# translation

lexentry: eng/-'s__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -'s
trans_list: -s
sense:
A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marker.


lexentry: eng/-aemia__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -aemia
trans_list: -emie
sense:
(British spelling, medicine) Blood; presence in blood (of a substance denoted by an affixed combining form); state or condition of the blood.


lexentry: eng/-an__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -an
trans_list: -isch
sense:
Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)


lexentry: eng/-burger__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -burger
trans_list: -burger
sense:
Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat.


lexentry: eng/-drome__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -drome
trans_list: -droom
sense:
(literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.


lexentry: eng/-ed__Suffix__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ed
trans_list: -d | -ig | ge- | ge- -d
sense:
Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.


lexentry: eng/-en__Suffix__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -en
trans_list: doen
sense:
When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".


lexentry: eng/-er__Suffix__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: -er
trans_list: -er | -se
sense:
(added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.


lexentry: eng/-er__Suffix__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -er
trans_list: -er
sense:
(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.


lexentry: eng/-ese__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -ese
trans_list: -ees
sense:
Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.


lexentry: eng/-est__Suffix__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -est
trans_list: -t
sense:
(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)


lexentry: eng/-gon__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -gon
trans_list: hoek
sense:
(geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).


lexentry: eng/-ible__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ible
trans_list: -baar | -ieus | -ig | -lijk
sense:
An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense.


lexentry: eng/-ic__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -ic
trans_list: -isch
sense:
(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).


lexentry: eng/-ing__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ing
trans_list: -ing
sense:
Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.


lexentry: eng/-ing__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -ing
trans_list: -ing | -werk | systeem
sense:
Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.


lexentry: eng/-ish__Suffix__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: -ish
trans_list: -isch | -s
sense:
(of adjectives from roots of proper nouns denoting names of nations or regions) Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).


lexentry: eng/-ism__Suffix__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: -ism
trans_list: -isme
sense:
Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.


lexentry: eng/-ite__Suffix__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: -ite
trans_list: -iet
sense:
(chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.


lexentry: eng/-itis__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -itis
trans_list: -itis
sense:
(pathology) Suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.


lexentry: eng/-ity__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ity
trans_list: -iteit | -heid
sense:
Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.


lexentry: eng/-ive__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ive
trans_list: -ief | -ieve
sense:
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.


lexentry: eng/-less__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -less
trans_list: zonder | -loos
sense:
Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.


lexentry: eng/-ly__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ly
trans_list: -lijk | -achtig | -ig
sense:
Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns.


lexentry: eng/-ly__Suffix__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: -ly
trans_list: -lijks
sense:
Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".


lexentry: eng/-mancy__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -mancy
trans_list: -mantie
sense:
(fantasy) Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme.


lexentry: eng/-ness__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ness
trans_list: -heid | -nis | -schap
sense:
Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".


lexentry: eng/-nomy__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -nomy
trans_list: -nomie
sense:
a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management


lexentry: eng/-oid__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -oid
trans_list: -oïde
sense:
Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).


lexentry: eng/-ology__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -ology
trans_list: -ologie
sense:
(often, humorous) added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study.


lexentry: eng/-oma__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -oma
trans_list: -oom
sense:
(pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.


lexentry: eng/-philia__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -philia
trans_list: -filie
sense:
(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.


lexentry: eng/-sama__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -sama
trans_list: lijken
sense:
(anime, _, and, _, manga, fandom) Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect.


lexentry: eng/-ship__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ship
trans_list: -schap
sense:
Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.


lexentry: eng/-tion__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -tion
trans_list: -ing | -tie
sense:
(non-productive) Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.


lexentry: eng/-ward__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ward
trans_list: -waarts
sense:
Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.


lexentry: eng/-ward__Suffix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: -ward
trans_list: -waarts
sense:
Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.


lexentry: eng/-wards__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -wards
trans_list: -waarts
sense:
Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.


lexentry: eng/-ware__Suffix__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -ware
trans_list: programma
sense:
(computing) Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.


lexentry: eng/-y__Suffix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: -y
trans_list: -ig
sense:
Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.


lexentry: eng/101__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: 101
trans_list: les één
sense:
(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.


lexentry: eng/2CV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: 2CV
trans_list: eend
sense:
deux chevaux (conventional French shortening of deux chevaux-vapeur "two horsepower") (a model of car by French manufacturer, Citroën)


lexentry: eng/A-bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: A-bomb
trans_list: atoombom
sense:
(slang) An atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power.


lexentry: eng/A-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: A-flat major
trans_list: As majeur | As-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with A-flat as its tonic, with the notes A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G, the key signature of which has four flats.


lexentry: eng/A-level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: A-level
trans_list: bak
sense:
(England, Wales) A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years of secondary education as a requisite for university or other tertiary education; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam


lexentry: eng/ABC__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ABC
trans_list: ABC
sense:
(obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid-17th century.]


lexentry: eng/ACAB__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ACAB
trans_list: ACAB
sense:
(derogatory) Acronym of all cops are bastards, a political slogan protesting against police behavior.


lexentry: eng/AC__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: AC
trans_list: wisselspanning | wisselstroom
sense:
(electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).


lexentry: eng/ATV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ATV
trans_list: quad
sense:
(transportation) Initialism of all-terrain vehicle (an astride-seated quad or tri-wheeled off-road recreational vehicle).


lexentry: eng/AWOL__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: AWOL
trans_list: deserteur
sense:
(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.


lexentry: eng/A_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: A major
trans_list: A-majeur | A-groot
sense:
(music) The major key with A as its tonic, with the notes A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯, the key signature of which has three sharps.


lexentry: eng/Aaron's_beard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aaron's beard
trans_list: aronsbaard
sense:
A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/Abaza__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abaza
trans_list: Abazijns
sense:
A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as in Turkey. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/Abelian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abelian
trans_list: abels
sense:
(Christianity, historical) A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.


lexentry: eng/Abitur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abitur
trans_list: eindexamen
sense:
A group of matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Abkhaz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abkhaz
trans_list: Abchaze
sense:
An Abkhazian; a native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region just east of the Black Sea. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/Abkhazia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abkhazia
trans_list: Abchazië
sense:
A geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community.


lexentry: eng/Aboriginal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aboriginal
trans_list: Aboriginal | inboorling | inboorlinge
sense:
(potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/Aborigine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aborigine
trans_list: inboorling
sense:
(dated, now, offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.


