"leftover" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”). Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} leftover (not comparable)
  1. Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve. Tags: not-comparable Translations (remaining as meal is complete): gërdheshtër [feminine] (Albanian), kliekje [neuter] (Dutch), tähteeksi jäänyt (Finnish), restant [masculine] (French), υπόλοιπα (ypóloipa) [neuter] (Greek), avanzato [masculine] (Italian), оста́вшийся (ostávšijsja) (Russian), sobrante (Spanish), artık yemek (Turkish) Translations (remaining, left behind): gërdheshtër [feminine] (Albanian), restant [neuter] (Dutch), tähteeksi jäänyt (Finnish), restant [masculine] (French), restante [feminine] (French), übrig (German), übergeblieben (German), residuus (Latin), reservada [feminine] (Portuguese), conservada [feminine] (Portuguese), restante (Portuguese), deixada [feminine] (Portuguese), deixado [masculine] (Portuguese), оста́вшийся (ostávšijsja) (Russian), artakalan (Turkish), fazladan (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: left over, left-over

Noun

Forms: leftovers [plural]
Etymology: From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} leftover (plural leftovers)
  1. Something left behind; an excess or remainder. Translations (something left behind): 殘餘 (Chinese Mandarin), 残余 (cányú) (Chinese Mandarin), tähde (Finnish), reste [masculine] (French), Rest [masculine] (German), avanzo [masculine] (Italian), rimanenza [feminine] (Italian), residuo [masculine] (Italian), 残り (nokori) (alt: のこり) (Japanese), 贏余 (eiyo) (alt: えいよ) (Japanese), toenga (Maori), ဒၞာဲသှ်ေ (Mon), matrest [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), matrest [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sobra [feminine] (Portuguese), оста́ток (ostátok) [masculine] (Russian), объе́дки (obʺjédki) (note: for food only) [masculine, plural] (Russian), sobra [feminine] (Spanish), resto [masculine] (Spanish), remanente [masculine] (Spanish), vestigio [masculine] (Spanish), kalan, artan (yemek) (Turkish), resse [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-leftover-en-noun-hHX5ScLi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 49 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 2 Disambiguation of 'something left behind': 96 4
  2. (chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack. Tags: in-plural, usually
    Sense id: en-leftover-en-noun-kl29DMkL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: left over, left-over

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "remaining, left behind",
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          "sense": "remaining, left behind",
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          "word": "оста́вшийся"
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          "word": "artakalan"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "avanzato"
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          "alt": "のこり",
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          "Remaining",
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        ],
        [
          "extra",
          "extra"
        ],
        [
          "odd",
          "odd"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "left over"
    },
    {
      "word": "left-over"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gërdheshtër"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "restant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "tähteeksi jäänyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "restant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "restante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "übrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "übergeblieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "residuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reservada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conservada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "restante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deixada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deixado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostávšijsja",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "оста́вшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "artakalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remaining, left behind",
      "word": "fazladan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gërdheshtër"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kliekje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "word": "tähteeksi jäänyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "restant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypóloipa",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υπόλοιπα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avanzato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostávšijsja",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "word": "оста́вшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "word": "sobrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remaining as meal is complete",
      "word": "artık yemek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leftover"
}

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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Mon translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Walloon translations"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leftovers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leftover (plural leftovers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Something left behind; an excess or remainder."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "excess",
          "excess"
        ],
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          "remainder",
          "remainder"
        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Not leftovers again!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The entire wheel of cheese is a leftover from the party.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "usually"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "left over"
    },
    {
      "word": "left-over"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "殘餘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cányú",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "残余"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "tähde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rest"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avanzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rimanenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "residuo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のこり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nokori",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "残り"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えいよ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eiyo",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "贏余"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "toenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "ဒၞာဲသှ်ေ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matrest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matrest"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sobra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostátok",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оста́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "for food only",
      "roman": "obʺjédki",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "объе́дки"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sobra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "resto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "remanente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vestigio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "word": "kalan, artan (yemek)"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "something left behind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "resse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leftover"
}

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