base

en-noun

base (countable and uncountable, plural bases)

acid

antonym(s) of “chemical compound that will neutralize an alkali”

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.

أَسَاس

something from which other things extend

(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

perusvoide

cosmetics: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform


base

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

[…] nunca faço uma make completa, escolho sempre as coisas mais básicas, e só tive uma embalagem de base na vida.

2023 April 1, Gisela Casimiro, Estendais, Leya, →ISBN:

[…] I never do a full face of makeup, I always choose the most basic things, and I've only had one bottle of foundation in my life.


base

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).


collar

→ Hausa: kwala

→ Burmese: ကော်လာ (kaula)

→ Swahili: kola

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse.

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

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

The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

kular

fabric garment part fitting around throat

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

طَوْق

Clothes that encircle the neck.
A chain worn around the neck.

Clothes that encircle the neck.
A similar detachable item.

A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.

A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.

Clothes that encircle the neck.
(archaic) A hangman's knot.

Clothes that encircle the neck.
A hangman's knot.


collar

Inherited from Late Latin collāre (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin collāris.


collar

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Probably borrowed from Catalan collar, given the lack of the expected diphthong ue as the reflex of short o.


vel

Inherited from Old Catalan vel, from Latin vēlum. Compare Occitan vel, French voile, Spanish velo.


flat

en-adj

flat (comparative flatter, superlative flattest)

flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)

bumpy

antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”

→ Portuguese: flat

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

inh

The author added a chapter to flesh out the book's flatter characters.

(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.

(authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.


flat

(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

This same publisher notes pricing is a crucial factor in the mass market field of $1, $1.95 and $2.95 "flats."

1970, The Publishers Weekly, volume 197, page 85:

(publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.

Short for flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).

"When sampling the aperture of a telescope, using auto-collimating flats (ACFs) is more economical"

2013 April 1, Spechler et al., “Advanced Dispersed Fringe Sensing Algorithm for Coarse Phasing Segmented Mirror Telescopes”, in NASA Tech Briefs, retrieved 2021-12-27:


beaver

en-noun

beaver (countable and uncountable, plural beavers)

The beards were false ones. I could see the elastic going over their ears. In other words, I had fallen among a band of criminals who were not wilful beavers, but had merely assumed the fungus for purposes of disguise.

(countable) A beard or a bearded person.

Referring to a beard.
A beard or a bearded person.

(uncountable, historical) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.


laser

pl-noun

laser m inan (related adjective laserowy)

laserowy (adjective)
laser (nominative singular)
lasery (nominative plural)
lasera (genitive singular)
laserów (genitive plural)
laserowi (dative singular)
laserom (dative plural)
laser (accusative singular)
lasery (accusative plural)
laserem (instrumental singular)
laserami (instrumental plural)
laserze (locative singular)
laserach (locative plural)
laserze (singular vocative)
lasery (plural vocative)

(cosmetics) therapeutic or cosmetic procedure performed with a laser


kron

krons (nominative plural)
kron (nominative singular)
krons (nominative plural)
krona (genitive singular)
kronas (genitive plural)
krone (dative singular)
krones (dative plural)
kroni (accusative singular)
kronis (accusative plural)
o kron! (singular vocative)
o krons! (plural vocative)
kronu (predicative singular)
kronus (plural predicative)


bikinit

bikinit (nominative plural)
bikinit (accusative nominative plural)
bikinit (accusative genitive plural)
bikinien (genitive plural)
bikineiden (genitive plural)
bikineitten (genitive plural)
bikineitä (partitive plural)
bikinejä (partitive plural)
bikineissä (inessive plural)
bikineistä (elative plural)
bikineihin (illative plural)
bikineillä (adessive plural)
bikineiltä (ablative plural)
bikineille (allative plural)
bikineinä (essive plural)
bikineiksi (plural translative)
bikineittä (abessive plural)
bikinein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
bikinini (nominative plural)
bikinini (accusative nominative plural)
bikinini (accusative genitive plural)
bikinieni (genitive plural)
bikineideni (genitive plural)
bikineitteni (genitive plural)
bikineitäni (partitive plural)
bikinejäni (partitive plural)
bikineissäni (inessive plural)
bikineistäni (elative plural)
bikineihini (illative plural)
bikineilläni (adessive plural)
bikineiltäni (ablative plural)
bikineilleni (allative plural)
bikineinäni (essive plural)
bikineikseni (plural translative)
bikineittäni (abessive plural)
bikineineni (comitative plural)
bikinisi (nominative plural)
bikinisi (accusative nominative plural)
bikinisi (accusative genitive plural)
bikiniesi (genitive plural)
bikineidesi (genitive plural)
bikineittesi (genitive plural)
bikineitäsi (partitive plural)
bikinejäsi (partitive plural)
bikineissäsi (inessive plural)
bikineistäsi (elative plural)
bikineihisi (illative plural)
bikineilläsi (adessive plural)
bikineiltäsi (ablative plural)
bikineillesi (allative plural)
bikineinäsi (essive plural)
bikineiksesi (plural translative)
bikineittäsi (abessive plural)
bikineinesi (comitative plural)
bikinimme (nominative plural)
bikinimme (accusative nominative plural)
bikinimme (accusative genitive plural)
bikiniemme (genitive plural)
bikineidemme (genitive plural)
bikineittemme (genitive plural)
bikineitämme (partitive plural)
bikinejämme (partitive plural)
bikineissämme (inessive plural)
bikineistämme (elative plural)
bikineihimme (illative plural)
bikineillämme (adessive plural)
bikineiltämme (ablative plural)
bikineillemme (allative plural)
bikineinämme (essive plural)
bikineiksemme (plural translative)
bikineittämme (abessive plural)
bikineinemme (comitative plural)
bikininne (nominative plural)
bikininne (accusative nominative plural)
bikininne (accusative genitive plural)
bikinienne (genitive plural)
bikineidenne (genitive plural)
bikineittenne (genitive plural)
bikineitänne (partitive plural)
bikinejänne (partitive plural)
bikineissänne (inessive plural)
bikineistänne (elative plural)
bikineihinne (illative plural)
bikineillänne (adessive plural)
bikineiltänne (ablative plural)
bikineillenne (allative plural)
bikineinänne (essive plural)
bikineiksenne (plural translative)
bikineittänne (abessive plural)
bikineinenne (comitative plural)
bikininsä (nominative plural)
bikininsä (accusative nominative plural)
bikininsä (accusative genitive plural)
bikiniensä (genitive plural)
bikineidensä (genitive plural)
bikineittensä (genitive plural)
bikineitään (partitive plural)
bikinejään (partitive plural)
bikineitänsä (partitive plural)
bikinejänsä (partitive plural)
bikineissään (inessive plural)
bikineissänsä (inessive plural)
bikineistään (elative plural)
bikineistänsä (elative plural)
bikineihinsä (illative plural)
bikineillään (adessive plural)
bikineillänsä (adessive plural)
bikineiltään (ablative plural)
bikineiltänsä (ablative plural)
bikineilleen (allative plural)
bikineillensä (allative plural)
bikineinään (essive plural)
bikineinänsä (essive plural)
bikineikseen (plural translative)
bikineiksensä (plural translative)
bikineittään (abessive plural)
bikineittänsä (abessive plural)
bikineineen (comitative plural)
bikineinensä (comitative plural)


bikinit

bikinits (uncountable)
bikinit (nominative singular)
bikinita (genitive singular)
bikinite (dative singular)
bikiniti (accusative singular)
o bikinit! (singular vocative)
bikinitu (predicative singular)


niblitül

niblitüls (nominative plural)
niblitül (nominative singular)
niblitüls (nominative plural)
niblitüla (genitive singular)
niblitülas (genitive plural)
niblitüle (dative singular)
niblitüles (dative plural)
niblitüli (accusative singular)
niblitülis (accusative plural)
o niblitül! (singular vocative)
o niblitüls! (plural vocative)
niblitülu (predicative singular)
niblitülus (plural predicative)


goggles

Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.


short

Unadapted borrowing from English shorts.

Avec un pantalon, j’ai moins froid aux jambes qu’avec un short.

With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.


short

(Brazil) shorts (pants that do not go lower than the knees)


fluid

fluid (nominative singular)
fluidy (nominative plural)
fluidu (genitive singular)
fluidów (genitive plural)
fluidowi (dative singular)
fluidom (dative plural)
fluid (accusative singular)
fluidy (accusative plural)
fluidem (instrumental singular)
fluidami (instrumental plural)
fluidzie (locative singular)
fluidach (locative plural)
fluidzie (singular vocative)
fluidy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English fluid, French fluide, German Fluid, ultimately from Latin fluidus.

(cosmetics) foundation (cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture)


far

head

far (definite accusative farı, plural farlar)

farı (accusative definite)
farlar (plural)


pull

Clipping of pull-over, from English pullover.

Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull.

It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover.


lift

en-noun

lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts)

→ Cantonese: 𨋢 /䢂 (lip¹)

→ Dutch: lift
→ Papiamentu: left

→ Malay: lif

desctree

→ Russian: лифт (lift)
→ Armenian: լիֆտ (lift)
→ Georgian: ლიფტი (lipṭi)
→ Kazakh: лифт (lift)
→ Mongolian: лифт (lift)
→ Uyghur: لىفت (lift)
→ Uzbek: lift
→ Yakut: лифт (lift)

→ Swahili: lifti

→ Swedish: lift

From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport".
(To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)).

der

Just to think he had both a mistress and a wife gave him a lift. He needed a lift, for although he'd had promotion, his wasn't an exciting job.

