pension

From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not

1978, John Irving, The World According to Garp:

A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.


pension

Haitian Creole: pansyon

desc

→ Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón), пансыён (pansyjón)

→ Bulgarian: пансион (pansion)

→ German: Pension

→ Greek: πανσιόν (pansión)

→ Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پانسیون

Turkish: pansiyon

→ Romanian: pension

→ Russian: пансио́н (pansión)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: пансѝо̄н

Latin script: pansìōn

→ Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)

Inherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).


sumpit

→ Indonesian: sumpit

→ Malay: sumpit

* From Hokkien 栓筆／栓笔 (sng-pit, “holding pin”).
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *supit (“narrow, to pinch, tongs”), from Proto-Austronesian *supit (“narrow, to pinch, tongs”).


sumpit

id-noun

sumpit (first-person possessive sumpitku, second-person possessive sumpitmu, third-person possessive sumpitnya)

sumpitku (first-person possessive)
sumpitmu (possessive second-person)
sumpitnya (possessive third-person)

From Baba Malay sumpit, from Hokkien 栓筆／栓笔 (sng-pit, “holding pin”).


sumpit

ms-noun

sumpit (Jawi spelling سومڤيت, plural sumpit-sumpit, informal 1st possessive sumpitku, 2nd possessive sumpitmu, 3rd possessive sumpitnya)

سومڤيت (Jawi)
sumpit-sumpit (plural)
sumpitku (first-person informal possessive)
sumpitmu (possessive second-person)
sumpitnya (possessive third-person)

* From Baba Malay sumpit, from Hokkien 栓筆／栓笔 (sng-pit, “holding pin”).
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *supit (“narrow, to pinch, tongs”), from Proto-Austronesian *supit (“narrow, to pinch, tongs”). Doublet of sepit.


clothesline

Coordinate term: clotheshorse

Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.

A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.

(Canada, US, informal) The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.


clothesline

en-verb

clothesline (third-person singular simple present clotheslines, present participle clotheslining, simple past and past participle clotheslined)

clotheslines (present singular third-person)
clotheslining (participle present)
clotheslined (participle past)
clotheslined (past)

The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

One beast jams out its arm, as if to clothesline me, jagged claws poised to take my head off at the neck. I let my feet fall from under me, throwing my legs forward, praying for some momentum, ducking and sliding, a mad limbo to freedom.

2014, Jonathan Wood, No Hero, Titan Books, →ISBN:

"I turned around and the next thing I was taken out by this big guy. I'm not sure if he punched me or clothes-lined me," he said.

2014 February 21, “Ear-bite actor Clive Mantle was like 'big monster', court told”, in BBC News:

(Canada, US, informal, transitive) To knock (a person) over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.


police

police (nominative singular)
police (nominative plural)
police (genitive singular)
polic (genitive plural)
polici (dative singular)
policím (dative plural)
polici (accusative singular)
police (accusative plural)
police (singular vocative)
police (plural vocative)
polici (locative singular)
policích (locative plural)
policí (instrumental singular)
policemi (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech policě, from Proto-Slavic *polica.


besom

From Middle English besme, beseme, from Old English besma, besema (“besom, broom, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“broom”).

"The march of an army through a conquered country supposing it to be a highly civilized one, is a besom of destruction, whose havoc, moral and material, it would take at least a century to recover."

1851, “A Few Words about War and the Peace Congress.”, in Littell’s Living Age, volume 28, page 364:


wheelchair

→ Persian: ویلچر (vilčer)

"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."

2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 9:

A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.


בית

he:בית (מחשב)

he-noun

בַּיִת • (báyit) m (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

בַּיִת (canonical)
báyit (romanization)
בָּתִּים (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from English byte, by similarity to בַּיִת (báyit, “house”).


barbecue

Unadapted borrowing from English barbecue, from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”).


shelter

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.

An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.


dormitory

From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dorter.

She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy.

1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 150–151:

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

dorm

room for sleeping, or a building with such rooms

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.


homeless shelter

en-noun

homeless shelter (plural homeless shelters)

A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.

asunnottomien asuntola

building to provide shelter for homeless — see also night shelter

A sanctuary for the temporary housing of domesticated animals without a home.


front foot

Land is frequently sold by the front foot or by the square foot of land area.

2002, Ralph Tamper, Mastering Real Estate Mathematics, page 109:

Figures represent value of corners, for lot of average width and depth, in dollars per front foot.

2021, Richard M. Hurd, Principles of City Land Values:

(real estate) The width, in feet, of the front of a property.


flipper

From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).

cog

Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for breakfast. You always had to use the “flipper” to turn the pancakes and eggs.

2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry, page 161:


whisk

From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.
Cognates
Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”).
Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”).
The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.

He used a whisk to whip up a light and airy souffle.

A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).


Kessel

de-noun

Kessel m (strong, genitive Kessels, plural Kessel, diminutive Kesselchen n)

Kessels (genitive)
Kessel (plural)
Kesselchen (diminutive neuter)
Kessel (nominative singular)
Kessel (definite nominative plural)
Kessels (genitive singular)
Kessel (definite genitive plural)
Kessel (dative singular)
Kesseln (dative definite plural)
Kessel (accusative singular)
Kessel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kezzel, from Old High German kezzil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (“kettle”).

a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.


gunyah

Borrowed from Dharug gunya (“shelter”), first recorded 1803.

The following day we reached the main creek ; and knowing where there was a fine water-hole and native gunyahs, we went there, intending to save what was left of our flour and dried meat, for the purpose of making another attempt to reach Mount Hopeless.

1861, Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills, The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition: An Account of the Crossing the Continent of Australia from Coopers Creek to Carpentaria, page 4:

Still standing as he was, some seconds later he chuckled again to see her pass like a flash from the jungle to the gunyah. But in spite of chuckling he was afraid to advance; indeed he even avoided staring at the gunyah; and though the desire to play the faun to this nymph was in his heart, thought of flight was uppermost in his mind.

1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, unnumbered page:

We lived in humpies, or gunyahs, that the men built from tree branches, bark and leaves. Gum resin held them together. We would sleep inside the gunyahs, us children arguing for the warm place closest to Mama, a place usually kept for the youngest children.

1994, Rita Huggins, Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, page 8:

(Australia) A traditional Aboriginal dwelling made of bark and sticks.


sink

a bathroom sink sink (canonical)
sinks (plural)

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

der

transportation network
transportation network

(graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.


castelo

Kabuverdianu: kastélu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Doublet of Cacela.


spa

spa (health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring)


condominium

en-noun

condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)

condominiums (plural)
condominia (plural)

condominium
condominium (international law)

gemeenschappelijk bestuurd gebied of eigendom

համատիրության մեջ ընդգրկված շենք

building in which each unit is owned by an individual, but the grounds is owned jointly

building waarbij iedere flat individuele eigendom is maar de gronden gemeenschappelijk

(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly.

(US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.

համատիրություն

the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate

(US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.


wringer

From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.

A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle.


ulu

en-adj

ulu (comparative more ulu, superlative most ulu)

more ulu (comparative)
most ulu (superlative)

Sembawang Park is considered to be one of the country's most ulu spots because of its comparative isolation, and it was almost empty.

2007, Neil Humphreys, Complete Notes from Singapore: The Omnibus Edition, page 157:

Just pretend you're walking in a more ulu part of Botanic Gardens.

2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene xii, page 51:

(colloquial, Singapore) Remote; deserted


covers

It's time to get under the covers!

The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.


pillow

en-noun

pillow (countable and uncountable, plural pillows)

→ Maori: pera

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.

suf

The appearance of the entire tomb is as if the warrior had seen the vision of Christ in his dying moments, and had fallen back peacefully upon his pillow, with his eyes still turned to it, and his hands clasped in prayer.

1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § LVII, page 74:

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

ахчы

Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow.

(engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.

(nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.


sarcophagus

en-noun

sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses or (rare) sarcophagusses)

sarcophagi (plural)
sarcophaguses (plural)
sarcophagusses (plural rare)

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/

/sɑɹˈkɑfəɡəs/

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/

/sɑɹˈkɑfəɡaɪ/

Assos
Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Egyptian Museum
Frankfurt Main Cemetery
Franz Adickes

The noun is borrowed from Latin sarcophagus (“grave; sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”), from Ancient Greek σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος (sarkophágos, “sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”) (so named from λῐ́θος σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος (líthos sarkophágos, literally “flesh-eating stone”) a type of limestone found at Assos in Troas (now Behramkale, Turkey) thought to consume the flesh of corpses, and thus used to make coffins), from σαρκός (sarkós) (the genitive form of σάρξ (sárx, “flesh; body”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to carve; to cut off, trim”)) + -φάγος (-phágos, suffix meaning ‘eater (of); eating’) (from ἔφαγον (éphagon, “to devour, eat”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot, distribute; to divide”)).
The plural form sarcophagi is borrowed from Latin sarcophagī.
The verb is derived from the noun.

ref

From the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.

nb...

Containing Numerous Designs for Dwellings, from the Cottage to the Villa, Including Farm Houses, Farmeries, and Other Agricultural Buildings; Several Designs for Country Inns, Public Houses, and Parochial Schools; with the Requisite Fittings-up, Fixtures, and Furniture; and Appropriate Offices, Gardens, and Garden Scenery; Each Design Accompanied by Analytical and Critical Remarks, Illustrative of the Principles of Architectural Science and Taste of which It is Composed. 􂀿...􂁀 Illustrated by More than Two Thousand Engravings; the Designs by Upwards of Fifty Different Architects, Surveyors, Builders, Upholsterers, Cabinet-makers, Landscape-gardeners, and Others, of whom a List is Given. A New Edition, with Numerous Corrections, and with Many of the Plates Re-engraved.

at the Architectural Library, High Holborn.

ref

From J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon (1839) “Of the Furniture of Villas”, in An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture; […], new edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, and sold by John Weale, […], →OCLC, book III (Designs for Villas, with Various Degrees of Accommodation, and in Different Styles of Architecture), figure 1873, page 1045.

der

Near unto Aſſos, a citie in Troas, there is found in the quarries a certaine ſtone called Sarcophagus, vvhich runneth in a direct veine, and is apt to be cloven and ſo cut out of the rocke by flakes: The reaſon of the name is this, becauſe that vvithin the ſpace of fortie daies it is knovvne for certain to conſume the bodies of the dead vvhich are beſtovved therein, skin, fleſh, and bone, all ſave the teeth.

1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVI.] Of Certaine Stones which will Quickly Consume the Bodies that be Laid therein. Of Others Againe that Preserve Them a Long Time. Of the Stone Called Assius, and the Medicinable Properties thereof.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 587:

His Entrails are like the Sarcophagus, that devours dead Bodies in a ſmall Space, […]

a. 1681 (date written), Samuel Butler, “A Glutton”, in R[obert] Thyer, editor, The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1759, →OCLC, page 461:

(obsolete except Ancient Greece, historical) A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.


householder

From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).

semantic loan

towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant

1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 12, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:


housing

en-noun

housing (countable and uncountable, plural housings)

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”); compare Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”).

She lives in low-income housing.


скамейка

ru-noun+

скаме́йка • (skaméjka) f inan (genitive скаме́йки, nominative plural скаме́йки, genitive plural скаме́ек, diminutive скаме́ечка)

скаме́йка (canonical)
skaméjka (romanization)
скаме́йки (genitive)
скаме́йки (nominative plural)
скаме́ек (genitive plural)
скаме́ечка (diminutive)
скаме́йка (nominative singular)
скаме́йки (nominative plural)
скаме́йки (genitive singular)
скаме́ек (genitive plural)
скаме́йке (dative singular)
скаме́йкам (dative plural)
скаме́йку (accusative singular)
скаме́йки (accusative plural)
скаме́йкой (instrumental singular)
скаме́йкою (instrumental singular)
скаме́йками (instrumental plural)
скаме́йке (prepositional singular)
скаме́йках (plural prepositional)

→ Yakut: ыскамыайка (ıskamıayka)

Ru-скамейка.ogg


tableware

en-noun

tableware (countable and uncountable, plural tablewares)

The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.


bagwash

(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.


crockery

crockery (usually uncountable, plural crockeries)

From crocker (“(obsolete) potter”) + -ery (suffix with the sense ‘a class, group, or collection of’ forming nouns). Crocker is derived from crock (“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”) + -er (suffix attached to nouns indicating persons whose occupations are indicated by the nouns); crock is from Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *growg- (“vessel”).

suffix

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

breekware

dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from


officer

English: officer

Scots: offisher

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Latin officiārius; equivalent to office + -er.

An official or officeholder; the holder of a prominent office or position.

A municipal, local or societal official or officeholder.

A religious or ecclesiastical official or officeholder.

(rare) One who supervises or organises jousting.


household

From Middle English houshold, equivalent to house + hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).

cog

Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.


stupa

stȕpa (canonical feminine)
сту̏па (Cyrillic)
stupa (nominative singular)
stupe (nominative plural)
stupe (genitive singular)
stupa (genitive plural)
stupi (dative singular)
stupama (dative plural)
stupu (accusative singular)
stupe (accusative plural)
stupo (singular vocative)
stupe (plural vocative)
stupi (locative singular)
stupama (locative plural)
stupom (instrumental singular)
stupama (instrumental plural)

A mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).

An application with a hollow vessel to poss cloth, such as a fulling mill.


banc

→ Breton: bank

→ English: banc

→ Romanian: bancă

→ Sango: bâan

→ Turkish: bank

From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.

bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)


villa

→ Persian: ویلا (vilâ)

Borrowed from Italian villa. Doublet of ville.


villa

villák (plural)
villa (nominative singular)
villák (nominative plural)
villát (accusative singular)
villákat (accusative plural)
villának (dative singular)
villáknak (dative plural)
villával (instrumental singular)
villákkal (instrumental plural)
villáért (causal-final singular)
villákért (causal-final plural)
villává (singular translative)
villákká (plural translative)
villáig (singular terminative)
villákig (plural terminative)
villaként (essive-formal singular)
villákként (essive-formal plural)
villában (inessive singular)
villákban (inessive plural)
villán (singular superessive)
villákon (plural superessive)
villánál (adessive singular)
villáknál (adessive plural)
villába (illative singular)
villákba (illative plural)
villára (singular sublative)
villákra (plural sublative)
villához (allative singular)
villákhoz (allative plural)
villából (elative singular)
villákból (elative plural)
villáról (delative singular)
villákról (delative plural)
villától (ablative singular)
villáktól (ablative plural)
villáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
villáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
villáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
villákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
villám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
villáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
villád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
villáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
villája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
villái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
villánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
villáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
villátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
villáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
villájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
villáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian vile.

Coordinate term: kés


villa

From Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”).

villa (a house, larger and more expensive than average)


vanity

en-noun

vanity (countable and uncountable, plural vanities)

From va(i)n + -ity, from Middle English vanite, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from vānus, whence English vain. Doublet of vanitas.

A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.


spatula

spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)

spatulas (plural)
spatulae (plural)
spatulæ (plural)

/ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/

/ˈspæt͡ʃələ/

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.

der

(cooking) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.


dressing table

A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks.

مِزْيَنَة

low table equipped with mirror for dressing and makeup


cabinet

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.
In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

The executive branch of Kentucky state government is structured on a program cabinet system consisting of 14 program cabinets, each headed by a secretary, who is appointed by the Governor. The program cabinets listed below and the agencies within each cabinet are designated in the statutes.

2003, A Handbook for Gubernatorial Transition in Kentucky, Legislative Research Commission, page 49:

(politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

(Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.

cabinet agency

One of Rhode Island's most famous beverages is the Awful Awful, an enormous 32-ounce, rich, creamy milk shake sold at the Newport Creamery stores, a soda fountain and casual restaurant chain. This ultra-thick cabinet is "awful big and awful good," thus the name.

2012, Linda Beaulieu, Providence & Rhode Island Cookbook: Big Recipes from the Smallest State, page 268:

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, / The rural song of careful Colinet.

1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:

(obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.


cooker

→ Welsh: cwcer

From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked).

For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.

2004, Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain, page 94:


cootie

Diminutive of cood possibly influenced by kittie (“a large washing-chamber”).

(obsolete) A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use.


cootie

a cootie hen

Ye cootie moorcocks


hooch

Borrowed from Japanese 家(うち) (uchi, “house”).

Burn the hooches.