lexentry: eng/Abraham__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abraham
trans_list: Abraham
sense:
(Abrahamism) A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar. [first attested prior to 1150]


lexentry: eng/Abstract_Expressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abstract Expressionism
trans_list: abstract expressionisme
sense:
An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques, such as sinuous linearity, to generate highly abstract forms while allowing the artist spontaneity. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/Absurdistan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Absurdistan
trans_list: Absurdistan
sense:
(informal, humorous, derogatory) Any country where absurdity is the norm, especially in its public authorities and government.


lexentry: eng/Abyssinia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abyssinia
trans_list: Abessinië
sense:
(historical) Former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century.


lexentry: eng/Abyssinian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Abyssinian
trans_list: abessijn
sense:
A short-haired domestic cat descended from cats of ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest breeds in the world. [from 1871]


lexentry: eng/Academy_Award__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Academy Award
trans_list: Oscar
sense:
An award in any of various fields related to moviemaking, most prominently acting, generally awarded at a televised gala to winners who then speak; commonly used to indicate a person has been lying with great skill.


lexentry: eng/Acadia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Acadia
trans_list: Acadië
sense:
(historical) A former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Acheron__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Acheron
trans_list: Acheron
sense:
(Greek mythology) A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.


lexentry: eng/Achilles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Achilles
trans_list: Achilles
sense:
(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.


lexentry: eng/Achilles_tendon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Achilles tendon
trans_list: achillespees
sense:
(anatomy) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, and inserted into the bone of the heel.


lexentry: eng/Acmeism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Acmeism
trans_list: acmeïsme
sense:
A literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia, reacting against symbolism and concerned with greater immediacy in poetic language.


lexentry: eng/Adam's_apple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Adam's apple
trans_list: adamsappel
sense:
(anatomy) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence.


lexentry: eng/Addison's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Addison's disease
trans_list: ziekte van Addison
sense:
(disease) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/Admiralty_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Admiralty Islands
trans_list: Admiraliteitseilanden
sense:
A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/Adriatic_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Adriatic Sea
trans_list: Adriatische Zee
sense:
A sea and arm of the Mediterranean Sea, stretching north from the Ionian Sea to Venice, separating the Italian and Balkan Peninsulas.


lexentry: eng/Advent_Sunday__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Advent Sunday
trans_list: adventszondag
sense:
The fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the start of Advent: 30 November (Saint Andrew's Day) or the nearest Sunday to it.


lexentry: eng/Advent__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Advent
trans_list: advent
sense:
(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.


lexentry: eng/Advent_calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Advent calendar
trans_list: adventskalender
sense:
A calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day.


lexentry: eng/Advent_wreath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Advent wreath
trans_list: adventskrans
sense:
(Christianity) A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Aeneid__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aeneid
trans_list: Aeneis
sense:
A classic epic poem, written in Latin by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE), that tells the legendary story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy as ancestor of the Romans.


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/Aesacus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aesacus
trans_list: Aesacus
sense:
(Greek mythology) A son of King Priam, either by the naiad Alexirrhoë or the seer Arisbe, who interpreted the dreams of Queen Hecuba when she bore Paris and who mourned the deceased daughter (either Asterope and Hesperia) of the river-god Cebren; in Ovid’s Metamorphoses transformed by Tethys (Cebren’s mother) into a diving seabird (perhaps a cormorant or Scopoli’s shearwater) when he threw himself from atop a sea-cliff in grief.


lexentry: eng/Aeschines__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aeschines
trans_list: Aeschines
sense:
(Ancient Greece) A celebrated Greek statesman and orator (389–314 B.C.E.; full name Αἰσχίνης Ἀτρομήτου Κοθωκίδης, Aeschines Atrometi f. Cothocides), one the Canon of Ten Attic Orators.


lexentry: eng/Aeschylus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aeschylus
trans_list: Aischylos
sense:
A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.


lexentry: eng/Aesculapian_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aesculapian snake
trans_list: esculaapslang
sense:
A European species of nonvenomous snake, Zamenis longissimus, associated with Asclepius (Roman counterpart: Aesculapius) in Ancient Greek mythology.


lexentry: eng/Aetna__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aetna
trans_list: Aitne
sense:
(Greek mythology, and, Roman mythology) A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.


lexentry: eng/Afghan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Afghan
trans_list: Afghaan | Afghaanse | Afghaanse windhond | afghaan
sense:
A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants.


lexentry: eng/Afghanistan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Afghanistan
trans_list: Afghanistan
sense:
A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.


lexentry: eng/Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Africa
trans_list: Afrika
sense:
The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/Afrikaans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Afrikaans
trans_list: Afrikaans | Zuid-Afrikaans
sense:
A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.


lexentry: eng/Afrikaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Afrikaner
trans_list: Afrikaner
sense:
A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.


lexentry: eng/Afroasiatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Afroasiatic
trans_list: Afro-Aziatisch
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages.


lexentry: eng/Ainu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ainu
trans_list: Ainu
sense:
The endangered language spoken by the Ainu ethnic group, generally considered a language isolate with no known relation to other languages.


lexentry: eng/Aion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aion
trans_list: Eon
sense:
(Greek god) A Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac.


lexentry: eng/Aisne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Aisne
trans_list: Aisne
sense:
A left tributary of the Oise, flowing through the departments of Meuse, Marne, Ardennes, Aisne and Oise, in northeastern France.


lexentry: eng/Akkadian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Akkadian
trans_list: Akkadisch
sense:
The now extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/Alaska__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alaska
trans_list: Alaska
sense:
A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.


lexentry: eng/Alaska_pollock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alaska pollock
trans_list: Alaska koolvis
sense:
A semipelagic schooling fish, Gadus chalcogrammus (syn. Theragra chalcogramma), widely distributed in the North Pacific with largest concentrations found in the eastern Bering Sea.


lexentry: eng/Albania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Albania
trans_list: Albanië
sense:
A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.


lexentry: eng/Albanian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Albanian
trans_list: Albanees | Albanese
sense:
A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants.


lexentry: eng/Albanian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Albanian
trans_list: Albanees
sense:
The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. (ISO 639 language codes: sq/sqi/alb (Albanian), als (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).)


lexentry: eng/Albany__Proper_noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Albany
trans_list: Albany
sense:
The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.


lexentry: eng/Aldebaran__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aldebaran
trans_list: Aldebaran
sense:
(star) One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/Alectryon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alectryon
trans_list: Alectryo
sense:
(Greek mythology) A youth charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite. He fell asleep and was transformed into a rooster as punishment.


lexentry: eng/Alemannic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alemannic
trans_list: Alemannisch
sense:
A language or dialect group, belonging to the High German dialects, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.


lexentry: eng/Aleutian_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aleutian Islands
trans_list: Aleoeten
sense:
An archipelago of more than three hundred small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, between Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Asia; part of the United States.


