# translation

lexentry: eng/Proto-Indo-European__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Indo-European
trans_list: Proto-Indo-Europees
sense:
(linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Indo-European__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Indo-European
trans_list: Proto-Indo-Europees
sense:
(linguistics, uncountable) The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Norse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Norse
trans_list: Oernoords
sense:
An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Slavic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Slavic
trans_list: Oerslavisch
sense:
(linguistics) A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.


lexentry: eng/Prussia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Prussia
trans_list: Pruisen
sense:
(historical) A German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the German Empire; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War.


lexentry: eng/Prussia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Prussia
trans_list: Pruisen
sense:
(countable) A country known for exceptional military professionalism in her region. Historically used for Bulgaria as the "Prussia of the Balkans".


lexentry: eng/Psyche__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Psyche
trans_list: psyche
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.


lexentry: eng/Punch_and_Judy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punch and Judy
trans_list: Jan Klaassenvoorstelling
sense:
A traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.


lexentry: eng/Punjabi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punjabi
trans_list: Punjabi
sense:
Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.


lexentry: eng/Punjabi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punjabi
trans_list: Punjabi
sense:
(uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.


lexentry: eng/Purgatory__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Purgatory
trans_list: purgatorium | vagevuur
sense:
(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification prior to entering Heaven.


lexentry: eng/Purim__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Purim
trans_list: Poerem | Poeriem | Poerim
sense:
(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.


lexentry: eng/Puss_in_Boots__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Puss in Boots
trans_list: De gelaarsde kat
sense:
A 17th-century French literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.


lexentry: eng/Putinism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Putinism
trans_list: poetinisme
sense:
(politics) The political policies of Vladimir Putin; the Russian political system during Putin’s tenure in power.


lexentry: eng/Pyrenean_chamois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrenean chamois
trans_list: gems
sense:
Rupicapra pyrenaica, a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy.


lexentry: eng/Pyrenees__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrenees
trans_list: Pyreneeën
sense:
The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.


lexentry: eng/Pyrrhic_victory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrrhic victory
trans_list: pyrrusoverwinning
sense:
A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.


lexentry: eng/Pyrrhus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrrhus
trans_list: Pyrrhos
sense:
Ancient Greek given name, particularly worn by the king of Epirus (319-272 BC) who defeated Romans in several battles, but sustained heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined.


lexentry: eng/Pythagorean_theorem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pythagorean theorem
trans_list: stelling van Pythagoras
sense:
(geometry) A mathematical theorem which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of those of the two other sides.


lexentry: eng/QAnon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: QAnon
trans_list: QAnon
sense:
(US politics) An anonymous poster on the Internet message boards 4chan, 8chan and 8kun, claiming to possess Q clearance, who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory claiming that Donald Trump is working against a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles comprised of his political opponents.


lexentry: eng/Q_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Q fever
trans_list: Q-koorts
sense:
An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).


lexentry: eng/Quaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quaker
trans_list: quaker
sense:
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.


lexentry: eng/Quaternary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quaternary
trans_list: Kwartair
sense:
(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.


lexentry: eng/Quidditch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quidditch
trans_list: Zwerkbal
sense:
A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.


lexentry: eng/Quranism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quranism
trans_list: koranisme
sense:
A denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.


lexentry: eng/R&D__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: R&D
trans_list: O&O
sense:
(business) Initialism of Research and Development (a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.)


lexentry: eng/Rabbinic_Judaism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rabbinic Judaism
trans_list: rabbijns jodendom
sense:
The mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud, having its roots in Pharisaic Judaism and based on the belief that Moses at Mount Sinai received two items from God: the written Torah and the oral Torah.


lexentry: eng/Ragnarok__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ragnarok
trans_list: ragnarok
sense:
(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.


lexentry: eng/Raków__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Raków
trans_list: Raków
sense:
A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.


lexentry: eng/Ramadan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ramadan
trans_list: ramadan
sense:
(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.


lexentry: eng/Rapunzel_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rapunzel syndrome
trans_list: rapunzelsyndroom
sense:
(medicine) The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.


lexentry: eng/Received_Pronunciation__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Received Pronunciation
trans_list: Received Pronunciation
sense:
The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP


lexentry: eng/Red_Army_Faction__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Red Army Faction
trans_list: groep
sense:
(historical) A far-left terrorist organization active from 1970 to 1998, mainly in West Germany and West Berlin.


lexentry: eng/Red_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Red Sea
trans_list: Rode Zee
sense:
(US politics) The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections.


lexentry: eng/Redemptorist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Redemptorist
trans_list: Redemptorist
sense:
A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori


lexentry: eng/Reformation__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reformation
trans_list: hervorming
sense:
(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/Reformed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reformed
trans_list: gereformeerd | hervormd | reformatorisch
sense:
Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.


lexentry: eng/Rehoboam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rehoboam
trans_list: Rechabeam
sense:
King of Israel after Solomon, whose folly split the kingdom in two; the father of Abijah (biblical character)


lexentry: eng/Renaissance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Renaissance
trans_list: Renaissance
sense:
(historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.


lexentry: eng/Renaissance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Renaissance
trans_list: Renaissance
sense:
The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of China
trans_list: Republiek China | Taiwan
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError; modern-day Taiwan (began in the early 20th century in mainland China).


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_North_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of North Macedonia
trans_list: Republiek Noord-Macedonië
sense:
Country situated north of Greece and west of Bulgaria on the Balkan Peninsula, formerly partially recognised as the Republic of Macedonia.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_South_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Republic of South Africa
trans_list: Republiek Zuid-Afrika
sense:
(proscribed) The Transvaal statelet from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_Texas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of Texas
trans_list: Republiek Texas
sense:
(historical) A former sovereign state that successfully revolted from Mexico in 1839-1845 and was then annexed into the United States of America as the state of Texas.


lexentry: eng/Republican__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republican
trans_list: republikein | republikeinse
sense:
(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Rhaeto-Romance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhaeto-Romance
trans_list: Reto-Romaanse talen
sense:
(linguistics) A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Rhea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhea
trans_list: Rhea
sense:
(Greek god) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.


lexentry: eng/Rhesus_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhesus factor
trans_list: resusfactor
sense:
An antigen of the Rhesus system; understood unless otherwise specified to refer to Rhesus factor D (RhD), which appears on the surface of the red blood cells of most (85%) humans. An incompatibility between the Rh-blood types of a mother and her baby may cause serious disease for the baby.


lexentry: eng/Rhine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhine
trans_list: Rijn
sense:
A river in western Europe, that flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Rhineland-Palatinate__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhineland-Palatinate
trans_list: Rijnland-Palts
sense:
One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.


lexentry: eng/Rhineland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhineland
trans_list: Rijnland
sense:
(usually, with the definite article) TemplateParserError:LuaError. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.


lexentry: eng/Rhodopes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhodopes
trans_list: Rodopegebergte
sense:
A mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece.


lexentry: eng/Richard's_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Richard's pipit
trans_list: grote pieper
sense:
Anthus richardi, a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in the East Palearctic.


lexentry: eng/Richter_scale__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Richter scale
trans_list: schaal van Richter
sense:
(seismology) a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy.


lexentry: eng/Riemann_sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Riemann sphere
trans_list: Riemann-sfeer
sense:
(topology, complex analysis) The complex numbers extended with the number ∞; the complex plane (representation of the complex numbers as a Euclidean plane) extended with a single idealised point at infinity and consequently homeomorphic to a sphere in 3-dimensional Euclidean space.


lexentry: eng/Riemann_zeta_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Riemann zeta function
trans_list: Riemann-zeta-functie
sense:
(number theory, analytic number theory, uncountable) The function ζ defined by the Dirichlet series \textstyle \zeta(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac 1 {n^s} = \frac1{1^s} + \frac1{2^s} + \frac1{3^s} + \frac1{4^s} + \cdots, which is summable for points s in the complex half-plane with real part > 1; the analytic continuation of said function, being a holomorphic function defined on the complex numbers with pole at 1.


lexentry: eng/Ripuarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ripuarian
trans_list: Ripuariër
sense:
(historical) Any of the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed to the Salian branch.


lexentry: eng/Ripuarian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ripuarian
trans_list: Ripuarisch
sense:
A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects


lexentry: eng/Roblox__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roblox
trans_list: Roblox
sense:
A massively multiplayer online game and creation system platform (introduced in 2004) in which users design and play video games.


lexentry: eng/Rodinia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rodinia
trans_list: Rodinië
sense:
(geology) The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.


lexentry: eng/Rom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rom
trans_list: zigeuner | zigeunerin
sense:
(in particular) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.


lexentry: eng/Roman_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman Empire
trans_list: Romeinse Rijk
sense:
(historical) The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/Roman_candle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman candle
trans_list: romeinse kaars
sense:
A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of "stars" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time.


lexentry: eng/Roman_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman mile
trans_list: duizend
sense:
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.


lexentry: eng/Roman_road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman road
trans_list: heerweg | heirbaan | heerstraat
sense:
(historical) Any of many roads built in Europe, including Britain, by the Ancient Romans, many of which survive in various forms.


lexentry: eng/Romance__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romance
trans_list: Romaans
sense:
Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.


lexentry: eng/Romanesque__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanesque
trans_list: roman
sense:
Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.


lexentry: eng/Romani__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romani
trans_list: Romanes
sense:
The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.


lexentry: eng/Romanization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanization
trans_list: romanisatie
sense:
(usually, uncountable) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.


lexentry: eng/Romans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romans
trans_list: Romeinen
sense:
(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.


lexentry: eng/Romansch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romansch
trans_list: Reto-Romaans
sense:
A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Romanticism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanticism
trans_list: romantiek
sense:
(arts, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.


lexentry: eng/Rome__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Rome
trans_list: Rome
sense:
The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Romeo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Romeo
trans_list: Romeo
sense:
(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.


lexentry: eng/Rosetta_Stone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rosetta Stone
trans_list: Steen van Rosette
sense:
A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.


lexentry: eng/Rosh_Hashanah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rosh Hashanah
trans_list: Rosj Hasjana
sense:
The Jewish holiday marking the start of the liturgical year, taking place on the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Passover.


lexentry: eng/Ross's_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ross's gull
trans_list: Ross' meeuw
sense:
Rhodostethia rosea, a small gull breeding in the high Arctic of northernmost North America, and northeast Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Round_Table__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Round Table
trans_list: de ronde tafel
sense:
(Arthurian legend) King Arthur's table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate, all having equal status since the table has no head.


lexentry: eng/Roy_G._Biv__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roy G. Biv
trans_list: ROGGBIV
sense:
(mnemonic) An acronym used to remember the color sequence of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.


lexentry: eng/Rubik's_cube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rubik's cube
trans_list: Rubiks kubus
sense:
A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color.


lexentry: eng/Rumpelstiltskin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rumpelstiltskin
trans_list: Repelsteeltje
sense:
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.


lexentry: eng/Ruritanian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ruritanian
trans_list: bovengronds
sense:
Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.


lexentry: eng/Ruritanian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ruritanian
trans_list: Bordurië
sense:
Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, used to state a general or hypothetical situation.


lexentry: eng/Rus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rus
trans_list: Roes
sense:
Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.


lexentry: eng/Ruscism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ruscism
trans_list: ruscisme
sense:
(politics, neologism, slang, derogatory) Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist.


lexentry: eng/Russia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Russia
trans_list: Rusland
sense:
(dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).


lexentry: eng/Russia_leather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russia leather
trans_list: jucht
sense:
A form of bark-tanned cow leather, made hard-wearing, flexible, and waterproof with the use of birch oil.


lexentry: eng/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
trans_list: Russische Socialistische Federatieve Sovjetrepubliek
sense:
The official name for modern-day Russia under the Communist Party from 1936 to 1991 (from 1918 to 1937, according to the Constitution of the RSFSR, called the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991.


lexentry: eng/Russian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Russian
trans_list: Rus | Russin
sense:
(countable) An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Russian_roulette__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian roulette
trans_list: Russische roulette
sense:
(idiomatic, games) A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges.


lexentry: eng/Russophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russophobia
trans_list: russofobie
sense:
The contempt or disgust towards Russians or Russia, especially the political system, or the customs of the former Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/Ruy_Lopez__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ruy Lopez
trans_list: Spaans | Spaanse opening
sense:
(chess) A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.


lexentry: eng/Rāma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rāma
trans_list: Rama
sense:
(Hinduism) A mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient India, considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana; one of the most worshipped Hindu deities.


lexentry: eng/SIM_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SIM card
trans_list: simkaart
sense:
A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.


lexentry: eng/SMS__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SMS
trans_list: sms | sms-bericht
sense:
(telecommunications) Initialism of Short Message Service. A service to send text messages on a cell phone.


lexentry: eng/SOHCAHTOA__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SOHCAHTOA
trans_list: SOSCASTOA
sense:
(mnemonic, trigonometry) sine: opposite over hypotenuse, cosine: adjacent over hypotenuse, tangent: opposite over adjacent


lexentry: eng/Saba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saba
trans_list: Saba
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError; in the southern part of the Caribbean off the west coast of Venezuela.


lexentry: eng/Sabah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sabah
trans_list: makreel
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError located at the Northern part of the Borneo island with the main city Kota Kinabalu as its capital.


lexentry: eng/Sachertorte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sachertorte
trans_list: Sachertorte
sense:
A torte made of butter, eggs, confectioner's sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.


lexentry: eng/Sagitta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sagitta
trans_list: Pijl
sense:
(constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.


lexentry: eng/Sagittarius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sagittarius
trans_list: Boogschutter
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki.


lexentry: eng/Sagittarius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sagittarius
trans_list: Boogschutter
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Saint-Simonianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint-Simonianism
trans_list: Saint-Simonisme
sense:
(historical) A 19th-century French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, based on a perception that industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Barbara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Barbara
trans_list: Sint-Barbara
sense:
The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Martin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Martin
trans_list: Sint Maarten
sense:
An island in the northeast of the Caribbean Sea, whose northern portion is part of France and whose southern portion is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Nicholas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Nicholas
trans_list: Sint-Nicolaas
sense:
(Christianity) A 4th-century Greek bishop from Myra, Anatolia, patron saint of children, mariners and the unwed among others, functioning in multiple countries as a gift-giving figure around his feast day of December 6.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Petersburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Petersburg
trans_list: Sint-Petersburg
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).


lexentry: eng/Saint_Valentine's_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Valentine's Day
trans_list: Valentijn | valentijnsdag
sense:
A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
trans_list: Saint Vincent en de Grenadines
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines.


lexentry: eng/Salafism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salafism
trans_list: salafisme
sense:
(Islam) A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.


lexentry: eng/Salamis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Salamis
trans_list: Salamis
sense:
(Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.


lexentry: eng/Salvation_Army__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salvation Army
trans_list: Leger des Heils
sense:
A Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion, originally founded to help the poor of London.


lexentry: eng/Samaritan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samaritan
trans_list: Samaritaan | Samaritaanse
sense:
A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.


lexentry: eng/Samoa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samoa
trans_list: Samoa
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.


lexentry: eng/Samos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Samos
trans_list: Samos
sense:
A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.


lexentry: eng/Samson__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samson
trans_list: Simson | Samson
sense:
An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress. (biblical character)


lexentry: eng/San_Francisco__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: San Francisco
trans_list: San Francisco
sense:
A major coastal city in California of over 800,000 widely known for its unique culture, architecture, and LGBT population; formerly Yerba Buena (pre-1847).


lexentry: eng/San_Salvador__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: San Salvador
trans_list: San Salvador
sense:
(historical) Short for San Salvador Island, TemplateParserError:LuaError discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.


lexentry: eng/Sanskrit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sanskrit
trans_list: Sanskriet
sense:
A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/Sappho__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sappho
trans_list: Sappho
sense:
An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown).


lexentry: eng/Saracen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saracen
trans_list: saracen
sense:
A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE, who were specifically distinct from Arabs.


lexentry: eng/Saskatchewan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Saskatchewan
trans_list: Saskatchewan
sense:
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.


lexentry: eng/Sassarese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sassarese
trans_list: Sassarees
sense:
A Romance lect, transitional between Corsican and Sardinian, spoken in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.


lexentry: eng/Satan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Satan
trans_list: Satan
sense:
(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil; (in, _, Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.


lexentry: eng/Satanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Satanism
trans_list: satanisme
sense:
A profession, philosophy, or ideological construct featuring a positive, admirable, or useful association to the figure, character or entity known as 'Satan'; or, featuring opposition to all morality and the procurement of what is wanted regardless of the consequences concerning others.


lexentry: eng/Satanist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Satanist
trans_list: satanist
sense:
One who identifies with Anton Szandor LaVey's philosophical teachings and the religion, Satanism, founded upon it.


lexentry: eng/Saterland_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saterland Frisian
trans_list: Saterfries | Saterlands
sense:
a Frisian language spoken mostly in the municipality of Saterland in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany


lexentry: eng/Saturday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saturday
trans_list: zaterdag
sense:
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; observed as the Sabbath/Shabbat in Judaism (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Saturn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saturn
trans_list: Saturnus
sense:
(astronomy) The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.


lexentry: eng/Sauer__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sauer
trans_list: Sûre
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError that flows for 173 km (103 mi) through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; it empties into the Moselle near Wasserbillig.


lexentry: eng/Save__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Save
trans_list: Sava
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Savi's_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Savi's warbler
trans_list: snor
sense:
Locustella luscinioides, an Old World warbler, found in parts of Europe, Western Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/Saxon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saxon
trans_list: Saks
sense:
A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.


lexentry: eng/Scandinavian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Scandinavian
trans_list: Scandinavisch | Scandinaafs
sense:
(Of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.


lexentry: eng/Scania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scania
trans_list: Skåne
sense:
A historical region, currently part of Sweden, occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.


lexentry: eng/Schlemm's_canal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schlemm's canal
trans_list: kanaal van Schlemm
sense:
(anatomy) a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humour from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream; if it is blocked, a glaucoma results


lexentry: eng/Schrödinger's_cat__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schrödinger's cat
trans_list: Schrödingers kat
sense:
The thought experiment which was devised by Erwin Schrödinger, is usually considered a paradox, involves a Schrödinger's cat and is typically supposed to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/Scientology__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scientology
trans_list: scientology
sense:
A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.


lexentry: eng/Scorpio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Scorpio
trans_list: Schorpioen
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Scorpius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scorpius
trans_list: Schorpioen
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac, roughly shaped like a scorpion. Its brightest star is the red giant Antares.


lexentry: eng/Scots__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scots
trans_list: Schots
sense:
A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.


lexentry: eng/Scottish_Gaelic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scottish Gaelic
trans_list: Schots-Gaelisch
sense:
The Gaelic language of Scotland, spoken primarily in the northern and western parts of the country, with important communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Scottish Gaelic had its widest influence between 800 and 1200 C.E., as place names throughout Scotland attest.


lexentry: eng/Scottish_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scottish crossbill
trans_list: Schotse kruisbek
sense:
Loxia scotica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland


lexentry: eng/Scouts__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scouts
trans_list: scouting
sense:
A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society [1].


lexentry: eng/Scrabble__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scrabble
trans_list: scrabble
sense:
A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.


lexentry: eng/Sculptor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sculptor
trans_list: Beeldhouwer
sense:
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.


lexentry: eng/Scutum__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scutum
trans_list: Schild
sense:
(constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.


lexentry: eng/Scythia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scythia
trans_list: Scythië
sense:
(historical) A region of Central Eurasia in the classical era, encompassing parts of the Pontic steppe, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Marmara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Marmara
trans_list: Zee van Marmara
sense:
A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Okhotsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Okhotsk
trans_list: Zee van Ochotsk
sense:
A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.


lexentry: eng/Sealand__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sealand
trans_list: Seeland
sense:
A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Sealand) whose capital is HM Fort Roughs, a former British sea fort.


lexentry: eng/Second_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Second World
trans_list: oosten
sense:
Those countries aligned with the East during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the West (First World).


lexentry: eng/Sedna__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sedna
trans_list: Sedna
sense:
(astronomy) 90377 Sedna, a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.


lexentry: eng/Semipelagianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Semipelagianism
trans_list: semi-pelagianisme
sense:
A Christian theological and soteriological school of thought on salvation, holding that the beginning of faith (and therefore salvation) is an act of free will, while the increase of faith is the work of God.


lexentry: eng/Senate__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Senate
trans_list: hogerhuis
sense:
Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)


lexentry: eng/Seoul__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seoul
trans_list: Seoel | Seoul
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.


lexentry: eng/September__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: September
trans_list: september | herfstmaand
sense:
The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October. Abbreviations: Sep or Sep., Sept or Sept.


lexentry: eng/Septuagint__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Septuagint
trans_list: Septuagint | Septuaginta
sense:
An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.


lexentry: eng/Serbia_and_Montenegro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serbia and Montenegro
trans_list: Servië en Montenegro
sense:
(historical) Former country on the Balkan Peninsula, formerly part of Yugoslavia. It disbanded in 2006.


lexentry: eng/Serbo-Croatian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serbo-Croatian
trans_list: Servo-Kroatisch | Servokroatisch
sense:
The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.


lexentry: eng/Serpens__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serpens
trans_list: Slang
sense:
(constellation) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.


lexentry: eng/Set__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Set
trans_list: Seth
sense:
(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.


lexentry: eng/Sextans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sextans
trans_list: Sextant
sense:
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.


lexentry: eng/Shakespearean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shakespearean
trans_list: Shakespearein | van Shakespeare
sense:
(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.


