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Lists Of English Words
The following articles list English words that share certain features in common. Lists of words With unusual spelling * English words without vowels * List of English words containing ''Q'' not followed by ''U'' * List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature By formation * List of English apocopations * List of English back-formations * List of portmanteaus * List of retronyms * List of words ending in ology * -graphy * -ism By pronunciation * List of English words without rhymes * List of the longest English words with one syllable * List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations * List of onomatopoeias By provenance * English words first attested in Chaucer * List of calques * Lists of English words by country or language of origin By part of speech * List of collective nouns * List of English copulae * List of English irregular verbs * List of eponymous adjectives in English * Post-positive adjective Regionalisms * List of American words not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Animal Names
In the English language, animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is '' The Book of Saint Albans'', an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. Generic terms The terms in this table apply to many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade. Terms by species or taxon Usage of collective nouns ''Merriam-Webster'' writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in '' The Book of Saint Albans'' were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipers. It concludes that for lexicographers, many of these don't sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Retronyms
This is a list of retronyms used in the English language. A retronym is a newer name for an existing subject, that differentiates the original form or version from a subsequent one. Retronyms are typically used as a self-explanatory adjective for a subject. Retronymic adjectives ; ''Analog'': Describes non- digital devices: * ''Analog clock'': Before digital clocks, most clocks had faces and hands. See also: Analog watch. * '' Analog drawing'': Drawing with conventional tools on a paper or canvas, as opposed to drawing on a computer using a software * ''Analog synthesizer'': Before synthesizers contained microchips, every stage of the internal electronic signal flow was analogous to a sound that would eventually be produced at the output stage, and this sound was shaped and altered as it passed through each filter and envelope. * '' Analog watch'': Before the advent of the digital watch, all watches had faces and hands. After the advent of the digital watch, watches with faces a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Irregular Verbs
This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. Past tense irregular verbs For each verb listed, the citation form (the bare infinitive) is given first, with a link to the relevant Wiktionary entry. This is followed by the simple past tense (preterite), and then the past participle. If there are irregular present tense forms (see #Present tense irregular verbs, below), these are given in parentheses after the infinitive. (The present participle and gerund forms of verbs, ending in ''-ing'', are always regular. In English, these are used as verbs, adjectives, and nouns.) In the case of English modal verbs, modal verbs the present and preterite forms are listed, since these are the only forms that exist with the present form identical for all persons. The right-hand column notes whether the verb is Germanic weak verb, weak or Germanic strong verb, strong and whether it belongs to a subclass, and links to descriptions elsewhere. Information about the development of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Copulae
This is a non-exhaustive list of copula (linguistics), copulae in the English language, i.e. words used to link the subject (grammar), subject of a sentence with a predicate (grammar), predicate (a subject complement). Because many of these copulative verbs may be used non-copulatively, examples are provided. Also, there can be other copulative verbs depending on the context and the meaning of the specific verb used. Therefore, this list is not an exhaustive one. *''wikt:act#Verb, act'' "Tom ''acted'' suspicious." *''wikt:appear, appear'' "Tom ''appears'' satisfied, but really is not." *''wikt:be, be'' "Tom ''is'' a coward." *''wikt:become, become'' (Inchoative verb, inchoative) "Tom ''became'' wealthy." *''wikt:call in, call in'' "Tom ''called in'' sick." *''wikt:come#Verb, come'' "The prediction ''came'' true;" "the belt ''came'' loose;" "the characters in the story ''come'' alive" *''wikt:come out, come out'' "It ''came out'' burnt." *''wikt:constitute, constitute'' "Verbs '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Collective Nouns
In the English language, animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is '' The Book of Saint Albans'', an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. Generic terms The terms in this table apply to many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade. Terms by species or taxon Usage of collective nouns '' Merriam-Webster'' writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in '' The Book of Saint Albans'' were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipers. It concludes that for lexicographers, many of these don't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of English Words By Country Or Language Of Origin