lexentry: eng/Alexander_the_Great__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alexander the Great
trans_list: Alexander de Grote
sense:
(356–323 BCE) A king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia.


lexentry: eng/Algeria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Algeria
trans_list: Algerije
sense:
A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.


lexentry: eng/Algerian_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Algerian War
trans_list: Algerijnse oorlog
sense:
The war between France and the Algerian nationalist FLN from 1954 to 1962, as a result of which Algeria gained its independence from France.


lexentry: eng/Algic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Algic
trans_list: Algisch
sense:
An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages.


lexentry: eng/All_Saints'_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: All Saints' Day
trans_list: Allerheiligen | allerheiligen
sense:
(Christianity) In Christian tradition, the annual feast day celebrating the life of all saints, taking place on the first day of November, or (in the Greek church) on the first Sunday after Pentecost.


lexentry: eng/All_Souls'_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: All Souls' Day
trans_list: Allerzielen | allerzielen
sense:
(Christianity) An annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day.


lexentry: eng/Allahu_akbar__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Allahu akbar
trans_list: Allahoe akbar | God is het grootst
sense:
(Islam) God is most great; the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Allies__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Allies
trans_list: bondgenoot
sense:
The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and China.


lexentry: eng/Allies__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Allies
trans_list: bondgenoot
sense:
The countries allied against the Central Powers during World War I, including especially the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, and France.


lexentry: eng/Alpha_Centauri__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alpha Centauri
trans_list: Alpha Centauri
sense:
(star) The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is actually a binary star with Proxima Centauri as a third component.


lexentry: eng/Alps__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alps
trans_list: Alpen
sense:
A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.


lexentry: eng/Alsace-Lorraine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alsace-Lorraine
trans_list: Elzas-Lotharingen
sense:
A historical state in Germany (1871-1918); now a geographic region, part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France.


lexentry: eng/Alsace__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alsace
trans_list: Elzas
sense:
A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.


lexentry: eng/Altaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Altaic
trans_list: Altaïsch
sense:
Of or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japonic and Koreanic languages.


lexentry: eng/Altair__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Altair
trans_list: Altair
sense:
(star) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.


lexentry: eng/Alzette__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alzette
trans_list: Alzette
sense:
A river in Europe that flows for 73 km (45 mi) through France and Luxembourg; it empties into the Sauer near Ettelbruck.


lexentry: eng/Alzheimer's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Alzheimer's disease
trans_list: ziekte van Alzheimer | alzheimer
sense:
(neurology, disease) A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type.


lexentry: eng/Amalthea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Amalthea
trans_list: Amalthea
sense:
(Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.


lexentry: eng/Amazon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Amazon
trans_list: Amazone
sense:
(sometimes, attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.


lexentry: eng/American_Civil_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American Civil War
trans_list: Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog
sense:
A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy).


lexentry: eng/American_Dream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American Dream
trans_list: Amerikaanse droom
sense:
(idiomatic) The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.


lexentry: eng/American_English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American English
trans_list: Amerikaans-Engels
sense:
The form of the English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English or Canadian English and that of other places.


lexentry: eng/American_Samoa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American Samoa
trans_list: Amerikaans-Samoa
sense:
An archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of American Samoa. It is distinct from Samoa (formerly: Western Samoa).


lexentry: eng/American__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: American
trans_list: Amerikaan
sense:
(informal, humorous, colloquial) The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.


lexentry: eng/American_bittern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American bittern
trans_list: Noord-Amerikaanse roerdomp
sense:
A medium-sized bittern most commonly found in North America, Botaurus lentiginosus, known for its resounding calls.


lexentry: eng/American_bullfrog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American bullfrog
trans_list: Amerikaanse brulkikker | Amerikaanse stierkikker
sense:
A large species of toad, Aquarana catesbeiana (syn. Rana catesbeiana or Lithobates catesbeiana), found in North America.


lexentry: eng/American_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American cheese
trans_list: Amerikaanse kaas
sense:
A common processed cheese, yellow or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency.


lexentry: eng/American_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American football
trans_list: American football | Amerikaanse voetbal | rugby
sense:
A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.


lexentry: eng/American_foulbrood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American foulbrood
trans_list: Amerikaans vuilbroed
sense:
A highly contagious and destructive disease of bees caused by the spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae.


lexentry: eng/American_lion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: American lion
trans_list: poema
sense:
An extinct lion of subspecies †Panthera leo atrox or species †Panthera atrox, endemic to North America and northwestern South America during the Pleistocene epoch.


lexentry: eng/American_planetree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American planetree
trans_list: westerse plataan
sense:
A species of large tree native to eastern North America and planted elsewhere, Platanus occidentalis


lexentry: eng/American_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American studies
trans_list: amerikanistiek
sense:
(humanities) an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Americas, with a historical emphasis upon the United States, It traditionally incorporating the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban studies, women's studies, gender studies, anthropology, sociology, foreign policy and culture of the United States, among others


lexentry: eng/American_white_ibis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: American white ibis
trans_list: witte ibis
sense:
A wading bird of species Eudocimus albus, in family Threskiornithidae of ibises, which occurs along the coastal areas of Gulf of Mexico as well as throughout the Caribbean and has a predominantly white plumage with pink facial skin, long downcurved bill and bright red-orange legs.


lexentry: eng/Americanize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Americanize
trans_list: amerikaniseren | amerikanisieren
sense:
(US, Canada) To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/Americas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Americas
trans_list: Amerika
sense:
A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.


lexentry: eng/Amu_Darya__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Amu Darya
trans_list: Amu Darja
sense:
A major river in Central Asia, flowing along the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, emptying into the (now mostly dry) Aral Sea; known in Classical times as the Oxus.


lexentry: eng/Amun__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Amun
trans_list: Amon
sense:
(Egyptian god) An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.


lexentry: eng/Amur__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Amur
trans_list: Amoer
sense:
The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Manchuria in Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.


lexentry: eng/Anabaptist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anabaptist
trans_list: wederdoper | anabaptist | doperse
sense:
A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.


lexentry: eng/Anatolia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anatolia
trans_list: Anatolië
sense:
A peninsula in Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.


lexentry: eng/Ancien_Régime__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ancien Régime
trans_list: Ancien Régime
sense:
(historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.


lexentry: eng/Ancient_Greece__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ancient Greece
trans_list: Griekse oudheid | Oude Griekenland
sense:
The civilization that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations, Minoan and Mycenaean), known as the cradle of Western civilization.