lexentry: eng/Shakespearean_sonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shakespearean sonnet
trans_list: Engels sonnet | shakespeariaans sonnet
sense:
(poetry) A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.


lexentry: eng/Shanghai__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Shanghai
trans_list: Sjanghai
sense:
A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.


lexentry: eng/Shavuot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shavuot
trans_list: Wekenfeest
sense:
A Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring, a harvest festival, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.


lexentry: eng/Sheffield_stand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sheffield stand
trans_list: nietje
sense:
A type of bicycle stand consisting of a single inverted U-shaped metal bar that is mounted onto or embedded into the ground.


lexentry: eng/Shinto__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shinto
trans_list: Shintoïsme
sense:
Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.


lexentry: eng/Shiva__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shiva
trans_list: sjiva
sense:
(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/Shrovetide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shrovetide
trans_list: carnaval
sense:
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.


lexentry: eng/Siamese_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siamese cat
trans_list: siamees
sense:
A short-haired breed of domestic cat having blue eyes and pointed coat pattern, that is, a pale body and dark extremities.


lexentry: eng/Siberian_Husky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siberian Husky
trans_list: Siberische husky
sense:
(zoology) A medium-sized spitz breed of dog originally used for herding reindeer and pulling sleighs.


lexentry: eng/Siberian_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siberian crane
trans_list: Siberische witte kraanvogel
sense:
(ornithology) A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Sicilian_Defence__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sicilian Defence
trans_list: Siciliaans
sense:
A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.


lexentry: eng/Sicily__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sicily
trans_list: Sicilië
sense:
(historical) Synonym of Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period


lexentry: eng/Sicily__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Sicily
trans_list: Sicilië
sense:
(historical) Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century


lexentry: eng/Sierpinski_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sierpinski triangle
trans_list: driehoek van Sierpinski
sense:
A fractal consisting of three copies of itself, shrunk to half size, arranged in a triangular shape without rotating.


lexentry: eng/Sikhism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sikhism
trans_list: sikhisme
sense:
A revealed, monotheistic religion originating in northern India, in the 16th century, through Guru Nanak and his successors.


lexentry: eng/Silesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silesia
trans_list: Silezië
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).


lexentry: eng/Silk_Road__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silk Road
trans_list: zijderoute
sense:
(historical) An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders.


lexentry: eng/Simon_says__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Simon says
trans_list: Commando
sense:
(games) A children's game where players must carry out only those commands that are preceded by the utterance "Simon says".


lexentry: eng/Simplified_Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Simplified Chinese
trans_list: vereenvoudigd Chinees
sense:
Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.


lexentry: eng/Sindarin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sindarin
trans_list: Sindarijns
sense:
A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.


lexentry: eng/Sindhi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sindhi
trans_list: Sindhi
sense:
An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too.


lexentry: eng/Sjögren's_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sjögren's syndrome
trans_list: syndroom van Sjögren
sense:
An autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva.


lexentry: eng/Slavic_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slavic studies
trans_list: slavistiek
sense:
(humanities, US) A field of academic study concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture.


lexentry: eng/Slavonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Slavonia
trans_list: Slavonië
sense:
In early modern times: Kingdom of Slavonia, covering north-eastern parts of modern Croatia and region of Syrmia in modern Serbia.


lexentry: eng/Sleeping_Beauty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sleeping Beauty
trans_list: Doornroosje
sense:
The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.


lexentry: eng/Slovio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slovio
trans_list: Slovio
sense:
An artificial language based on the Slavic languages and written in either the Latin or Cyrillic script, intended to be readily understandable by speakers of any modern Slavic language.


lexentry: eng/Slytherin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slytherin
trans_list: Zwadderaar
sense:
A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.


lexentry: eng/Smartism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Smartism
trans_list: Smartisme
sense:
A denomination of the Hindu religion whose adherents follow the Vedas and Shastras, primarily the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of Adi Shankara.


lexentry: eng/Smyrna__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Smyrna
trans_list: Smyrna
sense:
(chiefly, historical) TemplateParserError:LuaError founded in circa the 11th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.


lexentry: eng/Snares_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Snares penguin
trans_list: snareskuifpinguïn
sense:
A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes robustus, which breed on The Snares, an island group off South Island, New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/Snoopy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Snoopy
trans_list: Snoopy
sense:
Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.


lexentry: eng/Snow_White__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Snow White
trans_list: Sneeuwwitje
sense:
A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.


lexentry: eng/Society_of_Jesus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Society of Jesus
trans_list: Sociëteit van Jezus
sense:
An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work; formed during the 16th century.


lexentry: eng/Sodom__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sodom
trans_list: Sodom
sense:
(biblical, Quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/Sogdiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sogdiana
trans_list: Sogdianië
sense:
An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.


lexentry: eng/Solar_System__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Solar System
trans_list: zonnestelsel
sense:
(astronomy) The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.


lexentry: eng/Sologne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sologne
trans_list: Sologne
sense:
A natural region between the French departments of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher, in Centre-Val de Loire, France.


lexentry: eng/Solomon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Solomon
trans_list: Salomo
sense:
(Biblical character) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.


lexentry: eng/Somali_ostrich__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Somali ostrich
trans_list: Somalische struisvogel
sense:
Struthio molybdophanes, a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa, previously considered to be a subspecies of the common ostrich.


lexentry: eng/Son_of_Man__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Son of Man
trans_list: Mensenzoon | Zoon des mensen
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian title of Jesus Christ, referring to his status as a celestial being who presides as an eschatological judge.


lexentry: eng/Song_of_Songs__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Song of Songs
trans_list: Hooglied
sense:
(biblical) The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible.


lexentry: eng/Sophocles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sophocles
trans_list: Sophocles
sense:
A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.


lexentry: eng/Sound__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sound
trans_list: Sont
sense:
The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.


lexentry: eng/South_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South America
trans_list: Zuid-Amerika
sense:
The continent that is the southern part of the Americas. It is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of North America and north of Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/South_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Asia
trans_list: Zuid-Azië
sense:
All the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)


lexentry: eng/South_Caucasus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Caucasus
trans_list: Trans-Kaukasië
sense:
A mountainous region in the easternmost part of Europe, lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Also known as Transcaucasus.


lexentry: eng/South_China_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South China Sea
trans_list: Zuid-Chinese Zee
sense:
The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
trans_list: Zuid-Georgië en de Zuidelijke Sandwicheilanden
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError. A territory of inhospitable islands, composed of the South Georgia island group, and the South Sandwich Islands chain.


lexentry: eng/South_India__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South India
trans_list: Zuid-India
sense:
The southern region of India, comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. These regions speak mainly Dravidian languages, and have distinct cuisine and culture.


lexentry: eng/South_Ossetia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Ossetia
trans_list: Zuid-Ossetië
sense:
A disputed region in the South Caucasus. Formally recognized as a part of Georgia by most countries, but de facto an independent country fully named Republic of South Ossetia, with capital city Tskhinvali.


lexentry: eng/South_Pole__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Pole
trans_list: Zuidpool
sense:
(geography) The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°).


lexentry: eng/South_West_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South West Africa
trans_list: Zuidwest-Afrika
sense:
(historical) TemplateParserError:LuaError, which gained independence in 1990 and was renamed to Namibia.


lexentry: eng/South_Yemen__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Yemen
trans_list: Zuid-Jemen
sense:
(historical) A former country in the Middle East from 1967 until 1990; full name People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.


lexentry: eng/South__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: South
trans_list: Zuiden | zuiden
sense:
(US) The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy.


lexentry: eng/Southeast_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southeast Asia
trans_list: Zuidoost-Azië
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Cross__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Cross
trans_list: Zuiderkruis
sense:
(constellation) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Ireland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Ireland
trans_list: Zuid-Ierland
sense:
The short-lived autonomous region of the United Kingdom established on 3 May 1921 and dissolved on 6 December 1922, superseded by the Irish Free State.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Ocean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Ocean
trans_list: Zuidelijke IJszee | Antarctische Oceaan
sense:
The portion of the World Ocean surrounding Antarctica, variously taken as the waters south of the Antarctic Circle, the waters south of 60° S, or the waters bounded by the Antarctic Convergence.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Sami__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Sami
trans_list: Zuid-Samisch
sense:
Relating to the Southern Sami people living in east central Norway south of the Arctic Circle and across the border in Sweden, and their language and culture.


lexentry: eng/Southwark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southwark
trans_list: Zuidwerk
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, extending as far as Crystal Palace south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.


lexentry: eng/Soviet_republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Soviet republic
trans_list: radenrepubliek
sense:
(historical) A republic within the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; a list of these can be found at Soviet Socialist Republic.


lexentry: eng/Space_Shuttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Space Shuttle
trans_list: ruimteveer | space shuttle
sense:
A space transportation system developed by NASA consisting of a reusable winged orbiter, a set of recoverable booster rockets, and a fuel tank.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_Netherlands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish Netherlands
trans_list: Spaanse Nederlanden
sense:
(plurale tantum, historical) The southern part of the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) during and after the Eighty Years' War, ruled by Spain and lasting from 1581 to 1713.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_Sign_Language__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish Sign Language
trans_list: Spaanse gebarentaal
sense:
A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_influenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish influenza
trans_list: Spaanse griep
sense:
(pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish moss
trans_list: spaans mos
sense:
A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.


lexentry: eng/Spartacus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spartacus
trans_list: Spartacus
sense:
A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.


lexentry: eng/Sphinx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sphinx
trans_list: Sfinx
sense:
(usually, with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.


lexentry: eng/Sphinx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sphinx
trans_list: Sfinx
sense:
(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.


lexentry: eng/Spiritism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spiritism
trans_list: spiritisme
sense:
A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.


lexentry: eng/Sranan_Tongo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sranan Tongo
trans_list: Sranan | Sranantongo | Surinaams
sense:
A creole language spoken as a first language by approximately 126,000 people in Suriname, the mother tongue of the Creoles.


lexentry: eng/St._Elmo's_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: St. Elmo's fire
trans_list: Sint-Elmusvuur
sense:
An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.


lexentry: eng/St_John's_wort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: St John's wort
trans_list: sint-janskruid
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil.


lexentry: eng/Stalin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stalin
trans_list: Stalin
sense:
A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Russian [empire, republic] revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Joseph Stalin.


lexentry: eng/Star_of_Bethlehem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star of Bethlehem
trans_list: kerstster | ster van Bethlehem
sense:
(Biblical) The bright star in the Gospel of Matthew that lead the "wise men from the East" to travel to Bethlehem.


lexentry: eng/Star_of_David__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star of David
trans_list: Davidsster | Davidster
sense:
A symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism, having the shape of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles.


lexentry: eng/Start_menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Start menu
trans_list: startmenu
sense:
(computing) A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.


lexentry: eng/Stasi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stasi
trans_list: Stasi
sense:
(derogatory) People who engage in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police.


lexentry: eng/State_of_Palestine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: State of Palestine
trans_list: Staat Palestina
sense:
The country established in West Bank and Gaza Strip, including occupied Palestinian territories and those under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.


lexentry: eng/Statue_of_Liberty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Statue of Liberty
trans_list: Vrijheidsbeeld
sense:
A very large statue in New York harbor, representing the Roman goddess Libertas, and considered emblematic of the United States and its attractiveness to voluntary immigrants.


lexentry: eng/Stone_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stone Age
trans_list: steentijd | stenen tijdperk
sense:
(archaeology, paleontology) A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.


lexentry: eng/Stone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stone
trans_list: steen
sense:
(countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Dover__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Dover
trans_list: Kanaal | Nauw van Kales
sense:
A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Magellan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Magellan
trans_list: Straat Magellaan
sense:
A navigable sea route between the southern coast of Chile and the northern coast of Tierra del Fuego.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Messina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Messina
trans_list: Straat van Messina
sense:
The narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.


lexentry: eng/Strasbourg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strasbourg
trans_list: Straatsburg | Straatburcht
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.


lexentry: eng/Stymphalian_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stymphalian bird
trans_list: Stymphaliden
sense:
(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


lexentry: eng/Styria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Styria
trans_list: Stiermarken
sense:
(historical) The Duchy of Styria, a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia.


lexentry: eng/Sublime_Porte__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sublime Porte
trans_list: Hoge Porte | Porte | Sublieme Porte | Verhevene Porte
sense:
(figuratively) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.


lexentry: eng/Sukkot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sukkot
trans_list: Loofhuttenfeest
sense:
(Judaism) An ancient biblical / Israelite / Jewish festival lasting seven days, celebrating the autumn harvest and commemorating the passage through the wilderness: observed from the 15th day to the 21 day of the month of Tishrei (Tishri).


lexentry: eng/Sun__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sun
trans_list: Zon | zon
sense:
The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.


lexentry: eng/Sundaland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sundaland
trans_list: Soendaland
sense:
(biogeography) A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/Sundanese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sundanese
trans_list: Soendanees
sense:
A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.


lexentry: eng/Sunday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunday
trans_list: zondag
sense:
The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.


lexentry: eng/Sunday_best__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunday best
trans_list: zondagse pak
sense:
(idiomatic) A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Suprematism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Suprematism
trans_list: suprematisme
sense:
(arts) A genre of abstract art based on simple geometric forms championed by the Russian avant-garde in the early twentieth century.


lexentry: eng/Supreme_Leader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Supreme Leader
trans_list: hoogste leider
sense:
The head of state and commander-in-chief of the entire armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the authority to dismiss the Iranian president. The Supreme Leader is also the highest-ranking spiritual leader in Iran.


lexentry: eng/Swabian_Turkey__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swabian Turkey
trans_list: Zwabisch Turkije
sense:
A region of southwestern Hungary inhabited by an ethnic German minority who settled there, beginning in the late 1600s after the land was conquered from the Ottoman Empire, from the Palatinate, Hesse, Swabia, Bavaria and elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/Swahili__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swahili
trans_list: Swahili
sense:
An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.


lexentry: eng/Swazi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swazi
trans_list: Swazi
sense:
A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.


lexentry: eng/Swedenborgianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedenborgianism
trans_list: Swedenborgianisme
sense:
(historical) Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.


lexentry: eng/Swedish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedish
trans_list: Zweeds
sense:
The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.


lexentry: eng/Swedish_massage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedish massage
trans_list: Zweedse massage
sense:
A popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.


lexentry: eng/Swiss_Army_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swiss Army knife
trans_list: Zwitsers zakmes
sense:
Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.


lexentry: eng/Swiss_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swiss roll
trans_list: rollade
sense:
A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.


lexentry: eng/Sydney__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Sydney
trans_list: Sydney
sense:
(uncountable) TemplateParserError:LuaError, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.


lexentry: eng/T-bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-bar
trans_list: kruisboog
sense:
(skiing) A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.


lexentry: eng/T-beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-beam
trans_list: T-profiel
sense:
(construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.


lexentry: eng/T-junction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-junction
trans_list: T-kruising
sense:
An intersection of routes where one road terminates as it joins a (usually higher priority) road at approximately 90°. In most countries, a give way or stop road sign will be seen at a T-junction.


lexentry: eng/T-shirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-shirt
trans_list: T-shirt
sense:
A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.


lexentry: eng/TTBOMK__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: TTBOMK
trans_list: voor zo ver ik weet
sense:
(Internet slang) Initialism of to the best of my knowledge, indicating uncertainty in spite of having some knowledge on the subject.


lexentry: eng/Tacitus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tacitus
trans_list: Tacitus
sense:
A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56–117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200–275), a Roman emperor.


lexentry: eng/Taiwan_Strait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taiwan Strait
trans_list: Straat van Taiwan | Straat Formosa
sense:
The strait dividing mainland Asia (China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.


lexentry: eng/Tajik__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tajik
trans_list: Tadzjieks
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.


lexentry: eng/Talmud__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Talmud
trans_list: Talmoed
sense:
A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).


lexentry: eng/Talossan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Talossan
trans_list: Talossaans
sense:
A constructed language created in 1980 by R. Ben Madison for the micronation of Talossa; autonym: Talossan.


lexentry: eng/Tamil_Tigers__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tamil Tigers
trans_list: Tamil tijgers
sense:
A former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland () in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.


lexentry: eng/Tamil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Tamil
trans_list: Tamil
sense:
(uncountable) A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.


lexentry: eng/Tanakh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tanakh
trans_list: Tenach
sense:
The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.


lexentry: eng/Tanganyika__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Tanganyika
trans_list: Tanganyika
sense:
A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa.


lexentry: eng/Tanimbar_corella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tanimbar corella
trans_list: Goffins kaketoe
sense:
Cacatua goffiniana, a near-threatened species of cockatoo endemic to forests of certain islands of the Tanimbar Islands archipelago of Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/Taoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taoism
trans_list: taoïsme
sense:
A Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century B.C.E. that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity.


lexentry: eng/Tasmania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tasmania
trans_list: Tasmanië
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast, having its capital at Hobart.


lexentry: eng/Tasmania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Tasmania
trans_list: Tasmanië
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.


lexentry: eng/Tasmanian_devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tasmanian devil
trans_list: Tasmaanse duivel | buidelduivel
sense:
A medium-sized carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.


lexentry: eng/Tatar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tatar
trans_list: Tataars
sense:
An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.


sense_num: 01
sense: TemplateParserError:LuaError.
written_rep: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
trans_list: Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu
lexentry:
eng/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu__Proper_noun__1


lexentry: eng/Taurus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taurus
trans_list: Stier
sense:
(zodiac constellations) : A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.


lexentry: eng/Taurus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Taurus
trans_list: Stier
sense:
(astrology) : The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Telescopium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Telescopium
trans_list: Telescoop
sense:
(constellation) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.


lexentry: eng/Teletext__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Teletext
trans_list: teletekst
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.


lexentry: eng/Temple_Mount__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Temple Mount
trans_list: Tempelberg
sense:
One of the hills in Jerusalem, where King Solomon built his great temple, which was destroyed twice (the hill ultimately leveled, leaving only the Wailing Wall venerated by Jews) and today an Islamic compound/courtyard enclosing the Foundation Stone atop which sit the Dome of the Rock, and containing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic-era structures.


lexentry: eng/Temple__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Temple
trans_list: tempel
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity, historical) Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.


lexentry: eng/Temple__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Temple
trans_list: tempel
sense:
Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.


lexentry: eng/Ten_Commandments__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ten Commandments
trans_list: tien geboden
sense:
(religion) A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.


lexentry: eng/Terpsichore__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Terpsichore
trans_list: Terpsichore
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.


lexentry: eng/Tetris__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tetris
trans_list: Tetris
sense:
A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.


lexentry: eng/Teutonic_Knights__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Teutonic Knights
trans_list: Duitse Orde
sense:
A German religious order founded in the late 12th century and known for conquering the Baltic Prussians and bringing Prussia under German control; the order exists today as a charitable organisation.


lexentry: eng/Texas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: Texas
trans_list: Texas
sense:
(historical) a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846


lexentry: eng/Thatcherism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thatcherism
trans_list: thatcherisme
sense:
(UK politics) The political ideology attributed to the governments of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation, low taxation, austerity and opposition to unionisation.


lexentry: eng/The_Call_of_South_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: The Call of South Africa
trans_list: De Stem van Zuid-Afrika
sense:
a former national anthem of South Africa, created during the 1920s and used from the 1930s to the 1990s.


lexentry: eng/The_Game__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: The Game
trans_list: spel
sense:
A mind game where the objective is to avoid thinking about "The Game", and by thinking about it one loses, and subsequently has to announce one's loss to the world in order to make them lose.


lexentry: eng/The_Hague__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: The Hague
trans_list: Den Haag | 's-Gravenhage | De Haag
sense:
(figuratively, by extension, sometimes, _, hyperbolic) Punishment for a very destructive, harmful or immoral act.


lexentry: eng/Theatine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Theatine
trans_list: theatijn
sense:
(religion) A member of a Catholic order established in 1524 in Italy, which consisted of monks and later, nuns under the direction of the monks.


lexentry: eng/Thebes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thebes
trans_list: Thebe
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Thebes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Thebes
trans_list: Thebe
sense:
An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/Theophany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Theophany
trans_list: theofanie
sense:
One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus' divinity, especially in his baptism by John the Baptist.


lexentry: eng/Thermidor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thermidor
trans_list: thermidor | warmtemaand
sense:
(historical) The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.


lexentry: eng/Thessalonians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thessalonians
trans_list: Tessalonicenzen
sense:
(biblical) Books in the New Testament of the Bible (1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians), epistles to the Christians in ancient Thessaloniki.


lexentry: eng/Thessaly__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thessaly
trans_list: Thessalië
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError; one of its 13 peripheries. It contains the prefectures of Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia and Trikala.


lexentry: eng/Third_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Third World
trans_list: Derde Wereld
sense:
(attributive, pejorative, informal) Any developing country, or a country lacking the perceived rudiments of civilization.


lexentry: eng/Thor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thor
trans_list: Donar
sense:
(Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.


lexentry: eng/Thoth__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thoth
trans_list: Djehoety
sense:
The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.


lexentry: eng/Thrace__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thrace
trans_list: Thracië
sense:
A historical and geographic area in southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Thucydides__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thucydides
trans_list: Thucydides
sense:
(c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Thursday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thursday
trans_list: donderdag
sense:
The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.


lexentry: eng/Tiberius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tiberius
trans_list: Tiberius
sense:
(historical) A en given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..


lexentry: eng/Tibet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibet
trans_list: Tibet
sense:
The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the People's Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.


