See Cynic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for Cynic meaning in English (6.3kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Cynicus"
},
"expansion": "Latin Cynicus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱwṓ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κύων",
"3": "-ικός",
"nocat": "1",
"pos1": "see Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i>",
"t1": "dog"
},
"expansion": "κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Κυνικός",
"lit": "doglike, currish",
"pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">κύων</i> (kúōn, “dog”, see <span class=\"etyl\">Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i></span>) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">-ικός</i> (-ikós)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Cynics",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Cynic (plural Cynics)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 98",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 87",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Philosophy",
"orig": "en:Philosophy",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue."
],
"id": "en-Cynic-en-noun-VdExcK8c",
"links": [
[
"sect",
"sect"
],
[
"Ancient Greek",
"Ancient Greek"
],
[
"philosopher",
"philosopher"
],
[
"virtue",
"virtue"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"self-control",
"self-control"
],
[
"means",
"means"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalbiyy",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَلْبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kyniker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kynikerin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Kynikós",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "Kunikós",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Cynicus"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnɪk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cynicism_(philosophy)",
"Diogenes of Sinope"
],
"word": "Cynic"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Cynicus"
},
"expansion": "Latin Cynicus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱwṓ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κύων",
"3": "-ικός",
"nocat": "1",
"pos1": "see Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i>",
"t1": "dog"
},
"expansion": "κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Κυνικός",
"lit": "doglike, currish",
"pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">κύων</i> (kúōn, “dog”, see <span class=\"etyl\">Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i></span>) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">-ικός</i> (-ikós)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "Cynic (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "57 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of or relating to the Cynics."
],
"id": "en-Cynic-en-adj-0qPXfsUP",
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalbiyy",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "كَلْبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "kynisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynikós",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "Ciniko"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kenju",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "犬儒"
},
{
"alt": "犬儒",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeonyu",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "견유"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "Cynicus"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnɪk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cynicism_(philosophy)",
"Diogenes of Sinope"
],
"word": "Cynic"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk",
"Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk/2 syllables",
"en:People",
"en:Philosophy"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Cynicus"
},
"expansion": "Latin Cynicus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱwṓ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κύων",
"3": "-ικός",
"nocat": "1",
"pos1": "see Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i>",
"t1": "dog"
},
"expansion": "κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Κυνικός",
"lit": "doglike, currish",
"pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">κύων</i> (kúōn, “dog”, see <span class=\"etyl\">Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i></span>) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">-ικός</i> (-ikós)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Cynics",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Cynic (plural Cynics)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue."
],
"links": [
[
"sect",
"sect"
],
[
"Ancient Greek",
"Ancient Greek"
],
[
"philosopher",
"philosopher"
],
[
"virtue",
"virtue"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"self-control",
"self-control"
],
[
"means",
"means"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnɪk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalbiyy",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَلْبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kyniker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kynikerin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Kynikós",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "Kunikós",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "member",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Cynicus"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cynicism_(philosophy)",
"Diogenes of Sinope"
],
"word": "Cynic"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk",
"Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk/2 syllables",
"en:People",
"en:Philosophy"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Cynicus"
},
"expansion": "Latin Cynicus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱwṓ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κύων",
"3": "-ικός",
"nocat": "1",
"pos1": "see Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i>",
"t1": "dog"
},
"expansion": "κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Κυνικός",
"lit": "doglike, currish",
"pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">κύων</i> (kúōn, “dog”, see <span class=\"etyl\">Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ḱwṓ</i></span>) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">-ικός</i> (-ikós)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First used in English around 1540–50. From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kunikós, from κύων (kúōn, “dog”, see Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ) + -ικός (-ikós), literally “doglike, currish”). The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname κύων (kúōn, “dog”) given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "Cynic (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Of or relating to the Cynics."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnɪk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalbiyy",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "كَلْبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "kynisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynikós",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κυνικός"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "Ciniko"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kenju",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "犬儒"
},
{
"alt": "犬儒",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeonyu",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "견유"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the Cynics",
"word": "Cynicus"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cynicism_(philosophy)",
"Diogenes of Sinope"
],
"word": "Cynic"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). 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.