"Cheatham" meaning in English

See Cheatham in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈtʃiːtəm/ (note: variously), /ˈtʃiːθəm/ Forms: Cheathams [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, variant of Cheetham, from historical Cheetham in Lancashire, from Chet + ham; first element from Brythonic/Celtic *cęd (“wood, forest”), from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), related to Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|cel-bry|-}} Brythonic, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|en|cel-pro|*kaitos}} Proto-Celtic *kaitos, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kayt-}} Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, {{cog|la|bucetum|bū-cētum|pastureland|lit=cow-pasture}} Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Cheathams}} Cheatham (plural Cheathams)
  1. A surname. Derived forms: Cheatham County
    Sense id: en-Cheatham-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-bry",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Brythonic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaitos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaitos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kayt-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kayt-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bucetum",
        "3": "bū-cētum",
        "4": "pastureland",
        "lit": "cow-pasture"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English, variant of Cheetham, from historical Cheetham in Lancashire, from Chet + ham; first element from Brythonic/Celtic *cęd (“wood, forest”), from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), related to Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cheathams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cheathams"
      },
      "expansion": "Cheatham (plural Cheathams)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Cheatham County"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Cheatham-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃiːtəm/",
      "note": "variously"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃiːθəm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cheatham"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Cheatham County"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-bry",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Brythonic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaitos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaitos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kayt-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kayt-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bucetum",
        "3": "bū-cētum",
        "4": "pastureland",
        "lit": "cow-pasture"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English, variant of Cheetham, from historical Cheetham in Lancashire, from Chet + ham; first element from Brythonic/Celtic *cęd (“wood, forest”), from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), related to Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cheathams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cheathams"
      },
      "expansion": "Cheatham (plural Cheathams)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English terms derived from Brythonic languages",
        "English terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃiːtəm/",
      "note": "variously"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃiːθəm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cheatham"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Cheatham meaning in English (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.