"emcee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛmˈsiː/ Forms: emcees [plural]
enPR: ĕm'sē' Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Etymology templates: {{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 Translations (master of ceremonies): Moderator [masculine] (German), maestro de ceremonias [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-noun-PAl-suRa Disambiguation of Musicians: 40 32 23 6 Disambiguation of People: 49 18 32 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronunciation spellings, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 14 33 7 Disambiguation of English pronunciation spellings: 56 9 31 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 10 33 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 21 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 5 31 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 10 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 15 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 13 27 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 15 27 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 9 32 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 9 25 8 Disambiguation of 'master of ceremonies': 90 10
  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: 40 32 23 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: femcee

Verb

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: {{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), maître de cérémonie [masculine] (French), maîtresse de cérémonie [feminine] (French), MC [Anglicism, feminine, masculine] (French), moderieren (German), ansagen (German), vorstellen (German), einführen (German), emce [masculine] (Polish), hacer de maestro de ceremonias (Spanish), ser maestro de ceremonias (Spanish), maestrear en la ceremonia (Spanish), maestrear la ceremonia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emcee-en-verb-RPPj0DU6 Disambiguation of Musicians: 40 32 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

Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "To act as the master of ceremonies (for)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rap as part of a hip-hop performance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "rap",
          "rap"
        ],
        [
          "hip-hop",
          "hip-hop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, music) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "ĕm'sē'"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛmˈsiː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "compere"
    },
    {
      "sense": "rap",
      "word": "rap"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔchí",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "主持"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "juontaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maître de cérémonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maîtresse de cérémonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "Anglicism",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "MC"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "moderieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "ansagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "vorstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "einführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emce"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "hacer de maestro de ceremonias"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "ser maestro de ceremonias"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "maestrear en la ceremonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act as the master of ceremonies",
      "word": "maestrear la ceremonia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emcee"
}

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