"st" meaning in English

See st in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: sst [alternative]
Etymology: Imitative. Compare hist.
  1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence. Translations (expressing a sudden desire for silence): σουτ (sout) (Greek), σσστ (ssst) (Greek), pszt (Hungarian), csitt (Hungarian), st (Latin), hysj (Norwegian), sch (Swedish), hyss (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-st-en-intj-hYFZa5nx Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 35 2 21 2 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 34 2 21 2 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: sts [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun}} st (plural sts)
  1. Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: st. and St (extra: abbreviation of street) Translations (street): c. (Catalan), ul. [feminine] (Czech), ქ. (k.) (Georgian), Str. (German), οδ. (od.) (Greek), u. (utca) (Hungarian), ul. (Polish), c (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-st-en-noun-tlHFpmnP Categories (other): English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 17 34 5 16 5 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 38 4 20 4 31 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 8 53 2 16 2 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 31 3 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 6 3 2 1 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 3 17 1 12 1 18 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 7 2 1 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 2 21 1 12 1 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 33 3 21 3 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 34 3 22 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 35 2 21 2 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 35 3 23 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 29 7 22 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 30 8 22 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 33 3 24 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 34 2 21 2 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 33 1 24 1 33 Disambiguation of 'street': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. Abbreviation of state. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: state
    Sense id: en-st-en-noun-9j0sOhcg
  3. Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: stone (extra: not capitalized or usually spaced)
    Sense id: en-st-en-noun-Lq4B-~6x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 38 4 20 4 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 31 3 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 6 3 2 1 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 3 17 1 12 1 18 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 7 2 1 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 2 21 1 12 1 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 33 3 21 3 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 34 3 22 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 35 2 21 2 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 29 7 22 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 30 8 22 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 33 3 24 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 34 2 21 2 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 33 1 24 1 33
  4. Abbreviation of store. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: store
    Sense id: en-st-en-noun-95yT~Vge
  5. (knitting, crochet) Abbreviation of stitch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: stitch
    Sense id: en-st-en-noun--7KA7e4x Categories (other): Crochet, Knitting, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 38 4 20 4 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 31 3 25 3 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 6 3 2 1 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 3 17 1 12 1 18 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 7 2 1 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 2 21 1 12 1 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 33 3 21 3 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 34 3 22 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 35 2 21 2 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 29 7 22 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 30 8 22 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 33 3 24 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 34 2 21 2 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 33 1 24 1 33 Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: g st, rev st st, sl st, st st Translations (saint): წმ. (c̣m.) (Georgian), St. (German), Αγ. (Ag.) (Greek), Άη (Ái) (Greek), Άϊ (Áï) (Greek), Szt. (Hungarian), św. (Polish), St. (Portuguese)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'saint': 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "Szt."
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "św."
    },
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      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "St."
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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  "etymology_text": "Imitative. Compare hist.",
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      "form": "sst",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing a sudden desire for silence."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "sout",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "σουτ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ssst",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "σσστ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "pszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "csitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "st"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "hysj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "sch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "expressing a sudden desire for silence",
      "word": "hyss"
    }
  ],
  "word": "st"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "g st"
    },
    {
      "word": "rev st st"
    },
    {
      "word": "sl st"
    },
    {
      "word": "st st"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviations.",
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    {
      "form": "sts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "extra": "abbreviation of street",
          "word": "st. and St"
        }
      ],
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        "English abbreviations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "st.",
          "st.#English"
        ],
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          "St.",
          "St.#English"
        ],
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          "street",
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      "tags": [
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      "alt_of": [
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          "word": "state"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations"
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      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of state."
      ],
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          "state",
          "state#English"
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      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
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      "alt_of": [
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          "extra": "not capitalized or usually spaced",
          "word": "stone"
        }
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              41,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary:",
          "text": "Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced."
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          "stone#English"
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    {
      "alt_of": [
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          "word": "store"
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        "English abbreviations"
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      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of store."
      ],
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "stitch"
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        "English abbreviations",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Knitting"
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              31,
              34
            ]
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          "ref": "1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63:",
          "text": "insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              20
            ],
            [
              91,
              93
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:",
          "text": "Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              60,
              63
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55:",
          "text": "Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of stitch."
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        "(knitting, crochet) Abbreviation of stitch."
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        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "c."
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "street",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ul."
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "k.",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "ქ."
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "Str."
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "od.",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "οδ."
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "u. (utca)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "ul."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "street",
      "word": "c"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "c̣m.",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "წმ."
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "St."
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Ag.",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "Αγ."
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Ái",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "Άη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "Áï",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "Άϊ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "Szt."
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "św."
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "saint",
      "word": "St."
    }
  ],
  "word": "st"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '. ': st. and St",
  "path": [
    "st"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "st",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": abbrev. for οδός; placed before the name of the street vs. od.",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
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}

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