lexentry: eng/Tibetan_Buddhism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibetan Buddhism
trans_list: lamaïsme
sense:
The body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Bhutan, Kalmykia, Buryatia and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, and India.


lexentry: eng/Tibetan_Mastiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibetan Mastiff
trans_list: Tibetaanse mastiff
sense:
A large dog of a breed from Central Asia, having a medium to long double coat in a wide variety of colors, sometimes with white markings around neck, chest, and legs.


lexentry: eng/Titan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Titan
trans_list: Titan
sense:
(mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.


lexentry: eng/Titoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Titoism
trans_list: Titoïsme
sense:
The political ideas or policies associated with Josip Broz Tito; in particular, an adaptation of Marxist-Leninist ideology, characterized by experiments with workers’ self-management instead of central planning and a foreign policy of independence from both the Soviet and Western blocs.


lexentry: eng/Tobias__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tobias
trans_list: Tobias
sense:
The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).


lexentry: eng/Tocharian_A__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tocharian A
trans_list: Arśi | Oost-Tochaars | Tochaars A | Turfaans
sense:
(linguistics) The eastern member of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct since the ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Tocharian_B__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tocharian B
trans_list: Koetsjisch | Tochaars B | West-Tochaars
sense:
(linguistics) The western member of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct since the ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Tocharian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tocharian
trans_list: Tochaars
sense:
(linguistics) An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, consisting of two languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, written in an abugida derived from Brahmi.


lexentry: eng/Tok_Pisin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tok Pisin
trans_list: Tok Pisin
sense:
A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New-Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua); one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/Tom_Thumb__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tom Thumb
trans_list: Klein Duimpje
sense:
A fairy-tale character who is the size of a person's thumb; the protagonist and hero of the fairy tale The History of Tom Thumb.


lexentry: eng/Torah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Torah
trans_list: Thora
sense:
The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.


lexentry: eng/Tower_of_Babel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tower of Babel
trans_list: toren van Babel
sense:
(biblical) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.


lexentry: eng/Tower_of_London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tower of London
trans_list: Tower of London
sense:
A riverside fortress in London, used as a palace, a prison and now a museum housing the Crown Jewels.


lexentry: eng/Traditional_Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Traditional Chinese
trans_list: traditionele Chinees
sense:
Chinese written using the traditional form of Chinese characters, as opposed to Simplified Chinese (introduced by the PRC as script reform).


lexentry: eng/Transcaucasian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Transcaucasian
trans_list: transkaukasich
sense:
in, from or otherwise relating to Transcaucasia, the region south (i.e. opposite mother Russia) of the Caucasian mountains


lexentry: eng/Trappist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trappist
trans_list: trappist
sense:
A monk or nun of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (a branch of the Cistercians Roman Catholic religious brotherhood that use a particularly strict interpretation of the Rule of St Benedict).


lexentry: eng/Treasury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Treasury
trans_list: schat
sense:
A government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.


lexentry: eng/Triangulum__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Triangulum
trans_list: Driehoek
sense:
(constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky whose brightest three stars form a small triangle. The constellation lies near Perseus, between Aries and Andromeda.


lexentry: eng/Triassic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Triassic
trans_list: Trias
sense:
(geology) A geologic period within the Mesozoic era, comprising lower, middle and upper epochs from about 250 to 200 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Trinity_Monday__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trinity Monday
trans_list: Drievuldigheidsmaandag
sense:
The Monday which directly follows Trinity Sunday, and starts Trinitytide (the liturgical tide that lasts till Advent).


lexentry: eng/Trinity_Sunday__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trinity Sunday
trans_list: Trinitatis
sense:
The Sunday after Whitsunday/Pentecost in the Western Christian tradition (or the Sunday of Pentecost in the Eastern Christian tradition), observed as a liturgical feast in honor of the Holy Trinity.


lexentry: eng/Trinity__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trinity
trans_list: drievuldigheid
sense:
(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/Trojan_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trojan War
trans_list: Trojaanse oorlog
sense:
(Greek mythology) A mythological decade-long war and siege, ending in the destruction of Troy, which, as described in Homer's Iliad, was waged by a coalition of Achaeans (Greeks) led by King Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of the Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan King Priam.


lexentry: eng/Trojan_horse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trojan horse
trans_list: Trojaans paard | paard van Troje
sense:
(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War.


lexentry: eng/Tropic_of_Cancer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tropic of Cancer
trans_list: Kreeftskeerkring
sense:
(geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′north of the equator, marking the northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the June solstice.


lexentry: eng/Tropic_of_Capricorn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tropic of Capricorn
trans_list: Steenbokskeerkring
sense:
(geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the December solstice.


lexentry: eng/Trotskyism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trotskyism
trans_list: trotskisme
sense:
The left-wing political philosophy named after and based on the ideas of Leon Trotsky that is characterized by international socialism, opposition to Stalinism, the theory of permanent revolution and the theory of the vanguard party.


lexentry: eng/Trotskyite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Trotskyite
trans_list: trotskist
sense:
(derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein).


lexentry: eng/Tucana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tucana
trans_list: toekan
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a toucan. It lies south of the constellations Phoenix and Grus.


lexentry: eng/Tuesday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tuesday
trans_list: dinsdag
sense:
The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.


lexentry: eng/Turkish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Turkish
trans_list: Turks
sense:
The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.


lexentry: eng/Turkish_coffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Turkish coffee
trans_list: Turkse koffie
sense:
Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.


lexentry: eng/Turkish_pizza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Turkish pizza
trans_list: turkse pizza
sense:
A meal or snack made from an oval piece of Turkish bread baked with various toppings such as minced meat and herbs.


lexentry: eng/Tutankhamun__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tutankhamun
trans_list: Toetanchamon | Toetankhamon
sense:
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.


lexentry: eng/Twitter__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Twitter
trans_list: Twitter
sense:
(trademark) (since 2023), an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short messages (280 characters; originally 140).


lexentry: eng/Tyre__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tyre
trans_list: Sur | Tyrus
sense:
(historical) TemplateParserError:LuaError An ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia, in present-day Lebanon.


lexentry: eng/Tyrol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Tyrol
trans_list: Tirol
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError that includes the Austrian state of the same name and the Italian regions of South Tyrol and Trentino.


lexentry: eng/Tyrrhenian_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tyrrhenian Sea
trans_list: Tyrreense Zee
sense:
A part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west), Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, and Calabria (east), and Sicily (south).


lexentry: eng/Tyrtaeus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tyrtaeus
trans_list: Tyrtaeus
sense:
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek elegiac poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC.


lexentry: eng/Tübingen__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tübingen
trans_list: Tübingen
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, on the Neckar, with a famous university; once capital of Würtemberg-Hohenzollern


lexentry: eng/U-turn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: U-turn
trans_list: U-bocht
sense:
(literally) A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/UAV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: UAV
trans_list: onbemand luchtvaartuig
sense:
(aviation) Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle; an unpiloted aircraft capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.


lexentry: eng/URL__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: URL
trans_list: URL
sense:
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.


lexentry: eng/USB_adapter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: USB adapter
trans_list: USB-adapter
sense:
(computing) Any of various network or communications controllers that plug into a USB port of a personal computer.


lexentry: eng/US_Virgin_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: US Virgin Islands
trans_list: Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden
sense:
A group of islands in the Caribbean that is a territory of the United States. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.


lexentry: eng/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
trans_list: Oekraïense Socialistische Sovjetrepubliek
sense:
(historical) The Bolshevik state of Ukraine (1919–91), a constituent republic of the Soviet Union (1922–91).


lexentry: eng/Unicode__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Unicode
trans_list: Unicode
sense:
(international standards, computing) A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.


lexentry: eng/Unitarian_Universalism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Unitarian Universalism
trans_list: unitaristisch universalisme
sense:
A religion which encourages theological liberalism and an individual search for truth and the adherents of which draw on many different theological sources and have a wide range of beliefs and practices.


lexentry: eng/United_Kingdom__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United Kingdom
trans_list: Verenigd Koninkrijk
sense:
A kingdom and sovereign state in Western Europe comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922.


lexentry: eng/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
trans_list: Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Ierland
sense:
The official name of the United Kingdom 1801-1927 (before being renamed by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 following the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922).


lexentry: eng/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United Nations Economic and Social Council
trans_list: Economische en Sociale Raad van de Verenigde Naties
sense:
One of the six principal organs of the United Nations, dedicated to coordinate global economical and social affairs.


lexentry: eng/United_Nations_General_Assembly__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United Nations General Assembly
trans_list: Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties
sense:
One of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.


lexentry: eng/United_Nations__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United Nations
trans_list: Verenigde Naties
sense:
(singular) An international coalition, founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, that aims to promote global co-operation and maintain international order.


lexentry: eng/United_States_of_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: United States of America
trans_list: Verenigde Staten van Amerika | Verenigde Staten | Amerika
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and including Alaska, Hawaii, and several territories.


lexentry: eng/Universal_Serial_Bus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Universal Serial Bus
trans_list: USB
sense:
(computing) An international standard for interconnecting personal computer devices using simple plugs and sockets and lightweight cables.


lexentry: eng/Unix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Unix
trans_list: Unix
sense:
(computing, informal) Any of the above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.


lexentry: eng/Upper_Egypt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Upper Egypt
trans_list: Opper-Egypte
sense:
(Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.


lexentry: eng/Upper_Silesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Upper Silesia
trans_list: Opper-Silezië
sense:
The south-eastern part of Silesia, today mostly within Polish borders with a small strip located in the Czech Republic.


lexentry: eng/Ural_Mountains__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ural Mountains
trans_list: Oeral
sense:
a range of mountains in Russia that stretch from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; traditionally, the border between Europe and Asia


lexentry: eng/Uralic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Uralic
trans_list: Oeraals
sense:
Pertaining to the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples, whose urheimat was the Ural Mountains, or to their languages, which constitute a language family, the Uralic languages.


lexentry: eng/Uranus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Uranus
trans_list: Uranus
sense:
(Greek mythology) The Greek god who personified the sky and heavens and fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus.


lexentry: eng/Urdu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Urdu
trans_list: Urdu
sense:
Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.


lexentry: eng/Ursa_Major__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ursa Major
trans_list: Grote Beer
sense:
(constellation) A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.


lexentry: eng/Ursa_Minor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ursa Minor
trans_list: Kleine Beer
sense:
(constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.


lexentry: eng/Valencian_Community__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Valencian Community
trans_list: Valenciaanse Gemeenschap
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError located in the eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. Area: 23,255 sq km (8,979 sq mi). Population (2009): 5,111,706. Historically, a kingdom also including the town of Caudete.


lexentry: eng/Valhalla__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Valhalla
trans_list: Walhalla
sense:
(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.


lexentry: eng/Vandalic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vandalic
trans_list: vandaal
sense:
The extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Vandals, probably closely related to the Gothic language.


lexentry: eng/Varangian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Varangian
trans_list: Varjaag
sense:
(historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.


lexentry: eng/Vela__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vela
trans_list: Zeilen
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.


lexentry: eng/Velcro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Velcro
trans_list: klittenband | velcro
sense:
A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.


lexentry: eng/Vendémiaire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vendémiaire
trans_list: vendémiaire | wijnmaand
sense:
(historical) The first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the autumnal equinox (September 22, 23 or 24) and ending on October 21, 22 or 23.


lexentry: eng/Venetian_blind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Venetian blind
trans_list: luxaflex
sense:
A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.


lexentry: eng/Venn_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Venn diagram
trans_list: venndiagram
sense:
(set theory) A diagram representing some sets by contours of closed shapes, such as circles or ellipses (and sometimes also the universal set as a rectangle enclosing all of these shapes), and indicating the relationships between the sets: by overlapping the shapes to show that the corresponding sets have a non-empty intersection, and by possibly (but not necessarily) enclosing all of the sets (which are proper subsets of the universal set) within a universal set (represented typically by a rectangle); such that the total number of simply connected regions is 2^n, where n is the number of depicted sets which are proper subsets of the universal set.


lexentry: eng/Ventôse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ventôse
trans_list: ventôse | windmaand
sense:
(historical) The sixth month of the French Republican Calendar, from February 19, 20 or 21 to March 20 or 21.


lexentry: eng/Venus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Venus
trans_list: Venus
sense:
(astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀.


lexentry: eng/Venus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Venus
trans_list: Venus
sense:
(Roman god) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.


lexentry: eng/Venus_flytrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Venus flytrap
trans_list: venusvliegenval | venusvliegenvanger | vliegenvanger
sense:
An insectivorous plant of the savannas of North and South Carolina, Dionaea muscipula; the leaves are hinged and bordered with stiff hairs, and close when an insect alights on them.


lexentry: eng/Vercingetorix__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vercingetorix
trans_list: Vercingetorix
sense:
72 BCE–46 BCE, the chieftain of the Arverni, leader of the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53–52 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Verner's_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Verner's law
trans_list: wet van Verner
sense:
(indo-european studies) A sound law describing the voicing of voiceless fricatives in early Proto-Germanic, due to placement of the accent on a word.


lexentry: eng/Verner_alternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Verner alternation
trans_list: grammatische wisseling
sense:
(indo-european studies) The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.


lexentry: eng/Verona__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Verona
trans_list: Verona
sense:
A city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital city of the province of the same name.


lexentry: eng/Victory_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Victory Day
trans_list: Dag van de Overwinning
sense:
Any of various public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.


lexentry: eng/Vietnam_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vietnam War
trans_list: Vietnamoorlog
sense:
(historical) The war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state.


lexentry: eng/Viking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Viking
trans_list: viking
sense:
(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.


lexentry: eng/Virgil__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Virgil
trans_list: Vergilius
sense:
Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.


lexentry: eng/Virgin_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Virgin Islands
trans_list: Maagdeneilanden
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.


lexentry: eng/Virginia_stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Virginia stock
trans_list: zeeviolier
sense:
A fragrant flower related to the stock, native to Greece and Albania, but widely grown in gardens elsewhere, Malcolmia maritima.


lexentry: eng/Virgo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Virgo
trans_list: Maagd
sense:
(zodiac constellations) : A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.


lexentry: eng/Virgo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Virgo
trans_list: Maagd
sense:
(astrology) : The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Vishnu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vishnu
trans_list: Vishnoe
sense:
(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most popularly venerated god in Hinduism. Vishnu is commonly depicted as being blue in colour and having four arms: with each hand holding either a lotus, a mace, a conch shell or chakram weapon. Vishnu is the Supreme being or Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavas and a manifestation of Brahman in the Advaita or Smarta traditions of Hinduism.


lexentry: eng/Vladimir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vladimir
trans_list: Vladimir
sense:
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.


lexentry: eng/Vulcan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vulcan
trans_list: vulkaan
sense:
(Roman god) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.


lexentry: eng/Vulcan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Vulcan
trans_list: vulkaan
sense:
(astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. Coined by Jacques Bobinet


lexentry: eng/Vulcan_salute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vulcan salute
trans_list: Vulcaanse groet
sense:
A gesture of greeting among Star Trek fans, consisting of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, and the fingers parted between the middle finger and ring finger.


lexentry: eng/Vulgar_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Vulgar Latin
trans_list: vulgair Latijn
sense:
(linguistics, historical) The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature. Developed into Proto-Romance and descendant languages in the Early Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/Wadden_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wadden Sea
trans_list: Waddenzee
sense:
A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Wahhabism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wahhabism
trans_list: wahabisme
sense:
(Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.


lexentry: eng/Waldense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Waldense
trans_list: Waldenzen
sense:
(historical, Christianity) A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont.


lexentry: eng/Wallonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wallonia
trans_list: Wallonië
sense:
Federal Region of southern Belgium where French and German are the official languages, and where Lorrain, Luxembourgish, Picard, Franconian and Walloon languages are also spoken.


lexentry: eng/Walloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Walloon
trans_list: Waal | Waalse
sense:
An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.


lexentry: eng/Walloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Walloon
trans_list: Waal | Waalse
sense:
An inhabitant of the region of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet), usually of Belgian nationality.


lexentry: eng/Walloon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Walloon
trans_list: Waals
sense:
The Romance language commonly spoken until the middle of the 20th century in parts of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet).


lexentry: eng/Wandering_Jew__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wandering Jew
trans_list: wandelende Jood
sense:
A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).


lexentry: eng/Wanderwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wanderwort
trans_list: zwerfwoord
sense:
(linguistics) A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.


lexentry: eng/Waray-Waray__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Waray-Waray
trans_list: Waray-Waray
sense:
(linguistics) A central Philippine Visayan language from the islands of Samar, Biliran, and northeast Leyte.


lexentry: eng/Warner__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Warner
trans_list: Werner
sense:
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.


lexentry: eng/Warsaw_Pact__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Warsaw Pact
trans_list: Warschaupact
sense:
(international law) A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe.


lexentry: eng/Warsaw_Uprising__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Warsaw Uprising
trans_list: Opstand van Warschau
sense:
(historical) a major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army, to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.


lexentry: eng/Washington,_D.C.__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Washington, D.C.
trans_list: Washington D.C.
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, formally known as the District of Columbia. Abbreviated as D.C. or DC.


lexentry: eng/Watergate__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Watergate
trans_list: Watergateschandaal
sense:
An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.


lexentry: eng/Way_of_the_Cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Way of the Cross
trans_list: kruisweg
sense:
A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.


lexentry: eng/Wednesday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wednesday
trans_list: woensdag
sense:
The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.


lexentry: eng/Weimar_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Weimar Republic
trans_list: Weimarrepubliek | Republiek van Weimar
sense:
(history) The democratic regime of Germany from 1919 to the assumption of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933.


lexentry: eng/Wellington__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wellington
trans_list: Wellington
sense:
(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.


lexentry: eng/Wellington_boots__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wellington boots
trans_list: botten | laarzen | rubberlaarzen
sense:
(British) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)


lexentry: eng/Weltschmerz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Weltschmerz
trans_list: weltschmerz
sense:
An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.


lexentry: eng/Wernicke's_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wernicke's area
trans_list: gebied van Wernicke
sense:
(anatomy) The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).


lexentry: eng/Weser__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Weser
trans_list: Wezer
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, the longest entirely in the country, flowing north from south Lower Saxony into the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/West_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Asia
trans_list: West-Azië
sense:
The westernmost region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia.


lexentry: eng/West_Bank__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Bank
trans_list: Westelijke Jordaanoever
sense:
A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by both Israel and the State of Palestine.


lexentry: eng/West_Flanders__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: West Flanders
trans_list: West-Vlaanderen
sense:
The larger western part of the historic countship of Flanders, also comprising part of French Flanders (in northern France) and retaining a distinctive type of dialects


lexentry: eng/West_Flemish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Flemish
trans_list: West-Vlaams
sense:
From or relating to West Flanders, the westernmost Belgian province, in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders


lexentry: eng/West_Flemish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Flemish
trans_list: West-Vlaams
sense:
A group of Flemish dialects of the Dutch language in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders (now in Belgium and France)


lexentry: eng/West_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Frisian
trans_list: Westerlauwers Fries | West-Fries
sense:
A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties).


lexentry: eng/West_Germany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: West Germany
trans_list: West-Duitsland
sense:
(since 1990) The former areas of the Republic during that time, distinguished from the former East German areas.


lexentry: eng/West_Slavic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: West Slavic
trans_list: West-Slavisch
sense:
A subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lusatia (a small area in Germany).


lexentry: eng/Western_Armenian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Western Armenian
trans_list: West-Armeens
sense:
One of the two standardized forms of the modern Armenian language, the other being Eastern Armenian. Following the Genocide of Armenians of 1915, it is now spoken by the descendants of Armenian survivors from the Ottoman Empire fleeing to Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran.


lexentry: eng/Western_Wall__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Western Wall
trans_list: Klaagmuur | Westelijke muur | Westmuur
sense:
(Judaism) An ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple. It is the holiest site in Judaism.


lexentry: eng/Westminster_Abbey__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Westminster Abbey
trans_list: Westminster Abbey
sense:
A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.


lexentry: eng/Westphalia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Westphalia
trans_list: Westfalen
sense:
(politics) Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.


lexentry: eng/White's_thrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: White's thrush
trans_list: goudlijster
sense:
Zoothera aurea or Zoothera dauma aurea: a thrush found mainly in eastern Asia and Siberia and rare vagrant to western Europe.


lexentry: eng/Wi-Fi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wi-Fi
trans_list: Wi-Fi | draadloos internet | wifi
sense:
(networking, uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).


lexentry: eng/Wicca__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wicca
trans_list: magie
sense:
A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.


lexentry: eng/Wikipedian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wikipedian
trans_list: Wikipediaan
sense:
(WMF) A person who contributes to Wikipedia, especially a regular contributor versed in the ways of the website.


lexentry: eng/Wiktionarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wiktionarian
trans_list: Wikiwoordenboekmedewerker | Wikiwoordenboekmedewerkster
sense:
(Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor versed in the ways of the site.


lexentry: eng/Wiktionary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Wiktionary
trans_list: WikiWoordenboek | Wikiwoordenboek | Wiktionary
sense:
A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).


lexentry: eng/Wild_West__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wild West
trans_list: Wilde Westen
sense:
(historical) The western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly.


lexentry: eng/Wild_West__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Wild West
trans_list: Wilde Westen
sense:
(by extension) A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.


lexentry: eng/Wilson's_storm_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wilson's storm petrel
trans_list: Wilsons stormvogeltje
sense:
A small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.