2022 December 6, Avatar: The Way of Water, spoken by Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang):

(Vietnam War-era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.


benko

Borrowed from Esperanto benko, English bench, French banc, German Bank, Italian banco, Spanish banco, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. The initial vowel e was chosen instead of a so not to cause confusion with banko (“bank”).


breto

eo-head

breto (accusative singular breton, plural bretoj, accusative plural bretojn)

breton (accusative singular)
bretoj (plural)
bretojn (accusative plural)

Borrowed from German Brett (“board, plank”) and Yiddish ברעט (bret, “board”). Related to bordo.

Bonvolu meti la ŝlosilojn sur la breton en la kuirejo.

Please place the keys on the shelf in the kitchen.


buc

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

der

(furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially


bani

eo-head

bani (present banas, past banis, future banos, conditional banus, volitive banu)

banas (present)
banis (past)
banos (future)
banus (conditional)
banu (volitive)
banas (present)
banis (past)
banos (future)
bananta (active participle present singular)
banantaj (active participle plural present)
baninta (active participle past singular)
banintaj (active participle past plural)
banonta (active future participle singular)
banontaj (active future participle plural)
banantan (accusative active participle present singular)
banantajn (accusative active participle plural present)
banintan (accusative active participle past singular)
banintajn (accusative active participle past plural)
banontan (accusative active future participle singular)
banontajn (accusative active future participle plural)
banata (participle passive present singular)
banataj (participle passive plural present)
banita (participle passive past singular)
banitaj (participle passive past plural)
banota (future participle passive singular)
banotaj (future participle passive plural)
banatan (accusative participle passive present singular)
banatajn (accusative participle passive plural present)
banitan (accusative participle passive past singular)
banitajn (accusative participle passive past plural)
banotan (accusative future participle passive singular)
banotajn (accusative future participle passive plural)
bananto (active noun-from-verb participle present singular)
banantoj (active noun-from-verb participle plural present)
baninto (active noun-from-verb participle past singular)
banintoj (active noun-from-verb participle past plural)
banonto (active future noun-from-verb participle singular)
banontoj (active future noun-from-verb participle plural)
bananton (accusative active noun-from-verb participle present singular)
banantojn (accusative active noun-from-verb participle plural present)
baninton (accusative active noun-from-verb participle past singular)
banintojn (accusative active noun-from-verb participle past plural)
banonton (accusative active future noun-from-verb participle singular)
banontojn (accusative active future noun-from-verb participle plural)
banato (noun-from-verb participle passive present singular)
banatoj (noun-from-verb participle passive plural present)
banito (noun-from-verb participle passive past singular)
banitoj (noun-from-verb participle passive past plural)
banoto (future noun-from-verb participle passive singular)
banotoj (future noun-from-verb participle passive plural)
banaton (accusative noun-from-verb participle passive present singular)
banatojn (accusative noun-from-verb participle passive plural present)
baniton (accusative noun-from-verb participle passive past singular)
banitojn (accusative noun-from-verb participle passive past plural)
banoton (accusative future noun-from-verb participle passive singular)
banotojn (accusative future noun-from-verb participle passive plural)
banante (active adverbial participle present)
baninte (active adverbial participle past)
banonte (active adverbial future participle)
banate (adverbial participle passive present)
banite (adverbial participle passive past)
banote (adverbial future participle passive)
bani (infinitive)
banu (imperative)
banus (conditional)


armchair

/ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/

Meronym: arm

There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had also emerged some Indian clubs,[…]; and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 184:

[…] when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.

1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner:

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

leunstoel

a chair with supports for the arms or elbows


armchair

/ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/

armchair travels

These days I'm an armchair detective.

Armchair tourists who are used to travelling the globe with Google Earth can now use the same technology to crawl all over the masterpieces in one of the world's most famous galleries: the Prado.

2009 January 13, Giles Tremlett, “Google Earth brings masterpieces from Prado museum direct to armchair art lovers”, in The Guardian:

My point here is not that these new armchair soldiers are to be criticized for failing in their moral responsibilities. My point is rather that while drones are to be applauded for keeping these soldiers out of harm’s way physically, we would do well to remember that they do not keep them out of harm’s way morally or psychologically.

2013 March 17, John Kaag, “Drones, Ethics and the Armchair Soldier”, in New York Times Opinionator:

E-petitions have turned us all into armchair activists, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

2015 April 11, Bridget Christie, “We’re a nation of armchair activists – what’s wrong with that?”, in The Guardian:

Armchair Investigators at Front of British Inquiry Into Spy Poisoning [title]

2018 October 9, Michael Schwirtz, Ellen Barry, “Armchair Investigators at Front of British Inquiry Into Spy Poisoning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.

He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog.

After the game, the armchair quarterbacks talked about what they would have done differently to win.

If and when Ms. Cheney decides to marry, it will be interesting to see who offers best wishes, who offers armchair psychoanalysis, and who minds his own business.

2005 April 17, Patrick D. Healy, “Gay Republicans Soldier On, One Skirmish at a Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Judith Collins, who is New Zealand's first female defence minister, said she was appalled to see a "deeply concerning misogynistic narrative" online from "armchair admirals, people who will never have to make decisions which mean life or death for their subordinates".

2024 November 10, “New Zealand defence minister says a navy ship didn't sink because its captain was a woman”, in Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

(figuratively, derogatory) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.


armchair

en-verb

armchair (third-person singular simple present armchairs, present participle armchairing, simple past and past participle armchaired)

armchairs (present singular third-person)
armchairing (participle present)
armchaired (participle past)
armchaired (past)

/ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/

Research for program's subject matter is like mining gold. The more raw material we have, the more likely we are going to find gold nuggets. But this step is often overlooked and a program is "armchaired" from the office of the vice-president or vice-president of sales.

1966, Sales Management - Volume 97, Issues 8-14, page 31:

The very serious question is then raised as to whether reasonable and logical distractors can be "armchaired" or whether the practice of administering a question in open-end format to obtain logical distractors is a better procedure.

1970, Carmen J. Finley, Frances S. Berdie, The national assessment approach to exercise development, page 84:

We think it makes sense to generate interventions empirically by finding out how couples deal with conflict, rather than by armchairing interventions.

1976, John Mordechai Gottman, A couple's guide to communication, page xxv:

MBTI has four different variables, each of which has two possible values. This could be interpreted as an implicit claim that there are four dimensions to personality, and only two types of personality within each dimension. And Myers and Briggs had no basis on which to make such a claim and just sort of armchaired it. Interpreted that way, the theory is pseudoscientific and dumb.

2014 May 27, Scott Alexander, “On Types Of Typology”, in Slate Star Codex:

To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.

In past years, we administered this questionnaire and gave the results to the president who sat at a conference table with top management and armchaired some answers.

1968, Daniel C. Pfannstiel, Barbara H. Matthews, Cooperative extension organization and administration:

Briefly it may be stated: Operations come first; concepts follow; theory aims at developing concepts, from operations, plus a nomological network for those concepts, which explains the structure of the data obtained through those operations. And this does not exclude the theorist from doing some 'armchairing' in thinking about logically consistent models, their empirical pentialities, their assumptions and their implications; he may, and usually will, venture some possible empirical interpretations of a model, but in doing so he will carefully avoid any substantive (nonformal) pre-operational definition of a concept or construct.

1976, Dato N De Gruijter, Leo J. Th. van der Kamp, Advances in Psychological and Educational Measurement, page 113:

Even before the Glasses had arrived in New Guinea, two American anthropologists at Tulane University, Ann and J. L. Fischer, had armchaired a connection between kuru and cannibalism by working their way through the findings of a team of anthropologists who had studied the Fore in the early 1950s, Ronald and Catherine Berndt, as well as the many papers on kuru that Gajdusek, Zigas and various Australian investigators had published.

To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.


wigwam

wigwam (nominative singular)
wigwamy (nominative plural)
wigwamu (genitive singular)
wigwamów (genitive plural)
wigwamowi (dative singular)
wigwamom (dative plural)
wigwam (accusative singular)
wigwamy (accusative plural)
wigwamem (instrumental singular)
wigwamami (instrumental plural)
wigwamie (locative singular)
wigwamach (locative plural)
wigwamie (singular vocative)
wigwamy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English wigwam, from Abenaki wigwôm or Penobscot wigwom, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi.


MLS

en-noun

MLS (countable and uncountable, plural MLSs)

multiple listing service
w:multiple listing service

(US, real estate) Initialism of multiple listing service.