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin. *English words of African origin *List of English words of Afrikaans origin **List of South African English regionalisms **List of South African slang words * List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas *List of English words of Arabic origin **List of Arabic star names *List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin *List of English words of Brittonic origin *Lists of English words of Celtic origin *List of English words of Chinese origin *List of English words of Czech origin *List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) *List of English words of Dutch origin **List of English words of Afrikaans origin **List of South African slang words **List of place names of Dutch origin **Australian places with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Calques
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Words First Attested In Chaucer
English words first attested in Chaucer, or special manuscript words of Chaucer, are a set of about two thousand English words whose first use found in existing manuscripts is credited to Geoffrey Chaucer.Cannon, pp. 231–233 This does not necessarily mean that he was the person to introduce these words into English, but that the earliest extant uses of these words are found in Chaucerian manuscripts. Many of the words were already in everyday speech in 14th-century England (especially London). The claim is that these words are found for the first time in written manuscripts where he introduced them in one of his extensive works from 1374 to 1400 as the first author to use these particular words. Many of Chaucer's special manuscript words are used today: ''absent, accident, add, agree, bagpipe, border, box, cinnamon, desk, digestion, dishonest, examination, finally, flute, funeral, galaxy, horizon, infect, ingot, latitude, laxative, miscarry, nod, obscure, observe, outrageo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Onomatopoeias
This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds * Achoo, Atishoo *Chomp *Cough *Hiccup *Hum *Slurp Sounds made by devices or other objects *Awooga, or Aooga, the sound of an old-fashioned vehicle horn *Bang, the sound of an explosion or a gunshot *Beep, a high-pitched signal * Beep, beep, 1929 word for a car horn *Boom, the sound of an explosion * Ching, the sound of metal on metal *Clang, a loud vibration or collision *Clatter * Clink, the sound of glass on glass *Crackle, the sound of wood burning *Crash, the sound of a heavy object falling or colliding *Creak, the sound a door makes when opening *Ding dong, the sound of a ringing bell *Fizz, sound of effervescence *Flutter, sound of rapid motion, e.g. aeroelastic flutter *Honk, sound of a car horn; also used for the call of a goose *Kaboom, the sound of an explosion *Knock, the sound of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Names In English With Counterintuitive Pronunciations
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations, or because a better known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. The latter types are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same). Excluded are the numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation of ''Schenectady'' is not immediately obvious, but neither is it counterintuitive. See Help:IPA/English for guides to the IPA symbols used, and variations depending on dialect. Place names Boldened names indicate place names where only one part is pronounced irregularly, italicized pronunciations are uncommon. Exonyms are listed among examples. General rules Specific places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Longest English Words With One Syllable
This is a list of candidates for the longest English word of one syllable, i.e. monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123 English monosyllables published in 1957 includes three ten-letter words: ''scraunched'', ''scroonched'', and ''squirreled''. ; cited in ''Guinness World Records'' lists ''scraunched'' and ''strengthed''. Other sources include words as long or longer. Some candidates are questionable on grounds of spelling, pronunciation, or status as obsolete, nonstandard, proper noun, loanword, or nonce word. Thus, the definition of longest English word with one syllable is somewhat subjective, and there is no single unambiguously correct answer. List Proper names Some nine-letter proper names remain monosyllabic when adding a tenth letter and apostrophe to form the possessive: * Laugharne's * Scoughall's Note that both use the ough tetragraph, which can represent a wide variety of sounds in English. In his short story, " Strychnine in the Soup", P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Without Rhymes
The following is a list of English words without rhymes, called refractory rhymes—that is, a list of words in the English language that rhyme with no other English word. The word "rhyme" here is used in the strict sense, called a ''perfect rhyme'', that the words are pronounced the same from the vowel of the main stressed syllable onwards. The list was compiled from the point of view of Received Pronunciation (with a few exceptions for General American), and may not work for other accents or dialects. Multiple-word rhymes (a phrase that rhymes with a word, known as a ''phrasal'' or ''mosaic'' rhyme), self-rhymes (adding a prefix to a word and counting it as a rhyme of itself), imperfect rhymes (such as ''purple'' with ''circle''), and identical rhymes (words that are identical in their stressed syllables, such as ''bay'' and ''obey'') are often not counted as true rhymes and have not been considered. Only the list of one-syllable words can hope to be anything near complete; for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