lexentry: eng/Winnie_the_Pooh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Winnie the Pooh
trans_list: Winnie de Poeh
sense:
A talking bear from an English children's book series carrying the same name, noted for his sweet, simple nature, and his love of honey.


lexentry: eng/Wisdom__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wisdom
trans_list: Wijsheid
sense:
(biblical) The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.


lexentry: eng/Woden__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Woden
trans_list: Wodan | Odin | Woen
sense:
The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.


lexentry: eng/Worcestershire_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Worcestershire sauce
trans_list: Worcestersaus
sense:
An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient in Bloody Marys.


lexentry: eng/World_Bank__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World Bank
trans_list: Wereldbank
sense:
A group of five financial organizations whose purpose is economic development and the elimination of poverty.


lexentry: eng/World_Exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World Exposition
trans_list: wereldtentoonstelling
sense:
Any of various large international expositions held since the mid 19th century, often called "Expo".


lexentry: eng/World_Trade_Organization__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World Trade Organization
trans_list: Wereldhandelsorganisatie
sense:
An international organization designed by its founders to supervise and liberalize international trade.


lexentry: eng/World_War_II__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World War II
trans_list: Tweede Wereldoorlog
sense:
(history) The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.


lexentry: eng/World_War_I__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World War I
trans_list: Eerste Wereldoorlog | Eerste Wereldkrijg | Grote Oorlog
sense:
(history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.


lexentry: eng/World_Wide_Web__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: World Wide Web
trans_list: hangmat
sense:
(Internet) Usually preceded by the: collectively, all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet stored in different computers around the world that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media, and are typically retrieved by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS).


lexentry: eng/Wrocław__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wrocław
trans_list: Wroclaw | Wrocław | Breslau
sense:
A city, located in Silesia in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)


lexentry: eng/Wu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Wu
trans_list: aan
sense:
(historic) The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty.


lexentry: eng/Wu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Wu
trans_list: aan
sense:
The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.


lexentry: eng/Wyandot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Wyandot
trans_list: fret
sense:
A member of a Native American people, formed from the Huron confederacy, that lived in and around Ohio.


lexentry: eng/X-ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: X-ray
trans_list: röntgenstraal
sense:
Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.


lexentry: eng/X-ray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: X-ray
trans_list: bestralen | doorlichten | met röntgenstralen onderzoeken | röntgenen
sense:
(transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.


lexentry: eng/X-ray_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: X-ray radiation
trans_list: röntgenstraling
sense:
electromagnetic radiation consisting of X-rays, radiation in the X-ray spectrum, of shorter wavelength and higher frequency than ultraviolet and longer wavelength and lower frequency than gamma rays


lexentry: eng/Xavier__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Xavier
trans_list: Xaverius
sense:
Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).


lexentry: eng/Xbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Xbox
trans_list: Xbox
sense:
(video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.


lexentry: eng/Xiongnu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Xiongnu
trans_list: Xiongnu
sense:
(historical) An ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty.


lexentry: eng/YHWH__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: YHWH
trans_list: JHVH | JHWH | Jahwe | Jahweh | Jehova
sense:
Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (or IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).


lexentry: eng/Yagi-Uda_antenna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yagi-Uda antenna
trans_list: Yagi-Uda-antenne | Yagi-antenne
sense:
(radio) A type of directional antenna with one driven element and one or more parasitic elements; a directional radio or TV antenna consisting of two or more dipoles in the same plane with all dipoles parallel to each other.


lexentry: eng/Yahweh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yahweh
trans_list: Jahwe | Jahweh
sense:
(history of religion) The name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Yangtze__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yangtze
trans_list: Jangtsekiang | Blauwe Rivier
sense:
The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing 6300 km from the Tanggula Mountains in Qinghai, passing Chongqing, Wuhan, and Nanjing, and emptying into the East China Sea beside Shanghai.


lexentry: eng/Yankee__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Yankee
trans_list: Yankee
sense:
(chiefly southern, _, Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.


lexentry: eng/Yankee__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Yankee
trans_list: vlieger
sense:
(nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.


lexentry: eng/Yazidi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yazidi
trans_list: jezidi
sense:
member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, Armenia and Caucasus, whose religion is Yazidism


lexentry: eng/Yellow_River__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yellow River
trans_list: Gele Rivier
sense:
The chief river of the North China Plain, currently flowing 5,463 km from the Bayan Har Mountains of Qinghai to the Bohai Sea but historically prone to massive floods which caused its course to vary widely over time.


lexentry: eng/Yenisei__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yenisei
trans_list: Jenisej
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError. The longest river of Siberia. It flows from south down to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Yggdrasil__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yggdrasil
trans_list: Yggdrasil
sense:
(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.


lexentry: eng/Yiddish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yiddish
trans_list: Jiddisch | Jiddisj
sense:
A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.


lexentry: eng/York__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: York
trans_list: York
sense:
The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.


lexentry: eng/Yoruba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yoruba
trans_list: Yoruba
sense:
A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in Brazil and Cuba.


lexentry: eng/Your_Excellency__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Your Excellency
trans_list: heer
sense:
(formal) A title of respect used when addressing heads of state other than monarchs, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, and others holding equivalent rank.


lexentry: eng/Your_Majesty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Your Majesty
trans_list: Uwe Majesteit
sense:
(formal) A term of address used in direct address to a monarch of higher rank than a prince, such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress.


lexentry: eng/Yucatán__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yucatán
trans_list: Yucatán
sense:
A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala.


lexentry: eng/Yugoslavia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yugoslavia
trans_list: Joegoslavië | Zuid-Slavië
sense:
(historical) A former country on the Balkan Peninsula, made up of the now-independent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia; it disintegrated in the 1990s.


lexentry: eng/Yule__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Yule
trans_list: Joelfeest
sense:
Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th).


lexentry: eng/Yule_log__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Yule log
trans_list: kerststronk | kerstboomstam
sense:
A log-shaped Christmas sponge cake, covered in chocolate, traditionally from French-speaking countries.


lexentry: eng/Zambezi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zambezi
trans_list: Zambezi
sense:
TemplateParserError:LuaError, flowing south and west from Zambia through east Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Zamenhofian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zamenhofian
trans_list: Zamenhofs
sense:
of or pertaining to L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), creator of Esperanto (often with respect to Esperanto usage)


lexentry: eng/Zaporizhia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Zaporizhia
trans_list: Zaporizja
sense:
(historical) TemplateParserError:LuaError; The region “beyond the rapids” in the lower reach of the river Dnieper in Ukraine, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.


lexentry: eng/Zapotec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zapotec
trans_list: zapoteke
sense:
A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.


lexentry: eng/Zechariah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Zechariah
trans_list: Zacharia | Zacharias
sense:
(biblical character) A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.


lexentry: eng/Zeelandic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zeelandic
trans_list: Zeeuws
sense:
A regional language similar to Dutch, spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland and on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee.


lexentry: eng/Zephyrus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zephyrus
trans_list: Zephyros
sense:
(Greek god) The Ancient Greek god of the west wind, supposed to be the gentlest of the winds and the messenger of spring. His parents are Eos/Aurora and Astraeus, and his brothers are Boreas, Notus and Eurus, (the Anemoi), and the Astra Planeta. His wife is Chloris and their son is Karpos. His Roman counterpart is Favonius.


lexentry: eng/Zionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zionism
trans_list: zionisme
sense:
(politics) Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of a Jewish state in Israel.


lexentry: eng/Zoroaster__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zoroaster
trans_list: Zarathoestra | Zoroaster
sense:
An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.


lexentry: eng/Zouave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zouave
trans_list: zoeaaf
sense:
(military, historical) One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.


lexentry: eng/Zulu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Zulu
trans_list: Zoeloe
sense:
A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.


lexentry: eng/a.m.__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a.m.
trans_list: 's morgens | 's ochtends
sense:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/a.o.b.__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a.o.b.
trans_list: w.v.t.t.k.
sense:
Initialism of any other business, the last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised.


lexentry: eng/a_cappella__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a cappella
trans_list: a capella
sense:
(music) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/a_chain_is_only_as_strong_as_its_weakest_link__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
trans_list: de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel
sense:
An organization is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.


lexentry: eng/a_spoonful_of_sugar_helps_the_medicine_go_down__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
trans_list: een klein schepje suiker wordt een bittere pil zoet
sense:
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.


lexentry: eng/a_stitch_in_time_saves_nine__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a stitch in time saves nine
trans_list: werk op tijd maakt welbereid
sense:
A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.


lexentry: eng/a_woman_without_a_man_is_like_a_fish_without_a_bicycle__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
trans_list: een vrouw zonder man is als een vis zonder fiets
sense:
(figuratively, humorous, simile) A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man. [from 1970]


lexentry: eng/aa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aa
trans_list: scherpe lava
sense:
(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/aam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aam
trans_list: aam
sense:
(historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼. [first attested around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/aardvark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aardvark
trans_list: aardvarken
sense:
The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/aardwolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aardwolf
trans_list: aardwolf | maanhaarjakhals
sense:
A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/ab_initio__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ab initio
trans_list: ab initio | vanaf het begin
sense:
(legal) From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force. [Early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aba__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aba
trans_list: abaya
sense:
A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abaca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abaca
trans_list: abaca | manillahennep
sense:
(uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aback__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: aback
trans_list: achteraan | bak | met een kopwind
sense:
(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abactor
trans_list: runderdief | veedief
sense:
(legal, archaic) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.


lexentry: eng/abaculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abaculus
trans_list: mozaïekelement
sense:
(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abacus
trans_list: abacus
sense:
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. [attested from c. 1387]


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abacus
trans_list: telraam | abacus
sense:
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abacus
trans_list: abacus | telraam
sense:
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abaft__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abaft
trans_list: achterlijker dan
sense:
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. [First attested around the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/abalienate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abalienate
trans_list: abaliëneren
sense:
(civil law, transitive) To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.


lexentry: eng/abalone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abalone
trans_list: zeeoor | abalone
sense:
(North America, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abandon
trans_list: ongedwongenheid
sense:
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abandon
trans_list: opgeven | prijsgeven
sense:
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abandon
trans_list: achterlaten | verlaten | afstand doen | afzien | begeven | in de steek laten
sense:
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abandon
trans_list: afstand doen | afzien | terugnemen
sense:
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abandon
trans_list: afwijzen | verbannen | verwerpen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandoned__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abandoned
trans_list: liederlijk | schaamteloos | verdorven
sense:
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/abandoned__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abandoned
trans_list: in de steek gelaten | verlaten
sense:
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]


lexentry: eng/abandonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abandonment
trans_list: achterlating | in de steek laten | verlating
sense:
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abandonment
sense:
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

trans_list:
achterlating | het in de steek laten | het laten zitten van | verlating | veronachtzaming | verwaarlozing


lexentry: eng/abandonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abandonment
trans_list: abandonnement | afstand | het afstand doen van | het prijsgeven | opgave | overgave
sense:
(legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: abandonment
trans_list: vrachtweigering
sense:
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.


lexentry: eng/abandonware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abandonware
trans_list: abandonware
sense:
(software, chiefly, _, video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.


lexentry: eng/abaptiston__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abaptiston
trans_list: kegelvormige schedelboor
sense:
(medicine) A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.


lexentry: eng/abase__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abase
trans_list: kleineren | vernederen
sense:
(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/abase__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abase
trans_list: neerhalen | strijken
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/abash__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abash
trans_list: beschamen | in verlegenheid brengen | van zijn stuk brengen
sense:
(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]


lexentry: eng/abat-vent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abat-vent
trans_list: windscherm
sense:
(architectural element) Louvres or strips of wood or metal used as windbreaks that allow light and air in, often seen in belfries.


lexentry: eng/abatacept__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abatacept
trans_list: abatacept
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A fusion protein composed of an immunoglobulin fused to the extracellular domain of CTLA-4, a molecule capable of binding B7, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.


lexentry: eng/abate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abate
trans_list: aftrekken | overslaan | verminderen | weglaten
sense:
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abatement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abatement
trans_list: afslag | inkrimping | korting | vermindering | afname | verzachting
sense:
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abatis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abatis
trans_list: prikkeldraadversperring | verhakking
sense:
A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abattage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abattage
trans_list: slachten
sense:
(veterinary, _, medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.


lexentry: eng/abaxial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abaxial
trans_list: abaxiaal | dorsaal
sense:
(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abbacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abbacy
trans_list: abtschap
sense:
The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abbess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abbess
trans_list: abdis
sense:
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]


lexentry: eng/abbey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abbey
trans_list: abdij
sense:
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abbreviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abbreviate
trans_list: afkorten | inkorten | verkorten | versimpelen
sense:
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abbreviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abbreviation
trans_list: afkorting | verkorting
sense:
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abbreviature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abbreviature
trans_list: afkorting
sense:
A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. [since the mid 17th century]


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abdicate
trans_list: onterven
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abdicate
trans_list: afstand doen
sense:
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: abdicate
trans_list: abdiceren | aftreden | troonsafstand doen
sense:
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdication__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abdication
trans_list: abdicatie | (troons)afstand
sense:
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abdomen__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abdomen
trans_list: buikholte | buik
sense:
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdominal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abdominal
trans_list: buikvinnig
sense:
(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abdominal_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abdominal cavity
trans_list: buikholte
sense:
(anatomy) The hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/abdominal_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abdominal ring
trans_list: liesring
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two openings in the abdominal muscle wall allowing the inguinal canal to pass through.


lexentry: eng/abdominoplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abdominoplasty
trans_list: abdominoplastie
sense:
(surgery, uncountable) The surgical removal of excess flesh from the abdomen, usually for cosmetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/abduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abduce
trans_list: abduceren | afvoeren
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct. [Mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abducens_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abducens nerve
trans_list: afvoerende zenuw | nervus abducens
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye. [19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduct__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abduct
trans_list: ontvoeren | kidnappen | abduceren
sense:
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abduction
trans_list: abductie
sense:
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abduction
trans_list: abductie
sense:
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abductor__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abductor
trans_list: abductor | afvoerder
sense:
(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]


lexentry: eng/abeam__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abeam
trans_list: dwarsscheeps
sense:
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abecedary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abecedary
trans_list: abc | alfabet
sense:
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian. [from late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/aberrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aberrance
trans_list: afdwaling | afwijking
sense:
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberrant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aberrant
trans_list: onconventioneel
sense:
Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberrant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aberrant
trans_list: aberrant | afwijkend | onconventioneel
sense:
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberrant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aberrant
trans_list: afwijkend | atypisch | uitzonderlijk
sense:
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aberration
trans_list: aberratie
sense:
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aberration
trans_list: aberratie
sense:
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aberration
trans_list: aberratie | afwijking
sense:
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: aberration
trans_list: aberratie | afwijkend exemplaar
sense:
(zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: aberration
trans_list: aberratie
sense:
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.


lexentry: eng/abessive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abessive case
trans_list: abessief
sense:
(grammatical case) A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.


lexentry: eng/abet__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abet
trans_list: bijstaan | meehelpen aan | ondersteunen
sense:
(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abettor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abettor
trans_list: aanstichter | handlanger | medeplichtige | ophitser | opstoker
sense:
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abeyance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abeyance
trans_list: onbeheerdheid | onbeslistheid | onbruik | onzekerheid
sense:
(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/abhor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abhor
trans_list: verafschuwen | gruwen van | walgen van
sense:
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abide__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: abide
trans_list: verblijven | wonen
sense:
(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]


lexentry: eng/abide__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: abide
trans_list: verblijven | wonen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from ca. 1150—1350 to early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abide__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: abide
trans_list: verblijven | wonen
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from ca. 1350—1470]


lexentry: eng/abide_by__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abide by
trans_list: zich neerleggen bij | zich schikken naar
sense:
(transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).


lexentry: eng/abiding__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abiding
trans_list: blijvend | voortdurend
sense:
Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abietic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abietic acid
trans_list: abiëtinezuur
sense:
(organic compound) A yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes and esters for plasticizers; C19H29COOH


lexentry: eng/ability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ability
trans_list: vaardigheid | vermogen | geschiktheid | talent | begaafdheid
sense:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/ability__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: ability
trans_list: bekwaamheid
sense:
(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/ability_to_pay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ability to pay
trans_list: draagkracht
sense:
(tax, often, attributive) An individual's level of wealth or income, as a measure of the tax rate they can afford to pay.


lexentry: eng/abiogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abiogenesis
trans_list: abiogenese
sense:
(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents. [from 1870]


lexentry: eng/abiotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abiotic
trans_list: abiotisch | levenloos | ongeschikt voor leven
sense:
Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. [Mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abiotrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abiotrophy
trans_list: abiotrofie
sense:
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.


lexentry: eng/abject__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abject
trans_list: abject | hulpeloos | moedeloos
sense:
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/abject__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abject
trans_list: diepgezonken | ellendig | gelaten | hulpeloos
sense:
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. [from mid 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/abject__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abject
trans_list: infaam persoon | verworpeling
sense:
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abjection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abjection
trans_list: moedeloosheid
sense:
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abjection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abjection
trans_list: vernedering | verworpenheid
sense:
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abjuration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abjuration
trans_list: afzwering | herroeping
sense:
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abjure__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abjure
trans_list: afzweren | verzaken | herroepen
sense:
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/ablactation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablactation
trans_list: spenen | ablactatie
sense:
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/ablastin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablastin
trans_list: ablastine
sense:
(immunology) An immunoglobulin G antibody efficient against some protozoans, specifically Trypanosoma lewisi, by preventing reproduction.


lexentry: eng/ablation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ablation
trans_list: ablatie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/ablation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ablation
trans_list: ablatie | afsmelting | erosie
sense:
(sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/ablative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablative
trans_list: ablatief
sense:
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/ablative_absolute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablative absolute
trans_list: losse ablatief
sense:
(grammar) A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.


lexentry: eng/ablative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablative case
trans_list: ablatief
sense:
(grammar) A noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.


lexentry: eng/ablaut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablaut
trans_list: ablaut | klankwisseling | klinkerwisseling
sense:
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/able-bodied__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: able-bodied
trans_list: bevaren | volslagen
sense:
(nautical) Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary.


lexentry: eng/able-bodied_seaman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: able-bodied seaman
trans_list: volmatroos
sense:
A seaman, especially one in the merchant navy, who has been trained or certified in all routine duties; a member of the Royal Navy rated between ordinary seaman and leading seaman or boatswain's mate


lexentry: eng/able__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: able
trans_list: bekwaam | de | hebben | in staat | mogelijkheid | om
sense:
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/able__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: able
trans_list: kundig | bedreven | competent | handig
sense:
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/ablegate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablegate
trans_list: ablegaat | pauselijke gezant
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.


lexentry: eng/abloom__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abloom
trans_list: in bloei | in volle bloei
sense:
(postpositive) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/ablution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablution
trans_list: ablutie
sense:
(Western, _, Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ablution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ablution
trans_list: ablutie | rituele wassing
sense:
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. [From mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnegate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abnegate
trans_list: ontzeggen
sense:
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abnormal
trans_list: abnormaal
sense:
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abnormal
trans_list: abnormaal | afwijkend
sense:
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormal_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abnormal psychology
trans_list: psychopathologie
sense:
The academic study of persons whose psychological characteristics deviate from the norm, as with neuroses, psychoses, and disorders


lexentry: eng/abnormality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abnormality
trans_list: abnormaliteit
sense:
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abnormality
trans_list: abnormaliteit | afwijking | misvorming
sense:
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abnormally
trans_list: abnormaal
sense:
In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard, norm, or average. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abode__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abode
trans_list: onderkomen | verblijf | woonstee
sense:
(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolish__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abolish
trans_list: vernietigen | buiten werking stellen
sense:
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abolition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abolition
trans_list: abolitie
sense:
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolitionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abolitionism
trans_list: abolitionisme
sense:
Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolitionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abolitionist
trans_list: abolitionist
sense:
A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice. [since the late 18th century]


lexentry: eng/abomasum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abomasum
trans_list: leb | lebmaag
sense:
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/abominable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abominable
trans_list: abominabel | afschuwelijk | afstotelijk | verfoeilijk | verschrikkelijk
sense:
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]


lexentry: eng/abominate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abominate
trans_list: verafschuwen | verachten
sense:
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abonnement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abonnement
trans_list: abonnement
sense:
A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aboriginal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aboriginal
trans_list: inheems | inheemse
sense:
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aborigine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aborigine
trans_list: binnenlands
sense:
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aborning__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aborning
trans_list: in het kraambed | in wording
sense:
(chiefly, North America) That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abort
trans_list: miskraam
sense:
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.


lexentry: eng/abort__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abort
trans_list: miskraam
sense:
(now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abort
trans_list: miskraam
sense:
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abort
trans_list: beëindigen | doen mislukken
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abort
trans_list: doen stoppen in een vroegtijdig stadium | voortijdig afbreken
sense:
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abort
trans_list: onvolgroeid blijven
sense:
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: abort
trans_list: (een) miskraam hebben | voortijdig bevallen
sense:
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: abort
trans_list: afbreken | voortijdig beëindigen
sense:
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abortifacient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abortifacient
trans_list: abortivum | vruchtafdrijvend middel
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abortion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abortion
trans_list: abortus | miskraam | abortie | voortijdige beëindiging
sense:
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abortion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abortion
trans_list: abortus | abortie | onderbroken ontwikkeling
sense:
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abortionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abortionist
trans_list: aborteur | aborteuse
sense:
(now, sometimes, offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly. [from 1844]


lexentry: eng/abound__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abound
trans_list: in grote aantallen voorkomen | overvloedig aanwezig zijn | wemelen
sense:
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/about-turn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: about-turn
trans_list: rechtsomkeert
sense:
(British, military) A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation[First attested in the mid 20th century.].


