cloud.
 * 1) With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
 * 2)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 3)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 4)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 5)  A cloud.
 * 1) With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
 * 2)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 3)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 4)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 5)  A cloud.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 2)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 3)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 4)  A cloud.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 2)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 3)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 4)  A cloud.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
 * 2)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 3)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 4)  A cloud.
 * 1)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 2)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 3)  A cloud.
 * 1)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 2)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 3)  A cloud.
 * 1)  The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
 * 2)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 3)  A cloud.
 * 1)  In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
 * 2)  A cloud.
 * 1)  A cloud.

Usage notes
The word can be used correctly in either the or  form, but the plural is now mainly literary.

Verb

 * 1)  To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
 * 2)  To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen;  to put (something) in an undesirable place.
 * 3)  To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
 * 4) To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
 * 5)  To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
 * 6)  To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
 * 7) To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
 * 8)   To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
 * 9)  To raise an oar too high above the water.
 * 1)  To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
 * 2)  To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
 * 3) To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
 * 4)   To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
 * 5)  To raise an oar too high above the water.
 * 1) To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
 * 2)   To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
 * 3)  To raise an oar too high above the water.
 * 1)   To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
 * 2)  To raise an oar too high above the water.

Etymology 1
Possibly from, , from. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) shy

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) cloud

Etymology 3
From, from. The Danish word was probably borrowed via or, pronounced , with a regular substitution of German  with Danish.

Noun

 * 1) gravy, stock (a kind of soup)
 * 2) jelly (made of gravy)
 * 3)  aspic

Etymology 4
Possibly from, derived from the adjective.

Verb

 * 1) To shun.

Etymology
From, from. .

Noun

 * 1) The atmosphere or ; that which lies above the ground.
 * 2) A cloud or mist (mass of water droplets).
 * 3)  A certain layout or part of the sky.
 * 4)  Clouds in urine.

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) shy

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) cloud

Etymology 3
Possibly from 🇨🇬

Verb

 * 1) To avoid, shun.

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) shy

Etymology 2
From. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) cloud

Etymology 3
Possibly from 🇨🇬

Verb

 * 1) To avoid, shun.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) cloud

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight.
 * 1) daylight (especially at dawn)
 * A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise.
 * 1) skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill)
 * He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.
 * He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.

Verb

 * 1)  To clear up.
 * 2) To shade the eyes with the hand (so as to see better).
 * 3) To hold up to the light and examine.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  cloud
 * 1)  cloud
 * 1)  cloud

Usage notes
Similar to English sky in somewhat ambiguously referring to clouds in certain expressions, often in the plural. Like in English, native speakers are likely to think "sky" rather than "cloud" and unconsciously process the plural as idiomatic. The usual modern word for cloud is.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  the liquid that remains in a frying pan after the fried meat is ready

Etymology 3
From, ultimately from. Compare origin of.

Verb

 * 1) To avoid (due to fear or disgust), shun.

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obfuscate

Etymology
From, from , and the participle stem of , from +.

Verb

 * 1) To make dark; to overshadow.
 * 2) To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
 * 3)  To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
 * 1)  To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
 * 1)  To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
 * 1)  To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
 * 1)  To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 弄暗
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , dunkel machen
 * Hebrew: החשיך
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: whakauriuri, whakapōuri
 * Norwegian: formørke, overskygge
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: затемнювати, затьмарювати

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: בלבל, סיבך, הקשה
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: whakakōpekapeka, whakapōhēhē
 * Norwegian: forkludre,, tåkelegge
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: са̀крити, замрљати
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: заплутувати, збивати з пантелику

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French: ,
 * German: obfuskieren
 * Japanese: 難読化する
 * Norwegian: obfuskere
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

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can

Etymology 1
From, first and third person singular of , , from , first and third person singular of , from , from , from (whence also ). . See also:,.

Pronunciation notes

 * Some US dialects that glottalize the final /t/ in can’t, in order to differentiate can’t from can, pronounce can as even when stressed.