lexentry: eng/Ancient_Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ancient Greek
trans_list: Oudgrieks
sense:
Any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity, particularly the classical Attic dialect used in Athenian literature.


lexentry: eng/Ancient_Rome__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ancient Rome
trans_list: Oude Rome
sense:
The civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BCE to the 5th century C.E. and the Roman Empire centered on it.


lexentry: eng/Andalusia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Andalusia
trans_list: Andalusië | Andaloesië
sense:
A historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Capital: Seville.


lexentry: eng/Andaman_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Andaman Sea
trans_list: Andamanse Zee
sense:
A marginal sea of the Indian Ocean, to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Burma (Myanmar), west of Thailand, north-west of the Malay Peninsula, north of Sumatra, and east of the Andaman Islands.


lexentry: eng/Andorra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Andorra
trans_list: Andorra
sense:
A microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France. Official name: Principality of Andorra. Capital and largest city: Andorra la Vella.


lexentry: eng/Andromeda__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Andromeda
trans_list: Andromeda
sense:
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.


lexentry: eng/Andromeda__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Andromeda
trans_list: Andromeda
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the northern sky representing the "chained woman" Andromeda in Greek mythology, which is surrounded by the constellations of Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus, among others.


lexentry: eng/Andromeda__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Andromeda
trans_list: Andromeda
sense:
(galaxy) The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.


lexentry: eng/Andøya__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Andøya
trans_list: Andøya
sense:
An island of the municipality of Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway, the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago.


lexentry: eng/Angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Angle
trans_list: Angel
sense:
(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.


lexentry: eng/Anglican_Communion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anglican Communion
trans_list: Anglicaanse Gemeenschap
sense:
A worldwide network of Churches that are are in communion with the Church of England as represented by the Archbishop of Canterbury.


lexentry: eng/Anglican__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anglican
trans_list: anglicaans
sense:
Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.


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/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
trans_list: Anglo-Egyptisch Soedan
sense:
(historical) A former condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom (a de-facto British protectorate) in modern Sudan and South Sudan, from 1899 until Sudan became independent in 1956.


lexentry: eng/Anglocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anglocentrism
trans_list: anglocentrisme
sense:
The practice of viewing the world from an English or Anglo-American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of English or Anglo-American culture.


lexentry: eng/Annas__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Annas
trans_list: Ananus | Annas
sense:
(biblical) A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.


lexentry: eng/Anschluss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anschluss
trans_list: anschluss
sense:
(historical) Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/Antarctic_Circle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Antarctic Circle
trans_list: zuidpoolcirkel
sense:
(geography) The line which marks approximately the northernmost place in the Southern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.


lexentry: eng/Antares__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Antares
trans_list: Antares
sense:
Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.


lexentry: eng/Anthropocene__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anthropocene
trans_list: antropoceen | Antropoceen
sense:
(geology, formal, strictly) A proposed but rejected geological epoch, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the Holocene, ending the Holocene. (It was rejected as formal scientific nomenclature in 2024 owing to not meeting a bar for how a geological epoch is formally defined.) [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/Antichrist__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Antichrist
trans_list: Antichrist
sense:
(Christianity, Islam) A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.


lexentry: eng/Antilles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Antilles
trans_list: Antillen
sense:
The islands of the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.


lexentry: eng/Antlia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Antlia
trans_list: lucht-pomp
sense:
(constellation) A faint winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".


lexentry: eng/Antwerp__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Antwerp
trans_list: Antwerpen
sense:
A large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium.


lexentry: eng/Anzac_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Anzac Day
trans_list: dag
sense:
April 25, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand that originally commemorated the sacrifices made by members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and now honours people from those countries who have served in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.


lexentry: eng/Apennines__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Apennines
trans_list: Apennijnen
sense:
A mountain range in Italy, stretching 1,200 km from the north to the south of the country, along its east coast, traversing the entire Apennine Peninsula, and often called the "spine of Italy".


lexentry: eng/Aphrodite__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aphrodite
trans_list: Aphrodite
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.


lexentry: eng/Apocalypse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Apocalypse
trans_list: Openbaring
sense:
(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.


lexentry: eng/Apocalypse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Apocalypse
trans_list: Openbaring
sense:
(Christianity) Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times).


lexentry: eng/Apollo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Apollo
trans_list: Apollo
sense:
(astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.


lexentry: eng/Apollo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Apollo
trans_list: Apollo
sense:
(Greek god, Roman god) The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.


lexentry: eng/Apostle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Apostle
trans_list: voorvechter
sense:
(Christianity) Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.


lexentry: eng/Appalachia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Appalachia
trans_list: Appalachia
sense:
A region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Alabama, usually excluding New York State and New England.


lexentry: eng/Appalachians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Appalachians
trans_list: Appalachen
sense:
A range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.


lexentry: eng/Aquarius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Aquarius
trans_list: Waterman
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus or Saturn, covering January 20 – February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 – March 14 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Aquila__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aquila
trans_list: Arend
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.


lexentry: eng/Arab_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arab World
trans_list: arabische wereld
sense:
(as a minimum) Those Arabic-speaking independent states where Arabic is the main official and spoken language.


lexentry: eng/Arabia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arabia
trans_list: Arabië
sense:
A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.


lexentry: eng/Arabic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Arabic
trans_list: Arabisch
sense:
The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.


lexentry: eng/Arabic_numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arabic numeral
trans_list: Arabisch cijfer
sense:
A number represented using an Indian and Arabic system involving the symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0, representing digits. [1727]


lexentry: eng/Aragonese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aragonese
trans_list: Aragonees
sense:
The language of Aragon, nowadays spoken as a mother tongue by only a few thousand people in some valleys of the Pyrenees.


lexentry: eng/Aral_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aral Sea
trans_list: Aralmeer
sense:
A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.


lexentry: eng/Aramaean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aramaean
trans_list: Arameeër
sense:
Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They spoke Aramaic.


lexentry: eng/Arc_de_Triomphe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arc de Triomphe
trans_list: triomfboog
sense:
A war monument in Paris, France, designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, started in 1808 and inaugurated in 1836.


lexentry: eng/Archimedes'_screw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Archimedes' screw
trans_list: vijzel
sense:
(engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.


lexentry: eng/Arctic_Circle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arctic Circle
trans_list: noordpoolcirkel
sense:
The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.


lexentry: eng/Arctic_Ocean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arctic Ocean
trans_list: Noordelijke IJszee | Arctische Oceaan
sense:
The smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole, bordered by the three continents of Asia, Europe and North America.