The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.

2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:


crown

→ Japanese: クラウン (kuraun)

→ Korean: 크라운 (keuraun)

→ Maori: karauna

From Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”).
* (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.

doublet

Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains.

1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 250:

en:royal, imperial or princely headdress

(clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.


katana

katanka (diminutive)
katana (nominative singular)
katany (nominative plural)
katany (genitive singular)
katan (genitive plural)
katanie (dative singular)
katanom (dative plural)
katanę (accusative singular)
katany (accusative plural)
kataną (instrumental singular)
katanami (instrumental plural)
katanie (locative singular)
katanach (locative plural)
katano (singular vocative)
katany (plural vocative)

(ethnography) twin caftan worn in some regional Polish folk costumes for women


torque

From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis; or adapted directly from Latin torquēs (cf. earlier English torques).

A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.


cylinder

pl-noun

cylinder m inan (diminutive cylinderek, related adjective cylindrowy)

cylinderek (diminutive)
cylindrowy (adjective)
cylinder (nominative singular)
cylindry (nominative plural)
cylindra (genitive singular)
cylindrów (genitive plural)
cylindrowi (dative singular)
cylindrom (dative plural)
cylinder (accusative singular)
cylindry (accusative plural)
cylindrem (instrumental singular)
cylindrami (instrumental plural)
cylindrze (locative singular)
cylindrach (locative plural)
cylindrze (singular vocative)
cylindry (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Zylinder. Doublet of kalander.


cylinder

cylinder (indefinite nominative singular)
cylinders (genitive indefinite singular)
cylindern (definite nominative singular)
cylinderns (definite genitive singular)
cylindrar (indefinite nominative plural)
cylindrars (genitive indefinite plural)
cylindrarna (definite nominative plural)
cylindrarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Latin cylindrus, not necessarily directly.


powder

en-noun

powder (countable and uncountable, plural powders)

Tok Pisin: paura
→ Rotokas: paora

→ Hindi: पाउडार (pāuḍār)

→ Maori: paura

→ Burmese: ပေါင်ဒါ (paungda)

→ Swahili: poda

→ Urdu: پاؤُڈَر (pāuḍar)

From Middle English poudre, pouder, pouldre, borrowed from Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, from Latin pulverem, accusative singular of Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Doublet of pulver. Compare pollen (“fine flour”), polverine, pulverize.

She was redolent of violet sachet powder, and had warm, soft, white hands, but she danced divinely, moving as smoothly as the tide coming in.

(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.


flash

flash (countable and uncountable, plural flashes)

→ Catalan: flaix

→ Polish: flesz

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin; in other senses probably of North Germanic origin akin to Swedish dialectal flasa (“to burn brightly, blaze”), related to flare. Compare also Icelandic flasa (“to rush, go hastily”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).


muffler

→ Japanese: マフラー

→ Spanish: mofle

→ Welsh: myffler

(World War I military slang, rare) A gasmask.


beard

PIE word
 *bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English berd, bard, bærd, from Old English beard, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (compare West Frisian burd, Dutch baard, German Bart). Cognate further to Latin barba, Lithuanian barzda, Russian борода́ (borodá): the word may date to Proto-Indo-European as *bʰardʰeh₂, *bʰh₂erdʰeh₂. Doublet of barb.

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.


beard

en-verb

beard (third-person singular simple present beards, present participle bearding, simple past and past participle bearded)

beards (present singular third-person)
bearding (participle present)
bearded (participle past)
bearded (past)

Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Am I to be bearded in my own castle by an insolent monk?

1765, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto:

No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial.

1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, 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:

Murphy was a choleric man with a sense of his own importance. He was not to be bearded thus in his own seat of office. He rose with a very red face.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

We need all our operatives to insure the success of my plan to beard this Claus in his den...

1943 December 6, Crockett Johnson, Barnaby:

. . . I bearded the judge in his chambers and told him that it shouldn't be allowed.

1963, Ross Macdonald, The Chill, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, page 92:

(transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.


pet

nl-noun

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

petten (plural)
petje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: pèt

→ Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)


manga

(chiefly Portugal) (comics) manga (comic made in Japanese)


manga

Inherited from Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.


manga

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


platform

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

der

Now open the album cover! How fabulous! The four of them [the Pointer Sisters] in platforms of death, tacky gowns, and "reflections of."

1973 August 25, Jim Fournier, “Lo♡in' Mu𝄚ic”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 10, page 2:

Walk to Shazzer's from polling station was hideous walk of shame. Also cannot wear platforms now as feet too crippled so will look short.

2001 [1999], Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 167:

(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.


gem

cy-noun

gem m or f (plural gemau, diminutive gemyn or gemen)

gemau (plural)
gemyn (diminutive)
gemen (diminutive)
gem
em (soft)
ngem


suit

desc

→ Kashubian: sut (Canada, United States)

→ Swahili: suti

From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.

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

Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.

(clothing) A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.


scrub

en-verb

scrub (third-person singular simple present scrubs, present participle scrubbing, simple past and past participle scrubbed)

scrubs (present singular third-person)
scrubbing (participle present)
scrubbed (participle past)
scrubbed (past)

From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).

der

(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.


scrub

(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.

The third, which was as homely as its name, and which she reserved for scouring the country and such like rough usage in quite private rural life, was her "Scrub."

1876, “Hightum, Titum, and Scrub!”, in The Leisure Hour:

For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub."

(slang, obsolete) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress


want

nl-noun

want f (plural wanten, diminutive wantje n)

wanten (plural)
wantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Munsee: wa’nt

→ Papiamentu: wante

From Middle Dutch want, from Old Dutch *want, from Frankish *wantu, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz.

Tijdens de winter droeg ze een paar wanten om haar handen warm te houden.

During the winter, she wore a pair of mittens to keep her hands warm.

De kinderen verloren hun wanten in de sneeuw tijdens het spelen.

The children lost their mittens in the snow while playing.

Hij breide een schattig wantje voor zijn pasgeboren nichtje.

He knitted an adorable mitten for his newborn niece.

a mitten, type of glove in which four fingers get only one section, besides the thumb


mask

From Middle English *mask, masch, from Old English māx, māsc (“mash”). Doublet of mash.


mask

maski (genitive)
maski (partitive)
mask (nominative singular)
maskid (nominative plural)
mask (accusative nominative singular)
maskid (accusative nominative plural)
maski (accusative genitive singular)
maskid (accusative genitive plural)
maski (genitive singular)
maskide (genitive plural)
maski (partitive singular)
maske (partitive plural)
maskisid (partitive plural)
maski (illative singular)
maskisse (illative singular)
maskidesse (illative plural)
maskesse (illative plural)
maskis (inessive singular)
maskides (inessive plural)
maskes (inessive plural)
maskist (elative singular)
maskidest (elative plural)
maskest (elative plural)
maskile (allative singular)
maskidele (allative plural)
maskele (allative plural)
maskil (adessive singular)
maskidel (adessive plural)
maskel (adessive plural)
maskilt (ablative singular)
maskidelt (ablative plural)
maskelt (ablative plural)
maskiks (singular translative)
maskideks (plural translative)
maskeks (plural translative)
maskini (singular terminative)
maskideni (plural terminative)
maskina (essive singular)
maskidena (essive plural)
maskita (abessive singular)
maskideta (abessive plural)
maskiga (comitative singular)
maskidega (comitative plural)


兜

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Ryōiki
Nihon Shoki
Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (794) with the spellings 可夫刀 and 可夫度. One source cites a manuscript of the Nihon Shoki (720) in which the word 冑 in the word has a katakana gloss カフト but these glosses may be later readings.
Derivation currently unknown.
* A surface analysis might suggest a derivation from 被る (kaburu, “to wear something on the head”). However, that reading derives from older form kagafuru and does not appear until the Nihon Ryōiki (810-824), some time after the first appearance of kabuto.
* An alternative analysis might suggest a compound of 頭 (kabu, “head”, kun'yomi and native Japanese term) + 兜 (to, “helmet”, on'yomi and borrowing from Chinese).
* Word-medial bilabial plosives usually underwent lenition, shifting along the lines of /p/ → /f/ → /w/, then vanishing altogether except where the following vowel was /a/. This lenition often did not happen at morpheme boundaries in compound words. The persistence of the /b/ in kabuto might thus suggest that this term was originally a compound of ka + puto. The ka element is uncertain, possibly the か (ka-) intensifying prefix added to adjectives, or an abbreviation of 髪 (kami, “hair (of the head)”) or 上 (kami, “top”) (compare 挿頭す (kazasu, “to put decorations onto a hair or crown”, possibly from kami + 刺す (sasu, “to poke”)); Old Japanese puto would be the stem and root of modern 太い (futoi, “thick; fat; stout”), possibly in reference to the protective strength provided by a helmet. This puto would then have undergone rendaku (連濁) to become buto.
: Compare the phonology of adjective か細い (kabosoi, “very slender”), composed of this ka- prefix and adjective 細い (hosoi, ancient pososi) and demonstrating a similar retention of the bilabial plosive and rendaku (連濁).


冑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'ɯwɢs): semantic 冃 + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Han compound

(historical) helmet worn by warriors in ancient times


冑

ko-hanja

冑 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

ju (romanization)
주 (hangeul)
ju (revised)
chu (McCune-Reischauer)

(투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)


冠

[ka̠ɡa̠ɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

/kaɡapuri/ → /kaɡafuri/
From Old Japanese.