lexentry: eng/about__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: about
trans_list: ongeveer | bijna | vrijwel
sense:
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150]


lexentry: eng/about__Adverb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: about
trans_list: in tegenovergestelde richting | om-
sense:
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view. [from ca. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/about__Adverb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: about
trans_list: rond
sense:
(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference. [from ca. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/about__Preposition__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: about
trans_list: rond
sense:
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. [from ca. 1150–1350]


lexentry: eng/about__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: about
trans_list: bij | in de buurt | omheen
sense:
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup. [from ca. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/about_to__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: about to
trans_list: op het punt staan (om) te
sense:
(idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent.


lexentry: eng/above__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: above
trans_list: bovenvermeld | bovenstaand | eerder genoemd
sense:
(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page. [first attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/above__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: above
trans_list: bovendien | daarenboven
sense:
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts. [first attested around 1150–1350]


lexentry: eng/above_ground__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: above ground
trans_list: in klaarlichte dag | openlijk
sense:
Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment.


lexentry: eng/above_one's_paygrade__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: above one's paygrade
trans_list: boven zijn niveau
sense:
Not suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well enough to deal with the problem.


lexentry: eng/abracadabra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abracadabra
trans_list: abracadabra
sense:
A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abrade__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abrade
trans_list: afmatten | uitputten
sense:
(transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abrasion
trans_list: afschuring
sense:
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abrasion
trans_list: schaafwond
sense:
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion_platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abrasion platform
trans_list: abrasieplat | abrasievlak
sense:
(geology) A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by marine abrasion.


lexentry: eng/abrasive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abrasive
trans_list: irritant | irriterend | ruw
sense:
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]


lexentry: eng/abrasive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abrasive
trans_list: schuurmiddel | slijpmiddel
sense:
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreact__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abreact
trans_list: afreageren
sense:
(transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abreaction
trans_list: afreagering | emotionele ontlading
sense:
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreast__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abreast
trans_list: bijblijven | gelijke tred houdend
sense:
Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abridge__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abridge
trans_list: bekorten | beperken | inkorten | verkorten
sense:
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abridge__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abridge
trans_list: inkorten | verkorten
sense:
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense[First attested in 1384.]. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abridgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abridgment
trans_list: excerpt | ingekorte versie | korte inhoud | uittreksel
sense:
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abridgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abridgment
trans_list: bekorting | ingekorte versie | verkorting
sense:
(dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.


lexentry: eng/abrogate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abrogate
trans_list: afschaffen | abrogeren | opheffen
sense:
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [First attested in the early 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrupt__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abrupt
trans_list: abrupt | bruusk | plots
sense:
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrupt__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abrupt
trans_list: hortend | onsamenhangend
sense:
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abruptly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abruptly
trans_list: plots | plotseling | abrupt | bruusk
sense:
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abscess
trans_list: abces | etterbuil | ettergezwel
sense:
(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscise__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abscise
trans_list: afvallen
sense:
(intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscisic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abscisic acid
trans_list: abscisinezuur
sense:
(biochemistry) A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.


lexentry: eng/abscissa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abscissa
trans_list: abscis
sense:
(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. [First attested in the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscission__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abscission
trans_list: abscissie
sense:
(botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abseil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abseil
trans_list: abseilen
sense:
(intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absence_makes_the_heart_grow_fonder__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absence makes the heart grow fonder
trans_list: afwezigheid versterkt de liefde
sense:
(idiom) When someone or something is far away, one realizes how much one loves or misses them or it.


lexentry: eng/absence_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absence of mind
trans_list: afwezigheid | verstrooidheid
sense:
A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied). [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absence_seizure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absence seizure
trans_list: petit mal
sense:
(medicine) A type of seizure indicative of petit mal epilepsy. Brief seizure lasting up to 30 seconds involving vacantness and lack of awareness, possibly including twitching; not including spasm or unconsciousness.


lexentry: eng/absent-minded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absent-minded
trans_list: afwezig | elders met zijn gedachten | er niet bij | verstrooid
sense:
Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent-minded_professor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absent-minded professor
trans_list: verstrooide professor
sense:
A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings.


lexentry: eng/absent-mindedness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absent-mindedness
trans_list: verstrooidheid
sense:
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absent
trans_list: afwezig | absent | weg
sense:
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absent
trans_list: afwezig | dromerig | elders met zijn gedachten | verstrooid
sense:
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absent
trans_list: niet opdagen | wegblijven van | zich absenteren
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absentee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absentee
trans_list: afwezige
sense:
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absentee_ballot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absentee ballot
trans_list: schriftelijke stem | stemper brief
sense:
(US) A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.


lexentry: eng/absenteeism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absenteeism
trans_list: (arbeids)verzuim | (school)verzuim | absenteïsme
sense:
The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absinthe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absinthe
trans_list: absint
sense:
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/absinthin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absinthin
trans_list: absintine
sense:
(organic compound) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C15H20O4


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute
trans_list: absoluut
sense:
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absolute
trans_list: volkomen
sense:
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: absolute
trans_list: absoluut | volstrekt
sense:
(especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: absolute
trans_list: absoluut
sense:
(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". [first attested around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/absolute_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute address
trans_list: absoluut adres
sense:
(computing) A numerical value that identifies a fixed location in real storage in terms of the number of bytes from the beginning, or in a peripheral device in terms of disks, sectors and bytes


lexentry: eng/absolute_advantage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute advantage
trans_list: absoluut voordeel
sense:
(economics) The capability to produce more of a given product using the same quantity or less of a given resource than a competing entity.


lexentry: eng/absolute_complement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute complement
trans_list: absoluut complement
sense:
(set theory) The set that contains exactly those elements belonging to the universal set but not to a given set.


lexentry: eng/absolute_deviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute deviation
trans_list: afwijkeling
sense:
(statistics) The absolute value of the difference between a given value (such as mean or expected value) and a variate value (usually an observed value).


lexentry: eng/absolute_humidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute humidity
trans_list: absolute vochtigheid
sense:
(meteorology) In a system of moist air, the ratio of the mass of water vapor present to the volume occupied by the mixture, that is, the density of the water vapor component. Absolute humidity is usually expressed in grams of water vapor per cubic meter or, in engineering practice, in grains per cubic foot. Because this measure of atmospheric humidity is not conservative with respect to adiabatic expansion or compression, it is not commonly used by meteorologists. (Also called vapor concentration and vapor density). See relative humidity.


lexentry: eng/absolute_magnitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute magnitude
trans_list: absolute grootte | absolute helderheid
sense:
(astronomy) The intrinsic luminosity that a celestial body would have if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years.


lexentry: eng/absolute_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute music
trans_list: abstracte muziek
sense:
Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.


lexentry: eng/absolute_pitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute pitch
trans_list: absolute toonhoogte
sense:
(music, countable, or, uncountable) The exact pitch of a note as established by its rate of vibration based on a standard scale.


lexentry: eng/absolute_space-time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute space-time
trans_list: absolute ruimte-tijd
sense:
(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time and spatial coordinates that is the same for all observers


lexentry: eng/absolute_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute space
trans_list: absolute ruimte
sense:
(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of spatial (and temporal) coordinates that is the same for all observers


lexentry: eng/absolute_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute time
trans_list: absolute tijd
sense:
(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers


lexentry: eng/absolute_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute value
trans_list: absolute waarde | modulus
sense:
(mathematics) For a complex number a+bi, the principal square root of the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary parts, \sqrt{a^2+b^2}. Denoted by | |.


lexentry: eng/absolute_zero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolute zero
trans_list: absoluut nulpunt
sense:
(physics) The coldest possible temperature, zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; total absence of heat; temperature at which motion of all molecules would cease. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absoluteness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absoluteness
trans_list: absoluutheid | onbeperktheid | volstrektheid
sense:
(obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absoluteness__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: absoluteness
trans_list: absoluutheid | onbeperktheid | volstrektheid
sense:
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. [First attested in the 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolution
trans_list: absolutie | dispensatie
sense:
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/absolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: absolution
trans_list: absolutie | vergiffenis
sense:
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: absolution
trans_list: vrijspraak
sense:
(civil, _, legal, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolutism
trans_list: predestinatieleer
sense:
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absolutism
trans_list: absolutisme | alleenheerschappij
sense:
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absolutism
trans_list: absolutisme
sense:
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolutive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolutive
trans_list: absolutief
sense:
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.


lexentry: eng/absolutive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolutive case
trans_list: absolutief
sense:
(grammatical case) case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absolve
trans_list: kwijtschelden | ontheffen | ontslaan van een verplichting | vergeven
sense:
(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absolve
trans_list: uitleggen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. [Attested from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absolve
trans_list: absolveren | vrijspreken | vergeven
sense:
(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: absolve
trans_list: kwijtschelden | niet-schuldig verklaren
sense:
(transitive, legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: absolve
trans_list: afwerken | beëindigen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorb
trans_list: absorberen | bezighouden | consumeren | in beslag nemen | in last nemen | in zich opnemen
sense:
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absorb__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: absorb
trans_list: absorberen | opzuigen
sense:
(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorbance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorbance
trans_list: absorbantie | optische dichtheid
sense:
(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorbed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absorbed
trans_list: geabsorbeerd | opgenomen
sense:
(Of something) That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorbed_dose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorbed dose
trans_list: geabsorbeerde dosis
sense:
(physics) The amount of energy imparted by nuclear (or ionizing) radiation to unit mass of absorbing material. Units of measure include the gray, the rad, and their derivatives (e.g., centigray, millirad).


lexentry: eng/absorbency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absorbency
trans_list: absorptie | absorptievermogen
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.


lexentry: eng/absorbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorbent
trans_list: absorberend | opzuigend | wateropnemend
sense:
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorber
trans_list: absorptiemiddel
sense:
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorptance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorptance
trans_list: absorptiefactor | absorptieverhouding
sense:
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorptiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorptiometer
trans_list: absorptiemeter
sense:
An instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption
trans_list: absorptie | endosmose
sense:
(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption
trans_list: absorptie | incorporatie | opname
sense:
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorption_band__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption band
trans_list: absorptieband
sense:
(physics, chemistry) One of any number of ranges of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by a substance.


lexentry: eng/absorption_coefficient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption coefficient
trans_list: absorptiecoëfficiënt
sense:
(physics) A measure of the absorption of electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a specific substance; the fraction of incident radiation absorbed by unit mass or unit thickness; absorptivity.


lexentry: eng/absorption_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption line
trans_list: absorptielijn | absorptiestreep
sense:
(physics, astronomy) A spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength; the pattern of such lines is characteristic of specific atoms or molecules in the path of the radiation.


lexentry: eng/absorption_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorption spectrum
trans_list: absorptiespectrum
sense:
(physics) The characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope.


lexentry: eng/absorptive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absorptive
trans_list: absorberend
sense:
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstain__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abstain
trans_list: abstineren | onthouden
sense:
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstain__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abstain
trans_list: verhinderen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstainer
trans_list: onthouder
sense:
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstemious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstemious
trans_list: frugaal | karig | matig
sense:
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. [From early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abstemiousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstemiousness
trans_list: gematigheid | onthouding
sense:
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abstention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstention
trans_list: onthouding | abstinentie
sense:
(obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstentionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstentionism
trans_list: abstentionisme
sense:
A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstentionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstentionist
trans_list: onthouder
sense:
A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstinence
trans_list: abstinentie | alcoholonthouding | geheelonthouding
sense:
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism). [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstinence
trans_list: onthouding | abstinentie
sense:
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstinence
trans_list: onthouding
sense:
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abstinence
trans_list: onthouding
sense:
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstinent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstinent
trans_list: bescheiden | matig | sober | zich onthoudend
sense:
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: algemeen
sense:
Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational. [First attested by Locke in 1689.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: abstract
sense:
(arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: essentie
sense:
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: essentie
sense:
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: uittreksel
sense:
(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: zich terugtrekken
sense:
(intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: abstraheren
sense:
(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: ontvreemden | terugtrekken
sense:
(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract
trans_list: abstraheren | onttrekken
sense:
To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.


lexentry: eng/abstract_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract algebra
trans_list: abstracte algebra
sense:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics concerned with algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, and fields.


lexentry: eng/abstract_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract art
trans_list: [[non-figuratief|non-figuratieve]] kunst | abstracte kunst
sense:
Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.


lexentry: eng/abstract_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstract noun
trans_list: abstract substantief | abstractum
sense:
(grammar) A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation or other abstract or intangible concept, as opposed to a concrete item, or a physical object.


lexentry: eng/abstracted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abstracted
trans_list: verstrooid
sense:
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstraction
trans_list: ontvreemding | toeëigening
sense:
(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abstraction
trans_list: abstractie
sense:
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: abstraction
trans_list: abstractie
sense:
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: abstraction
trans_list: vage voorstelling | visionair begrip
sense:
The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.


lexentry: eng/abstractionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstractionism
trans_list: abstracte kunst | abstractionisme
sense:
The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstractive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abstractive
trans_list: abstraherend | aftrekbaar
sense:
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/absurd__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absurd
trans_list: absurd
sense:
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/absurdity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: absurdity
trans_list: absurditeit
sense:
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/absurdity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: absurdity
trans_list: absurditeit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abugida__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abugida
trans_list: abugida
sense:
(linguistics) A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol.


lexentry: eng/abulia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abulia
trans_list: willoosheid
sense:
(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abundance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abundance
trans_list: overvloed
sense:
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abundant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abundant
trans_list: overvloedig | abondant | rijkelijk voorhanden
sense:
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abundantly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abundantly
trans_list: overvloedig
sense:
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abuse
trans_list: misbruik | verkeerd gebruik
sense:
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: abuse
trans_list: beschimpingen
sense:
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abuse
trans_list: misbruiken | mishandelen | beschimpen | onteren | uitschelden | verkeerd gebruiken
sense:
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: abuse
trans_list: beschimpen | uitschelden
sense:
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: abuse
trans_list: misbruiken | onteren | verkrachten
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate. [from around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/abut__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abut
trans_list: grenzen
sense:
(intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abutment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abutment
trans_list: steunbeer
sense:
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abyss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abyss
trans_list: afgrond
sense:
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abyss__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abyss
trans_list: afgrond | ravijn
sense:
(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abyssal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: abyssal
trans_list: abyssaal
sense:
(geography) Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abyssal_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: abyssal zone
trans_list: afgrond
sense:
(geography) The oceanic realm consisting of the deep ocean, typified by a dearth of plant life, and plentiful carnivorous animals that are able to withstand extreme pressure.


lexentry: eng/academia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: academia
trans_list: academie
sense:
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]


lexentry: eng/academian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: academian
trans_list: academicus
sense:
(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/academic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: academic
trans_list: academisch | universitair
sense:
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/academic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: academic
trans_list: academisch
sense:
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.


lexentry: eng/academic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: academic
trans_list: universitair
sense:
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academic_institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: academic institution
trans_list: academie
sense:
An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.


lexentry: eng/academically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: academically
trans_list: wetenschappelijk
sense:
In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. [First attested in the late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/academician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: academician
trans_list: academicus
sense:
(now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/academician__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: academician
trans_list: academicus
sense:
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: academy
trans_list: academie | college | universiteit
sense:
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: academy
trans_list: academie
sense:
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: academy
trans_list: academie
sense:
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: academy
trans_list: academie
sense:
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/acai_berry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acai berry
trans_list: açaí
sense:
A fruit that grows on the Brazilian wild palmberry tree, Euterpe olearacea, used for nutritive support as an antioxidant. It is similar in size to a grape.


lexentry: eng/acalculia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acalculia
trans_list: acalculie
sense:
(pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/acarus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acarus
trans_list: mijt
sense:
(zoology, acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.


lexentry: eng/accede__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accede
trans_list: toetreden
sense:
(intransitive, now, _, rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/accede__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: accede
trans_list: aanvaarden | bestijgen
sense:
(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/acceleration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acceleration
trans_list: versnelling | acceleratie
sense:
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.


lexentry: eng/acceleration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acceleration
trans_list: versnelling | acceleratie
sense:
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).


lexentry: eng/acceleration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: acceleration
trans_list: versnelling | acceleratie
sense:
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accent
trans_list: accent | klemtoon
sense:
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: accent
trans_list: accent | accentteken | klemtoon
sense:
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: accent
trans_list: accent | tongval | uitspraak
sense:
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: accent
trans_list: accent
sense:
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: accent
trans_list: accent
sense:
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.The third and fourth symbols are accents (marks used to represent special emphasis in music).


lexentry: eng/acceptance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acceptance
trans_list: acceptatie
sense:
(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.


lexentry: eng/acceptance__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: acceptance
trans_list: acceptatie
sense:
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.


lexentry: eng/acceptance__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: acceptance
trans_list: aanvaarding | acceptatie
sense:
(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.


lexentry: eng/access__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: access
trans_list: toegang | toegangsrecht | toelating
sense:
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.


lexentry: eng/accession__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: accession
trans_list: natrekking
sense:
(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).


lexentry: eng/accessory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accessory
trans_list: meegeleverd | toegevoegd
sense:
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.


lexentry: eng/accessory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accessory
trans_list: medeplichtig
sense:
(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.


lexentry: eng/accessory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accessory
trans_list: accessoire | aanhangsel | toebehoren
sense:
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.


lexentry: eng/accessory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: accessory
trans_list: medeplichtige | handlanger | handlangster
sense:
(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.


lexentry: eng/accessory_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accessory fruit
trans_list: schijnvrucht
sense:
(botany) A fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry.


lexentry: eng/accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accident
trans_list: ongeval | ongeluk | toevallig
sense:
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.


lexentry: eng/accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accident
trans_list: ongeval | ongeluk
sense:
(transportation) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)


lexentry: eng/accidental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: accidental
trans_list: toevallig
sense:
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/acclaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: acclaim
trans_list: toejuichen | applaudiseren | juichen | loven | prijzen
sense:
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.


lexentry: eng/acclimatize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acclimatize
trans_list: acclimatiseren
sense:
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.


lexentry: eng/acclivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acclivity
trans_list: helling
sense:
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.


lexentry: eng/accolade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: accolade
trans_list: accolade | ridderslag
sense:
(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.


lexentry: eng/accommodate__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: accommodate
trans_list: aanpassen | accommoderen
sense:
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.


lexentry: eng/accommodation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accommodation
trans_list: logies | onderkomen | onderdak
sense:
(chiefly, British, usually, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.


lexentry: eng/accommodation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accommodation
trans_list: aanpassing
sense:
(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.


lexentry: eng/accommodation_ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accommodation ladder
trans_list: valreep
sense:
(nautical) a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.


lexentry: eng/accompaniment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accompaniment
trans_list: begeleiding
sense:
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.


lexentry: eng/accompany__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accompany
trans_list: begeleiden | vergezellen
sense:
(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.


lexentry: eng/accomplice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accomplice
trans_list: medeplichtige | handlanger
sense:
(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.


lexentry: eng/accomplish__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: accomplish
trans_list: volbrengen
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.


lexentry: eng/accomplishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accomplishment
trans_list: prestatie
sense:
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.


lexentry: eng/according_as__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: according as
trans_list: volgens | zoals
sense:
Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.) [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/accordion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accordion
trans_list: accordeon | harmonica
sense:
A box-shaped musical instrument with means of keys and buttons, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.


lexentry: eng/account__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: account
trans_list: rekening | rekenschap | verhaal | verslag
sense:
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]


lexentry: eng/account__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: account
trans_list: account | rekening
sense:
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.


lexentry: eng/account_manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: account manager
trans_list: accountmanager
sense:
(business) A person who is in charge of sales to one or more named customers or to a specified segment of the market, especially in B2B marketing; supposedly refers to a somewhat more responsible job than the term salesman.


lexentry: eng/accountability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accountability
trans_list: verantwoording
sense:
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.


lexentry: eng/accountancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accountancy
trans_list: boekhouden
sense:
(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.


lexentry: eng/accountant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: accountant
trans_list: boekhouder
sense:
(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.


lexentry: eng/accountant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: accountant
trans_list: boekhouder
sense:
(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.


lexentry: eng/accounting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accounting
trans_list: boekhouding
sense:
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.


lexentry: eng/accounts_payable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accounts payable
trans_list: handelsschulden
sense:
The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt.


lexentry: eng/accounts_receivable__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accounts receivable
trans_list: vordering
sense:
(accounting) The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.


lexentry: eng/accredit__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: accredit
trans_list: accrediteren
sense:
(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.


lexentry: eng/accretion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accretion
trans_list: groei
sense:
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.


lexentry: eng/accretion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: accretion
trans_list: aangroei
sense:
(legal) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.


lexentry: eng/accretion_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accretion disk
trans_list: accretieschijf
sense:
(astrophysics) A structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source such as a galaxy, black hole, or protostar.


lexentry: eng/accrual__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accrual
trans_list: accumulatie
sense:
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose


lexentry: eng/acculturate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acculturate
trans_list: aanpassen aan een andere cultuur
sense:
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.


lexentry: eng/acculturation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acculturation
trans_list: acculturatie
sense:
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.


