"epithet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, /ˈɛp.əˌθɛt/ Audio: En-us-epithet.ogg Forms: epithets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|épithète}} Middle French épithète, {{der|en|la|epithetum}} Latin epithetum, {{der|en|grc|ἐπίθετον||epithet, adjective}} Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), {{prefix|grc|ἐπι-|τίθημι|nocat=1|t1=in addition|t2=to put}} ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-||to put, to do}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} epithet (plural epithets)
  1. A term used to characterize a person or thing. Translations (term used to characterize a person or thing): ἐπίθετον (epítheton) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), մակդիր (makdir) (Armenian), эпі́тэт (epítet) [masculine] (Belarusian), епитет (epitet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), epítet [masculine] (Catalan), 稱號 (Chinese Mandarin), 称号 (chēnghào) (Chinese Mandarin), 綽號 (Chinese Mandarin), 绰号 (chuòhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 修飾語 (Chinese Mandarin), 修饰语 (xiūshìyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), epiteton [masculine] (Czech), epitet [common-gender] (Danish), toenaam [masculine] (Dutch), epitheton [neuter] (Dutch), mainesana (Finnish), epiteetti (Finnish), épithète [feminine] (French), ეპითეტი (eṗiteṭi) (Georgian), Beiwort [neuter] (German), Epitheton [neuter] (German), Attribut [neuter] (German), Beiname [masculine] (German), επίθετο (epítheto) [neuter] (Greek), jelző (Hungarian), epitéta (Hungarian), epiteto [masculine] (Italian), 渾名 (Japanese), あだ名 (adana) (alt: あだな) (Japanese), эпитет (épitet) (Kazakh), epitets [masculine] (Latvian), epitet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), epitet [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صفت (sefat) (Persian), گواسه (govâse) (Persian), epitet [masculine] (Polish), epíteto [masculine] (Portuguese), epitet [neuter] (Romanian), эпи́тет (epítet) [masculine] (Russian), epíteto [masculine] (Spanish), epitet [neuter] (Swedish), епі́тет (epítet) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-~8-~euHE Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 12 21 15 5 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 9 25 13 5 23 8 Disambiguation of 'term used to characterize a person or thing': 66 6 11 16 1 1
  2. (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role. Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-1lv0UiXZ Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 12 21 15 5 25 8 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. Synonyms (descriptive substitute): cognomen, eponym, surname [archaic] Translations (term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person): ἐπίθετον (epítheton) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), прякор (prjakor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), epítet [masculine] (Catalan), tilnavn [neuter] (Danish), epitheton [neuter] (Dutch), epiteetti (Finnish), liikanimi (Finnish), épithète [feminine] (French), Beiwort [neuter] (German), Beiname [masculine] (German), Spitzname [masculine] (German), epiteto [masculine] (Italian), epitets [masculine] (Latvian), epitet [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-WNnERlwi Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 9 45 7 5 20 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 12 21 15 5 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 9 25 13 5 23 8 Disambiguation of 'descriptive substitute': 6 9 67 4 6 7 Disambiguation of 'term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person': 11 15 57 7 1 9
  4. One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-5U1eK5Un Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 12 21 15 5 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 9 25 13 5 23 8
  5. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. Translations (abusive or contemptuous word or phrase): ругатня (rugatnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), epítet [masculine] (Catalan), skældsord [neuter] (Danish), scheldnaam [masculine] (Dutch), schimpnaam [masculine] (Dutch), haukkumanimi (Finnish), épithète [feminine] (French), Schimpfwort [neuter] (German), Schimpfname [masculine] (German), epiteto [masculine] (Italian), epitet [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-ykMKHZ-O Disambiguation of 'abusive or contemptuous word or phrase': 2 5 2 5 80 7
  6. (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Translations (word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species): epitheton [neuter] (Dutch), lajinimi (english: following genus) (Finnish), alalajinimi (english: following species) (Finnish), Epitheton [neuter] (German), epiteto [masculine] (Italian), эпитет (épitet) (Kazakh), epitet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), epitet [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), эпи́тет (epítet) [masculine] (Russian), epíteto específico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-noun-Pg8FlWG5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 10 7 11 9 55 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 7 8 13 8 49 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 6 7 14 7 58 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 6 15 4 64 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 10 19 16 6 25 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 11 12 12 10 8 34 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 12 16 10 9 32 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 12 17 11 8 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 12 21 15 5 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 12 13 10 6 44 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 11 11 9 8 33 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 13 15 10 8 32 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 11 11 8 8 34 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 9 25 13 5 23 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 12 11 9 8 35 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 14 10 7 7 36 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 13 16 13 6 28 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 11 11 8 7 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 11 11 8 7 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 16 10 19 16 6 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 16 10 18 15 6 25 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 13 16 7 6 37 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 13 16 10 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 7 11 13 6 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 10 18 15 6 25 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 13 15 10 8 32 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 11 18 17 6 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 13 15 10 8 32 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 11 11 8 7 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 10 9 9 6 43 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 12 17 11 7 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 12 17 11 7 31 12 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species': 0 9 6 1 1 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epithetic, epithetical, epithetically, epithetise, epithetize, epithetism, species epithet, subspecific epithet

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, /ˈɛp.əˌθɛt/ Audio: En-us-epithet.ogg Forms: epithets [present, singular, third-person], epitheting [participle, present], epitheted [participle, past], epitheted [past]
Etymology: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|épithète}} Middle French épithète, {{der|en|la|epithetum}} Latin epithetum, {{der|en|grc|ἐπίθετον||epithet, adjective}} Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), {{prefix|grc|ἐπι-|τίθημι|nocat=1|t1=in addition|t2=to put}} ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-||to put, to do}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} epithet (third-person singular simple present epithets, present participle epitheting, simple past and past participle epitheted)
  1. (transitive) To term; to refer to as. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-epithet-en-verb-lzz3dT-G

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "alt": "あだな",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sefat",
          "sense": "term used to characterize a person or thing",
          "word": "صفت"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "govâse",
          "sense": "term used to characterize a person or thing",
          "word": "گواسه"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "term used to characterize a person or thing",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "term used to characterize a person or thing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "epíteto"
        },
        {
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      "word": "Beiname"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Spitzname"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epítheton",
      "sense": "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπίθετον"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epiteto"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epitets"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rugatnja",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ругатня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epítet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skældsord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scheldnaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schimpnaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "word": "haukkumanimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "épithète"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schimpfwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schimpfname"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epiteto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "abusive or contemptuous word or phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "epitheton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "following genus",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "word": "lajinimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "following species",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Epitheton"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "epiteto"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "word": "эпитет"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "epitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "epitet"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "epítet",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эпи́тет"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "epíteto específico"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Charles Edward Stuart",
    "Ivan the Terrible"
  ],
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}

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        "(transitive) To term; to refer to as."
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