GFE

GFE (countable and uncountable, plural GFEs)

(Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage.

As usual, that broker's GFE was off by more than 30% from the final cost.

(real estate) Initialism of good-faith estimate.


louche

A dialectal (Norman-Picard) form of Old French louce, loce, from Old Frankish *lōtija, from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō. Cognate with Dutch loet (“a tool to scrape or shovel”). More at loot.


divan

Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Iranian Persian دیوان (divân), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans). Doublet of dewan, douane, and diwaniya.

der

Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.

1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business:

A couch or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure.


divan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân).


divan

divan (nominative singular)
divanlar (nominative plural)
divannıñ (genitive singular)
divanlarnıñ (genitive plural)
divanğa (dative singular)
divanlarğa (dative plural)
divannı (accusative singular)
divanlarnı (accusative plural)
divanda (locative singular)
divanlarda (locative plural)
divandan (ablative singular)
divanlardan (ablative plural)

Probably from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Persian دیوان (divân).


divan

divan (nominative singular)
divany (nominative plural)
divanu (genitive singular)
divanů (genitive plural)
divanu (dative singular)
divanům (dative plural)
divan (accusative singular)
divany (accusative plural)
divane (singular vocative)
divany (plural vocative)
divaně (locative singular)
divanu (locative singular)
divanech (locative plural)
divanem (instrumental singular)
divany (instrumental plural)


divan

→ English: divan

→ German: Diwan

→ Portuguese: divã

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).


divan

divane (plural)
divan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
divanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
divane (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
divanele (accusative definite nominative plural)
divan (indefinite singular)
divanului (definite singular)
divane (indefinite plural)
divanelor (definite plural)
divanule (singular vocative)
divanelor (plural vocative)


divan

dìvān (canonical masculine)
дѝва̄н (Cyrillic)
divan (nominative singular)
divani (nominative plural)
divana (genitive singular)
divana (genitive plural)
divanu (dative singular)
divanima (dative plural)
divan (accusative singular)
divane (accusative plural)
divane (singular vocative)
divani (plural vocative)
divanu (locative singular)
divanima (locative plural)
divanom (instrumental singular)
divanima (instrumental plural)


bantal

id-noun

bantal (plural bantal-bantal, first-person possessive bantalku, second-person possessive bantalmu, third-person possessive bantalnya)

bantal-bantal (plural)
bantalku (first-person possessive)
bantalmu (possessive second-person)
bantalnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay bantal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bandal.

pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)


bantal

ms-noun

bantal (Jawi spelling بنتل, plural bantal-bantal, informal 1st possessive bantalku, 2nd possessive bantalmu, 3rd possessive bantalnya)

بنتل (Jawi)
bantal-bantal (plural)
bantalku (first-person informal possessive)
bantalmu (possessive second-person)
bantalnya (possessive third-person)


bread knife

A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.


hassock

From Old English hassoc, of uncertain origin.

At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book.

1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 357:

A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.


レンジ

(cooking) a cooker, a range, an oven or the like


ottoman

en-noun

ottoman (countable and uncountable, plural ottomans)

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From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.

1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act III, page 144:

(furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.

This ottoman is set on casters, and is a great convenience for holding articles, while serving also as a seat.

1869, Catherine E. Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home:

(furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.


ottoman

ottomanen (definite singular)
ottomaner (indefinite plural)
ottomanene (definite plural)

2011, "Brødrene fra Iron House" by John Hart (translated by Christian Rugstad), Font Forlag AS →ISBN https://books.google.no/books?id=8rN7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT424&lpg=PT424&dq=%22ottomanen%22&source=bl&ots=N4pKjtU-RO&sig=7ssb8kx1OmtNQdeYbfFIr-WytGI&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhtbD9hsTZAhWhAcAKHb1CDsUQ6AEIRDAG#v=onepage&q=%22ottomanen%22&f=false
Michael sparket ottomanen til side, tok et skritt fram og rev geværet ut av hendene hennes.

Michael kicked the ottoman to the side, took a stride forward and tore the gun out of her hands.

an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)


ottoman

ottomanen (definite singular)
ottomanar (indefinite plural)
ottomanane (definite plural)


ottoman

ottoman (indefinite nominative singular)
ottomans (genitive indefinite singular)
ottomanen (definite nominative singular)
ottomanens (definite genitive singular)
ottomaner (indefinite nominative plural)
ottomaners (genitive indefinite plural)
ottomanerna (definite nominative plural)
ottomanernas (definite genitive plural)

(furniture) an ottoman (sofa without arms or a back)


footstool

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In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 183:

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.


swab

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber ("scrubber, mop, swab")

der

(medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.

тампон

a small piece of soft, absorbent material

A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.


turner

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).

A kitchen utensil used for turning food.


credenza

→ German: Kredenz

→ English: credenza

→ Maltese: gredenza, gradenza

From Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. By surface analysis, credere + -enza.
Furniture sense is by similarity with small church table hosting paten, chalice and spoon during Communion.

(furniture) sideboard, cupboard, hutch, abacus (church furniture)


armoire

q

via <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">le armoire</i>

Louisiana Creole: larmwa (via le armoire)

Seychellois Creole: larmwar (via le armoire)

→ English: armoire

Sicilian: armuarra, muarra

Inherited from Old French armaire, aumaire, borrowed from Latin armārium, from arma (“weapons, tools”).

wardrobe (British), closet (US), a cabinet, taller than it is wide, for storing things.


unan

[ˈʔuː.n̪ɐn̪]

From ulunan with elision of /l/, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun-an (“place where one rests the head: wooden headrest”). Compare Ilongot unan, Kapampangan ulnan, Bikol Central ulunan, Cebuano unlan, Hiligaynon ulunan, Waray-Waray ulunan, Maranao olonan, Higaonon uluna, Tausug ūan, and Malagasy ondana.

inh

Mayroon ka pang isang unan?


wooden spoon

(US, university slang, dated) The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.


apriscatole

Verb-object compound, composed of apri (“to open”) + scatole (“cans, tins”).


forma

pl-noun

forma f (diminutive foremka, related adjective formowy)

foremka (diminutive)
formowy (adjective)
forma (nominative singular)
formy (nominative plural)
formy (genitive singular)
form (genitive plural)
formie (dative singular)
formom (dative plural)
formę (accusative singular)
formy (accusative plural)
formą (instrumental singular)
formami (instrumental plural)
formie (locative singular)
formach (locative plural)
formo (singular vocative)
formy (plural vocative)

→ Kashubian: fòrma

cast, mold, cake tin (kitchenware used for shaping batter or something similar)


salt shaker

A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.


sweeper

From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).

(regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.


orphanage

en-noun

orphanage (countable and uncountable, plural orphanages)

/ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/

Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

jetimore

a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans

(obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.


washing machine

washing machine (plural washing machines)

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A machine, usually automatic, that washes clothes, etc.


washstand

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(furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing.


laud

laua (genitive)
lauda (partitive)
laud (nominative singular)
lauad (nominative plural)
laud (accusative nominative singular)
lauad (accusative nominative plural)
laua (accusative genitive singular)
lauad (accusative genitive plural)
laua (genitive singular)
laudade (genitive plural)
lauda (partitive singular)
laudu (partitive plural)
laudasid (partitive plural)
lauda (illative singular)
lauasse (illative singular)
laudadesse (illative plural)
lauas (inessive singular)
laudades (inessive plural)
lauast (elative singular)
laudadest (elative plural)
lauale (allative singular)
laudadele (allative plural)
laual (adessive singular)
laudadel (adessive plural)
laualt (ablative singular)
laudadelt (ablative plural)
lauaks (singular translative)
laudadeks (plural translative)
lauani (singular terminative)
laudadeni (plural terminative)
lauana (essive singular)
laudadena (essive plural)
lauata (abessive singular)
laudadeta (abessive plural)
lauaga (comitative singular)
laudadega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *lauta, possibly from Proto-Germanic *flauþ or *flaut. Compare Swedish flöte. Also compare Lithuanian plautas and Latvian plauts.


highchair

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An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.