lexentry: eng/accumulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accumulate
trans_list: accumuleren | opstapelen | vermeerderen
sense:
(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)


lexentry: eng/accumulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: accumulation
trans_list: accumulatie | opeenhoping | opstapeling
sense:
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.


lexentry: eng/accumulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: accumulator
trans_list: accumulator
sense:
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).


lexentry: eng/accumulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: accumulator
trans_list: accumulator
sense:
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.


lexentry: eng/accusative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: accusative
trans_list: accusatief
sense:
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.


lexentry: eng/accustom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: accustom
trans_list: plegen
sense:
(transitive, often, passive, or, reflexive, with to) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.


lexentry: eng/ace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ace
trans_list: aas
sense:
(card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.


lexentry: eng/ace__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: ace
trans_list: aas
sense:
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.


lexentry: eng/acetaminophen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acetaminophen
trans_list: calpol | paracetamol
sense:
(North America) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.


lexentry: eng/acetic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acetic acid
trans_list: azijnzuur
sense:
(fatty acid) A clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.


lexentry: eng/acetylcholine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acetylcholine
trans_list: acetylcholine
sense:
(neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH3COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3.


lexentry: eng/achieve__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: achieve
trans_list: bereiken | realiseren | verkrijgen | verwerven | winnen
sense:
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/acid_rain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acid rain
trans_list: zure regen
sense:
Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.


lexentry: eng/acidic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acidic
trans_list: zuur
sense:
(chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.


lexentry: eng/acidimetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acidimetry
trans_list: zuur-basetitratie
sense:
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.


lexentry: eng/acinus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: acinus
trans_list: tros
sense:
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.


lexentry: eng/acknowledge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acknowledge
trans_list: erkennen
sense:
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.


lexentry: eng/acknowledge__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: acknowledge
trans_list: erkennen
sense:
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acknowledgment
trans_list: erkenning | erkentelijkheid
sense:
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: acknowledgment
trans_list: ontvangstbevestiging
sense:
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: acknowledgment
trans_list: kwitantie | ontvangstbevestiging
sense:
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: acknowledgment
trans_list: bevestiging
sense:
(legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.


lexentry: eng/acme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acme
trans_list: hoogtepunt
sense:
A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]


lexentry: eng/acolyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acolyte
trans_list: acoliet
sense:
(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.


lexentry: eng/aconite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aconite
trans_list: monnikskap
sense:
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.


lexentry: eng/acorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acorn
trans_list: eikel
sense:
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.


lexentry: eng/acoustic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acoustic
trans_list: akoestisch | akoestische
sense:
(music, musical instrument) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.


lexentry: eng/acoustic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acoustic
trans_list: akoestiek
sense:
(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.


lexentry: eng/acqua_alta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acqua alta
trans_list: hoogwater
sense:
A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.


lexentry: eng/acquaintance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acquaintance
trans_list: bekendheid
sense:
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/acquiesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acquiesce
trans_list: berusten
sense:
(intransitive, with in (or sometimes with, to)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.


lexentry: eng/acquiesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acquiesce
trans_list: berusten
sense:
(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.


lexentry: eng/acquiescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acquiescence
trans_list: stilzwijgende instemming
sense:
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.


lexentry: eng/acquiescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acquiescence
trans_list: rechtsverwerking
sense:
(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.


lexentry: eng/acquit__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: acquit
trans_list: afbetalen | aflossen | vervullen
sense:
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.


lexentry: eng/acquittal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acquittal
trans_list: vrijspraak
sense:
(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/acrimonious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: acrimonious
trans_list: acrimonieus | bits | bitsig | gemeen | rancuneus | scherp
sense:
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/acrobat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrobat
trans_list: acrobaat | acrobate
sense:
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.


lexentry: eng/acrocyanosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrocyanosis
trans_list: acrocyanose
sense:
(pathology) A persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well.


lexentry: eng/acrolect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrolect
trans_list: acrolect
sense:
(sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).


lexentry: eng/acromegaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acromegaly
trans_list: acromegalie
sense:
(disease) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.


lexentry: eng/acrophony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrophony
trans_list: acrofonie
sense:
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.


lexentry: eng/acropolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acropolis
trans_list: akropolis
sense:
A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.


lexentry: eng/across__Preposition__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: across
trans_list: tegenover | dwars | overheen
sense:
(Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).


lexentry: eng/acrostic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrostic
trans_list: acrostichon | letterdicht
sense:
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/acroterium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acroterium
trans_list: acroterie
sense:
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/acrylamide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrylamide
trans_list: acrylamide
sense:
(organic compound) The amide of acrylic acid, CH2=CH.CONH2; used in the manufacture of polyacrylamides.


lexentry: eng/acrylic_resin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acrylic resin
trans_list: acryl
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of many thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, esters of these acids, or acrylonitrile; used in paint and many plastics.


lexentry: eng/act__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: act
trans_list: gedragen | optreden
sense:
(intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.


lexentry: eng/actin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actin
trans_list: actine
sense:
(protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).


lexentry: eng/acting__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acting
trans_list: ad interim
sense:
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.


lexentry: eng/actinic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: actinic
trans_list: actinisch
sense:
(chemistry, or, photography) Of or relating to actinism, the range of photochemical effects produced by exposure to EM radiation, particularly sunlight.


lexentry: eng/actinic_keratosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actinic keratosis
trans_list: actinische keratose | zonlichtbeschadiging
sense:
(medicine, pathology, dermatology) A potentially precancerous skin lesion, typically on the upper portion of the head, characterized by discolored, thickened or scaly growths of keratin and caused by repeated exposure to ultraviolet light, such as from sunlight or tanning beds.


lexentry: eng/actinide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actinide
trans_list: actinide
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.


lexentry: eng/actinium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actinium
trans_list: actinium
sense:
A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.


lexentry: eng/actinolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actinolite
trans_list: actinoliet
sense:
(mineral) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2, belonging to the amphibole group.


lexentry: eng/action__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: action
trans_list: werking | beweging
sense:
(literature) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.


lexentry: eng/action_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: action figure
trans_list: actiefiguur
sense:
A children's toy in the form of a posable plastic figurine of a character, often from a movie, video game, or television program, with moving parts and often capable of some form of spring-loaded movement. It is used to distinguish from dolls, which have acquired the reputation as a girl's toy, whereas action figures are more marketed toward boys.


lexentry: eng/action_movie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: action movie
trans_list: actiefilm
sense:
A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay.


lexentry: eng/activate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: activate
trans_list: activeren | aanzetten | inschakelen
sense:
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.


lexentry: eng/activated_carbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: activated carbon
trans_list: actieve kool
sense:
(chemistry) A very absorbent form of finely powdered carbon; used in purifying gases, and as an antidote for many poisons.


lexentry: eng/active__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: active
trans_list: actief
sense:
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.


lexentry: eng/active_duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: active duty
trans_list: actieve dienst
sense:
(military) A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.


lexentry: eng/active_ingredient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: active ingredient
trans_list: werkzame stof
sense:
The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.


lexentry: eng/active_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: active volcano
trans_list: actieve vulkaan
sense:
(vulcanology, geology) A volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years, although not necessarily venting lava or gases now.


lexentry: eng/activism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: activism
trans_list: activisme
sense:
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.


lexentry: eng/activities_of_daily_living__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: activities of daily living
trans_list: algemene dagelijkse levensverrichtingen
sense:
(healthcare) A set of common daily activities, including bathing, feeding, and relieving oneself. A person’s ability or inability to perform them is used as a measurement of their functional status.


lexentry: eng/activity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: activity
trans_list: activiteit | beweging | werkzaamheid
sense:
(countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.


lexentry: eng/actor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: actor
trans_list: acteur | actrice | toneelspeler | doener | toneelspeelster
sense:
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/actual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: actual
trans_list: reëel | daadwerkelijk | echt | werkelijk | effectief
sense:
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/actuarial_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: actuarial science
trans_list: actuariaat | verzekeringsmathematiek | verzekeringswiskunde
sense:
(applied mathematics, insurance, finance) The discipline within applied mathematics dealing with risk assessment and the modelling of uncertainty; the rigorous application of mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk, in industries including insurance and finance.


lexentry: eng/actuary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: actuary
trans_list: actuaris | verzekeringswiskundige
sense:
A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.


lexentry: eng/acupressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acupressure
trans_list: acupressuur
sense:
(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.


lexentry: eng/acupuncture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acupuncture
trans_list: acupunctuur
sense:
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.


lexentry: eng/acupuncturist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acupuncturist
trans_list: acupuncturist
sense:
A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.


lexentry: eng/acute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: acute
trans_list: acuut
sense:
(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.


lexentry: eng/acute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: acute
trans_list: acuut
sense:
(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.


lexentry: eng/acute_accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: acute accent
trans_list: accent aigu
sense:
(orthography) : A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.


lexentry: eng/adamant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adamant
trans_list: adamant
sense:
An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.


lexentry: eng/adapt__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adapt
trans_list: bewerken | aanpassen
sense:
(transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character


lexentry: eng/adapter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adapter
trans_list: dominostekker | driewegstekker | verdeelstekker
sense:
Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.


lexentry: eng/adapter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adapter
trans_list: adapter | reisstekker | verloopstekker | wereldstekker
sense:
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.


lexentry: eng/add-on__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: add-on
trans_list: aanvulling
sense:
(computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.


lexentry: eng/adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adder
trans_list: adder
sense:
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States


lexentry: eng/adder_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adder stone
trans_list: heksensteen
sense:
A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.


lexentry: eng/address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: address
trans_list: adres
sense:
(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: address
trans_list: adres
sense:
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/address_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: address bar
trans_list: adresbalk
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) A bar in a web browser that displays the address (uniform resource identifier) of the page or resource being displayed.


lexentry: eng/addressee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: addressee
trans_list: geadresseerde | adressaat
sense:
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.


lexentry: eng/adduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adduce
trans_list: aanhalen | aanvoeren
sense:
(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.


lexentry: eng/adenine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenine
trans_list: adenine
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.


lexentry: eng/adenohypophysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenohypophysis
trans_list: adenohypofyse | pars distalis
sense:
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/adenoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenoid
trans_list: amandel
sense:
(symptom) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.


lexentry: eng/adenoidectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenoidectomy
trans_list: adenotomie
sense:
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.


lexentry: eng/adenosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenosine
trans_list: adenosine
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics, organic compound) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/adenosine_triphosphate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenosine triphosphate
trans_list: adenosinetrifosfaat
sense:
(biochemistry, neurotransmitter) a nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognised by purinergic receptors


lexentry: eng/adenovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adenovirus
trans_list: adenovirus
sense:
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans


lexentry: eng/adhan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adhan
trans_list: ezan
sense:
(Islam) The call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله.


lexentry: eng/adhesion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: adhesion
trans_list: adhesie
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.


lexentry: eng/adiabatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adiabatic
trans_list: adiabatisch
sense:
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).


lexentry: eng/adicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adicity
trans_list: ariteit | plaatsigheid
sense:
(logic, mathematics, computer science) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.


lexentry: eng/adipic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adipic acid
trans_list: adipinezuur
sense:
(organic compound) A white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C4H8(COOH)2; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.


lexentry: eng/adipocere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adipocere
trans_list: adipocire
sense:
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis


lexentry: eng/adit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adit
trans_list: tunnel
sense:
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/adjective_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adjective phrase
trans_list: adverbiale constituent
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and be modified by an adverb.


lexentry: eng/adjoin__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adjoin
trans_list: bijdoen
sense:
(transitive, mathematics, chiefly, algebra, and, number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).


lexentry: eng/adjustable_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adjustable pliers
trans_list: waterpomptang
sense:
A type of pliers used by plumbers that can be quickly changed in size and is primarily used for tightening nuts on water pipes.


lexentry: eng/adjustment_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adjustment disorder
trans_list: aanpassingsstoornis
sense:
A disorder of individuals who cannot adjust to or cope with a particular stressor, such as a major life event. It may be characterized by depression, anxiety, and/or traumatic stress symptoms.


lexentry: eng/adjutant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adjutant
trans_list: maraboe
sense:
(zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/adjuvant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adjuvant
trans_list: additief
sense:
(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/administer__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: administer
trans_list: toedienen
sense:
(transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.


lexentry: eng/administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: administration
trans_list: administratie | toediening
sense:
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.


lexentry: eng/administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: administration
trans_list: bestuur | toediening
sense:
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.


lexentry: eng/administrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: administrator
trans_list: beheerder | administrateur
sense:
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager


lexentry: eng/administrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: administrator
trans_list: administrator
sense:
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network


lexentry: eng/admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: admiral
trans_list: admiraal
sense:
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: admit
trans_list: toelaten | binnenlaten | toegang verlenen
sense:
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: admit
trans_list: toelaten | toestaan
sense:
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: admit
trans_list: toegeven | bekennen
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: admit
trans_list: toelaten | toestaan
sense:
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.


lexentry: eng/admonish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: admonish
trans_list: vermanen
sense:
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.


lexentry: eng/adoption__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adoption
trans_list: adoptie
sense:
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.


lexentry: eng/adposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adposition
trans_list: adpositie
sense:
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.


lexentry: eng/adrenal_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adrenal gland
trans_list: bijnier
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/adrenalitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adrenalitis
trans_list: adrenalitis
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of one or both adrenal glands, leading to an insufficiency of cortisol and/or aldosterone.


lexentry: eng/adsorption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adsorption
trans_list: adsorptie
sense:
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.


lexentry: eng/adultery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adultery
trans_list: echtbreuk | overspel
sense:
(biblical, narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry


lexentry: eng/adulthood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adulthood
trans_list: volwassenheid
sense:
The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.


lexentry: eng/adumbration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adumbration
trans_list: aanduiding | afschaduwing | afschetsing
sense:
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.


lexentry: eng/advance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: advance
trans_list: avance
sense:
(often, in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/advance__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: advance
trans_list: voorschieten
sense:
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/advance_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advance guard
trans_list: voorhoede
sense:
A unit or units leading the way of advancing or marching troops, guarding them from ambushes, reconnoitering and pursuing the enemy, etc.


lexentry: eng/advance_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advance payment
trans_list: aanbetaling
sense:
The part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security payment.


lexentry: eng/advantage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advantage
trans_list: voordeel
sense:
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.


lexentry: eng/advantage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: advantage
trans_list: voordeel | overhand
sense:
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.


lexentry: eng/adventure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: adventure
trans_list: avontuur
sense:
A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.


lexentry: eng/adventure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: adventure
trans_list: avontuur | risico
sense:
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.


lexentry: eng/adventurous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adventurous
trans_list: avontuurlijk | ondernemend
sense:
(of a, person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.


lexentry: eng/adverb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverb
trans_list: bijwoord | adverbium
sense:
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.


lexentry: eng/adverb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: adverb
trans_list: bijwoord | adverbium
sense:
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.


lexentry: eng/adverbial_accusative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverbial accusative
trans_list: adverbiale accusativus
sense:
(linguistics) In some languages such as Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, German, Arabic, the use of a noun or adjective in the accusative case as an adverb.


lexentry: eng/adverbial_participle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverbial participle
trans_list: gerundium
sense:
(grammar) A participle that modifies a verb in the same sentence and is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance.


lexentry: eng/adverbial_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverbial phrase
trans_list: bepaling
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.


lexentry: eng/adverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverse
trans_list: ongunstig
sense:
Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.


lexentry: eng/adverse_possession__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adverse possession
trans_list: verkrijgende verjaring
sense:
(legal) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advertise
trans_list: aandienen
sense:
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: advertise
trans_list: adverteren
sense:
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: advertise
trans_list: aanprijzen
sense:
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertising_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advertising agency
trans_list: reclamebureau
sense:
a business enterprise dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising on behalf of its client companies.


lexentry: eng/advisedly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advisedly
trans_list: doelbewust
sense:
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.


lexentry: eng/advocacy_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: advocacy group
trans_list: belangengroep
sense:
A group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.


lexentry: eng/adynaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adynaton
trans_list: adynaton
sense:
(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.


lexentry: eng/adze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: adze
trans_list: dissel
sense:
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.


lexentry: eng/aedile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aedile
trans_list: stadsbestuurder
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome) An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.


lexentry: eng/aegis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aegis
trans_list: aegis
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/aeolian_harp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aeolian harp
trans_list: aeolusharp
sense:
(musical instrument) An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them


lexentry: eng/aeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aeration
trans_list: aëratie
sense:
By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.


lexentry: eng/aerial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerial
trans_list: antenne
sense:
(chiefly, _, UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.


lexentry: eng/aerobics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerobics
trans_list: aerobics
sense:
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]


lexentry: eng/aerobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerobiology
trans_list: aerobiologie
sense:
(biology) The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.


lexentry: eng/aerodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerodynamics
trans_list: aerodynamica | luchtstromingsleer
sense:
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/aerogel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerogel
trans_list: aerogel
sense:
A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.


lexentry: eng/aerogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aerogram
trans_list: luchtpostblad
sense:
A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.


lexentry: eng/aerology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerology
trans_list: aerologie
sense:
The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, kites, rockets, drones, airplanes, etc.


lexentry: eng/aerophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerophone
trans_list: aerofoon
sense:
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.


lexentry: eng/aerostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerostat
trans_list: ballon
sense:
An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.


lexentry: eng/aerostatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aerostatics
trans_list: aerostatica
sense:
(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions


lexentry: eng/aesthete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aesthete
trans_list: estheet
sense:
(often, derogatory) Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.


lexentry: eng/aetiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aetiology
trans_list: etiologie
sense:
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.


lexentry: eng/affable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affable
trans_list: gemoedelijk | welwillend
sense:
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.


lexentry: eng/affect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affect
trans_list: affect
sense:
(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/affect__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affect
trans_list: veinzen
sense:
(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/affiliate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affiliate
trans_list: dochteronderneming
sense:
Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.


lexentry: eng/affiliate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: affiliate
trans_list: aansluiten
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.


lexentry: eng/affine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: affine
trans_list: affien
sense:
(not comparable, geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(\vec x)= A \vec x + \vec b (where A is a linear transformation and \vec b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.


lexentry: eng/affinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: affinity
trans_list: affiniteit
sense:
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).


lexentry: eng/affinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: affinity
trans_list: affiniteit
sense:
(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.


lexentry: eng/affirm__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: affirm
trans_list: bevestigen
sense:
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.


lexentry: eng/affirmative_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affirmative action
trans_list: positieve discriminatie
sense:
(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination


lexentry: eng/affix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: affix
trans_list: affix
sense:
(mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).


lexentry: eng/affogato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affogato
trans_list: affogato
sense:
A drink or dessert (especially ice-cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce


lexentry: eng/afford__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afford
trans_list: zich veroorloven
sense:
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough.


lexentry: eng/affordability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: affordability
trans_list: betaalbaarheid
sense:
The extent or degree to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay.


lexentry: eng/afforestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afforestation
trans_list: bebossing
sense:
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.


lexentry: eng/afield__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afield
trans_list: buitenspel
sense:
Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).


lexentry: eng/after__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: after
trans_list: nadat
sense:
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.


lexentry: eng/after__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: after
trans_list: door | vanwege
sense:
(Irish, Newfoundland, usually, preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity


lexentry: eng/after_all__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: after all
trans_list: uiteindelijk | immers | per slot van rekening
sense:
(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.


lexentry: eng/afterbirth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afterbirth
trans_list: nageboorte
sense:
The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.


lexentry: eng/afterburner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afterburner
trans_list: nabrander | naverbrander
sense:
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.


lexentry: eng/aftermath__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aftermath
trans_list: nasleep
sense:
That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.


lexentry: eng/afternoon_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: afternoon tea
trans_list: proeven
sense:
(Australia, NZ, Hong Kong) A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference.


lexentry: eng/afterpain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: afterpain
trans_list: nawee
sense:
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)


lexentry: eng/aftershock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aftershock
trans_list: naschok
sense:
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").


lexentry: eng/again__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: again
trans_list: ook al weer
sense:
Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.


lexentry: eng/again__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: again
trans_list: opnieuw | weer | alweer | nogmaals | wederom
sense:
Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/against__Preposition__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: against
trans_list: tegen
sense:
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.


lexentry: eng/agape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agape
trans_list: liefde
sense:
(uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.


lexentry: eng/agar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agar
trans_list: agaragar
sense:
A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.


lexentry: eng/agate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agate
trans_list: agaat
sense:
(countable, uncountable, mineral) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.


lexentry: eng/agave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agave
trans_list: agave
sense:
Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: age
trans_list: tijdperk | era
sense:
(countable, poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: age
trans_list: leeftijd | ouderdom
sense:
(uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: age
trans_list: meerderjarigheid | volwassenheid
sense:
(uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: age
trans_list: leeftijd | ouderdom
sense:
(uncountable) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.


lexentry: eng/age_of_consent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: age of consent
trans_list: seksuele meerderjarigheid
sense:
(legal) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.


lexentry: eng/age_of_reason__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: age of reason
trans_list: jaren des onderscheids
sense:
(by extension) Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own decisions.


lexentry: eng/ageism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ageism
trans_list: leeftijdsdiscriminatie
sense:
The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.


lexentry: eng/ageless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ageless
trans_list: eeuwig
sense:
(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: agency
trans_list: agency
sense:
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: agency
trans_list: bureau
sense:
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: agency
trans_list: agentuur
sense:
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: agent
trans_list: agent | vertegenwoordiger | lasthebber | tussenpersoon
sense:
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: agent
trans_list: bewerker
sense:
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: agent
trans_list: handelend persoon
sense:
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".