Verb

 * 1)  To know how to; to be able to.
 * 2)  May; to be permitted or enabled to.
 * 3)  To have the potential to; be possible.
 * 4)  To know.
 * 5) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can rimes of Robin Hood.
 * 1) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can no Latin, quod she.
 * 1)  To be.
 * 1)  May; to be permitted or enabled to.
 * 2)  To have the potential to; be possible.
 * 3)  To know.
 * 4) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can rimes of Robin Hood.
 * 1) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can no Latin, quod she.
 * 1)  To be.
 * 1)  To know.
 * 2) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can rimes of Robin Hood.
 * 1) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can no Latin, quod she.
 * 1)  To be.
 * 1) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can rimes of Robin Hood.
 * 1) * ca.1360-1387,,
 * I can no Latin, quod she.
 * 1)  To be.
 * 1)  To be.
 * 1)  To be.

Usage notes

 * For missing forms, substitute inflected forms of be able to, as:
 * I might be able to go.
 * I have been able to go, since I was seven.
 * I had been able to go before.
 * I will be able to go tomorrow.
 * The word could also suffices in many tenses. “I would be able to go” is equivalent to “I could go”, and “I was able to go” can be rendered “I could go”. (Unless there is a clear indication otherwise, “could verb” means “was able to verb”, but “could not verb” means “was/were unable to verb”.)
 * The present tense negative can not is usually contracted to cannot (more formal) or can’t (less formal).
 * The use of can in asking permission sometimes is criticized as being impolite or incorrect by those who favour the more formal alternative “may I...?”.
 * Can is sometimes used rhetorically to issue a command, placing the command in the form of a request. For instance, “Can you hand me that pen?” as a polite substitution for “Hand me that pen.”
 * Some US dialects that glottalize the final /t/ in can’t, in order to differentiate can’t from can, pronounce can as even when stressed.

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A more or less cylindrical and often metal container or vessel.
 * 2) A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
 * 3)  A chamber pot.
 * 4)  a toilet or lavatory.
 * 5) * 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * If he was going to hide out in the can, he can just stay there & sleep in the tub.
 * 1)  Buttocks.
 * 2)  Jail or prison.
 * 3)  Headphones.
 * 4)  A drinking cup.
 * 5)  A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
 * 6) A chimney pot.
 * 7)  An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
 * 8)  An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
 * 9) A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
 * 10)  The breasts of a woman.
 * 1)  Headphones.
 * 2)  A drinking cup.
 * 3)  A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
 * 4) A chimney pot.
 * 5)  An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
 * 6)  An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
 * 7) A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
 * 8)  The breasts of a woman.
 * 1)  An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
 * 2) A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
 * 3)  The breasts of a woman.
 * 1)  The breasts of a woman.

Verb

 * 1)  To seal in a can.
 * 2)  To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
 * 3)  To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
 * 4)  To shut up.
 * 5)  To fire or dismiss an employee.
 * 6)  To hole the ball.
 * 7)  To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
 * 1)  To shut up.
 * 2)  To fire or dismiss an employee.
 * 3)  To hole the ball.
 * 4)  To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
 * 1)  To hole the ball.
 * 2)  To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
 * 1)  To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
 * 1)  To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:junk
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:stop talking or Thesaurus:make silent
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:lay off

Etymology
Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) milk

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  animal

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) soul, spirit
 * 2) being, creature, life
 * 3) body
 * 4) force, vigour
 * 5) life
 * 1) force, vigour
 * 2) life
 * 1) life

Noun

 * 1)  canteen; restaurant

Noun

 * 1)  cancer

Alternative forms

 * cānin

Pronoun

 * 1) where

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dog
 * 2)  20th century 5, 10 cents of peseta coin
 * 1)  20th century 5, 10 cents of peseta coin

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

Noun

 * 1) how

Etymology 3
From, from , ultimately from *qan, contraction of *qaɣan.

Noun

 * 1) khan

Noun

 * 1) dog
 * 2) cock, hammer of a firearm

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to sing
 * 2)  to speak, talk
 * 1)  to speak, talk

Noun

 * 1) sawdust, wood shavings
 * 2) dandruff

Noun

 * 1) state, condition

Adverb

 * 1)  whence

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ; dog

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dog, male dog

Etymology
From Latin. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology
Related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) soul

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) dog, hound

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) * 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile)
 * "roa-opt"
 * "roa-opt"

- Non quereu donzela fea / E ueloſa come cam

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) when

Adverb

 * 1)  when

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) soul

Etymology
From, first and third person singular of , , from , first and third person singular of , from , from , from (whence ).