(archaic, possibly obsolete) head covering; headdress, crown


drag

en-verb

drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle dragged or (dialectal) drug)

drags (present singular third-person)
dragging (participle present)
dragged (participle past)
dragged (past)
drug (dialectal participle past)
drug (dialectal past)

From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.

cog

look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Drag the file into the window to open it.

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.

trække

computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse


drag

(uncountable) drag (clothes worn by the opposite sex for entertainment)


drag

(countable) drag queen, drag king (one who performs drag)


handkerchief

en-noun

handkerchief (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves)

handkerchiefs (plural)
handkerchieves (plural)

/ˈhæŋkətʃɪf/

/ˈheɪŋkɚt͡ʃɪf/

/ˈhæŋkɚt͡ʃɪf/

Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

sakdoek

cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands

A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.


扣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs): semantic 手 + phonetic 口 (OC *kʰoːʔ).

Han compound

10th century, 李中 (南唐), “留題胡參卿秀才幽居”, in 碧雲集:

kòu mén shí yǒu qīchán kè, shī jiǔ duō zhāo cǎi yào wēng

扣門時有栖禪客，灑酒多招採藥翁

扣门时有栖禅客，洒酒多招采药翁

12th–13th century, 葉紹翁, “游園不值”, in 南宋群賢小集, 宋槧宋印 edition:

yīng xián jī chǐ yìn cāng tái, shí kòu chái mén jiǔ bù kāi

應嫌屐齒印蒼苔，十扣柴門九不開

应嫌屐齿印苍苔，十扣柴门九不开

yīng lián jī chǐ yìn cāng tái, xiǎo kòu chái fēi jiǔ bù kāi

應憐屐齒印蒼苔，小扣柴扉久不開

应怜屐齿印苍苔，小扣柴扉久不开

Wēnróu de yè fēng qīng kòu zhe tā de chuāngjiàn.

溫柔的夜風輕扣著她的窗檻。

温柔的夜风轻扣着她的窗槛。

Alternative form of 叩 (kòu, “to knock; to rap; to strike; to pound”)

叩

12th century, 洪邁, “楚州方夫子”, in 夷堅志·夷堅三志, volume 壬卷第二:

Qiú jiàn zhī zhě, bù kě zōng jì. Fán rén sǐshēng fúhuò, zhí qí kěn yán, wú bù xiǎngyìng, rán bù kě kòu.

求見之者，不可蹤跡。凡人死生福禍，值其肯言，無不響應，然不可扣。

求见之者，不可踪迹。凡人死生福祸，值其肯言，无不响应，然不可扣。

Alternative form of 叩 (kòu, “to enquire”)

to button; to fasten a button; to buckle; to clasp


服

Japanese_language Kyūjitai Shinjitai Tōkyō


brat

en-noun

brat (countable and uncountable, plural brats)

Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”). Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat.

coinage

The chief's daughter wears a brat and léine girdled with a criss.

1961, Audrey I. Barfoot, Everyday costume in Britain: from the earliest times to 1900, page 80:

The prevailing style of dress in the early medieval period comprised a léine (tunic) worn under a brat (cloak).

2005, Seán Duffy, Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 156:

Women wore loose, flowing, ankle-length robes modelled on 11th-century European fashion (derived from what O'Neill called the léine) and, perhaps, a brat over these.

2006, Celtic Culture: A-Celti, →ISBN, page 1272:

(historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.


brat

head

brat m (genitive singular brait, nominative plural brait)

brait (genitive singular)
brait (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
brat (indefinite singular)
brait (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhrait (indefinite singular)
a bhrata (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
brait (indefinite singular)
brat (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an brat (definite singular)
na brait (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhrait (definite singular)
na mbrat (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbrat (definite singular)
don bhrat (definite singular)
leis na brait (definite plural)

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos (compare Welsh brethyn (“cloth”), from *brattinyos).

brat Bhríde

(piece of cloth representing) St. Brigid’s mantle

Proverb:
Ná leath do bhrat ach mar is féidir leat a chonlú.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.

literally, “Don’t spread your cloak farther than you can fold it.”


brat

cy-noun

brat f (plural bratiau or bratau, diminutive bretyn)

bratiau (plural)
bratau (plural)
bretyn (diminutive)
brat
frat (soft)
mrat

Middle English bratt (“cloak”) or from Middle Irish bratt.


柿

柿 (canonical)
柿 (canonical)
kaki (romanization)

→ Arabic: كَاكِي (kākī)

desctree

→ Brazilian Portuguese: caqui, cáqui, caquí (1931 spelling)
Hunsrik: Kacki

→ Catalan: caqui

→ English: kaki

→ German: Kaki

→ Indonesian: kaki

→ Italian: cachi

Early Modern Japanese
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten

From Old Japanese. First cited to a text from 770 CE.
Further derivation uncertain. Possibilities include:
: /kakayaki/ → */kakyaki/ → */kakaki/ → */kakki/ → /kaki/
:* From 輝き (kakayaki), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of Early Modern Japanese verb 輝く (kakayaku, “to shine dazzingly”, obsolete), modern kagayaku.
: /kataki/ → /kaki/
:* From 硬き (kataki), the classical 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of modern 硬い (katai, “hard (not soft)”), from the hardness of the unripened fruit.
: /akaki/ → /kaki/
:* From 赤き (akaki), the classical 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of modern 赤い (akai, “red”), from the color of the ripened fruit.
:* From 赤黄 (akaki, “red-yellow”), from the color of the ripened fruit.
:* From 赤木 (akaki, “red tree”), from the color of the foliage in autumn.
While at least one reference considers the akaki derivation more likely, this kind of phonological shift, wherein the first vowel disappears, is not a common pattern in attested Japanese. That said, the kakayaki and kataki derivations are also problematic, considering the lack of any evidence for intermediary forms.

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a 布子 (nunoko, “cotton-paded clothing”) dyed in kakiiro


edit

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

The Outnet will release a high-summer edit of 17 exclusive, limited-edition items including a Eugenia Kim fedora ($175.)

2015 June 17, Alison S. Cohn, “Shopping Events and Sales This Week in New York”, in The New York Times:

The Loose Women star, 33, took to Instagram yesterday (May 8) to announce her latest clothing edit.

2023 May 9, Melisha Kaur, “Stacey Solomon's latest In The Style range has got us dreaming of summer”, in Daily Mirror:

Thankfully, fellow new mum Ashley James has released the ultimate summer edit with clothing brand Tu that’s not only affordable, but was chosen with postpartum bodies in mind […]

2023 July 7, Faith Richardson, “Ashley James’ new Tu edit has style buys from £6 to support postpartum bodies”, in OK!:

(fashion) A range of products related by theme or purpose.


琀

(historical) gems and pearls put into the mouth of a corpse


着

From Middle Chinese 著 (MC trjak).
First cited as an independent noun from the early 1700s.

used to count suits of clothing or individual garments


着

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 着る. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ki. The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


笠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·rɯb): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb).
Compare Proto-Tai *klɤpᴰ (“bamboo hat”) (Schuessler, 2007).


笠

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kasa (“cover, hat”). Cognate with Miyako 笠 (kasa), Okinawan 笠 (kasa), Yaeyama 笠 (kasa). Related to 傘 (kasa, “umbrella”).


纓

the chin-tied cords of a 冠 (kanmuri) that keep it on the head


CD

en-noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

(medicine) Abbreviation of Crohn's disease.

سِي دِي

abbreviation of compact disc — see also compact disc


CD

en-verb

CD (third-person singular simple present CDs, present participle CDing, simple past and past participle CDed)

CDs (present singular third-person)
CDing (participle present)
CDed (participle past)
CDed (past)

By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever I CD'ed.

1993 January 5, Tierney Dhewitrei, “about me, is it familiar?”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):


tank

→ Afrikaans: tenk

→ Albanian: tank

→ Assamese: টেংকি (teṅki)

→ Asturian: tanque

→ Azerbaijani: tank

→ Bashkir: танк (tank)

→ Belarusian: танк (tank)

→ Bengali: ট্যাংক (ṭêṅko)

→ Burmese: တင့်ကား (tang.ka:)

→ Buryat: танк (tank)

→ Catalan: tanc

→ Chechen: танк (tank)

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 坦克 (tǎnkè)

→ Chuvash: танк (tank)

→ Czech: tank

→ Danish: tank

→ Dutch: tank

→ Dzongkha: ཏེངཀ (tengk)

→ Eastern Mari: танк (tank)

→ Estonian: tank

→ Fiji Hindi: tanki

→ Finnish: tankki

→ French: tank

→ Galician: tanque

→ Georgian: ტანკი (ṭanḳi)

→ German: Tank

→ Greek: τανκ (tank)

→ Greenlandic: tanki

→ Hebrew: טנק (tank)

desctree

→ Hindi: टंकी (ṭaṅkī)
→ Burmese: တိုင်ကီ (tuingki)

→ Indonesian: tank

→ Italian: tank, tanca

→ Japanese: タンク (tanku)

→ Kazakh: танк (tank)

→ Korean: 탱크 (taengkeu)

→ Kumyk: танк (tank)

→ Kyrgyz: танк (tank)

→ Latvian: tanks

→ Lezgi: танк (tank)