lexentry: eng/Arctic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Arctic
trans_list: Arctis
sense:
A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Arctic_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arctic warbler
trans_list: noordse boszanger
sense:
Phylloscopus borealis, a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia


lexentry: eng/Ardennes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ardennes
trans_list: Ardennen
sense:
forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.


lexentry: eng/Area_51__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Area 51
trans_list: Area 51
sense:
(scifi, or, ufology, informal) A secret military facility, airport, and airbase in Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, United States.


lexentry: eng/Ares__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ares
trans_list: Ares
sense:
(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.


lexentry: eng/Argonaut__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Argonaut
trans_list: Argonaut
sense:
(Greek mythology) One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.


lexentry: eng/Arianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arianism
trans_list: arianisme
sense:
(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, condemned as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea, which holds that Jesus was created by God, rather than being God himself.


lexentry: eng/Aries__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Aries
trans_list: Ram
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 20 – April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 – May 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Aristophanes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aristophanes
trans_list: Aristophanes
sense:
An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.


lexentry: eng/Aristotelian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aristotelian
trans_list: aristoteliaan
sense:
A disciple of Aristotle (for ancient Greek disciples, see peripatetic; for medieval Christian ones, see scholastic).


lexentry: eng/Aristotle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aristotle
trans_list: Aristoteles
sense:
An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.


lexentry: eng/Ark_of_the_Covenant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ark of the Covenant
trans_list: Ark van het Verbond | verbondsark
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.


lexentry: eng/Armageddon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Armageddon
trans_list: Armageddon
sense:
(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.


lexentry: eng/Armenia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Armenia
trans_list: Armenië
sense:
(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.


lexentry: eng/Armenian_Highland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Armenian Highland
trans_list: Armeens Hoogland
sense:
A plateau in the north of Western Asia, connecting the Lesser Caucasus with the Taurus Mountains. Total area: about 400,000 km². Average elevation: 1500 to 2000 metres, highest point: Mount Ararat. The area lies mostly in eastern Turkey; also includes the whole of modern Armenia, southern Georgia, western Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Nakhichevan and Nagorno-Karabakh.


lexentry: eng/Armenian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Armenian
trans_list: Armeens
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.


lexentry: eng/Armenian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Armenian
trans_list: Armeens
sense:
(uncountable) A branch of Indo-European languages, which includes the various stages of the Armenian language.


lexentry: eng/Arminian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arminian
trans_list: arminiaans
sense:
(Protestantism) Of or relating to the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius.


lexentry: eng/Arminian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arminian
trans_list: arminiaan
sense:
(Protestantism) A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.


lexentry: eng/Arminianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arminianism
trans_list: arminianisme
sense:
(Christianity) A school of thought within Protestantism based on the theological ideas of Jacobus Arminius.


lexentry: eng/Aromanian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aromanian
trans_list: Aromaans
sense:
An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.


lexentry: eng/Arras__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Arras
trans_list: Atrecht | Arras
sense:
A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region


lexentry: eng/Art_Deco__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Art Deco
trans_list: art deco
sense:
(architecture, art, also, attributive) A style of decorative art (often used in household objects) and architecture originating in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by bold geometric forms, strong contrasting colours, and simple composition. [from 1966]


lexentry: eng/Art_Nouveau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Art Nouveau
trans_list: jugendstil | art nouveau
sense:
A decorative style of art and architecture that especially used the sinuous and flowing lines of plants.


lexentry: eng/Artemis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Artemis
trans_list: Artemis
sense:
(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)


lexentry: eng/Aryan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Aryan
trans_list: Ariër
sense:
(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense


lexentry: eng/Aryan__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Aryan
trans_list: Ariër
sense:
(chiefly, US, informal, euphemistic) A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense.


lexentry: eng/Ascension_Island__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ascension Island
trans_list: Ascension
sense:
An island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Asclepius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asclepius
trans_list: Asclepius
sense:
(Greek god) A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius.


lexentry: eng/Ash_Wednesday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ash Wednesday
trans_list: Aswoensdag
sense:
(Christianity) The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures.


lexentry: eng/Ashkenazi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ashkenazi
trans_list: Asjkenazisch
sense:
Of or relating to Jews of Central European, particularly of German and Polish origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals.


lexentry: eng/Ashoka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ashoka
trans_list: Asoka
sense:
(historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Asia_Minor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asia Minor
trans_list: Klein-Azië
sense:
A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asia
trans_list: Azië
sense:
The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Asia
trans_list: Azië
sense:
(historical) An ancient province of the Roman Empire in modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD.


lexentry: eng/Asian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asian
trans_list: Aziaat | Azische | Aziatische | Oost-Aziaat | Oost-Azische
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.


lexentry: eng/Asperger's_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asperger's syndrome
trans_list: syndroom van Asperger | aspergersyndroom
sense:
(dated, uncountable, neurology) An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines.


lexentry: eng/Assam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Assam
trans_list: Assam-thee | Assamthee
sense:
Ellipsis of Assam tea, tea from or similar to that grown in Assam; any tea made from the broad-leaf Assam variety of tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).


lexentry: eng/Assyria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Assyria
trans_list: Assyrië | Assyrische Rijk
sense:
(historical) An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).


lexentry: eng/Assyrian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Assyrian
trans_list: Assyrisch
sense:
(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.


lexentry: eng/Assyrian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Assyrian
trans_list: Assyrisch
sense:
(historical) Of, or characteristic of, or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.


lexentry: eng/Assyrian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Assyrian
trans_list: Assyriër | Assyrische
sense:
(historical) A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.


lexentry: eng/Assyrian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Assyrian
trans_list: Assyriër | Assyrische
sense:
(historical) A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.


lexentry: eng/Asterix__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asterix
trans_list: Asterix
sense:
A series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo about an Ancient Gaul named Asterix.


lexentry: eng/Asturia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asturia
trans_list: Asturië
sense:
C.E.
Asturias: A former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 

C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal


lexentry: eng/Asturias__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Asturias
trans_list: Asturië
sense:
An autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. Capital: Oviedo.


lexentry: eng/Atacama__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atacama
trans_list: Atacama
sense:
The Atacama Desert, a long desert in Chile, and the driest desert on Earth according to various sources.


lexentry: eng/Athena__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Athena
trans_list: Athene
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.


lexentry: eng/Athenian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Athenian
trans_list: Atheens
sense:
(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.


lexentry: eng/Atlantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Atlantic
trans_list: Atlantisch
sense:
Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.


lexentry: eng/Atlantic_herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atlantic herring
trans_list: haring
sense:
Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.


lexentry: eng/Atlantic_pomfret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atlantic pomfret
trans_list: non
sense:
Brama brama, the largest species of the pomfret family Bramidae, found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.


