"emcee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛmˈsiː/ Forms: emcees [plural]
enPR: ĕm'sē' Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Pronunciation spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">MC</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(“master of ceremonies”)</span></span>.|lang=}} Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”)., {{pronunciation spelling of|en|MC|t=master of ceremonies}} Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} emcee (plural emcees)
  1. Alternative form of MC in its senses as
    Master of ceremonies.
    Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-noun-PAl-suRa Disambiguation of Musicians: 37 34 23 6 Disambiguation of People: 49 18 32 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronunciation spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 8 35 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 8 29 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 12 27 12 Disambiguation of English pronunciation spellings: 57 7 30 5
  2. Alternative form of MC in its senses as
    (music) A rapper.
    Categories (topical): Music, Musicians
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-noun-GJK2kUVs Disambiguation of Musicians: 37 34 23 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌɛmˈsiː/ Forms: emcees [present, singular, third-person], emceeing [participle, present], emceed [participle, past], emceed [past]
enPR: ĕm'sē' Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Pronunciation spelling of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">MC</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(“master of ceremonies”)</span></span>.|lang=}} Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”)., {{pronunciation spelling of|en|MC|t=master of ceremonies}} Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for). Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Musicians Synonyms (act as the master of ceremonies): compere [UK] Translations (act as the master of ceremonies): 主持 (zhǔchí) (Chinese Mandarin), juontaa (Finnish), moderieren (German), ansagen (German), vorstellen (German), einführen (German), emce [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-verb-RPPj0DU6 Disambiguation of Musicians: 37 34 23 6 Disambiguation of 'act as the master of ceremonies': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'act as the master of ceremonies': 99 1
  2. (intransitive, music) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Music Synonyms (rap): rap
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-verb-bk~qJC-h Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'rap': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hip-hop, rap

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      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emce"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emcee"
}

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