→ Lithuanian: tankas

→ Macedonian: тенк (tenk)

→ Malay: tank

→ Maori: taika

→ Norwegian: tank, tanks

→ Ossetian: танк (tank)

→ Persian: تانک (tânk)

desc

→ Portuguese: tanque (“armored vehicle”)

→ Quechua: tanki

→ Romanian: tanc

→ Romansch: tanc

desctree

→ Russian: танк (tank), танкъ (tank) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Armenian: տանկ (tank)
→ Kazakh: танк (tank)
→ Mongolian: танк (tank)

→ Carpathian Rusyn: танк (tank)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: тенк

Latin script: tenk

→ Sidamo: tanke

→ Slovak: tank

→ Slovene: tank

→ Swahili: tangi

→ Tajik: танк (tank), тонк (tonk)

→ Tamil: தாங்கி (tāṅki)

→ Tatar: танк (tank)

→ Tokelauan: tane

→ Turkish: tank

→ Turkmen: tank

→ Ukrainian: танк (tank)

→ Upper Sorbian: tank

→ Urdu: ٹینک (ṭaink)

→ Uzbek: tank

→ Vietnamese: xe tăng

→ Walloon: tank

→ Welsh: tanc

→ Yakut: тааҥка (taañka)

→ Yiddish: טאַנק (tank)

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language such as Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). Compare the Arabic verb اِسْتَنْقَعَ (istanqaʕa, “to become stagnant, to stagnate”).
In the sense of armoured vehicle, first attested in 1915, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature as well as due to physical resemblance.

der

It pleased her more than she could say to know she walked on her own land, over dewed grass, wearing a tank and cotton pajama pants.

2008, Nora Roberts, Tribute, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 206:

I was wearing a tank and some cotton pants.

2022, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation, Minneapolis, Minn.: Broadleaf Books, 1517 Media, →ISBN:

On TikTok, #wifepleaser boasts more than 11.4 million views, while #wifepleasertank has racked up 13.9 million. […] Thanks to TikTok, there has been a mass adoption of the term “wife pleaser” in an attempt to rebrand the tank.

2023 August 9, Brooke Kato, “Gen Z loves the ‘wife beater’ tee — but they’re canceling the name”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-10:


kimono

[kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯noʊ̯]

[kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯nə]

Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Coordinate term: yukata (sometimes hyponymous)

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment.


kimono

kimono (nominative singular)
kimona (nominative plural)
kimona (genitive singular)
kimon (genitive plural)
kimonu (dative singular)
kimonům (dative plural)
kimono (accusative singular)
kimona (accusative plural)
kimono (singular vocative)
kimona (plural vocative)
kimonu (locative singular)
kimonech (locative plural)
kimonem (instrumental singular)
kimony (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from Japanese 着物 (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).

bor+

kimono (traditional Japanese clothing that is worn in formal occasions)


kimono

nl-noun

kimono m (plural kimono's, diminutive kimonootje n)

kimono's (plural)
kimonootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Japanese 着物. First attested in 1880.

1880 August 10, Rudolf Lindau (misspelled as "Rudolph Lindau"), "Feuilleton. De kleine wereld. Een verhaal uit Japan", episode 5, tr. from German, in Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant, no. 186, page 2.
„Ik zie hem in zijn huis nooit anders dan in een Kimono (Japansch gewaad) en met sandalen loopen; ook neemt hij les in 't schermen bij een ouden, beroemden edelman, die hier leeg loopt. […]”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Rood als een kreeft, dampend als een afgebeuld paard bij helder winterweder, geene koude ten gevolge dier verdamping gevoelend — het kenmerkend onderscheid tusschen een warm en een zéér warm bad — doch door een onbeschrijfelijk gevoel van welbehagen voor het doorstaan der kortstondige marteling beloond, werp ik mijn kimono op de schouders, en klap alweder in de handen: […]

Red like a lobster, steaming like a cruelly exploited, exhausted horse in the clear weather of winter, not feeling any cold as a result of its evaporation − the characteristic difference between a warm and a very warm bath — yet rewarded for withstanding a short-lived torment by an indescribable sense of contentment, I throw my kimono over my shoulders, and clap in my hands again: […]


kimono

eo-head

kimono (accusative singular kimonon, plural kimonoj, accusative plural kimonojn)

kimonon (accusative singular)
kimonoj (plural)
kimonojn (accusative plural)


kimono

kimono (nominative singular)
kimonot (nominative plural)
kimono (accusative nominative singular)
kimonot (accusative nominative plural)
kimonon (accusative genitive singular)
kimonot (accusative genitive plural)
kimonon (genitive singular)
kimonojen (genitive plural)
kimonoiden (genitive plural)
kimonoitten (genitive plural)
kimonoa (partitive singular)
kimonoja (partitive plural)
kimonoita (partitive plural)
kimonossa (inessive singular)
kimonoissa (inessive plural)
kimonosta (elative singular)
kimonoista (elative plural)
kimonoon (illative singular)
kimonoihin (illative plural)
kimonolla (adessive singular)
kimonoilla (adessive plural)
kimonolta (ablative singular)
kimonoilta (ablative plural)
kimonolle (allative singular)
kimonoille (allative plural)
kimonona (essive singular)
kimonoina (essive plural)
kimonoksi (singular translative)
kimonoiksi (plural translative)
kimonotta (abessive singular)
kimonoitta (abessive plural)
kimonoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kimononi (nominative singular)
kimononi (nominative plural)
kimononi (accusative nominative singular)
kimononi (accusative nominative plural)
kimononi (accusative genitive singular)
kimononi (accusative genitive plural)
kimononi (genitive singular)
kimonojeni (genitive plural)
kimonoideni (genitive plural)
kimonoitteni (genitive plural)
kimonoani (partitive singular)
kimonojani (partitive plural)
kimonoitani (partitive plural)
kimonossani (inessive singular)
kimonoissani (inessive plural)
kimonostani (elative singular)
kimonoistani (elative plural)
kimonooni (illative singular)
kimonoihini (illative plural)
kimonollani (adessive singular)
kimonoillani (adessive plural)
kimonoltani (ablative singular)
kimonoiltani (ablative plural)
kimonolleni (allative singular)
kimonoilleni (allative plural)
kimononani (essive singular)
kimonoinani (essive plural)
kimonokseni (singular translative)
kimonoikseni (plural translative)
kimonottani (abessive singular)
kimonoittani (abessive plural)
kimonoineni (comitative plural)
kimonosi (nominative singular)
kimonosi (nominative plural)
kimonosi (accusative nominative singular)
kimonosi (accusative nominative plural)
kimonosi (accusative genitive singular)
kimonosi (accusative genitive plural)
kimonosi (genitive singular)
kimonojesi (genitive plural)
kimonoidesi (genitive plural)
kimonoittesi (genitive plural)
kimonoasi (partitive singular)
kimonojasi (partitive plural)
kimonoitasi (partitive plural)
kimonossasi (inessive singular)
kimonoissasi (inessive plural)
kimonostasi (elative singular)
kimonoistasi (elative plural)
kimonoosi (illative singular)
kimonoihisi (illative plural)
kimonollasi (adessive singular)
kimonoillasi (adessive plural)
kimonoltasi (ablative singular)
kimonoiltasi (ablative plural)
kimonollesi (allative singular)
kimonoillesi (allative plural)
kimononasi (essive singular)
kimonoinasi (essive plural)
kimonoksesi (singular translative)
kimonoiksesi (plural translative)
kimonottasi (abessive singular)
kimonoittasi (abessive plural)
kimonoinesi (comitative plural)
kimonomme (nominative singular)
kimonomme (nominative plural)
kimonomme (accusative nominative singular)
kimonomme (accusative nominative plural)
kimonomme (accusative genitive singular)
kimonomme (accusative genitive plural)
kimonomme (genitive singular)
kimonojemme (genitive plural)
kimonoidemme (genitive plural)
kimonoittemme (genitive plural)
kimonoamme (partitive singular)
kimonojamme (partitive plural)
kimonoitamme (partitive plural)
kimonossamme (inessive singular)
kimonoissamme (inessive plural)
kimonostamme (elative singular)
kimonoistamme (elative plural)
kimonoomme (illative singular)
kimonoihimme (illative plural)
kimonollamme (adessive singular)
kimonoillamme (adessive plural)
kimonoltamme (ablative singular)
kimonoiltamme (ablative plural)
kimonollemme (allative singular)
kimonoillemme (allative plural)
kimononamme (essive singular)
kimonoinamme (essive plural)
kimonoksemme (singular translative)
kimonoiksemme (plural translative)
kimonottamme (abessive singular)
kimonoittamme (abessive plural)
kimonoinemme (comitative plural)
kimononne (nominative singular)
kimononne (nominative plural)
kimononne (accusative nominative singular)
kimononne (accusative nominative plural)
kimononne (accusative genitive singular)
kimononne (accusative genitive plural)
kimononne (genitive singular)
kimonojenne (genitive plural)
kimonoidenne (genitive plural)
kimonoittenne (genitive plural)
kimonoanne (partitive singular)
kimonojanne (partitive plural)
kimonoitanne (partitive plural)
kimonossanne (inessive singular)
kimonoissanne (inessive plural)
kimonostanne (elative singular)
kimonoistanne (elative plural)
kimonoonne (illative singular)
kimonoihinne (illative plural)
kimonollanne (adessive singular)
kimonoillanne (adessive plural)
kimonoltanne (ablative singular)
kimonoiltanne (ablative plural)
kimonollenne (allative singular)
kimonoillenne (allative plural)
kimononanne (essive singular)
kimonoinanne (essive plural)
kimonoksenne (singular translative)
kimonoiksenne (plural translative)
kimonottanne (abessive singular)
kimonoittanne (abessive plural)
kimonoinenne (comitative plural)
kimononsa (nominative singular)
kimononsa (nominative plural)
kimononsa (accusative nominative singular)
kimononsa (accusative nominative plural)
kimononsa (accusative genitive singular)
kimononsa (accusative genitive plural)
kimononsa (genitive singular)
kimonojensa (genitive plural)
kimonoidensa (genitive plural)
kimonoittensa (genitive plural)
kimonoaan (partitive singular)
kimonoansa (partitive singular)
kimonojaan (partitive plural)
kimonoitaan (partitive plural)
kimonojansa (partitive plural)
kimonoitansa (partitive plural)
kimonossaan (inessive singular)
kimonossansa (inessive singular)
kimonoissaan (inessive plural)
kimonoissansa (inessive plural)
kimonostaan (elative singular)
kimonostansa (elative singular)
kimonoistaan (elative plural)
kimonoistansa (elative plural)
kimonoonsa (illative singular)
kimonoihinsa (illative plural)
kimonollaan (adessive singular)
kimonollansa (adessive singular)
kimonoillaan (adessive plural)
kimonoillansa (adessive plural)
kimonoltaan (ablative singular)
kimonoltansa (ablative singular)
kimonoiltaan (ablative plural)
kimonoiltansa (ablative plural)
kimonolleen (allative singular)
kimonollensa (allative singular)
kimonoilleen (allative plural)
kimonoillensa (allative plural)
kimononaan (essive singular)
kimononansa (essive singular)
kimonoinaan (essive plural)
kimonoinansa (essive plural)
kimonokseen (singular translative)
kimonoksensa (singular translative)
kimonoikseen (plural translative)
kimonoiksensa (plural translative)
kimonottaan (abessive singular)
kimonottansa (abessive singular)
kimonoittaan (abessive plural)
kimonoittansa (abessive plural)
kimonoineen (comitative plural)
kimonoinensa (comitative plural)