Verb

 * 1) can
 * 2) be able to

Etymology
From, from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to say
 * 2) to sing
 * 1) to sing

Usage notes

 * In most dialects of Scottish Gaelic still spoken, with the notable exception of Islay, the future and conditional tenses and the imperative form are very often used for the verb in place of the actual  forms, particularly in colloquial language; the  forms are recognised but considered Biblical or excessively formal. Some northern dialects, such as Skye and Lewis, extend this to verbal noun forms derived from, such as  and.

Etymology
. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  dog, hound

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) dried up

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) heavenly stem

Verb

 * 1) to concern; to involve

Etymology 3
.

Verb

 * 1) to dissuade
 * 2) to warn and advise someone against
 * 1) to warn and advise someone against

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) soul, life, being
 * 2) sweetheart

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  dog

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
.

Verb

 * 1) to concern; to apply to
 * 2) to be involved (in); to be implicated (in)

Etymology 3
.

Verb

 * 1) to dissuade (someone from doing something); to intervene

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) walking stick

Verb

 * 1) to join; to unite; to sew together

Etymology 6
From.

Verb

 * 1) to trace (through translucent paper), to do tracing

Noun

 * 1) sales commodity, merchandise, wares

Etymology 1
Ultimately from.

See also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) bleached, white

Noun

 * 1) flour

Etymology 2
From and, from , from , ultimately from.

Usage notes

 * This is the form the number takes when it precedes a noun.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * a

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Talk:may

May is described as an adverb here. When I started learning English about 30 years ago I was told that may is a verb, albeit a special one (to may doesn't exist). AFAIK that hasn't changed. What happened to the English language when I was not watching? :-) D.D. 20:34 Jan 1, 2003 (UTC)
 * You're right. Eclecticology

May I ask what the **** frectel and schnock mean?

Webkid 19:02, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

may
Tagged, not listed. Etym 3: verb. --Connel MacKenzie 13:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The legitimate entry would be for a-Maying, possibly in Middle English. Chaucerian. Not sure what the lemma form would be. DCDuring TALK 16:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Past tense
In what contexts is might used as the past tense of may? What I mean is: You may smoke means "you're allowed to smoke", but can you might smoke mean "you were allowed to smoke"?? I'm not saying that "might" is not a form of the verb "may". It is. But is it really the past tense?
 * "It might have been." seems to be a past tense usage. (but "It may have been." seems to convey the same meaning.) SemperBlotto (talk) 19:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Go to and look at sense 2 and 3. Ƿidsiþ 18:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

"He may be slow..."
Consider the sentence "He may be slow, but he is strong". There is no irrealis sense of possibility or probability or permission in this sentence. It is saying the person is slow, but despite that, they are strong. This use of the word "may" doesn't seem to match up with any of the definitions given... I guess it could count as "concession" under the "Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark" definition, but I feel it deserves its own entry. It seems to be used to mark a clause as contrasting with another one which is true despite it. --AndreRD (talk) 19:31, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

(formal, literary) I hope he may/might succeed
Should the following be mention? (formal, literary) I hope he may/might succeed --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:03, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * may /meɪ/ vb (past might) 6. another word for might1

moughtn't
Any reason for moughtn't not to be added? it's mentioned in mightn't --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

pragmatic strengthening
According to the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 177, You may leave now, as used in the context of a boss talking to a secretary, will be construed as an instruction, not mere permission: pragmatic strengthening. --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:00, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Water can/may still get in
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 184, reads

May is virtually excluded instead of can in water can still get in, partly by the likelihood of it being interpreted epistemically rather than dynamically.

However, I cannot grasp any different effective meaning between both versions. --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:10, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

inversion
May I say a word of thanks to all those who helped today. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/may_1 What does the subject inversion mean in this sentence? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

To be obliged
To be obliged, as where rules of construction or legal doctrine call for a specified interpretation of a word used in a law or legal document https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=may --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:21, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * (LAW) shall; must --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:52, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Might suggests a lower probability than may
Might suggests a lower probability than may because of its use in hypothetical statements that omit the conditional clause (You might get there on time can be thought of as short for If you hurried, you might). --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:08, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * You never use 'may' when you are asking if something is possible, but might/could. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:08, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Pronunciation (verb): unstressed mɛ
Unstressed mɛ --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:44, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

title: Talk:may