lexentry: eng/agent_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agent noun
trans_list: nomen agentis
sense:
(grammar) A noun that denotes an agent that performs the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as "rider" derived from "to ride", or "cutter" derived from "to cut".


lexentry: eng/agent_provocateur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agent provocateur
trans_list: provocateur | agent-provocateur
sense:
A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.


lexentry: eng/aggiornamento__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggiornamento
trans_list: reform
sense:
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.


lexentry: eng/agglomerate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: agglomerate
trans_list: agglomeraat
sense:
(geology, vulcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.


lexentry: eng/agglomeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: agglomeration
trans_list: agglomeratie
sense:
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.


lexentry: eng/aggravate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggravate
trans_list: verergeren
sense:
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/aggravating_circumstance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggravating circumstance
trans_list: verzwarende omstandigheid
sense:
(legal, or general usage, chiefly, in the plural) A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.


lexentry: eng/aggravation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggravation
trans_list: verergering
sense:
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggregate
trans_list: geheel | samenstel
sense:
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aggregate
trans_list: massa
sense:
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: aggregate
trans_list: chromatische toonladder | twaalftonenreeks
sense:
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: aggregate
trans_list: aggregaat
sense:
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.


lexentry: eng/aggressive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggressive
trans_list: agressief
sense:
Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.


lexentry: eng/aggressor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aggressor
trans_list: agressor | aanvaller
sense:
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.


lexentry: eng/agility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agility
trans_list: wendbaarheid
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion


lexentry: eng/agio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agio
trans_list: agio
sense:
(economics, finance) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.


lexentry: eng/agitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agitation
trans_list: agitatie | opwinding | troebelen
sense:
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.


lexentry: eng/agnosticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: agnosticism
trans_list: agnosticisme
sense:
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.


lexentry: eng/agnotology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agnotology
trans_list: agnotologie
sense:
The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.


lexentry: eng/agon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agon
trans_list: strijd
sense:
(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.


lexentry: eng/agorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agorism
trans_list: agorisme
sense:
(politics, economics) A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).


lexentry: eng/agree__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agree
trans_list: afspreken | instemmen | overeenkomen | overeenstemmen | rijmen | toestemmen
sense:
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.


lexentry: eng/agree__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: agree
trans_list: congrueren
sense:
(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.


lexentry: eng/agree_to_disagree__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agree to disagree
trans_list: agree to disagree
sense:
(idiomatic, of two persons or other parties) To accept each other's opinions and cease arguing; to peacefully acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.


lexentry: eng/agreeableness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agreeableness
trans_list: behaaglijkheid
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.


lexentry: eng/agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: agreement
trans_list: overeenstemming
sense:
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.


lexentry: eng/agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: agreement
trans_list: congruentie
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.


lexentry: eng/agreement_in_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agreement in principle
trans_list: princiepsakkoord | principeakkoord
sense:
(idiomatic, legal) A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon.


lexentry: eng/agriculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agriculture
trans_list: landbouw | agricultuur
sense:
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock


lexentry: eng/agrimony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agrimony
trans_list: agrimonie
sense:
Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/agritourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agritourism
trans_list: hoevetoerisme
sense:
A form of tourism in which tourists stay in farms or agricultural villages, either to experience farm life, or as a base for exploring the countryside


lexentry: eng/agroforestry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agroforestry
trans_list: Agroforestry
sense:
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.


lexentry: eng/agronomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: agronomy
trans_list: agronomie
sense:
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.


lexentry: eng/ah__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ah
trans_list: ah
sense:
An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.


lexentry: eng/ahead_of_one's_time__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ahead of one's time
trans_list: zijn tijd ver vooruit | zijn tijd vooruit
sense:
(idiomatic) In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field.


lexentry: eng/aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: aid
trans_list: aide | bede
sense:
(countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.


lexentry: eng/aide-de-camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aide-de-camp
trans_list: vleugeladjudant
sense:
A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.


lexentry: eng/aiglet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aiglet
trans_list: malie | nestel
sense:
A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.


lexentry: eng/ail__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ail
trans_list: mankeren | schelen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)


lexentry: eng/aim__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aim
trans_list: richten
sense:
(transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object


lexentry: eng/air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air
trans_list: lucht
sense:
(historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.


lexentry: eng/air__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: air
trans_list: lucht
sense:
(usually, with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.


lexentry: eng/air_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air bed
trans_list: luchtbed | luchtmatras
sense:
A bed that is inflated with air and used as a permanent or temporary bed. They are adjustable, and sometimes portable.


lexentry: eng/air_bubble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air bubble
trans_list: luchtbel
sense:
A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.


lexentry: eng/air_filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air filter
trans_list: luchtfilter
sense:
A filter for removing dust and other particles from a stream of air, typically used in the air intake of an internal combustion engine, the output of an air compressor, the supply duct of a forced-air furnace, etc.


lexentry: eng/air_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air out
trans_list: luchten
sense:
(idiomatic) To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.


lexentry: eng/air_superiority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air superiority
trans_list: luchtoverwicht
sense:
(warfare) A dominance in the air power of one side's air forces over the other side's during a military campaign. It is defined in the NATO Glossary as "That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force."


lexentry: eng/air_supremacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air supremacy
trans_list: luchtoverwicht
sense:
In a war, the most favorable state of control of the air: air superiority so complete that the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference.


lexentry: eng/air_traffic_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: air traffic control
trans_list: luchtverkeersleiding
sense:
A system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.


lexentry: eng/airbag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airbag
trans_list: airbag | luchtzak
sense:
(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.


lexentry: eng/airbrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airbrush
trans_list: airbrush
sense:
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.


lexentry: eng/aircraft_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aircraft carrier
trans_list: vliegdekschip
sense:
A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.


lexentry: eng/airfield__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airfield
trans_list: vliegveld
sense:
(aviation) An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.


lexentry: eng/airlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airlock
trans_list: druksluis | luchtsluis
sense:
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.


lexentry: eng/airmass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airmass
trans_list: lucht massa
sense:
(physics, meteorology) a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.


lexentry: eng/airport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airport
trans_list: luchthaven | vlieghaven | vliegveld
sense:
An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.


lexentry: eng/airspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: airspace
trans_list: luchtruim
sense:
(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.


lexentry: eng/airspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: airspace
trans_list: bandbreedte | zendruimte
sense:
(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.


lexentry: eng/akin__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: akin
trans_list: gelijkaardig | verwant
sense:
(often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.


lexentry: eng/alanine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alanine
trans_list: alanine
sense:
(amino acid, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins


lexentry: eng/alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alarm
trans_list: alarm | alarmsignaal
sense:
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: alarm
trans_list: alarmstemming
sense:
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alarm
trans_list: alarm slaan | alarmeren | te wapen roepen
sense:
(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger, or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: alarm
trans_list: alarmeren | beangstigen | te wapen roepen | verontrusten
sense:
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.


lexentry: eng/alb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alb
trans_list: albe
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.


lexentry: eng/albatross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albatross
trans_list: albatros
sense:
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.


lexentry: eng/albatross_around_one's_neck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albatross around one's neck
trans_list: gewicht
sense:
(idiomatic, figurative) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.


lexentry: eng/albedo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albedo
trans_list: albedo
sense:
(physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.


lexentry: eng/albinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albinism
trans_list: albinisme
sense:
Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.


lexentry: eng/albino__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albino
trans_list: albino
sense:
Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.


lexentry: eng/albino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albino
trans_list: albino
sense:
(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.


lexentry: eng/albumin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: albumin
trans_list: albumine
sense:
(protein) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.


lexentry: eng/alchemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alchemy
trans_list: alchemie | scheikunde
sense:
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.


lexentry: eng/alcid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alcid
trans_list: alk
sense:
(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.


lexentry: eng/alcohol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alcohol
trans_list: alcohol
sense:
(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).


lexentry: eng/alcoholism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alcoholism
trans_list: alcoholisme | drankzucht
sense:
A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.


lexentry: eng/alcoholize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alcoholize
trans_list: alcohol voegen bij
sense:
To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification


lexentry: eng/aldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aldehyde
trans_list: aldehyd
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/alder_buckthorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alder buckthorn
trans_list: sporkehout
sense:
A deciduous shrub, Frangula alnus, native to Europe and neighboring areas of Asia and Africa, bearing glossy leaves, flowers in sessile umbels, and inedible red berries that turn black when ripe, and historically used as a laxative and to produce dyes.


lexentry: eng/alderfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alderfly
trans_list: elzenvlieg | slijkvlieg
sense:
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.


lexentry: eng/aldolase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aldolase
trans_list: aldolase
sense:
(enzyme) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone


lexentry: eng/aldosterone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aldosterone
trans_list: aldosteron
sense:
(steroid hormone) A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.


lexentry: eng/aldosteronism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aldosteronism
trans_list: aldosteronisme | hyperaldosteronisme
sense:
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties


lexentry: eng/alembic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alembic
trans_list: alambiek
sense:
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.


lexentry: eng/aleph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aleph
trans_list: alef
sense:
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician ⁧[[Ф#Phoenician|Ф]⁩ (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic ⁧[[С#Aramaic|С]⁩ (ʾ), Classical Syriac ⁧ܐ⁩ ('ālaph), Hebrew ⁧א⁩ (aleph) and Arabic ⁧ا⁩ (ʾalif).


lexentry: eng/alethic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alethic
trans_list: alethisch
sense:
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.


lexentry: eng/alexandrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alexandrine
trans_list: alexandrijn
sense:
(poetry) A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.


lexentry: eng/alexandrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alexandrite
trans_list: alexandriet
sense:
(mineral) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.


lexentry: eng/alexia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alexia
trans_list: alexie
sense:
(psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.


lexentry: eng/alga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alga
trans_list: alg | wier
sense:
(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.


lexentry: eng/algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: algebra
trans_list: algebra | stelkunde
sense:
(uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.


lexentry: eng/algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: algebra
trans_list: algebra | stelkunde
sense:
(uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable) : a dislocation or fracture.


lexentry: eng/algebraic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: algebraic
trans_list: algebraïsch
sense:
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: algebraic geometry
trans_list: algebraïsche meetkunde
sense:
(mathematics) A branch of mathematics that studies algebraic varieties (solution sets of polynomial equations) and their generalisations, using techniques from both algebra (chiefly commutative algebra) and geometry.


lexentry: eng/algid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: algid
trans_list: kil | koud
sense:
(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.


lexentry: eng/algolagnia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: algolagnia
trans_list: algolagnie
sense:
A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.


lexentry: eng/algorithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: algorithm
trans_list: algoritme
sense:
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.


lexentry: eng/algorithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: algorithm
trans_list: algoritme
sense:
(loosely) A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.


lexentry: eng/alibi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alibi
trans_list: alibi
sense:
(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.


lexentry: eng/alien__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alien
trans_list: buitenlands | allochtoon
sense:
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.


lexentry: eng/alien__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alien
trans_list: vreemdeling | vreemdelinge
sense:
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.


lexentry: eng/alienate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alienate
trans_list: vervreemden
sense:
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.


lexentry: eng/alight__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alight
trans_list: afstappen | uitstappen
sense:
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.


lexentry: eng/align__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: align
trans_list: in de rij zetten
sense:
(transitive, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.


lexentry: eng/alignment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alignment
trans_list: aanpassing
sense:
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.


lexentry: eng/alimony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alimony
trans_list: alimentatie | alimentatiegeld | dagelijks brood | levensonderhoud | onderhoud
sense:
(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.


lexentry: eng/alive_and_kicking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alive and kicking
trans_list: bijtend
sense:
(idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.


lexentry: eng/alkali__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkali
trans_list: alkali
sense:
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.


lexentry: eng/alkali_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkali metal
trans_list: alkalimetaal
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.


lexentry: eng/alkaline_earth_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkaline earth metal
trans_list: aardalkalimetaal
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.


lexentry: eng/alkaloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkaloid
trans_list: alkaloïde
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/alkene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkene
trans_list: alkeen
sense:
(organic compound) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.


lexentry: eng/alkylation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alkylation
trans_list: alkylatie
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.


lexentry: eng/all-rounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all-rounder
trans_list: manusje-van-alles
sense:
(chiefly, British) A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports. [from 1875]


lexentry: eng/all__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all
trans_list: al | alle
sense:
Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).


lexentry: eng/all_cats_are_grey_in_the_dark__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all cats are grey in the dark
trans_list: bij nacht zijn alle katten grauw
sense:
(UK, sometimes, _, vulgar, _, &, _) Sex is enjoyable regardless of the physical attractiveness or social station of one's partner.


lexentry: eng/all_hands_on_deck__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all hands on deck
trans_list: alle hens aan dek
sense:
(nautical) An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"


lexentry: eng/all_rights_reserved__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all rights reserved
trans_list: alle rechten voorbehouden
sense:
(idiomatic, legal) The copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.


lexentry: eng/all_that_glitters_is_not_gold__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all that glitters is not gold
trans_list: het is niet alles goud wat er blinkt
sense:
Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so; things that look nice might not be as good as they look.


lexentry: eng/all_the_more__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: all the more
trans_list: nog
sense:
Even more; notably, but even more notably due to additional information, either preceding or following the statement.


lexentry: eng/allantois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allantois
trans_list: allantoïs
sense:
(anatomy) A sac, having a number of functions, that develops in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds and reptiles.


lexentry: eng/allative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allative case
trans_list: allatief
sense:
(grammatical case) A case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.


lexentry: eng/allegory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: allegory
trans_list: allegorie
sense:
A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.


lexentry: eng/allegory__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: allegory
trans_list: allegorie | zinnebeeld
sense:
(mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.


lexentry: eng/allele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allele
trans_list: allel
sense:
(genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.


lexentry: eng/allemande__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allemande
trans_list: allemande
sense:
A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.


lexentry: eng/allergy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allergy
trans_list: allergie
sense:
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.


lexentry: eng/alley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alley
trans_list: steeg | doorgang
sense:
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.


lexentry: eng/alliance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: alliance
trans_list: alliantie
sense:
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.


lexentry: eng/allicin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allicin
trans_list: allicine
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.


lexentry: eng/alligator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alligator
trans_list: alligator
sense:
Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.


lexentry: eng/alligator_clip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alligator clip
trans_list: krokodillenklem | krokodillenbek
sense:
(electronics) A spring-loaded metal clip, usually attached to a wire and used to make temporary electrical connections.


lexentry: eng/alliteration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alliteration
trans_list: alliteratie | stafrijm
sense:
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.


lexentry: eng/allodial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allodial
trans_list: allodiaal
sense:
(usually, historical) Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior; allodial title. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/allodium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allodium
trans_list: allodium
sense:
(dated, or, historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.


lexentry: eng/allotment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: allotment
trans_list: betoelaging
sense:
(legal) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.


lexentry: eng/allotropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allotropy
trans_list: allotropie
sense:
(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.


lexentry: eng/allowance__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: allowance
trans_list: speling
sense:
(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.


lexentry: eng/alloy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alloy
trans_list: legering
sense:
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.


lexentry: eng/allspice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allspice
trans_list: lontai
sense:
(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.


lexentry: eng/allusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: allusion
trans_list: toespeling | allusie | zinspeling
sense:
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.


lexentry: eng/alluvium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alluvium
trans_list: alluvium
sense:
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain


lexentry: eng/ally__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ally
trans_list: bondgenoot | bondgenote
sense:
A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT) , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.


lexentry: eng/ally__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ally
trans_list: bondgenoot | bondgenote
sense:
A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.


lexentry: eng/ally__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ally
trans_list: bondgenoot | bondgenote
sense:
(figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.


lexentry: eng/almanac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: almanac
trans_list: almanak
sense:
(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.


lexentry: eng/almandine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: almandine
trans_list: almandien
sense:
(mineral) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.


lexentry: eng/almond_paste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: almond paste
trans_list: amandelpers | amandelspijs | spijs
sense:
A type of confection made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities, bound with some syrup or other similar substance in order to form a paste.


lexentry: eng/aloe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aloe
trans_list: aloë
sense:
(in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.


lexentry: eng/alopecia__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: alopecia
trans_list: alopecia
sense:
(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/alpaca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alpaca
trans_list: alpaca
sense:
A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.


lexentry: eng/alpenglow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alpenglow
trans_list: alpengloei | alpengloeien
sense:
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.


lexentry: eng/alpha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alpha
trans_list: alfa
sense:
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.


lexentry: eng/alpha_privative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alpha privative
trans_list: alpha privativum | privatieve a
sense:
(grammar) The prefix a- (or an- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in some English words of Greek derivation. It expresses negation or absence. The prefix has cognates in other Indo-European languages, including in- in Latin and un- in English.


lexentry: eng/alphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alphabet
trans_list: alfabet | ABC
sense:
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)


lexentry: eng/alphabetical_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alphabetical order
trans_list: alfabetische volgorde
sense:
The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.


lexentry: eng/alphabetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alphabetize
trans_list: alfabetiseren
sense:
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.


lexentry: eng/alphanumeric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alphanumeric
trans_list: alfanumeriek
sense:
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.


lexentry: eng/alphorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alphorn
trans_list: alpenhoorn
sense:
(musical instruments) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.


lexentry: eng/alpine_chough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alpine chough
trans_list: alpenkauw
sense:
A species of bird in the crow family (Corvidae) (Pyrrhocorax graculus), that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India.


lexentry: eng/alt_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alt key
trans_list: alt-toets
sense:
(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.


lexentry: eng/alter_ego__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: alter ego
trans_list: alter ego
sense:
(law) A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice.


lexentry: eng/alternate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alternate
trans_list: alternatief
sense:
(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.


lexentry: eng/alternate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alternate
trans_list: plaatsvervanger
sense:
(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.


lexentry: eng/alternating_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alternating current
trans_list: wisselstroom
sense:
(physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.


lexentry: eng/alternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alternation
trans_list: wisseling
sense:
The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence


lexentry: eng/alternative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alternative
trans_list: alternatief
sense:
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/alternative_fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alternative fact
trans_list: alternatief feit
sense:
(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie. [since the late 2010s]


lexentry: eng/alternative_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alternative medicine
trans_list: alternatieve geneeswijze
sense:
Any of various medical methods and practices used in place of, or as well as, conventional medicine.


lexentry: eng/alternator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alternator
trans_list: alternator | wisselstroomgenerator
sense:
(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/although__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: although
trans_list: hoewel | ofschoon | alhoewel
sense:
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.


lexentry: eng/altitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: altitude
trans_list: hoogte
sense:
(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.


lexentry: eng/altitude_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: altitude sickness
trans_list: hoogteziekte
sense:
(medicine) A pathological condition caused by oxygen deficiency at high altitudes; symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, and nosebleed.


lexentry: eng/alto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alto
trans_list: alt
sense:
A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.


lexentry: eng/alto_flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alto flute
trans_list: altfluit
sense:
An instrument in the Western concert flute family characterized by its rich, mellow tone in the lower portion of its range.


lexentry: eng/alto_saxophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alto saxophone
trans_list: altsaxofoon
sense:
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the tenor saxophone but larger than the soprano saxophone, with a range of D♭3 to A♭5 or similar.


lexentry: eng/altruism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: altruism
trans_list: altruïsme | onbaatzuchtigheid
sense:
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.


lexentry: eng/altruism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: altruism
trans_list: altruïsme | onbaatzuchtigheid
sense:
(biology, sociobiology) Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.


lexentry: eng/alum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: alum
trans_list: aluin
sense:
(chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/aluminium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aluminium
trans_list: aluminium
sense:
A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_foil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aluminium foil
trans_list: aluminiumfolie
sense:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aluminium hydroxide
trans_list: aluminiumhydroxide
sense:
(inorganic compound) The hydrated form of alumina, having the formula Al(OH)3; it reacts with bases to form aluminates.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aluminium oxide
trans_list: aluminiumoxide
sense:
(inorganic compound) The solid, Al2O3, commonly known as alumina; it occurs as bauxite, sapphire, ruby and other forms; it is used in the manufacture of ceramics


lexentry: eng/alunite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alunite
trans_list: aluniet
sense:
(mineral) A gray whitish, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6.


lexentry: eng/alveolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alveolus
trans_list: alveolen
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.


lexentry: eng/always__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: always
trans_list: altijd | steeds | telkens
sense:
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).


lexentry: eng/alyssum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: alyssum
trans_list: schildzaad
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/amadou__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amadou
trans_list: tondel
sense:
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.


lexentry: eng/amalgamation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amalgamation
trans_list: legering
sense:
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.


lexentry: eng/amaretto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amaretto
trans_list: amaretto
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.


lexentry: eng/amateur__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amateur
trans_list: amateur
sense:
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.


lexentry: eng/amateurish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amateurish
trans_list: amateuristisch
sense:
(pejorative) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.


lexentry: eng/amazed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amazed
trans_list: verbijsterd
sense:
Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by).


lexentry: eng/amazement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amazement
trans_list: verwondering
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.


lexentry: eng/ambassador__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambassador
trans_list: ambassadeur | gezant
sense:
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)


lexentry: eng/amber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amber
trans_list: barnsteen | amber
sense:
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/amber__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: amber
trans_list: oranje
sense:
(British) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection when safe to do so. See also yellow light.


lexentry: eng/ambergris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambergris
trans_list: amber
sense:
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/amberjack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amberjack
trans_list: potvis
sense:
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.


lexentry: eng/ambigram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambigram
trans_list: ambigram
sense:
A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.