kimono

kimonowy (adjective)
kimono (nominative singular)
kimona (nominative plural)
kimona (genitive singular)
kimon (genitive plural)
kimonu (dative singular)
kimonom (dative plural)
kimono (accusative singular)
kimona (accusative plural)
kimonem (instrumental singular)
kimonami (instrumental plural)
kimonie (locative singular)
kimonach (locative plural)
kimono (singular vocative)
kimona (plural vocative)

kimono (traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions)

(martial arts) kimono (sports outfit worn by people training in certain martial arts, consisting of pants and a blouse with a slit in the front, the parts of which are worn one over the other and tied rigidly at the waist with a belt)


kimono

pl-adj

kimono (not comparable, no derived adverb)

(relational) kimono (traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions)


衣

Cognate with mainland Japanese 衣 (kinu). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちん.


衵

open-sleeved inner robe, worn as a middle layer in men's court dress


袍

ja-noun

袍(ほう) • (hō)

round-collared skirted over-robe, worn as the outermost layer of court dress by civil officials. Made of figured silk in winter, and silk-gauze in summer, and dyed according to the rank of the wearer.


袜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *maːd): semantic 衣 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Han compound

The hairpin is long, following her twisted wig; The mò is slim, matching her waist.

New Songs from the Jade Terrace, volume 8

Chāi cháng zhú huán bì, mò xiǎo chèn yāoshēn.

釵長逐鬟髲，袜小稱腰身。

钗长逐鬟髲，袜小称腰身。

(fashion) An undershirt or underbodice worn in pre-modern China.


袴

(historical, military): prior to World War II, the general term for trousers in the Imperial Japanese Army


袿

open-sleeved robe worn over the 単衣 (hitoe). Women wore one layer in the summer, and between three and eight otherwise. Towards the end of the Heian period the number of uchiki layers was fixed at five.


裘

Compound of 皮(かわ) (kawa, “skin”) + 衣(ころも) (koromo, “coat, robe”).


裝

/t͡szʷæ̃³³⁴/

/t͡szʷæ̃³³⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs): phonetic 壯 (OC *ʔsraŋs) + semantic 衣 (“clothes”).


褌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kuːn): semantic 衤 (“clothes”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).

Han compound

fundoshi (traditional Japanese loincloth)


褓

襁褓


褲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰʷaːs): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 庫 (OC *kʰaːs).

Han compound

pants; trousers (Classifier: 條／条 c; 領／领 mn)


褶

pleated over-skirt worn over 袴 (hakama) (men) or 裳 (mo) (women) as part of Asuka period court dress, retained formally for men until the 8th century.


襅

/tipaja/ → /t͡ɕifaja/ → /t͡ɕihaja/
First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
Probably related to verb 千早ぶ (chihayabu, “to move or act ferociously, with terrible godly power”), itself an alteration from 逸早ぶ (ichihayabu, “to move or act quickly and strongly”), deriving from adjective 逸早し (ichihayashi, “strong and fast; extremely fast”).

(historical) a sleeveless overgarment made with two widths of cloth with unsewn sides and front, tied with a cord at the waist, that trailing sleeves could be tucked into; worn by shrine maidens and 采女 (uneme) when serving the gods and for kitchen tasks

(Shinto) a ceremonial overcoat with unsewn sides, worn by shrine maidens for certain ceremonies such as kagura

人形浄瑠璃 人形浄瑠璃#Japanese

(theater) a kind of sleeveless vest or waistcoat used in kabuki or 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyō jōruri, “puppet theater”)


襖

→? Proto-Bahnaric: *ʔaːw (“shirt”)

Bahnar: ao (“shirt”)

→? Khmer: អាវ (ʼaaw)

desc

→? Proto-Vietic: *ʔaːwʔ (“upper garment”)

Vietnamese: áo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *quːʔ, *quːʔ): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs).


襖

(archaic) narrow-sleeved round-collared robe with unstitched sides, worn as formal and court dress by military officials in the Nara period


襪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mad): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 蔑 (OC *meːd, *meːd).

Han compound

袜
韤
韈
𥀯
韎
𤿗
𥿉
帓
𤿖
靺

sock; stocking (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)


襪

(clothing) ankle-tied silk socks, worn by high nobles in formal court dress and priests.


襷

cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese clothing.

cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese children's clothing


貫

(footwear) tied leather shoes worn with armour


stud

She's wearing studs in her ears.

(jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.


gakuran

The military-style school uniform for male students in most Japanese middle schools and high schools, usually in either black or navy.