lexentry: eng/Atlas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atlas
trans_list: Atlas
sense:
(Greek god) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.


lexentry: eng/Atomic_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atomic Age
trans_list: atoomtijdperk
sense:
The era, starting in the mid-1940s, during which nuclear energy was developed, and in which it was thought that all energy would be provided by such sources.


lexentry: eng/Atreid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Atreid
trans_list: Atreïde
sense:
(Greek mythology) Any of the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.


lexentry: eng/Attic_Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Attic Greek
trans_list: Attisch
sense:
The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.


lexentry: eng/Attila_the_Hun__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Attila the Hun
trans_list: Attila
sense:
(historical) Attila, kingly ruler of the tribe of the Huns and vast Eurasian Hunnic Empire and feared enemy of the Roman Empire, from 434 until his death in 453.


lexentry: eng/Aube__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Aube
trans_list: Aube
sense:
A right tributary of the Seine in the departments of Haute-Marne, Côte-d'Or, Aube and Marne in northeastern France.


lexentry: eng/Auckland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Auckland
trans_list: Auckland
sense:
A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.


lexentry: eng/Audouin's_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Audouin's gull
trans_list: Audouins meeuw
sense:
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.


lexentry: eng/August__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: August
trans_list: augustus | oogstmaand
sense:
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.


lexentry: eng/Augustus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Augustus
trans_list: Augustus
sense:
The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar


lexentry: eng/Auriga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Auriga
trans_list: Voerman
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a charioteer. It includes the star Capella.


lexentry: eng/Australasia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Australasia
trans_list: Australazië
sense:
A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.


lexentry: eng/Australia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Australia
trans_list: Australië
sense:
A country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.


lexentry: eng/Australia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Australia
trans_list: Australië
sense:
(geology) A continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands.


lexentry: eng/Australian_Capital_Territory__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Australian Capital Territory
trans_list: Australisch Hoofdstedelijk Territorium
sense:
A federal territory which is an enclave in southern New South Wales, south-eastern Australia, in which the country's capital, Canberra, is located.


lexentry: eng/Australian_magpie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Australian magpie
trans_list: zwartrugfluitvogel
sense:
A magpie-like black-and-white passerine bird of species Gymnorhina tibicen, native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.


lexentry: eng/Australian_rules_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Australian rules football
trans_list: australian football
sense:
A variety of football devised in Australia, played on an oval field with an oval ball that players try to kick between the goalposts or between a central and outer post.


lexentry: eng/Australian_white_ibis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Australian white ibis
trans_list: Australische witte ibis
sense:
Threskiornis molucca, a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which is widespread across much of Australia and has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs.


lexentry: eng/Austrofascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Austrofascism
trans_list: Austrofascisme
sense:
(historical) A fascist political movement in Austria between 1933 and 1938 until the country's annexation by Nazi Germany.


lexentry: eng/Auvergne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Auvergne
trans_list: Auvergne
sense:
A former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.


lexentry: eng/Avar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Avar
trans_list: Avaar | Avaarse
sense:
A person belonging to this people of Caucasus, mainly of Daghestan, in which they are the predominant group.


lexentry: eng/Avar__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Avar
trans_list: Avaar
sense:
(historical) A member of a group of equestrian nomads who established an empire spanning considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century; also called Eurasian Avars or Pannonian Avars, to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/Avar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Avar
trans_list: Avaars
sense:
A North Caucasian language spoken mainly in Avaria (Republic of Daghestan) as its official language, and in parts of Azerbaijan.


lexentry: eng/Avestan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Avestan
trans_list: Avestisch
sense:
An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.


lexentry: eng/Avogadro's_number__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Avogadro's number
trans_list: constante van Avogadro | getal van Avogadro
sense:
(physical chemistry) The number of elementary entities (atoms or molecules) comprising one mole of a given substance, being precisely 6.02214076 × 1023. Formerly defined as the number of atoms present in 12 grams of isotopically pure carbon-12.


lexentry: eng/Axis_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Axis power
trans_list: Asmogendheid
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) A country in the alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, Empire of Japan, and a few other countries, which opposed the Allies.


lexentry: eng/Ayurveda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ayurveda
trans_list: ayurveda
sense:
(uncountable) Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.


lexentry: eng/Azerbaijan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Azerbaijan
trans_list: Azerbeidzjan
sense:
[from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.


lexentry: eng/Azores__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Azores
trans_list: Azoren
sense:
An archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic and an autonomous region of Portugal comprising this archipelago, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores.


lexentry: eng/B-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: B-flat major
trans_list: Bes-groot
sense:
(music) The major key with B-flat as its tonic, with the notes B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A, the key signature of which has two flats.


lexentry: eng/BCE__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: BCE
trans_list: gewone tijdrekening | onze jaartelling
sense:
(chronology) Initialism of Before (the) Common Era, Before (the) Current Era, or Before (the) Christian Era.


lexentry: eng/B_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: B major
trans_list: B-groot | B-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with B as its tonic, with the notes B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, and A♯, the key signature of which has five sharps.


lexentry: eng/Baba_Yaga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baba Yaga
trans_list: Baba Jaga
sense:
(Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.


lexentry: eng/Babel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Babel
trans_list: Babel
sense:
(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.


lexentry: eng/Babylon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Babylon
trans_list: Babylon | Babel
sense:
(historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.


lexentry: eng/Babylonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Babylonia
trans_list: Babylonië | Babylonische Rijk
sense:
(historical) An ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran.


lexentry: eng/Bacchanalian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bacchanalian
trans_list: bacchantisch
sense:
(Roman and Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.


lexentry: eng/Bactria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bactria
trans_list: Bactrië
sense:
The ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/Badakhshan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Badakhshan
trans_list: Badachsjan
sense:
(historical) A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.


lexentry: eng/Bahrain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bahrain
trans_list: Bahrein
sense:
An archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.


lexentry: eng/Baillon's_crake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baillon's crake
trans_list: kleinst waterhoen
sense:
A small rallid, Zapornia pusilla (syn. Porzana pusilla), distributed unevenly throughout Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/Baja_California__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baja California
trans_list: Baja California | Neder-Californië
sense:
A peninsula in Mexico A mountainous peninsula of western Mexico between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California; administered as the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.


lexentry: eng/Balakliia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Balakliia
trans_list: Balaklija
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of Balakliia urban hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1663, perhaps on the site of an earlier Tatar settlement.


lexentry: eng/Balearic_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Balearic Islands
trans_list: Balearen
sense:
An archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands.