lexentry: eng/ambiguity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambiguity
trans_list: dubbelzinnigheid | ambiguïteit
sense:
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.


lexentry: eng/ambition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambition
trans_list: ambitie | eerzucht
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.


lexentry: eng/ambitious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambitious
trans_list: ambitieus | eerzuchtig
sense:
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.


lexentry: eng/ambivalence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambivalence
trans_list: ambivalentie
sense:
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.


lexentry: eng/ambivalent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambivalent
trans_list: ambivalent | ambivalente
sense:
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.


lexentry: eng/amblyopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amblyopia
trans_list: ambliopia
sense:
Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.


lexentry: eng/ambo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambo
trans_list: ambo
sense:
A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.


lexentry: eng/ambrosia__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: ambrosia
trans_list: ambrozijn | godenbrood
sense:
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.


lexentry: eng/ambulance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ambulance
trans_list: ambulance | ziekenwagen | ziekenauto
sense:
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]


lexentry: eng/amend__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: amend
trans_list: amenderen
sense:
(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.


lexentry: eng/amendment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amendment
trans_list: bijlage
sense:
In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.


lexentry: eng/amenity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: amenity
trans_list: faciliteit
sense:
(cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.


lexentry: eng/aminal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aminal
trans_list: amine
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two amino functional groups attached to the same carbon atom - R2C(NR2)2


lexentry: eng/amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amino acid
trans_list: aminozuur
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.


lexentry: eng/amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amino acid
trans_list: aminozuur
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.


lexentry: eng/aminoacyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aminoacyl
trans_list: aminoacyl
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from an amino acid.


lexentry: eng/amity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amity
trans_list: vriendschap
sense:
(formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.


lexentry: eng/ammonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ammonia
trans_list: ammoniak
sense:
(inorganic compound) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.


lexentry: eng/ammonium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ammonium chloride
trans_list: salmiak | salmiakzout
sense:
(inorganic compound) A water-soluble salt of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, having the formula NH4Cl.


lexentry: eng/ammonium_nitrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ammonium nitrate
trans_list: ammoniumnitraat
sense:
(inorganic compound) The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH4NO3; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).


lexentry: eng/ammunition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ammunition
trans_list: munitie | ammunitie | schietvoorraad
sense:
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.


lexentry: eng/amnesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amnesty
trans_list: amnestie
sense:
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.


lexentry: eng/amniocentesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amniocentesis
trans_list: vruchtwaterpunctie
sense:
(medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.


lexentry: eng/amnion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amnion
trans_list: amnion
sense:
(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.


lexentry: eng/amniotic_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amniotic fluid
trans_list: vruchtwater
sense:
(zoology) In placental mammals, a fluid contained within the amnion membrane that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus.


lexentry: eng/amoeba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amoeba
trans_list: amoebe
sense:
(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.


lexentry: eng/amoebiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amoebiasis
trans_list: amoebedysenterie | amoebiasis
sense:
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.


lexentry: eng/amount__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amount
trans_list: hoeveelheid | bedrag | saldo
sense:
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).


lexentry: eng/ampelography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ampelography
trans_list: ampelografie
sense:
(botany, oenology) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.


lexentry: eng/ampere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ampere
trans_list: ampère
sense:
A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A


lexentry: eng/amphibian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphibian
trans_list: amfibie
sense:
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.


lexentry: eng/amphibrach__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amphibrach
trans_list: amfibrachys
sense:
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).


lexentry: eng/amphictyony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphictyony
trans_list: amphictionie
sense:
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.


lexentry: eng/amphisbaena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphisbaena
trans_list: amfisbena
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.


lexentry: eng/amphitheatre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphitheatre
trans_list: amfitheater
sense:
An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.


lexentry: eng/amphora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphora
trans_list: amfoor | amfora
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.


lexentry: eng/amphoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amphoteric
trans_list: amfoteer
sense:
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic. [from 1832]


lexentry: eng/amplifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: amplifier
trans_list: versterker
sense:
(electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.


lexentry: eng/amplitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: amplitude
trans_list: amplitude
sense:
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.


lexentry: eng/amplitude_modulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amplitude modulation
trans_list: amplitudemodulatie
sense:
(radio) A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave.


lexentry: eng/amulet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amulet
trans_list: amulet
sense:
A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.


lexentry: eng/amuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amuse
trans_list: amuseren
sense:
(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions.


lexentry: eng/amygdala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amygdala
trans_list: amygdala
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.


lexentry: eng/amygdalin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amygdalin
trans_list: amygdaline
sense:
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.


lexentry: eng/amyl_nitrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amyl nitrite
trans_list: isoamylnitriet
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A yellowish volatile synthetic liquid C5H11NO2 of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used medicinally as a vasodilator. It is rapidly absorbed by the body on inhalation, and is sometimes used recreationally especially as an aphrodisiac.


lexentry: eng/amylase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amylase
trans_list: amylase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.


lexentry: eng/amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
trans_list: amyotrofische laterale sclerose
sense:
(neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.


lexentry: eng/an_arm_and_a_leg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: an arm and a leg
trans_list: een rib uit het lijf
sense:
(idiomatic, hyperbole) Usually used after the verb cost, but also often charge, pay, and spend: a very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price


lexentry: eng/an_eye_for_an_eye,_a_tooth_for_a_tooth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
trans_list: oog om oog, tand om tand
sense:
(idiomatic) compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.


lexentry: eng/anabiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anabiosis
trans_list: anabiose
sense:
(biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.


lexentry: eng/anachronism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anachronism
trans_list: anachronisme
sense:
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/anachronism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anachronism
trans_list: anachronisme
sense:
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/anachronistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anachronistic
trans_list: anachronistisch
sense:
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.


lexentry: eng/anachronistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anachronistic
trans_list: anachronistisch
sense:
(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.


lexentry: eng/anaconda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anaconda
trans_list: anaconda
sense:
Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/anadiplosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anadiplosis
trans_list: anadiplosis
sense:
(figure of speech) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.


lexentry: eng/anagnorisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anagnorisis
trans_list: anagnorisis
sense:
The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.


lexentry: eng/anal-retentive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anal-retentive
trans_list: burgerlijk
sense:
(Freudian, _, psychology) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.


lexentry: eng/anal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anal
trans_list: anaal
sense:
(psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/anal_sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anal sex
trans_list: anale seks
sense:
A sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration.


lexentry: eng/analcime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analcime
trans_list: analciem
sense:
(mineral) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi2O6·H2O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.


lexentry: eng/analemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analemma
trans_list: analemma
sense:
A figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/analgesic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analgesic
trans_list: pijnstiller
sense:
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)


lexentry: eng/analog__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analog
trans_list: analoog
sense:
(of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).


lexentry: eng/analogous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analogous
trans_list: analoog | analoge
sense:
Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)


lexentry: eng/analogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analogy
trans_list: analogie
sense:
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.


lexentry: eng/analphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analphabet
trans_list: analfabetisch
sense:
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: analysis
trans_list: analyse | ontleding
sense:
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).


lexentry: eng/analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: analysis
trans_list: analyse
sense:
(uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.


lexentry: eng/analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: analysis
trans_list: analyse
sense:
(countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.


lexentry: eng/analyze__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: analyze
trans_list: analyseren
sense:
(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.


lexentry: eng/anamorphosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anamorphosis
trans_list: anamorfose
sense:
A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror.


lexentry: eng/anapest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anapest
trans_list: anapest
sense:
(prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed.


lexentry: eng/anapest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anapest
trans_list: anapest
sense:
(prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long.


lexentry: eng/anaphase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anaphase
trans_list: anafase
sense:
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.


lexentry: eng/anaphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anaphor
trans_list: anafoor | anafora
sense:
(linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.


lexentry: eng/anaphora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anaphora
trans_list: anafoor | anafora
sense:
(figure of speech) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.


lexentry: eng/anaphylactic_shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anaphylactic shock
trans_list: anafylactische shock
sense:
A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and causing generalized vasodilation.


lexentry: eng/anarchism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anarchism
trans_list: anarchisme
sense:
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.


lexentry: eng/anarchist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anarchist
trans_list: anarchist
sense:
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.


lexentry: eng/anarcho-capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anarcho-capitalism
trans_list: anarchokapitalisme
sense:
(politics, economics) A political and economic philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and other coercive institutions in favour of individual self-ownership and free market.


lexentry: eng/anarcho-communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anarcho-communism
trans_list: anarchistisch communisme
sense:
(politics, economics) A form of anarchism advocating the abolition of the state and capitalism in favor of a horizontal network of voluntary associations through which people would satisfy their needs.


lexentry: eng/anarcho-syndicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anarcho-syndicalism
trans_list: anarchosyndicalisme
sense:
A branch or field of anarchism that focuses on the abolition of capitalism through the organization of revolutionary worker syndicates.


lexentry: eng/anastomosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: anastomosis
trans_list: anastomose
sense:
(surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.


lexentry: eng/anathema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anathema
trans_list: banvloek | vervloeking
sense:
(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/anatomical_snuffbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anatomical snuffbox
trans_list: anatomische snuifdoos
sense:
(anatomy) A triangular deepening on the radial, dorsal aspect of the hand, bounded by extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis.


lexentry: eng/anatomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anatomy
trans_list: anatomie | ontleedkunde
sense:
The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.


lexentry: eng/ancestor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ancestor
trans_list: voorouder
sense:
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.


lexentry: eng/anchor__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: anchor
trans_list: anker
sense:
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.


lexentry: eng/anchorman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anchorman
trans_list: nieuwsanker | nieuwslezer
sense:
(television, radio) The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.


lexentry: eng/anchovy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anchovy
trans_list: ansjovis
sense:
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.


lexentry: eng/ancient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ancient
trans_list: eertijds | eeuwenoud | oeroud | weleers
sense:
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.


lexentry: eng/ancient_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ancient history
trans_list: klassieke geschiedenis | oudheid
sense:
A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/and!slash!or__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: and/or
trans_list: en/of
sense:
Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.


lexentry: eng/and__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: and
trans_list: en
sense:
(now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.


lexentry: eng/and__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: and
trans_list: en
sense:
Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/and_all__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: and all
trans_list: en de hele santenkraam
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated.


lexentry: eng/and_then_some__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: and then some
trans_list: en nog wat
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement


lexentry: eng/andesine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: andesine
trans_list: andesien
sense:
(mineral) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen.


lexentry: eng/andiron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: andiron
trans_list: vuurbok
sense:
(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side


lexentry: eng/androcentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: androcentrism
trans_list: androcentrisme
sense:
An ideological focus on males and men, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males.


lexentry: eng/andrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: andrology
trans_list: andrologie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with male diseases, especially those affecting the male reproductive system.


lexentry: eng/androsterone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: androsterone
trans_list: androsteron
sense:
(steroid hormone) An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone.


lexentry: eng/anecdote__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anecdote
trans_list: anekdote
sense:
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.


lexentry: eng/anemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anemia
trans_list: bloedarmoede | anemie
sense:
(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.


lexentry: eng/anesthesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anesthesia
trans_list: anesthesie | verdoving
sense:
(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.


lexentry: eng/anesthesiologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anesthesiologist
trans_list: anesthesioloog
sense:
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.


lexentry: eng/anesthetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anesthetic
trans_list: verdoving
sense:
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.


lexentry: eng/anesthetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anesthetize
trans_list: verdoven
sense:
(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.


lexentry: eng/aneurysm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aneurysm
trans_list: aneurysma | aderverwijding
sense:
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/angel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angel
trans_list: engel
sense:
An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.


lexentry: eng/angel_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angel shark
trans_list: zee-engel
sense:
A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus, family and order. They occur worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.


lexentry: eng/angelic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angelic
trans_list: engelachtig
sense:
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.


lexentry: eng/angelica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angelica
trans_list: engelwortel
sense:
A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica).


lexentry: eng/angelology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angelology
trans_list: angelologie
sense:
The study of angels. Angels have been grouped into nine categories or “choirs,” from lowest to highest: angel, virtue, archangel, power, principality, dominion, throne, cherub, and seraph.


lexentry: eng/anger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anger
trans_list: woede | boosheid
sense:
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.


lexentry: eng/anger_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anger management
trans_list: agressiebeheersing | woedebeheersing
sense:
The ability for a person to control his/her temperament, particularly in stressful situations; to show proper behavior and/or disagree appropriately without losing control of one's emotions.


lexentry: eng/angioedema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angioedema
trans_list: angio-oedeem
sense:
(pathology) Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions


lexentry: eng/angiography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angiography
trans_list: vaatbeschrijving
sense:
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.


lexentry: eng/angioplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angioplasty
trans_list: dotterbehandeling
sense:
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.


lexentry: eng/angiosperm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angiosperm
trans_list: bedektzadig
sense:
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.


lexentry: eng/angiotensin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angiotensin
trans_list: angiotensine
sense:
(hormone) Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.


lexentry: eng/angklung__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angklung
trans_list: angkloeng
sense:
A percussion instrument, originally from Indonesia, made of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame.


lexentry: eng/angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angle
trans_list: hoek
sense:
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).


lexentry: eng/angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: angle
trans_list: hoek
sense:
(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.


lexentry: eng/angle_grinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angle grinder
trans_list: haakse slijper | flex
sense:
A usually hand-held grinder which uses a pair of internal gears to place the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel perpendicular to that of the driving motor.


lexentry: eng/anglerfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anglerfish
trans_list: staartvis
sense:
Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.


lexentry: eng/anglicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anglicism
trans_list: anglicisme
sense:
An Englishism: a word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language.


lexentry: eng/angora__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: angora
trans_list: angorakonijn
sense:
A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/angst__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: angst
trans_list: angst
sense:
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.


lexentry: eng/angstrom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angstrom
trans_list: ångström
sense:
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10−10 meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.


lexentry: eng/angular_mil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angular mil
trans_list: duizendste
sense:
(military) A unit of angular measurement equal to 1/6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (~0,98 m). Also 1/6000 and 1/6300 are used in other countries.


lexentry: eng/angular_momentum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angular momentum
trans_list: impulsmoment
sense:
(physics) The vector product that describes the rotary inertia of a system about an axis and is conserved in a closed system. For an isolated rigid body, it is a measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque.


lexentry: eng/angular_velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: angular velocity
trans_list: hoeksnelheid
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The angle turned, per unit time, by a body rotating about an axis; the rate of rotation through an angle.


lexentry: eng/anhedonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anhedonia
trans_list: anhedonie
sense:
(symptom, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.


lexentry: eng/anhinga__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anhinga
trans_list: Amerikaanse slangenhalsvogel
sense:
(zoology) A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of North America with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck.


lexentry: eng/anhydride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anhydride
trans_list: anhydride
sense:
(chemistry) Any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.


lexentry: eng/aniconism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aniconism
trans_list: aniconisme
sense:
A prohibition against artists depicting religious figures such as divinities, prophets, or anything that can be worshiped.


lexentry: eng/aniline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aniline
trans_list: aniline
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.


lexentry: eng/animal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: animal
trans_list: dier | beest
sense:
(science) Any eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).


lexentry: eng/animal_feed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: animal feed
trans_list: aas
sense:
Material, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.


lexentry: eng/animal_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: animal rights
trans_list: dierenrechten
sense:
Certain fundamental rights that animals are entitled to, such as the right to be spared undue suffering.


lexentry: eng/animated_cartoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: animated cartoon
trans_list: tekenfilm
sense:
Any of several types of film / movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand in order to give a sense of movement when projected in rapid sequence.


lexentry: eng/animation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: animation
trans_list: animatie
sense:
(animation, in the sense of a cartoon) A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced


lexentry: eng/anime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anime
trans_list: anime
sense:
(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.


lexentry: eng/anisakiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anisakiasis
trans_list: anisakiasis | haringwormziekte
sense:
(pathology) The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.


lexentry: eng/anise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anise
trans_list: anijs
sense:
An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.


lexentry: eng/aniseed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aniseed
trans_list: anijszaad
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.


lexentry: eng/anisotropic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anisotropic
trans_list: anisotroop
sense:
(physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.


lexentry: eng/ankerite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ankerite
trans_list: ankeriet
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.


lexentry: eng/ankh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ankh
trans_list: ankh
sense:
A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.


lexentry: eng/ankle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ankle
trans_list: enkel
sense:
The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.


lexentry: eng/ankle_monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ankle monitor
trans_list: enkelband
sense:
A device that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear to track their location. It is attached to the person's ankle.


lexentry: eng/anklebone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anklebone
trans_list: sprongbeen
sense:
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.


lexentry: eng/ankyloglossia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ankyloglossia
trans_list: tongbreker
sense:
(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.


lexentry: eng/annals__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annals
trans_list: annalen
sense:
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.


lexentry: eng/annatto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annatto
trans_list: koesoewé | orleaanboom
sense:
(countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.


lexentry: eng/anneal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anneal
trans_list: uitgloeien
sense:
(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.


lexentry: eng/annealing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annealing
trans_list: gloeien
sense:
The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.


lexentry: eng/anniversary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anniversary
trans_list: jubileum | jaardag
sense:
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.


lexentry: eng/annoy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annoy
trans_list: ergeren | vervelen
sense:
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.


lexentry: eng/annual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: annual
trans_list: jaarlijks | jaarlijkse
sense:
Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.


lexentry: eng/annual_leave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annual leave
trans_list: reis
sense:
(workplace) Amount of time expressed as the number of days per year that an employee is entitled to be away from work.


lexentry: eng/annual_report__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annual report
trans_list: jaarverslag
sense:
(legal) In business law, a comprehensive report on a the activities of a company throughout the preceding year, generally produced in compliance with requirements established by government agencies.


lexentry: eng/annuity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: annuity
trans_list: lijfrente | lijfrenteverzekering
sense:
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.


lexentry: eng/annulment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: annulment
trans_list: nietigverklaring | ontbinding
sense:
(legal) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.


lexentry: eng/annulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: annulus
trans_list: annulus | cirkelring
sense:
(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.


lexentry: eng/annulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: annulus
trans_list: cirkelring
sense:
(topology) Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.


lexentry: eng/anoa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anoa
trans_list: anoa
sense:
Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.


lexentry: eng/anode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anode
trans_list: anode
sense:
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).


lexentry: eng/anodontia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anodontia
trans_list: anodontie
sense:
(dentistry, teratology) The congenital absence of some or all primary or permanent teeth, caused by a rare genetic disorder.


lexentry: eng/anodyne__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: anodyne
trans_list: nietszeggend
sense:
(by extension) Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/anoint__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anoint
trans_list: zalven
sense:
(transitive) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.


lexentry: eng/anomaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: anomaly
trans_list: anomalie
sense:
(science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.


lexentry: eng/another__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: another
trans_list: nog een
sense:
One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.


lexentry: eng/anoxia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anoxia
trans_list: anoxie
sense:
(ecology, pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.


lexentry: eng/ansible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ansible
trans_list: weerwort
sense:
(science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.


lexentry: eng/answer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: answer
trans_list: antwoord
sense:
(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.


lexentry: eng/answer__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: answer
trans_list: antwoorden | beantwoorden
sense:
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.


lexentry: eng/answer__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: answer
trans_list: antwoorden
sense:
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.


lexentry: eng/ant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ant
trans_list: mier
sense:
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.


lexentry: eng/antagonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: antagonist
trans_list: antagonist
sense:
(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.


lexentry: eng/ante__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ante
trans_list: inzet
sense:
(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.


lexentry: eng/anteater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anteater
trans_list: miereneter
sense:
Any of several animals of South and Central America, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.


lexentry: eng/antecedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: antecedent
trans_list: antecedent
sense:
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.


lexentry: eng/antechinus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: antechinus
trans_list: breedvoetbuidelmuizen
sense:
Any member of any on of the species of the genus Antechinus, small carnivorous marsupials that resemble shrews.


lexentry: eng/antediluvian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: antediluvian
trans_list: antediluviaal | behorend tot de tijd voor de zondvloed
sense:
(biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.


lexentry: eng/antelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: antelope
trans_list: antilope
sense:
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.


lexentry: eng/antenna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: antenna
trans_list: voelspriet | antenne
sense:
An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.


lexentry: eng/anterior_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anterior chamber
trans_list: voorste oogkamer
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) A space inside the eye between the cornea and the iris, filled with aqueous humour.


lexentry: eng/anterograde_amnesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anterograde amnesia
trans_list: anterograde amnesie
sense:
(pathology) The inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode.


lexentry: eng/anthill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthill
trans_list: mierenhoop | mierennest
sense:
A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.


lexentry: eng/anthology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthology
trans_list: bloemlezing
sense:
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.


lexentry: eng/anthrax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthrax
trans_list: miltvuur | antrax
sense:
(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.


lexentry: eng/anthropocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthropocentrism
trans_list: antropocentrisme
sense:
A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of everything, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.


lexentry: eng/anthropology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthropology
trans_list: antropologie
sense:
The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework.


lexentry: eng/anthropometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anthropometry
trans_list: antropometrie
sense:
The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.


lexentry: eng/anthropomorphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anthropomorphic
trans_list: antropomorfisch
sense:
(of animals, inanimate objects, and non-human entities) Having attributes or characteristics of a human being.


lexentry: eng/anthroposophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: anthroposophy
trans_list: antroposofie
sense:
A philosophy founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy), postulating the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development.


lexentry: eng/anti-Semitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: anti-Semitism
trans_list: anti-semitisme | jodenhaat
sense:
(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.