kappa

kappa (nominative singular)
kapat (nominative plural)
kappa (accusative nominative singular)
kapat (accusative nominative plural)
kapan (accusative genitive singular)
kapat (accusative genitive plural)
kapan (genitive singular)
kappojen (genitive plural)
kappain (genitive plural rare)
kappaa (partitive singular)
kappoja (partitive plural)
kapassa (inessive singular)
kapoissa (inessive plural)
kapasta (elative singular)
kapoista (elative plural)
kappaan (illative singular)
kappoihin (illative plural)
kapalla (adessive singular)
kapoilla (adessive plural)
kapalta (ablative singular)
kapoilta (ablative plural)
kapalle (allative singular)
kapoille (allative plural)
kappana (essive singular)
kappoina (essive plural)
kapaksi (singular translative)
kapoiksi (plural translative)
kapatta (abessive singular)
kapoitta (abessive plural)
kapoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kappani (nominative singular)
kappani (nominative plural)
kappani (accusative nominative singular)
kappani (accusative nominative plural)
kappani (accusative genitive singular)
kappani (accusative genitive plural)
kappani (genitive singular)
kappojeni (genitive plural)
kappaini (genitive plural rare)
kappaani (partitive singular)
kappojani (partitive plural)
kapassani (inessive singular)
kapoissani (inessive plural)
kapastani (elative singular)
kapoistani (elative plural)
kappaani (illative singular)
kappoihini (illative plural)
kapallani (adessive singular)
kapoillani (adessive plural)
kapaltani (ablative singular)
kapoiltani (ablative plural)
kapalleni (allative singular)
kapoilleni (allative plural)
kappanani (essive singular)
kappoinani (essive plural)
kapakseni (singular translative)
kapoikseni (plural translative)
kapattani (abessive singular)
kapoittani (abessive plural)
kappoineni (comitative plural)
kappasi (nominative singular)
kappasi (nominative plural)
kappasi (accusative nominative singular)
kappasi (accusative nominative plural)
kappasi (accusative genitive singular)
kappasi (accusative genitive plural)
kappasi (genitive singular)
kappojesi (genitive plural)
kappaisi (genitive plural rare)
kappaasi (partitive singular)
kappojasi (partitive plural)
kapassasi (inessive singular)
kapoissasi (inessive plural)
kapastasi (elative singular)
kapoistasi (elative plural)
kappaasi (illative singular)
kappoihisi (illative plural)
kapallasi (adessive singular)
kapoillasi (adessive plural)
kapaltasi (ablative singular)
kapoiltasi (ablative plural)
kapallesi (allative singular)
kapoillesi (allative plural)
kappanasi (essive singular)
kappoinasi (essive plural)
kapaksesi (singular translative)
kapoiksesi (plural translative)
kapattasi (abessive singular)
kapoittasi (abessive plural)
kappoinesi (comitative plural)
kappamme (nominative singular)
kappamme (nominative plural)
kappamme (accusative nominative singular)
kappamme (accusative nominative plural)
kappamme (accusative genitive singular)
kappamme (accusative genitive plural)
kappamme (genitive singular)
kappojemme (genitive plural)
kappaimme (genitive plural rare)
kappaamme (partitive singular)
kappojamme (partitive plural)
kapassamme (inessive singular)
kapoissamme (inessive plural)
kapastamme (elative singular)
kapoistamme (elative plural)
kappaamme (illative singular)
kappoihimme (illative plural)
kapallamme (adessive singular)
kapoillamme (adessive plural)
kapaltamme (ablative singular)
kapoiltamme (ablative plural)
kapallemme (allative singular)
kapoillemme (allative plural)
kappanamme (essive singular)
kappoinamme (essive plural)
kapaksemme (singular translative)
kapoiksemme (plural translative)
kapattamme (abessive singular)
kapoittamme (abessive plural)
kappoinemme (comitative plural)
kappanne (nominative singular)
kappanne (nominative plural)
kappanne (accusative nominative singular)
kappanne (accusative nominative plural)
kappanne (accusative genitive singular)
kappanne (accusative genitive plural)
kappanne (genitive singular)
kappojenne (genitive plural)
kappainne (genitive plural rare)
kappaanne (partitive singular)
kappojanne (partitive plural)
kapassanne (inessive singular)
kapoissanne (inessive plural)
kapastanne (elative singular)
kapoistanne (elative plural)
kappaanne (illative singular)
kappoihinne (illative plural)
kapallanne (adessive singular)
kapoillanne (adessive plural)
kapaltanne (ablative singular)
kapoiltanne (ablative plural)
kapallenne (allative singular)
kapoillenne (allative plural)
kappananne (essive singular)
kappoinanne (essive plural)
kapaksenne (singular translative)
kapoiksenne (plural translative)
kapattanne (abessive singular)
kapoittanne (abessive plural)
kappoinenne (comitative plural)
kappansa (nominative singular)
kappansa (nominative plural)
kappansa (accusative nominative singular)
kappansa (accusative nominative plural)
kappansa (accusative genitive singular)
kappansa (accusative genitive plural)
kappansa (genitive singular)
kappojensa (genitive plural)
kappainsa (genitive plural rare)
kappaansa (partitive singular)
kappojaan (partitive plural)
kappojansa (partitive plural)
kapassaan (inessive singular)
kapassansa (inessive singular)
kapoissaan (inessive plural)
kapoissansa (inessive plural)
kapastaan (elative singular)
kapastansa (elative singular)
kapoistaan (elative plural)
kapoistansa (elative plural)
kappaansa (illative singular)
kappoihinsa (illative plural)
kapallaan (adessive singular)
kapallansa (adessive singular)
kapoillaan (adessive plural)
kapoillansa (adessive plural)
kapaltaan (ablative singular)
kapaltansa (ablative singular)
kapoiltaan (ablative plural)
kapoiltansa (ablative plural)
kapalleen (allative singular)
kapallensa (allative singular)
kapoilleen (allative plural)
kapoillensa (allative plural)
kappanaan (essive singular)
kappanansa (essive singular)
kappoinaan (essive plural)
kappoinansa (essive plural)
kapakseen (singular translative)
kapaksensa (singular translative)
kapoikseen (plural translative)
kapoiksensa (plural translative)
kapattaan (abessive singular)
kapattansa (abessive singular)
kapoittaan (abessive plural)
kapoittansa (abessive plural)
kappoineen (comitative plural)
kappoinensa (comitative plural)

→ Swedish: kappe

[Alt: A cubical wooden measuring vessel, a kappa.]
Borrowing from Germanic, not clearly dateable: compare Old Saxon skap (“a measure”), Old High German scaf (“vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *skapaz, which is possibly a derivative of *skapjaną (“to shape”) (compare also *skappijǭ in Danish skæppe, Old Norse skeppa, Estonian dialectal käpp (“measure”)). Cognate within Finnic with Estonian kapp, Ingrian kappa, Karelian kappa, Ludian kappe, nominally reconstructible as Proto-Finnic *kappa.

(historical) a unit of measure for the volume of dry goods, equivalent to 1/32 of a tynnyri or 4.58 litres in the Kingdom of Sweden and 1/30 of a tynnyri or 5.4961 litres in the Russian Empire

in modern use, a unit of measure for the volume of dry goods used in farmers' markets especially for potatoes, equal to 5 litres, or 2 litres for pikku kappa


kappa

Borrowed from Swedish kappa, from Medieval Latin cappa.


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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).


kappa

kappa (indefinite nominative singular)
kappas (genitive indefinite singular)
kappan (definite nominative singular)
kappans (definite genitive singular)
kappor (indefinite nominative plural)
kappors (genitive indefinite plural)
kapporna (definite nominative plural)
kappornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kappa

According to NE: From Old Swedish kappa, from Medieval Latin cappa.
According to SAOB online: From Old Swedish kappa, from Middle Low German kappe, ultimately from Late Latin cappa.
According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: From Old Swedish kappa, from Middle Low German kappe, borrowed from a Romance language, from Medieval Latin cappa, byform of cāpa, probably shortenings of a word derived from Latin caput (“head”).


stein

steinen (definite singular)
steiner (indefinite plural)
steinene (definite plural)

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

sten

in senses 1 and 2 Riksmål only; otherwise official


釦

(archery) metal loop at the nock point of a bow string


AAA

en-noun

AAA (countable and uncountable, plural AAAs)


proto

[…] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.

2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:

(informal, fashion) A prototype of a design.


靴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hʷa): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls).

Han compound

鞾
𩎁
韡
𩍇
𡲲
㞜
𩋖
𩋾
𩍍


靴

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ふや. Cognate with Yaeyama 靴 (fuya); see there for more.


pot

en-verb

pot (third-person singular simple present pots, present participle potting, simple past and past participle potted)

pots (present singular third-person)
potting (participle present)
potted (participle past)
potted (past)

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot”), Dutch pot (“pot”), German Low German Pott (“pot”), German Pott (“pot”), Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”). Also, Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”).
The sense of ruin or deterioration was originally a general allusion to "being chopped up and tossed in a (normally fiery) pot, like a piece of meat" (i.e. to get wasted or done with (by someone)). The 'clean' slang term which was used in reference to toilet rooms and lavatories apparently derives from English chamberpots, although now usually encountered as potty in the context of children's toilet training.

cog

Ideally the best Ideally the best way of tackling the problem of toilet training, is to 'pot' your child at set intervals when he is at home, even though he may no longer be a baby, thus establishing a regular routine instead of one at odd intervals.

1975, Nancie R. Finnie, Handling the Young Cerebral Palsied Child, →ISBN, page 75:

If you leave out this “catching" stage altogether and start proper toilet training at, say, eighteen months you will only have to pot your baby about 2000 times for the same effect.

1978, Penelope Leach, Your Baby & Child from Birth to Age Five, →ISBN, page 225:

Do not make the mistake of potting your baby as early as possible, but wait until she gives the signal that she is aware that puddles are somehow to do with her.

2004, Joan Gomez, Coping with Incontinence, →ISBN, page 33:

Of course, if at any stage your child takes a violent dislike to the pot, then I would put it away for a few weeks and then try again, but if the pot is very comfortable, your attitude is calm and you don't over-pot your child (put him on the pot too often or talk about the pot too much), this shouldn't happen.

2012, Nanny Smith, Nina Grunfeld, Nanny Knows Best: Successful Potty Training, →ISBN:

(transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

With five minutes to go, Trevathan potted his second goal, and finally it was the fullback Taylor who scored.

1967, Arthur H. Carman, Ranfurly Shield Rugby, page 139:

He played for the Oxford Australians against their Cambridge counterparts, and even potted a few goals at picnic Rugby matches.

1998, Geoffrey Serle: In Tribute, page 20:

(rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).


Mo

From Middle Limburgish mou, from Proto-West Germanic *mauwu.


鬘

鬘 (canonical)
kazura (romanization)
kadura (romanization)
かづら (hiragana historical)

五十日鬘

五十日鬘 ごじゅうにちかずら

百日鬘

百日鬘 ひゃくにちかずら


krona

krona (indefinite nominative singular)
kronas (genitive indefinite singular)
kronan (definite nominative singular)
kronans (definite genitive singular)
kronor (indefinite nominative plural)
kronors (genitive indefinite plural)
kronorna (definite nominative plural)
kronornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Estonian: kroonu

→ Finnish: kruunu

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of korona and corona.


XL

(chiefly clothing) extra large (the manufactured size)


XL

en-noun

XL (countable and uncountable, plural XLs)

Size – L, and because of this it’s a bit small when you’re used to wearing XLs. The sleeves are particularly lilliputian

1996 December, Alex Lee, “Wouldn’t be seen dead in one!”, in Playstation Pro, number 1, Macclesfield: IDG Media, Central Station, page 15:

(chiefly clothing) Initialism of extra large (the manufactured size or an item of that size).


XL

Natalie V. Adams
First year university
Temper: Nerdy
Hair: XL

2006, “Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 3:

(chiefly clothing) Initialism of extra large (of the manufactured size).