замок

zamok (romanization)
замок (nominative singular)
замок-влак (nominative plural)
замокым (accusative singular)
замок-влакым (accusative plural)
замокын (genitive singular)
замок-влакын (genitive plural)
замоклан (dative singular)
замок-влаклан (dative plural)
замокге (comitative singular)
замок-влакге (comitative plural)
замокла (comparative singular)
замок-влакла (comparative plural)
замокышто (inessive singular)
замок-влакыште (inessive plural)
замокыш (illative singular)
замок-влакыш (illative plural)
замокышко (illative singular)
замок-влакышке (illative plural)
замокеш (lative singular)
замок-влакеш (lative plural)
замокем (first-person possessive singular)
замокна (first-person plural possessive)
замокет (possessive second-person singular)
замокда (plural possessive second-person)
замокшо (possessive singular third-person)
замокышт (plural possessive third-person)

mhr-decl-noun-table

замок-влакым

замок-влакын

замок-влаклан

замок-влакге

замок-влакла

замок-влакыште

замок-влакыш

замок-влакышке

замок-влакеш


замок

zamok (romanization)
замоци (plural)
замок (indefinite singular)
замоци (indefinite plural)
замокот (definite singular unspecified)
замоците (definite plural unspecified)
замоков (definite proximal singular)
замоциве (definite plural proximal)
замокон (definite distal singular)
замоцине (definite distal plural)
замоку (singular vocative)
замоци (plural vocative)
замока (count-form plural)


bolster

From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).

cog

And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

["]Don't you know how [Joseph Mallord William] Turner spoils his pictures by introducing a man like a bolster in the foreground? Well, in actual life every landscape is spoilt by men of worse shapes still." / "You sound like a bolster with the stuffing out." They laughed.

1907 April, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter VII, in The Longest Journey, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I (Cambridge), page 88:

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.


bolster

English: bolster

Scots: bowster, bouster, boster

From Old English bolster, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz.

A soft stuffed bag to lie or lean on; a cushion or pillow.


winkle-picker

[The girl] informed me that […] I had no right to wander at will upon the winkle-beds! Her brother, said she, was the watcher over this particular part of the Whitstable fishing-ground, beyond which he was the champion winkle-picker of the neighbourhood!

1908, W. Percival Westell, chapter 6, in The Story of the Sea and the Seashore, London: Robert Culley, page 199:

The most inveterate beachcomber and by far the speediest winkle picker in the village was ‘Euan, the son of Euan, the son of Euan’, the Gaelic pronunciation of whose name approximated to a long drawn-out yawn.

1961, Lillian Beckwith, “Beachcombing”, in The Sea for Breakfast, London: Arrow Books, published 1968, page 75:

the first piece of writing he had ever done [was] a starkly rhymed description of his boyhood as a winkle-picker on the Welsh coast

1967, Richard Condon, chapter 1, in The Ecstasy Business, New York: Dial, page 7:

Annie-John, the winkle picker, in men’s boots and a man’s overcoat went by with an empty bucket.

2011, Dermot Healy, chapter 46, in Long Time, No See,, London: Faber and Faber, page 424:

(UK, Ireland) A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.


sponge bath

A type of bathing, usually conducted in hospitals, which involves washing someone with a sponge. Usually the person being washed is bed-ridden.


boatswain's chair

en-noun

boatswain's chair (plural boatswain's chairs)

(nautical) A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work.

puosuntuoli

rope and board for painting side of ship


fee simple

Sir, for a Cardceue he will ſell the fee-ſimple of his ſaluation, the inheritance of it, and cut th’ intaile from all remainders, and a perpetuall ſucceſsion for it perpetually.

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 248, column 2:

It had never occurred to me that a parson has no fee-simple in the house and glebe he occupies.

1787, William Cowper, letter, 19 October

(law) The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.

永久產權

The rights and privileges of private ownership of property particularly real estate

fee simple subject to condition subsequent

fee simple subject to executory interest

fee simple subject to executory limitation


whirlpool

From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool.

1995, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 21, number 6, page 56:


leasehold

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-leasehold.wav

term of years absolute
term of years absolute

(property law) Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant.


freehold

freehold (countable and uncountable, plural freeholds)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-freehold.wav

(property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.


dwelling

From Middle English dwellynge, dwellyng (“delay, continuance, abode”). More at dwell.

The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.

For Philip's dwelling fronted on the street, / The latest house to landward; but behind, / With one small gate that open'd on the waste, / Flourish'd a little garden square and wall'd; [...]

1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:

He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 9:

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.


trivet

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).

They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.

A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.


rasp

nl-noun

rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)

raspen (plural)
raspje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: raspru

→ Papiamentu: raspu, rasp

16th century, from Middle French raspe, from Old French raspe (“steel file”); see modern French râper (“to grate”).


stool

en-noun

stool (countable and uncountable, plural stools)

From Middle English stool, stole, stol, from Old English stōl (“chair, seat, throne”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (“chair”) (compare West Frisian stoel, Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, Swedish/Norwegian/Danish stol, Finnish tuoli, Estonian tool), from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los (compare Lithuanian stálas, Russian стол (stol, “table”), Russian стул (stul, “chair”), Serbo-Croatian stol (“table”), Slovene stol (“chair”), Albanian kështallë (“crutch”), Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall”)), from *steh₂- (“to stand”). More at stand.
The medical use derives from sense 2 (seat used for defecation).

cog

A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

(now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.


cauldron

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera.
The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 143, column 2:

[…] I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses … […]

1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Raincoast Books, →ISBN, page 102:

Large cauldrons are a little tricky to locate, but are well worth the search if you have a place to safely store and use one.

2004, Carl Neal, The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools, Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, →ISBN:

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.


დივანი

divani (romanization)
დივნები (plural)
დივანი (nominative singular)
დივნები (nominative plural)
დივანნი (archaic nominative plural)
დივანმა (ergative singular)
დივნებმა (ergative plural)
დივანთ (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთ (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
დივანს (dative singular)
დივანს (dative singular)
დივანსაs) (dative singular)
დივანსაsa) (dative singular)
დივნებს (dative plural)
დივნებს (dative plural)
დივნებსაs) (dative plural)
დივნებსაsa) (dative plural)
დივანთ (archaic dative plural)
დივანთ (archaic dative plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic dative plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic dative plural)
დივნის (genitive singular)
დივნის (genitive singular)
დივნისაs) (genitive singular)
დივნისაsa) (genitive singular)
დივნების (genitive plural)
დივნების (genitive plural)
დივნებისაs) (genitive plural)
დივნებისაsa) (genitive plural)
დივანთ (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთ (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
დივნით (instrumental singular)
დივნით (instrumental singular)
დივნითაt) (instrumental singular)
დივნითაta) (instrumental singular)
დივნებით (instrumental plural)
დივნებით (instrumental plural)
დივნებითაt) (instrumental plural)
დივნებითაta) (instrumental plural)
დივნად (adverbial singular)
დივნად (adverbial singular)
დივნადაd) (adverbial singular)
დივნადაda) (adverbial singular)
დივნებად (adverbial plural)
დივნებად (adverbial plural)
დივნებადაd) (adverbial plural)
დივნებადაda) (adverbial plural)
დივანო (singular vocative)
დივნებო (plural vocative)
დივანნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
დივანზე (singular)
დივნებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
დივანთან (singular)
დივნებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
დივანში (singular)
დივნებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
დივანივით (singular)
დივნებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
დივნისთვის (singular)
დივნებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
დივნისებრ (singular)
დივნებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
დივნისკენ (singular)
დივნებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
დივნისგან (singular)
დივნებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
დივნიდან (singular)
დივნებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
დივნითურთ (singular)
დივნებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
დივნამდე (singular)
დივნებამდე (plural)