lexentry: eng/Balkan_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Balkan Peninsula
trans_list: Balkan-schiereiland
sense:
A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.


lexentry: eng/Balkans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Balkans
trans_list: Balkan
sense:
A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Baltic_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baltic Sea
trans_list: Oostzee | Baltische Zee
sense:
A sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.


lexentry: eng/Baltic_herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baltic herring
trans_list: oostzeeharing | stromeling | baltische haring
sense:
A subspecies of Atlantic herring, (Clupea harengus membras), living in the Baltic Sea, smaller than Atlantic herring, with leaner flesh.


lexentry: eng/Bambara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bambara
trans_list: Bambara
sense:
A West Sudanic language spoken mainly in Mali by as many as six million people, and by smaller numbers of people in Senegal Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Gambia.


lexentry: eng/Bambara_groundnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bambara groundnut
trans_list: bosnegerpinda
sense:
The edible seed of an African plant of species Vigna subterranea, which produces its seeds underground, like peanuts.


lexentry: eng/Bantu__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Bantu
trans_list: Bantoe
sense:
(uncountable) The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/Baptist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baptist
trans_list: baptist
sense:
An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.


lexentry: eng/Barbary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Barbary
trans_list: Barbarije
sense:
(historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Barbary_lion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Barbary lion
trans_list: Atlasleeuw | Barabijse leeuw | Berberleeuw
sense:
(zoology) Any of the North African population, now extinct in the wild, of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.


lexentry: eng/Barbary_macaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Barbary macaque
trans_list: berberaap
sense:
Macaca sylvanus, an Old World monkey found in Gibraltar and the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco.


lexentry: eng/Baroque__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baroque
trans_list: barok
sense:
(arts, music) A period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/Basque_Country__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Basque Country
trans_list: Baskenland
sense:
A cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken.


lexentry: eng/Basque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Basque
trans_list: Bask | Baskische | Baskisch
sense:
A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.


lexentry: eng/Batavian_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Batavian Republic
trans_list: Bataafse Republiek
sense:
(historical) A republic located at roughly the location of the modern-day Netherlands, existing from 1795 until 1806.


lexentry: eng/Batavian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Batavian
trans_list: Bataviaans | Betawi
sense:
Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.


lexentry: eng/Batavian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Batavian
trans_list: Bataaf | Bataviaan | Batavianen | Batavier | Betawi
sense:
A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.


lexentry: eng/Batman__Proper_noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Batman
trans_list: Batman
sense:
A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.


lexentry: eng/Baton_Rouge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Baton Rouge
trans_list: Baton Rouge
sense:
The capital city of the state of Louisiana in the United States and the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.


lexentry: eng/Battle_of_Britain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Battle of Britain
trans_list: slag om Engeland
sense:
(historical) A series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe during World War II for air superiority over southern England and the English Channel prior to any German invasion of the British Isles.


lexentry: eng/Bavaria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bavaria
trans_list: Beieren
sense:
A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.


lexentry: eng/Bavarian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bavarian
trans_list: Beiers
sense:
A German dialect spoken in Bavaria (a state of southern West Germany) and Austria, which varies considerably across different regions.


lexentry: eng/Bay_of_Biscay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bay of Biscay
trans_list: Golf van Biscaje
sense:
A gulf of the North Atlantic Ocean along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain.


lexentry: eng/Bačka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bačka
trans_list: Bačka
sense:
A historical region presently divided between Vojvodina (autonomous province of Serbia) and Hungary.


lexentry: eng/Beast__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Beast
trans_list: beest
sense:
(biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.


lexentry: eng/Beaufort_scale__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Beaufort scale
trans_list: schaal van Beaufort
sense:
(nautical) An empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions.


lexentry: eng/Bechuanaland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bechuanaland
trans_list: Protectoraat Bechuanaland
sense:
(historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana.


lexentry: eng/Beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Beetle
trans_list: Kever
sense:
(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).


lexentry: eng/Bel_Paese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bel Paese
trans_list: Bel Paese
sense:
A soft, mild, creamy Italian cheese shaped in small disks and produced from cow's milk, originally from Lombardy.


lexentry: eng/Belarusian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belarusian
trans_list: Wit-Russisch | Wit-Rus | Wit-Russische | Belarus | Belarussisch | Belarussische
sense:
(uncountable) The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Ruthenia or White Russia).


lexentry: eng/Belgian_Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belgian Congo
trans_list: Belgisch-Congo | Belgisch-Kongo
sense:
(historical) A former Belgian colony in Central Africa, existing from 1908 to 1960, when it became the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo.


lexentry: eng/Belgian_Limburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belgian Limburg
trans_list: Belgisch Limburg
sense:
The roughly southwestern part of the Benelux region of Limburg (speaking Dutch and two groups of its dialects; not to be geographically confused with historical political entities), which is part of Flanders region (northern Belgium), where it is administratively designated as the provincie (province) Limburg, as opposed to Dutch Limburg, which belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, confusingly under the same administrative designation


lexentry: eng/Belgicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belgicism
trans_list: belgicisme
sense:
(politics) The political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism.


lexentry: eng/Belgicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Belgicism
trans_list: belgicisme
sense:
(linguistics) A Dutch word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Belgicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Belgicism
trans_list: belgicisme
sense:
(linguistics) A French word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the French spoken in France.


lexentry: eng/Belgium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belgium
trans_list: België
sense:
A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.


lexentry: eng/Belgrade__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belgrade
trans_list: Belgrado
sense:
The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.


lexentry: eng/Belle_Époque__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Belle Époque
trans_list: belle époque
sense:
(history) A period of European history, extending over several decades until the start of the First World War, characterized by artistic and cultural refinement.


lexentry: eng/Benedict__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Benedict
trans_list: Benedictus
sense:
(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.


lexentry: eng/Benedictine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Benedictine
trans_list: benedictine
sense:
A type of liqueur originating from the Benedictine cloister of Fécamp in France, made from cognac together with herb and spice extracts.


lexentry: eng/Bengal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bengal
trans_list: Bengalen
sense:
A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).


lexentry: eng/Bengal_tiger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bengal tiger
trans_list: Bengaalse tijger
sense:
Any tiger of a specific, fragmented population of the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris in the Indian subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/Bering_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bering Sea
trans_list: Beringzee
sense:
The sea between Siberia and Alaska, north of the Pacific Ocean, that is connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.


lexentry: eng/Bering_Strait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bering Strait
trans_list: Beringstraat
sense:
A strait between Chukotka, Russia and Alaska, United States, linking the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea.


lexentry: eng/Berlin_Wall__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Berlin Wall
trans_list: Berlijnse Muur
sense:
(history) A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.