鳶

鳶 (canonical)
鳶 (canonical)
tobi (romanization)
とび (hiragana historical)

Perhaps from 飛び (tobi, “flying”, stem form of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly”)).

Short for 鳶口 (tobi-guchi, “a fire hook”).

Short for 鳶の者 (tobi no sha, “a construction worker, an Edo period fireman”).

鳶の者

Short for 鳶色 (tobi iro, “kite-wing brown”).


鳶

ja-noun

鳶(とんび) or 鳶(トンビ) • (tonbi) ^(←とんび (tonbi)?)

鳶 (canonical)
鳶 (canonical)
tonbi (romanization)
とんび (hiragana historical)

Short for 鳶合羽 (tonbi-kappa, “a caped overcoat”).


黛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'ɯːɡs): phonetic 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs) + semantic 黑 (“black”)

Han compound

(historical) a dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows


sole

→ Hebrew: סוֹל (sol)

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola (“bottom of the shoe”, also “flatfish”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil.

cog

The Caliga was a military Shoe, with a very thick Sole, tied above the instep with leather Thongs.

1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations, page 147:

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.


sole

solen (definite singular)
solar (indefinite plural)
solane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sóli m, from Latin solum (“bottom, ground”).

(footwear) a sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)


mus

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.


alb

From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”).

der

‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131:

(Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

alba

a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers


das

nl-noun

das f (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

dassen (plural)
dasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: das

Negerhollands: dassie

→ Aukan: dasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: dás

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhasi

→ Indonesian: dasi

→ Javanese: ꦝꦱꦶ (dhasi)

→ Papiamentu: dashi, dasji

→ Sranan Tongo: das

→ West Frisian: das

Uncertain, possibly from Italian dossi (“fur collar”).


Sohle

Sohle (genitive)
Sohlen (plural)
Sohle (nominative singular)
Sohlen (definite nominative plural)
Sohle (genitive singular)
Sohlen (definite genitive plural)
Sohle (dative singular)
Sohlen (dative definite plural)
Sohle (accusative singular)
Sohlen (accusative definite plural)

→⇒ Kashubian: zôla

From Middle High German sole, from Old High German sola, borrowed from Vulgar Latin sola, plural of solum (“bottom, base”). Cognate with Hunsrik Sohl, English sole.

auf leisen Sohlen

vom Scheitel bis zur Sohle

eine kesse Sohle aufs Parkett legen

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache


sweat

Les sweats à capuche sont interdits dans certains lieux publics en Grande-Bretagne.

Hoodies are prohibited in some places in Great Britain.


laurel

en-noun

laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)

Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

(historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.


slash

Originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from French esclachier (“to break”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.

(fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.


slash

en-verb

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

slashes (present singular third-person)
slashing (participle present)
slashed (participle past)
slashed (past)

(fashion) To create slashes in a garment.

To cut or attempt to cut
To create slashes in a garment.


sash

(clothing) A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.

(clothing) A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.


mini

hu-adj

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

minibb (comparative)
legminibb (superlative)
mini (nominative singular)
minik (nominative plural)
minit (accusative singular)
miniket (accusative plural)
mininek (dative singular)
miniknek (dative plural)
minivel (instrumental singular)
minikkel (instrumental plural)
miniért (causal-final singular)
minikért (causal-final plural)
minivé (singular translative)
minikké (plural translative)
miniig (singular terminative)
minikig (plural terminative)
miniként (essive-formal singular)
minikként (essive-formal plural)
miniben (inessive singular)
minikben (inessive plural)
minin (singular superessive)
miniken (plural superessive)
mininél (adessive singular)
miniknél (adessive plural)
minibe (illative singular)
minikbe (illative plural)
minire (singular sublative)
minikre (plural sublative)
minihez (allative singular)
minikhez (allative plural)
miniből (elative singular)
minikből (elative plural)
miniről (delative singular)
minikről (delative plural)
minitől (ablative singular)
miniktől (ablative plural)
minié (singular)
miniké (plural)
miniéi (singular)
minikéi (plural)


mini

minik (plural)
mini (nominative singular)
minik (nominative plural)
minit (accusative singular)
miniket (accusative plural)
mininek (dative singular)
miniknek (dative plural)
minivel (instrumental singular)
minikkel (instrumental plural)
miniért (causal-final singular)
minikért (causal-final plural)
minivé (singular translative)
minikké (plural translative)
miniig (singular terminative)
minikig (plural terminative)
miniként (essive-formal singular)
minikként (essive-formal plural)
miniben (inessive singular)
minikben (inessive plural)
minin (singular superessive)
miniken (plural superessive)
mininél (adessive singular)
miniknél (adessive plural)
minibe (illative singular)
minikbe (illative plural)
minire (singular sublative)
minikre (plural sublative)
minihez (allative singular)
minikhez (allative plural)
miniből (elative singular)
minikből (elative plural)
miniről (delative singular)
minikről (delative plural)
minitől (ablative singular)
miniktől (ablative plural)
minié (singular)
miniké (plural)
miniéi (singular)
minikéi (plural)
minim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
minijeim (or miniim) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
minid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
minijeid (or miniid) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
minije (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
minijei (or minii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
minink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
minijeink (or miniink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
minitek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
minijeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
or miniitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
minijük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
minijeik (or miniik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


mini

pl-adj

mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)


hairnet

From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät.

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.


pinny

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.

(colloquial) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.


apron

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.

The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.

A hard surface bordering a structure or area.

The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.

A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.


apron

Internationalism, borrowed from English apron.

(fashion) an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.


belt

→ Afrikaans: belt

→ Assamese: বেল্ট (belto)

→ Bengali: বেল্ট (belṭo)

→ Dutch: belt

→ Hindi: बेल्ट (belṭ)

→ Irish: beilt

→ Japanese: ベルト (beruto)

→ Odia: ବେଲ୍ଟ୍ (belṭ)

→ Urdu: بیلٹ (belṭ)

→ Welsh: belt

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

cog

As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.

Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.

1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14:

(clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.


belt

beltas (nominative plural)
belt (nominative singular)
beltas (nominative plural)
belt (accusative singular)
beltas (accusative plural)
beltes (genitive singular)
belta (genitive plural)
belte (dative singular)
beltum (dative plural)

Middle English: belt

English: belt (see there for further descendants)

Scots: belt

From Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz. Cognate with Old High German balz, Old Norse belti.


Oxford

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

inh

University of Oxford
w:University of Oxford


cola

Inherited from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue and Italian coda.

(clothing) train (long back section of a gown)


Wellington

en-proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

From earlier Weolingtun, from:
# For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”).
# For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”).
# Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:

A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.


jackboot

On a huge tomb-like table in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker’s ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherley comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat; […]

1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter V, in Devereux. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

There was a wonderful variety of costume to be seen and studied among the persons around me, […] other soldiers in helmets and jackboots; French officers of various uniform; monks and priests; attendants, in old-fashioned and gorgeous livery; […] so that, in any other country, the scene might have been taken for a fancy ball.

1858 February 19 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “February 19th [1858]”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume I, London: Strahan & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 98:

The coat itself, a long one of some fuzzy material, with huge side pockets into which the man's hands were plunged, reached to the cavernous tops of jackboots where the nether ends of his trousers were stowed away.

1914, Frank L. Packard, The Miracle Man, Chapter 3:

A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.


tie

From Middle English teye (“cord, chain”), from Old English tēag, tēah (“cord, chain”), from Proto-West Germanic *taugu, from Proto-Germanic *taugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Compare Danish tov, Icelandic taug.

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.


drawers

From draw (“to pull”), hence that which is pulled onto the body. Attested from the late 16th century. Compare drawer.

Question. Where did they strike you?
Answer. Struck me in the face once, and struck four times across the legs.
Question.Was that after you had taken your drawers off, or before?
Answer. After I had taken my drawers off.

1871 October 21, [US] House of Representatives, quoting John Pool and Mary Neal, “Conditions of affairs in the southern states. Georgia sub-committee”, in Reports of Committees, page 386:

(archaic) Clothing worn on the legs, especially that worn next to the skin, such as hose or breeches.


tok

tok (nominative singular)
toki (nominative plural)
toku (genitive singular)
toków (genitive plural)
tokowi (dative singular)
tokom (dative plural)
tok (accusative singular)
toki (accusative plural)
tokiem (instrumental singular)
tokami (instrumental plural)
toku (locative singular)
tokach (locative plural)
toku (singular vocative)
toki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish tok, from Proto-Slavic *tokъ.


hype

en-adj

hype (comparative more hype, superlative most hype)

more hype (comparative)
most hype (superlative)


hype

nl-noun

hype c (plural hypes, diminutive hypeje n)

hypes (plural)
hypeje (diminutive neuter)


perfume

en-noun

perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.

គន្ធរស

kŏənthĕəʼrŭəh

The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.