დივანი

divani (romanization)
დივანები (plural)
დივანი (nominative singular)
დივანები (nominative plural)
დივანნი (archaic nominative plural)
დივანმა (ergative singular)
დივანებმა (ergative plural)
დივანთ (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთ (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
დივანს (dative singular)
დივანს (dative singular)
დივანსაs) (dative singular)
დივანსაsa) (dative singular)
დივანებს (dative plural)
დივანებს (dative plural)
დივანებსაs) (dative plural)
დივანებსაsa) (dative plural)
დივანთ (archaic dative plural)
დივანთ (archaic dative plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic dative plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic dative plural)
დივანის (genitive singular)
დივანის (genitive singular)
დივანისაs) (genitive singular)
დივანისაsa) (genitive singular)
დივანების (genitive plural)
დივანების (genitive plural)
დივანებისაs) (genitive plural)
დივანებისაsa) (genitive plural)
დივანთ (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთ (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
დივანთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
დივანით (instrumental singular)
დივანით (instrumental singular)
დივანითაt) (instrumental singular)
დივანითაta) (instrumental singular)
დივანებით (instrumental plural)
დივანებით (instrumental plural)
დივანებითაt) (instrumental plural)
დივანებითაta) (instrumental plural)
დივანად (adverbial singular)
დივანად (adverbial singular)
დივანადაd) (adverbial singular)
დივანადაda) (adverbial singular)
დივანებად (adverbial plural)
დივანებად (adverbial plural)
დივანებადაd) (adverbial plural)
დივანებადაda) (adverbial plural)
დივანო (singular vocative)
დივანებო (plural vocative)
დივანნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
დივანზე (singular)
დივანებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
დივანთან (singular)
დივანებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
დივანში (singular)
დივანებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
დივანივით (singular)
დივანებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
დივანისთვის (singular)
დივანებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
დივანისებრ (singular)
დივანებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
დივანისკენ (singular)
დივანებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
დივანისგან (singular)
დივანებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
დივანიდან (singular)
დივანებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
დივანითურთ (singular)
დივანებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
დივანამდე (singular)
დივანებამდე (plural)

From Old Georgian დივანი (divani), from Persian دیوان (divân).

(historical) Supreme court of the Ottoman Empire


bedclothes

From Middle English bedclothys, plural of Middle English bedcloth, bedclothe, bedde clothe (“bed-cloth, bedding”), from Old English bedclāþ, beddclāþ (“coverlet, blanket, bedding, bedclothes”), equivalent to bed + clothes.

She pulled the bedclothes over her neck to stay warm.

When she was little and I went to see her in bed, I often thought she wasn't there. She lay so neatly and so straight, without a ruckle and with her head just under the top of the bedclothes.

2013, Candida Lycett Green, Over The Hills And Far Away, →ISBN:

Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.


bedding

en-noun

bedding (countable and uncountable, plural beddings)

From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.

Hire of bedding, and food in the restaurant cars is cheap, and passengers are officially encouraged not to tip company's servants—but they do.

1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.

(British) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).

(geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.

cisealú

geology: structure occurring in massive rocks that allows them to split in parallel horizontal planes

(horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.


residential

en-adj

residential (comparative more residential, superlative most residential)

more residential (comparative)
most residential (superlative)

/ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/

There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here.


Dutch wife

Compound of Dutch (“inferior substitute”) + wife.

In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a wicker or bamboo tube the size of a person for use in the bed. In the summer heat, the open bamboo structure is cooler than fabric pillows or sheets. The Dutch wife is embraced by the user, exposing the maximum amount of the body to cooling breezes.


tab

tabs (nominative plural)
tab (nominative singular)
tabs (nominative plural)
taba (genitive singular)
tabas (genitive plural)
tabe (dative singular)
tabes (dative plural)
tabi (accusative singular)
tabis (accusative plural)
o tab! (singular vocative)
o tabs! (plural vocative)
tabu (predicative singular)
tabus (plural predicative)

Borrowed from English table (table → tab; compare French: table, Latin: tabula, Interlingua: tabula, Esperanto: tablo, Ido: tablo).


soupspoon

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.


מקלות אכילה

he-noun

מַקְּלוֹת אֲכִילָה

מַקְּלוֹת אֲכִילָה • (mak'lót akhilá) m pl

מַקְּלוֹת אֲכִילָה (canonical)
mak'lót akhilá (romanization)


doghouse

"But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.

1902, Thomas Dixon, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900, page 61:

Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.

This berth of mine was commonly called a doghouse (a box about six feet long, four high, and two broad,) containing a mattress fitted about 18 inches from the deck.

1840, James Holman, Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando ..., page 411:

p. 1927, United States Code Annotated
[…] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.

The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords […]

A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall […]

2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276:

A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.

A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.

He didn't even know where he was taking her. He had assumed she would suggest a place she wanted to eat, the movie she wanted to see. Now he suspected she was waiting for him to make the decision. Unfortunately, he hardly knew the area. He didn't want to risk taking her to the local doghouse.

2011, Christopher Pike, Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation, page 161:

(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.


earthhouse

A dwelling that has been built to blend in with the surrounding landscape, being mostly underground with a grassy contoured roof; it may also be completely underground, or have a topping of intensive growth.


oso

→ Dutch: osso

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs
Middle English hous
English houseder.
Sranan Tongo oso
From earlier hoso, from English house.


tuffet

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tuffet.wav

From Old French touffel, diminutive of touffe (“tuft”).

(furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool.


город

uk-noun

го́род • (hórod) m inan (genitive го́рода, nominative plural городи́, genitive plural городі́в, relational adjective городськи́й)

го́род (canonical)
hórod (romanization)
го́рода (genitive)
городи́ (nominative plural)
городі́в (genitive plural)
городськи́й (adjective relational)
го́род (nominative singular)
городи́ (nominative plural)
го́рода (genitive singular)
городі́в (genitive plural)
го́родові (dative singular)
го́роду (dative singular)
города́м (dative plural)
го́род (accusative singular)
городи́ (accusative plural)
го́родом (instrumental singular)
города́ми (instrumental plural)
го́роді (locative singular)
города́х (locative plural)
го́роде (singular vocative)
городи́ (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Ukrainian городъ m (horod), from Old East Slavic го́родъ m (górodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ m, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas m, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os.


город

uk-noun

горо́д<genu>

горо́д • (horód) m inan (genitive горо́ду, nominative plural горо́ди, genitive plural горо́дів, relational adjective горо́дній, diminutive горо́дик)

горо́д (canonical)
horód (romanization)
горо́ду (genitive)
горо́ди (nominative plural)
горо́дів (genitive plural)
горо́дній (adjective relational)
горо́дик (diminutive)
горо́д (nominative singular)
горо́ди (nominative plural)
горо́ду (genitive singular)
горо́дів (genitive plural)
горо́дові (dative singular)
горо́ду (dative singular)
горо́дам (dative plural)
горо́д (accusative singular)
горо́ди (accusative plural)
горо́дом (instrumental singular)
горо́дами (instrumental plural)
горо́ді (locative singular)
горо́дах (locative plural)
горо́де (singular vocative)
горо́ди (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

горо́д<genu>


Palace of Westminster

An extensive building on the north bank of the River Thames in London, housing the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Paleis van Westminster

building in London housing the House of Commons and House of Lords


coltello

it-noun

coltello m (plural coltelli, diminutive coltellìno or (rare) coltellétto, augmentative coltellóne, pejorative coltellàccio, derogatory coltellùccio)

coltelli (plural)
coltellìno (diminutive)
coltellétto (diminutive rare)
coltellóne (augmentative)
coltellàccio (pejorative)
coltellùccio (derogatory)

From Latin cultellus (“small knife, dagger”), diminutive of culter (“knife”).


footrest

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-footrest.wav


deck chair

A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.


banco

desc

→ Gujarati: બાંક (bā̃k), બાંકડો (bā̃kḍo)

→ Kadiwéu: baanco

→ Konkani: बांक (bāṅka)

desctree

→ Malay: bangku
Indonesian: bangku
→ Iban: bangku
→ Ternate: bangku

→ Malayalam: ബാങ്ക് (bāṅkŭ)

→ Marathi: बाक (bāk)

→ Sinhalese: බැංකුව (bæṁkuwa)

Borrowed from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

(hydrology) bank (a shallow area in a body of water)


banco

→ Basque: banku

→ Cebuano: bangko

→ Hiligaynon: bangko

→ Kapampangan: bangku

→ Karao: bangko

→ Limos Kalinga: bangku

→ Tagalog: bangko

Borrowed from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Compare English bench and bank.


Murphy bed

We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.

2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:

(Canada, US) A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use.


var

var (indefinite nominative singular)
vars (genitive indefinite singular)
varet (definite nominative singular)
varets (definite genitive singular)
var (indefinite nominative plural)
vars (genitive indefinite plural)
varen (definite nominative plural)
varens (definite genitive plural)

(uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n


trundle bed

A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.


finestra

it-noun

finestra f (plural finestre, diminutive finestrèlla or finestrétta or finestrìna or finestrìno m, augmentative finestróna or finestróne m, pejorative finestràccia, derogatory finestrùccia or finestrùcola)

finestre (plural)
finestrèlla (diminutive)
finestrétta (diminutive)
finestrìna (diminutive)
finestrìno (diminutive masculine)
finestróna (augmentative)
finestróne (augmentative masculine)
finestràccia (pejorative)
finestrùccia (derogatory)
finestrùcola (derogatory)


skillet

→ Missouri French: esquilette

From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).

Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.

Inside this paper plane
Note my words are Navy sealed
So here and I quote
Taboo and I are in the same boat
What's said from Pennywise
I guess we all float
Sky is the limit, I could die in a minute
Got my mind in a skillet
Suicide not a mission
See the vibe very timid
I'm timid and very sad
Translated my thoughts and feelings
I pivot into the pad

2018, “Black Balloons”, performed by Denzel Curry:

A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.

This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon.

Can you make up a quick skillet hash?

(sometimes attributive) A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.


skillet

en-verb

skillet (third-person singular simple present skillets, present participle skilleting, simple past and past participle skilleted)

skillets (present singular third-person)
skilleting (participle present)
skilleted (participle past)
skilleted (past)

Now that the season has arrived in many parts of the country for the nimrods to load their trusty Thirty-Thirties and go forth in quest of the elusive deer, it seems an appropriate time to say a word about the skilleting of venison — which can be a pretty tough and dry proposition if not properly handled.

1960, The Cattleman, volume 47, page 46:

That said, Danton in manhood is probed and skilleted, admired and reviled in a multitude of memoirs written by contemporaries who love him, loathe him or simply stand and watch as the Danton tempest roars past.

2010, David Lawday, The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life:


steam bath

The act of bathing by exposure to steam.


Turkish bath

An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.


frying pan

→ Macanese: falânpám

From Middle English fryyng panne; equivalent to frying + pan.

And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 2:7:

(cooking) A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.


sleeping bag

desc

স্লিপিং ব্যাগ

→ Bengali: স্লিপিং ব্যাগ (slipiṅ bêg)

स्लीपिंग बैग

→ Hindi: स्लीपिंग बैग (slīpiṅg baig)

→ Japanese: スリーピングバッグ (surīpingubaggu)

→ Korean: 슬리핑 백 (seulliping baek)

→ Urdu: سلیپنگ بیگ (slīpiṅg baig)

Coordinate term: bivouac sack

All students attending the multi-day field trip should bring a sleeping bag suitable for camping in a tent.

A padded or insulated bag large enough to surround the whole body and which keeps the user warm while sleeping, used as a substitute for bedclothes.


beanbag

A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.


sideboard

(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.


sideboard

sideboard (indefinite nominative singular)
sideboards (genitive indefinite singular)
sideboardet (definite nominative singular)
sideboardets (definite genitive singular)
sideboard (indefinite nominative plural)
sideboards (genitive indefinite plural)
sideboarden (definite nominative plural)
sideboardens (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English sideboard. First attested in 1915.


dust bunny

WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as an endangered species, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) announced last week. "The widespread use of household cleaning products and devices has drastically reduced the habitat of the Dust Bunny," said Noah Present, Acting Director of the Endangered Species Program. "American homes are cleaned too frequently, and much better than in the past." / "We are not to blame for the improper use of our products," responded a spokesman for the Household Products Association. "Correctly used, many of the Dust Bunnies should survive."

2008, Hugh A. Holub, “Dust Bunnies Designated Endangered Species: 25% of Homes Declared Critical Habitat”, in Deer Seen as Terrorist Threat and Other Stories, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 83:

About 3.6 billion years ago, the sun and its planets coalesced from a cloud of stellar debris, probably helped along by the push from the explosion of a nearby supernova. The particles of cosmic dust began sticking together by static electricity, the same force that forms dust bunnies under your bed. Eventually, the particles got big enough for gravity to start pulling more pieces together.

2016 August 28, Dale Gnidovec, “Geology: Chemically unique meteorite found in quarry might be ‘extinct’”, in The Columbus Dispatch, archived from the original on 2016-08-29:

Sure, some dogs may get super-itchy and lose extra fur, while others may seem to groom themselves incessantly, leaving your floors strewn with serious dust bunnies. In the absence of these and the above-mentioned problems, your Lab mix is just being a dog that conforms perfectly to her breed type. In other words, this breed sheds – a lot!

2016 August 30, Patty Khuly, “Dog shedding too much? Try these easy fixes”, in Miami Herald, archived from the original on 2016-08-31:

Phobos just can't catch a break. Not only is Mars' lumpy, crusted-over dust bunny of a moon destined to be ripped to pieces in 10 million years, it seems the poor thing can't stop punching itself.

2016 August 31, Maddie Stone, “We finally know what caused those mysterious craters on Phobos”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the original on 2016-08-31:

(US, informal) A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.


perde

head

perde (definite accusative perdeyi, plural perdeler)

perdeyi (accusative definite)
perdeler (plural)
perde (nominative singular)
perdeler (nominative plural)
perdeyi (accusative definite singular)
perdeleri (accusative definite plural)
perdeye (dative singular)
perdelere (dative plural)
perdede (locative singular)
perdelerde (locative plural)
perdeden (ablative singular)
perdelerden (ablative plural)
perdenin (genitive singular)
perdelerin (genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish پرده (perde), from Persian پرده (parda).


runcible spoon

1871, coined by Edward Lear with no definition, but was applied to the following by 1926.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;

1871, Edward Lear, “Owl & Pussy-Cat”, in Nonsense Songs::

But the Baudelaires accepted their bowls of ceviche, as well as the strange utensils Friday handed them, which were made of wood and looked like a combination of a fork and a spoon.
"They're runcible spoons," Friday explained. "We don't have forks or knives in the colony, as they can be used as weapons."

2006, Lemony Snicket, chapter 4, in The End, page 87:

A fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge.


maisonette

Borrowed from French maisonnette. Doublet of mansionette.


marmite

en-noun

marmite (countable and uncountable, plural marmites)

1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it
My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superior to any that I ever before tasted, I take the liberty to send you the directions necessary to enable any one to prepare this cheap and desirable food.
Earthen-pots with covers, made to hold from one to seven pounds of meat, are found in every family. The marmite bought for me was for one-and-a-half pound only: this quantity of lean meat (bœufmaigre), was always part of the leg or shoulder: it was put into the marmite, which was then filled up with cold water, about five pints, and placed on the hearth, close to the wood-fire; and when it began to simmer or boil gently, it threw up a scum, which was carefully taken off from time to time with a spoon, for the space of threequarters of an hour, which perfectly cleansed the meat and water from every impurity.

(countable) A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.


marmite

→ Catalan: marmita

→ English: marmite

→ Portuguese: marmita

→ Spanish: marmita

→ Greek: μαρμίτα (marmíta)

In Middle French (attested 1388) used in the sense of an earthen or metal cooking-pot; later (17th century) also of bombs or grenades from their resemblance to iron cooking-pots.
Earlier, the noun Old French marmite meant "hypocrite" (attested 1223); the semantic development is explained as the cooking-pot being covered and not revealing its interior (thus being "hypocritical", as compared to e.g. a cooking-pan or a plate).
The etymology of marmite "hypocrite" is explained as a compound of marmotter (“to mutter”) (from an onomatopoeic base mar- "murmur") and mite (“cat”) (an obsolete word for "cat", probably also onomatopoeic, i.e. imitative of meowing, extant only in the compound chattemite), and thus describing a person being evasive by "murmuring" or "meowing" instead of speaking plainly.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

(metonymically) meal prepared in a cooking pot

(dated, slang) prostitute, especially one past the first youth, the "flesh pot" of the souteneur


bower

From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).

cog

While friends arrived in circles gay,
To visit Damon's bower

1748, William Shenstone, to William Lyttleton Esq.:

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 3, lines 1–5:

(literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.


missa

rif-noun

missa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⵙⵙⴰ, plural missat, feminine tmissat)


tête-à-tête

Borrowed from French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”).

(furniture) A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face, especially one that is S-shaped.


dinette

We purchased a new dinette yesterday.

The dinette set in the corner was from the ’30s, chipped and discolored.

2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 10:

Furniture for an indoor informal dining space, usually consisting of chairs and a small table.


quilt

From Middle English quilte, quylte, from Anglo-Norman quilte and Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita. Doublet of quoit.

