See nadir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for nadir meaning in English (14.5kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "nadir"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin nadir",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "نَظِير السَّمْت"
},
"expansion": "Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "نَظِير",
"3": "",
"4": "counterpart, corresponding to"
},
"expansion": "نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "سمت",
"3": "السَّمْت",
"4": "the zenith"
},
"expansion": "السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nadirs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nadir (plural nadirs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "azimuth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "both from السَّمْتُ (as-samtu)",
"word": "zenith -"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "zenith"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 25 16 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique",
"text": "[…] when we are Nadyr to the Sunne, we have no ſhadow […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation."
],
"id": "en-nadir-en-noun-xxX1SiPC",
"links": [
[
"celestial sphere",
"celestial sphere"
],
[
"zenith",
"zenith"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nadir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "նադիր"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "надир"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāndǐ",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "天底"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadiiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ναδίρ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "नाजिर"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadír"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "talppont"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadair"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"alt": "てんてい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tentei",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "天底"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazir-os-samt",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "نظیرالسمت"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "samt-ol-qadam",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "سمتالقدم"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pâsu",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "پاسو"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нади́р"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 23 6 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "idalum"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "height"
},
{
"word": "peak"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 25 16 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries",
"text": "[…] the seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1950, Elizabeth Janeway, edited by Helen Hull, The Writer’s Book",
"text": "In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year’s end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175",
"text": "The myth describes the dangerous moment of the nadir, the dead of winter, the moment when it is not known whether the world will be re-created and another cycle will bring on another spring.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The lowest point; time of greatest depression."
],
"id": "en-nadir-en-noun-8q05B8vO",
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lowest ebb"
},
{
"word": "slough of despond"
},
{
"word": "trough"
},
{
"word": "bathos"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naj-niska točka",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "най-ниска точка"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "aallonpohja"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fond"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ναδίρ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "नाजिर"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "mélypont"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilpunktur"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"alt": "どんぞこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "donzoko",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "どん底"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qa'r",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "قعر"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nízšij úrovenʹ",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ни́зший у́ровень"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "slightly informal",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "lågvattenmärke"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "ayak ucu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Astronomy",
"orig": "en:Astronomy",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"Space",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "16 25 16 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down."
],
"id": "en-nadir-en-noun-LLGL9r88",
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"conical",
"conical"
],
[
"gravity",
"gravity"
],
[
"down",
"down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "down"
}
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 8 79 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "axis of projected conical shadow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 8 79 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "axis of projected conical shadow",
"word": "नाजिर"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "duplet"
},
{
"word": "super"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Beekeeping",
"orig": "en:Beekeeping",
"parents": [
"Agriculture",
"Applied sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "16 25 16 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey."
],
"id": "en-nadir-en-noun-TR1m~VU5",
"links": [
[
"beekeeping",
"beekeeping"
],
[
"beehive",
"beehive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"beekeeping",
"business",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnæd.ɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.də(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.dɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪdə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-nadir.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg/En-us-nadir.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "nadir"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "nadir"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin nadir",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "نَظِير السَّمْت"
},
"expansion": "Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "نَظِير",
"3": "",
"4": "counterpart, corresponding to"
},
"expansion": "نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "سمت",
"3": "السَّمْت",
"4": "the zenith"
},
"expansion": "السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nadirs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nadiring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nadired",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nadired",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nadir (third-person singular simple present nadirs, present participle nadiring, simple past and past participle nadired)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Beekeeping",
"orig": "en:Beekeeping",
"parents": [
"Agriculture",
"Applied sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "16 25 16 21 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base."
],
"id": "en-nadir-en-verb-p1q1lO0F",
"links": [
[
"beekeeping",
"beekeeping"
],
[
"extend",
"extend"
],
[
"beehive",
"beehive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"beekeeping",
"business",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnæd.ɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.də(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.dɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪdə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-nadir.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg/En-us-nadir.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "nadir"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/eɪdə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/eɪdə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "nadir"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin nadir",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "نَظِير السَّمْت"
},
"expansion": "Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "نَظِير",
"3": "",
"4": "counterpart, corresponding to"
},
"expansion": "نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "سمت",
"3": "السَّمْت",
"4": "the zenith"
},
"expansion": "السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nadirs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nadir (plural nadirs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "azimuth"
},
{
"alt": "both from السَّمْتُ (as-samtu)",
"word": "zenith -"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "zenith"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique",
"text": "[…] when we are Nadyr to the Sunne, we have no ſhadow […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation."
],
"links": [
[
"celestial sphere",
"celestial sphere"
],
[
"zenith",
"zenith"
]
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "height"
},
{
"word": "peak"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries",
"text": "[…] the seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1950, Elizabeth Janeway, edited by Helen Hull, The Writer’s Book",
"text": "In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year’s end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175",
"text": "The myth describes the dangerous moment of the nadir, the dead of winter, the moment when it is not known whether the world will be re-created and another cycle will bring on another spring.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The lowest point; time of greatest depression."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lowest ebb"
},
{
"word": "slough of despond"
},
{
"word": "trough"
},
{
"word": "bathos"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Astronomy"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"conical",
"conical"
],
[
"gravity",
"gravity"
],
[
"down",
"down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "down"
}
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "duplet"
},
{
"word": "super"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"en:Beekeeping"
],
"glosses": [
"An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey."
],
"links": [
[
"beekeeping",
"beekeeping"
],
[
"beehive",
"beehive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"beekeeping",
"business",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnæd.ɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.də(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.dɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪdə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-nadir.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg/En-us-nadir.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nadir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "նադիր"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "надир"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāndǐ",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "天底"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadiiri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nadir"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ναδίρ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "नाजिर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadír"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "talppont"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"alt": "てんてい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tentei",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "天底"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazir-os-samt",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "نظیرالسمت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "samt-ol-qadam",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "سمتالقدم"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pâsu",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "پاسو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нади́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "point of the sky",
"word": "idalum"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naj-niska točka",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "най-ниска точка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "aallonpohja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fond"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nadír",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ναδίρ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "नाजिर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "mélypont"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilpunktur"
},
{
"alt": "どんぞこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "donzoko",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "どん底"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qa'r",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "قعر"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nízšij úrovenʹ",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ни́зший у́ровень"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "slightly informal",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "lågvattenmärke"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "figuratively the lowest point",
"word": "ayak ucu"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naẓīr",
"sense": "axis of projected conical shadow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَظِير"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nājir",
"sense": "axis of projected conical shadow",
"word": "नाजिर"
}
],
"word": "nadir"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/eɪdə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/eɪdə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "nadir"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin nadir",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "نَظِير السَّمْت"
},
"expansion": "Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "نَظِير",
"3": "",
"4": "counterpart, corresponding to"
},
"expansion": "نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "سمت",
"3": "السَّمْت",
"4": "the zenith"
},
"expansion": "السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nadirs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nadiring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nadired",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nadired",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nadir (third-person singular simple present nadirs, present participle nadiring, simple past and past participle nadired)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Beekeeping"
],
"glosses": [
"To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base."
],
"links": [
[
"beekeeping",
"beekeeping"
],
[
"extend",
"extend"
],
[
"beehive",
"beehive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"agriculture",
"beekeeping",
"business",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnæd.ɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.də(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪˌdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈneɪ.dɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/neɪˈdɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪdə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-nadir.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg/En-us-nadir.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-nadir.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "nadir"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). 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.