2014 March 7, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:

(cosmetics) A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.


perfume

(cosmetics) perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)


gabardine

gabardine (usually uncountable, plural gabardines)

/ˈɡæbəˌdiːn/

Recorded since 1904, altering the earlier gaberdine (“long, coarse outer garment”) (since 1520), from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of “pilgrim's cloak” (from wallen (“to ambulate”) + vart (“journey”)).


farmer

farmerek (plural)
farmer (nominative singular)
farmerek (nominative plural)
farmert (accusative singular)
farmereket (accusative plural)
farmernek (dative singular)
farmereknek (dative plural)
farmerrel (instrumental singular)
farmerekkel (instrumental plural)
farmerért (causal-final singular)
farmerekért (causal-final plural)
farmerré (singular translative)
farmerekké (plural translative)
farmerig (singular terminative)
farmerekig (plural terminative)
farmerként (essive-formal singular)
farmerekként (essive-formal plural)
farmerben (inessive singular)
farmerekben (inessive plural)
farmeren (singular superessive)
farmereken (plural superessive)
farmernél (adessive singular)
farmereknél (adessive plural)
farmerbe (illative singular)
farmerekbe (illative plural)
farmerre (singular sublative)
farmerekre (plural sublative)
farmerhez (allative singular)
farmerekhez (allative plural)
farmerből (elative singular)
farmerekből (elative plural)
farmerről (delative singular)
farmerekről (delative plural)
farmertől (ablative singular)
farmerektől (ablative plural)
farmeré (singular)
farmereké (plural)
farmeréi (singular)
farmerekéi (plural)
farmerem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
farmereim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
farmered (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
farmereid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
farmere (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
farmerei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
farmerünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
farmereink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
farmeretek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
farmereitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
farmerük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
farmereik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Ellipsis of farmeröltözet (“denim clothes”) or farmernadrág (“denim jeans”).


jersey

en-noun

jersey (countable and uncountable, plural jerseys)

→ Catalan: jersei

→ French: jersey

→ Galician: xersei

→ Portuguese: jérsei

→ Spanish: jersey

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

, pullover, sweater

(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

trui

(countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.


mule

→ Hawaiian: miula

→ Irish: miúil

→ Maori: miūru

From Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule and Old English mūl, both from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic мъшкъ (mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).

Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.


mule

head

mule c (singular definite mulen, plural indefinite muler)

mulen (definite singular)
muler (indefinite plural)
mule (indefinite nominative singular)
mulen (definite nominative singular)
muler (indefinite nominative plural)
mulerne (definite nominative plural)
mules (genitive indefinite singular)
mulens (definite genitive singular)
mulers (genitive indefinite plural)
mulernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô.


mule

Inherited from Old French mule, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus.


lips

lipsu (genitive)
lipsu (partitive)
lips (nominative singular)
lipsud (nominative plural)
lips (accusative nominative singular)
lipsud (accusative nominative plural)
lipsu (accusative genitive singular)
lipsud (accusative genitive plural)
lipsu (genitive singular)
lipsude (genitive plural)
lipsu (partitive singular)
lipse (partitive plural)
lipsusid (partitive plural)
lipsu (illative singular)
lipsusse (illative singular)
lipsudesse (illative plural)
lipsesse (illative plural)
lipsus (inessive singular)
lipsudes (inessive plural)
lipses (inessive plural)
lipsust (elative singular)
lipsudest (elative plural)
lipsest (elative plural)
lipsule (allative singular)
lipsudele (allative plural)
lipsele (allative plural)
lipsul (adessive singular)
lipsudel (adessive plural)
lipsel (adessive plural)
lipsult (ablative singular)
lipsudelt (ablative plural)
lipselt (ablative plural)
lipsuks (singular translative)
lipsudeks (plural translative)
lipseks (plural translative)
lipsuni (singular terminative)
lipsudeni (plural terminative)
lipsuna (essive singular)
lipsudena (essive plural)
lipsuta (abessive singular)
lipsudeta (abessive plural)
lipsuga (comitative singular)
lipsudega (comitative plural)


beret

Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

der

(clothing) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.


beret

berecik (diminutive)
beret (nominative singular)
berety (nominative plural)
beretu (genitive singular)
beretów (genitive plural)
beretowi (dative singular)
beretom (dative plural)
beret (accusative singular)
berety (accusative plural)
beretem (instrumental singular)
beretami (instrumental plural)
berecie (locative singular)
beretach (locative plural)
berecie (singular vocative)
berety (plural vocative)


Baskenmütze

de-noun

Baskenmütze f (genitive Baskenmütze, plural Baskenmützen)

Baskenmütze (genitive)
Baskenmützen (plural)
Baskenmütze (nominative singular)
Baskenmützen (definite nominative plural)
Baskenmütze (genitive singular)
Baskenmützen (definite genitive plural)
Baskenmütze (dative singular)
Baskenmützen (dative definite plural)
Baskenmütze (accusative singular)
Baskenmützen (accusative definite plural)

From Baske (“Basque”) + -n- + Mütze (“cap, bonnet”).

af

a flat beret with a small point on top (originally from the Pyrenees, now widespread)


sort

sortok (plural)
sort (nominative singular)
sortok (nominative plural)
sortot (accusative singular)
sortokat (accusative plural)
sortnak (dative singular)
sortoknak (dative plural)
sorttal (instrumental singular)
sortokkal (instrumental plural)
sortért (causal-final singular)
sortokért (causal-final plural)
sorttá (singular translative)
sortokká (plural translative)
sortig (singular terminative)
sortokig (plural terminative)
sortként (essive-formal singular)
sortokként (essive-formal plural)
sortban (inessive singular)
sortokban (inessive plural)
sorton (singular superessive)
sortokon (plural superessive)
sortnál (adessive singular)
sortoknál (adessive plural)
sortba (illative singular)
sortokba (illative plural)
sortra (singular sublative)
sortokra (plural sublative)
sorthoz (allative singular)
sortokhoz (allative plural)
sortból (elative singular)
sortokból (elative plural)
sortról (delative singular)
sortokról (delative plural)
sorttól (ablative singular)
sortoktól (ablative plural)
sorté (singular)
sortoké (plural)
sortéi (singular)
sortokéi (plural)
sortom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
sortjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
sortod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
sortjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
sortja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
sortjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
sortunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
sortjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
sortotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
sortjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
sortjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
sortjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)


béret

→ English: beret

→ Greek: μπερές (berés)

→ Polish: beret

→ Romanian: beretă, beret

desctree

→ Russian: бере́т (berét)
→ Georgian: ბერეტი (bereṭi)
→ Kazakh: берет (beret)

→ Turkish: bere

Borrowed from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta, Catalan barret.


quichenotte

Allegedly from Middle English kisse me not, from the use of the cap to discourage English soldiers from dallying with French women during the Hundred Years' War.

a type of women's hat resembling a head scarf, popular in certain areas of France


barrow

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-. Doublet of berg and bergh.
Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), Saterland Frisian Bäirch, Bierich (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), Low German Barg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Swedish berg (“mountain”), Norwegian berg (“rock, mountain, hillock, rock bottom”), Icelandic berg (“mountain”), bjarg (“rock”), Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain,hill”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

cog

Meronym: dolmen

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.


barrow

From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barwā, *barwijā, from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną (“to bear”). More at bear.

cog

The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.

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

In contrast, the Westminster Gazette in 1912 was much more positive about railway staff, praising the "...army of porters hustling and bustling hither and thither with barrows groaning under the weight of bags and baggage and... the ever-patient and long-suffering guards, courteously giving information and advice to the querulous passengers... to the porter the Christmas season means a continuous round of heavy labour, extremely tiring to both nerves and temper, and this fact the public too often seem either to forget or ignore."

2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.


barrow

From Middle English *berwe, *borwe, *bergh (attested in hamberwe and berwham (“horse-collar”)), from Middle English berwen (“to protect”), from Old English beorgan (“to protect”).

A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.


cyngiel

cyngle (nominative plural)
cyngli (genitive plural)
cynglom (dative plural)
cyngle (accusative plural)
cynglami (instrumental plural)
cynglach (locative plural)
cyngle (plural vocative)


underpants

en-noun

underpants pl (plural only, attributive underpant)

The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year.

1994, Marketing in Europe, Issues 380-385, page 77:

She takes off her fatigue pants and throws them in the washer and the surgical greens and her bloodstained bra and turns on the machine. She is wearing socks and underpants and a .38 Special with a shrouded hammer in an ankle holster.

He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots.

2011, Les Roberts, The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery, page 87:

Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.

'Calzones' in Mexico is applied to both sexes : see 'Underwear')


thong

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang, þweng, þwæng (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).

cog

Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.

1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:

T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).

2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108,
Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.

Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.

2008, Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia, page 104:

You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you've splashed $5000 on daddy's credit card.

2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126:

(usually in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.

(UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.

The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.


jandal

Blend of Japanese + sandal, originally a trademarked name.

(New Zealand) A flip-flop (type of footwear)


flip-flop

→ Japanese: フリップフロップ (furippu-furoppu)

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents

30 August 2004, The New Yorker,, page 38

(US, UK, Fiji) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.

(slang, derogatory, offensive) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.


flip-flop

en-verb

flip-flop (third-person singular simple present flip-flops, present participle flip-flopping, simple past and past participle flip-flopped)

flip-flops (present singular third-person)
flip-flopping (participle present)
flip-flopped (participle past)
flip-flopped (past)

(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.


Pickelhaube

de-noun

Pickelhaube f (genitive Pickelhaube, plural Pickelhauben)

Pickelhaube (genitive)
Pickelhauben (plural)
Pickelhaube (nominative singular)
Pickelhauben (definite nominative plural)
Pickelhaube (genitive singular)
Pickelhauben (definite genitive plural)
Pickelhaube (dative singular)
Pickelhauben (dative definite plural)
Pickelhaube (accusative singular)
Pickelhauben (accusative definite plural)

From Pickel (“pimple, pickaxe”) + Haube (“hood, cap”).