"YMCA" meaning in English

See YMCA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} YMCA
  1. Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Young Men's Christian Association Categories (topical): Dances, Organizations
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-name-M-7zpeX5 Disambiguation of Dances: 47 26 28 Disambiguation of Organizations: 68 26 7 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 54 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 55 19 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 12 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 60 16 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 55 19 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 54 15 31

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav Forms: YMCAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} YMCA (plural YMCAs)
  1. A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association. Synonyms: Y [informal] Translations (Young Men's Christian Association): 基督教青年會 (Chinese Mandarin), 基督教青年会 (Jīdùjiào Qīngniánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), NMKÜ (Estonian), KFUM (Faroese), NMKY (Nuorten Miesten Kristillinen Yhdistys) (Finnish), CVJM (German), ΧΑΝ (ChAN) (Greek), YMCA (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-noun-VFYGovtX Disambiguation of "Young Men's Christian Association": 99 1
  2. (preceded by definite article) A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A.
    Sense id: en-YMCA-en-noun-j0xxyulq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: YWCA

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for YMCA meaning in English (5.2kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "YMCA",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Young Men's Christian Association"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 15 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 19 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 16 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 19 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 26 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dances",
          "orig": "en:Dances",
          "parents": [
            "Dance",
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 26 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organizations",
          "orig": "en:Organizations",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association."
      ],
      "id": "en-YMCA-en-name-M-7zpeX5",
      "links": [
        [
          "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "w:Young Men's Christian Association"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "YMCA"
  ],
  "word": "YMCA"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YMCAs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "YMCA (plural YMCAs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "YWCA"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association."
      ],
      "id": "en-YMCA-en-noun-VFYGovtX",
      "links": [
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ],
        [
          "facility",
          "facility"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Y"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "基督教青年會"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Jīdùjiào Qīngniánhuì",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "基督教青年会"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "NMKÜ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "KFUM"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "NMKY (Nuorten Miesten Kristillinen Yhdistys)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "CVJM"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ChAN",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "ΧΑΝ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "word": "YMCA"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A."
      ],
      "id": "en-YMCA-en-noun-j0xxyulq",
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ],
        [
          "imitate",
          "imitate"
        ],
        [
          "succession",
          "succession"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "preceded by definite article",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(preceded by definite article) A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "YMCA"
  ],
  "word": "YMCA"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English initialisms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "en:Dances",
    "en:Organizations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "YMCA",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Young Men's Christian Association"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Young Men's Christian Association",
          "w:Young Men's Christian Association"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "YMCA"
  ],
  "word": "YMCA"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English initialisms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "en:Dances",
    "en:Organizations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YMCAs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "YMCA (plural YMCAs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "YWCA"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ],
        [
          "facility",
          "facility"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ],
        [
          "imitate",
          "imitate"
        ],
        [
          "succession",
          "succession"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "preceded by definite article",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(preceded by definite article) A particular dance in which the arms and body are used to imitate the letters Y, M, C, and A, in succession, danced to the Village People song Y.M.C.A."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-YMCA.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "基督教青年會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jīdùjiào Qīngniánhuì",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "基督教青年会"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "NMKÜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "KFUM"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "NMKY (Nuorten Miesten Kristillinen Yhdistys)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "CVJM"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ChAN",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "ΧΑΝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Young Men's Christian Association",
      "word": "YMCA"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "YMCA"
  ],
  "word": "YMCA"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). 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.