My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.

A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.


nevera

snowfield (place where snow collects and remains)


Sekretär

de-noun

Sekretär m (strong, genitive Sekretärs, plural Sekretäre, feminine Sekretärin)

Sekretärs (genitive)
Sekretäre (plural)
Sekretärin (feminine)
Sekretär (nominative singular)
Sekretäre (definite nominative plural)
Sekretärs (genitive singular)
Sekretäre (definite genitive plural)
Sekretär (dative singular)
Sekretären (dative definite plural)
Sekretär (accusative singular)
Sekretäre (accusative definite plural)


pute

puta (definite singular)
puten (definite singular)
puter (indefinite plural)
putene (definite plural)

From Danish pude (“something that puffs up”).


pute

puta (definite singular)
puter (indefinite plural)
putene (definite plural)


Bad

From Middle Low German bedde, from Old Saxon bed, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot; grave; resting place; bed”). Cognate with Dutch bed, German Bett, English bed, Swedish bädd.


Buffet

de-noun

Buffet n (strong, genitive Buffets, plural Buffets)

Buffets (genitive)
Buffets (plural)
Buffet (nominative singular)
Buffets (definite nominative plural)
Buffets (genitive singular)
Buffets (definite genitive plural)
Buffet (dative singular)
Buffets (dative definite plural)
Buffet (accusative singular)
Buffets (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French buffet.
The spelling Büfett, preferred at least in Germany, represents the Germanised pronunciation in /ɛt/. Such a pronunciation has established itself in many words like Parkett, Kabarett, etc. In the case of Buffet, however, the French pronunciation has widely prevailed, which means that speakers now often pronounce /eː/ while reading and writing Büfett.


detergent

Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

lbor

L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.

2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico:

The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.


Bar

Bar (genitive)
Bars (plural)
Bar (nominative singular)
Bars (definite nominative plural)
Bar (genitive singular)
Bars (definite genitive plural)
Bar (dative singular)
Bars (dative definite plural)
Bar (accusative singular)
Bars (accusative definite plural)

→ Hungarian: bár

Borrowed in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.


Dank

Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor.
Brazilian Portuguese tanquebor.
Hunsrik DankBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tanque.

etymon

Coordinate term: Bia

Ich wesche ‘s Zeich im Danke.


Futon

de-noun

Futon m (strong, genitive Futons, plural Futons)

Futons (genitive)
Futons (plural)
Futon (nominative singular)
Futons (definite nominative plural)
Futons (genitive singular)
Futons (definite genitive plural)
Futon (dative singular)
Futons (dative definite plural)
Futon (accusative singular)
Futons (accusative definite plural)


Herd

Herd m (strong, genitive Herdes or Herds, plural Herde)

Herdes (genitive)
Herds (genitive)
Herde (plural)
Herd (nominative singular)
Herde (definite nominative plural)
Herdes (genitive singular)
Herds (genitive singular)
Herde (definite genitive plural)
Herd (dative singular)
Herde (dative singular)
Herden (dative definite plural)
Herd (accusative singular)
Herde (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hert, from Old High German herd, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ. Cognate with Dutch haard, English hearth.

Der Herd besteht aus einem Ofen und vier Herdplatten.

The cooker consists of an oven and four rings.


soda

soda (nominative singular)
sody (nominative plural)
sody (genitive singular)
sód (genitive plural)
sodzie (dative singular)
sodom (dative plural)
sodę (accusative singular)
sody (accusative plural)
sodą (instrumental singular)
sodami (instrumental plural)
sodzie (locative singular)
sodach (locative plural)
sodo (singular vocative)
sody (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare German Soda, Italian soda, Spanish soda, ultimately from Medieval Latin soda, from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ). Doublet of sód.

(chemistry) soda, sodium carbonate, washing soda


Sauna

Sauna f (genitive Sauna, plural Saunen or (uncommon) Saunas)

Sauna (genitive)
Saunen (plural)
Saunas (plural uncommon)
Sauna (nominative singular)
Saunen (definite nominative plural)
Saunas (definite nominative plural uncommon)
Sauna (genitive singular)
Saunen (definite genitive plural)
Saunas (definite genitive plural uncommon)
Sauna (dative singular)
Saunen (dative definite plural)
Saunas (dative definite plural uncommon)
Sauna (accusative singular)
Saunen (accusative definite plural)
Saunas (accusative definite plural uncommon)


Shaker

From shake + -er, from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

Pertaining to a distinctive style of furniture developed by the Shakers, characterised by functionality and minimalist designs.


cadeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathédra, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Cognate with Portuguese cadeira and Spanish cadera.


cadeira

Kabuverdianu: kadera

desc

Macanese: cadera, cadéra, (chair sense) cadeira

→ Bengali: কেদারা (kedara)

→ Konkani: कदेल (kadel)

→ Malayalam: കസേര (kasēra)

→ Odia: କେଦାରା (kedārā)

→ Tamil: கதிரை (katirai)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra, a borrowing.


prato

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prato, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us.

etymon

E pois eu doze perdizes,
e de polos ducia e media
lle hei de lebar se Deus quer,
e se podo vnha Tenreyra,
por ser prato regalado
que se estima en calquer mesa.

1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

Then I twelve partridges
and a dozen and a half chickens
I ought to take, God willing,
and if I can a calf [veal]
because it is an enticing dish
that is appreciated in any table.


prato

→ Annobonese: paatu

→ Bengali: পরাত (porat)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prato, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. Doublet of the popularly inherited chato and the Hellenism plati-.

a flat dish from which food is served or eaten


mata

matka (diminutive)
mata (nominative singular)
maty (nominative plural)
maty (genitive singular)
mat (genitive plural)
macie (dative singular)
matom (dative plural)
matę (accusative singular)
maty (accusative plural)
matą (instrumental singular)
matami (instrumental plural)
macie (locative singular)
matach (locative plural)
mato (singular vocative)
maty (plural vocative)

Perhaps a learned borrowing from Late Latin matta.


sekretär

head

sekretär (genitive sekretäri, partitive sekretäri)

sekretäri (genitive)
sekretäri (partitive)
sekretär (nominative singular)
sekretärid (nominative plural)
sekretär (accusative nominative singular)
sekretärid (accusative nominative plural)
sekretäri (accusative genitive singular)
sekretärid (accusative genitive plural)
sekretäri (genitive singular)
sekretäride (genitive plural)
sekretäri (partitive singular)
sekretäre (partitive plural)
sekretärisid (partitive plural)
sekretäri (illative singular)
sekretärisse (illative singular)
sekretäridesse (illative plural)
sekretäresse (illative plural)
sekretäris (inessive singular)
sekretärides (inessive plural)
sekretäres (inessive plural)
sekretärist (elative singular)
sekretäridest (elative plural)
sekretärest (elative plural)
sekretärile (allative singular)
sekretäridele (allative plural)
sekretärele (allative plural)
sekretäril (adessive singular)
sekretäridel (adessive plural)
sekretärel (adessive plural)
sekretärilt (ablative singular)
sekretäridelt (ablative plural)
sekretärelt (ablative plural)
sekretäriks (singular translative)
sekretärideks (plural translative)
sekretäreks (plural translative)
sekretärini (singular terminative)
sekretärideni (plural terminative)
sekretärina (essive singular)
sekretäridena (essive plural)
sekretärita (abessive singular)
sekretärideta (abessive plural)
sekretäriga (comitative singular)
sekretäridega (comitative plural)

secretary (an official managing and organizing the administration of an institution, organization, event, etc)

secretary (writing desk with fold-down tabletop and drawers for letters, etc)


tafel

→ Kwanyama: oshitafula

→ Phuthi: itafule

→ Sotho: tafole

→ Xhosa: itafile

→ Zulu: itafula

Fanagalo: taful

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).


HVAC

en-noun

HVAC (usually uncountable, plural HVACs)

/ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/

w:heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

暖通空調

fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klíma


seneschal

English: seneschal

Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)

From Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz.

A viceroy; one governing in place of a ruler.


mop head

The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened.


residency

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.

bosæde

(US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.

The trance DJ was keen to secure a residency in Ibiza.

After a successful Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club—where the Yardbirds, the Animals, and the Rolling Stones first earned their reputations—England's CBS label signed the group to a recording contract.

1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254:

The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.