lexentry: eng/Bermuda_Triangle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bermuda Triangle
trans_list: Bermuda Driehoek
sense:
An area of the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances.


lexentry: eng/Bermuda__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bermuda
trans_list: Bermuda
sense:
An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.


lexentry: eng/Bert__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bert
trans_list: Bert
sense:
A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.


lexentry: eng/Beskids__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Beskids
trans_list: Beskiden
sense:
A mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.


lexentry: eng/Bessarabia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bessarabia
trans_list: Bessarabië
sense:
(historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Betelgeuse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Betelgeuse
trans_list: Betelgeuze
sense:
(star) A bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known.


lexentry: eng/Bhojpuri__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bhojpuri
trans_list: Bhojpuri
sense:
An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in India, Mauritius, Nepal, Fiji, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.


lexentry: eng/Bible_Belt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bible Belt
trans_list: Biblebelt | Bijbelgordel | refoband
sense:
(Christianity) An area where socially conservative Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture.


lexentry: eng/Bible_Belt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Bible Belt
trans_list: Bible Belt | Bijbelgordel
sense:
(in particular) An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture.


lexentry: eng/Bible_basher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bible basher
trans_list: kwezelaar
sense:
(pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian preacher, or other fervent Christian, who is seen to take every opportunity to talk about Christianity and attempt to convert those around them.


lexentry: eng/Biblical_Hebrew__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Biblical Hebrew
trans_list: Bijbels Hebreeuws
sense:
the archaic form of the Hebrew language, spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Canaan/Israel in the first millennium BC, best-attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)


lexentry: eng/Bierwurst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bierwurst
trans_list: bierworst
sense:
A smoked, seasoned Brühwurst sausage originally from Bavaria in Germany, with a garlicky flavor and dark red color.


lexentry: eng/Big_Bang__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Big Bang
trans_list: oerknal
sense:
(cosmology) The cosmic event that marks the beginning of time and the rapid expansion of space for the visible universe. The evolution of the universe since that beginning point is described by the Big Bang Theory.


lexentry: eng/Big_Ben__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Big Ben
trans_list: Big Ben
sense:
The hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower (formerly known as the Clock Tower), adjacent to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/Big_Crunch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Big Crunch
trans_list: eindkrak
sense:
(cosmology) The hypothetical eventual collapse of the universe that would ultimately occur if it contracted continuously in the future.


lexentry: eng/Big_Mac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Big Mac
trans_list: Big Mac
sense:
A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.


lexentry: eng/Bigfoot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bigfoot
trans_list: Bigfoot
sense:
(cryptozoology, folklore) A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.


lexentry: eng/Bilbao__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bilbao
trans_list: Bilbao
sense:
The largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain.


lexentry: eng/Bill_of_Rights__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bill of Rights
trans_list: Bill of Rights
sense:
(US) The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.


lexentry: eng/Bird's_Head__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bird's Head
trans_list: Vogelkop
sense:
A large peninsula that makes up the Province of Southwest Papua and the northeast portion of the Province of West Papua in Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/Bislama__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bislama
trans_list: Bislama
sense:
A creole language spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European (mainly from English) and Oceanic languages.


lexentry: eng/Bithynia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bithynia
trans_list: Bithynië
sense:
(historical) A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Black_Death__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Black Death
trans_list: zwarte dood
sense:
(disease, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/Black_Friday__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Black Friday
trans_list: einde reeks
sense:
(by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday).


lexentry: eng/Black_Legend__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Black Legend
trans_list: Zwarte Legende
sense:
(historiography) The depiction of Spain and Spaniards (or, by extension, all Hispanics and their countries of origin) as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical, especially concerning the colonial period from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.


lexentry: eng/Black_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Black Sea
trans_list: Zwarte Zee
sense:
An inland sea bound by Southeastern Europe in the west, Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, and Turkey in the south.


lexentry: eng/Blue_House__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Blue House
trans_list: Blauwe Huis
sense:
The executive mansion of South Korea, in Seoul, housing the residence and office of the President of South Korea


lexentry: eng/Bluebeard__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bluebeard
trans_list: Blauwbaard
sense:
A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.


lexentry: eng/Blyth's_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Blyth's pipit
trans_list: Mongoolse pieper
sense:
Anthus godlewskii, medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas of China, Tibet and India.


lexentry: eng/Blyth's_reed_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Blyth's reed warbler
trans_list: Blyths rietzanger | struikrietzanger
sense:
An Old World warbler of species Acrocephalus dumetorum, that breeds in central Eurasia and winters in southern Asia.


lexentry: eng/Bob's_your_uncle__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bob's your uncle
trans_list: klaar is Kees
sense:
(UK, Commonwealth, Irish, idiomatic) No problem, the solution is simple, there you have it, it's that easy, you have what you want, all will be well: indicates a desirable conclusion has been reached with ease.


lexentry: eng/Boeotia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Boeotia
trans_list: Beotië
sense:
A historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism. Capital: Livadeia.


lexentry: eng/Bolivia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bolivia
trans_list: Bolivia | Bolivië
sense:
A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.


lexentry: eng/Bolognese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bolognese
trans_list: Bolognees | Bolognezer
sense:
Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.


lexentry: eng/Bolshevik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bolshevik
trans_list: bolsjewiek
sense:
(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.


lexentry: eng/Bolshevism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Bolshevism
trans_list: bolsjewisme
sense:
The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.


lexentry: eng/Bonaire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bonaire
trans_list: Bonaire
sense:
An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, off the west coast of Venezuela.


lexentry: eng/Bonaparte's_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bonaparte's gull
trans_list: kleine kokmeeuw
sense:
Chroicocephalus philadelphia, a member of the gull family Laridae found mainly in northern North America.


lexentry: eng/Bonn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bonn
trans_list: Bonn
sense:
An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.


lexentry: eng/Boolean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Boolean
trans_list: booleaans
sense:
(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.


lexentry: eng/Bordeaux__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bordeaux
trans_list: Bordeaux
sense:
The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.


lexentry: eng/Borromean_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Borromean Islands
trans_list: Borromeïsche eilanden
sense:
A group of three small islands and two islets in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore, chiefly consisting out of Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatori.


lexentry: eng/Boryspil__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Boryspil
trans_list: Boryspil
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of Boryspil urban hromada and Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Bose-Einstein_condensate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bose-Einstein condensate
trans_list: Bose-Einsteincondensaat
sense:
(physics) A gaseous superfluid phase of matter in which all the particles have the same quantum state.


lexentry: eng/Bosnia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bosnia
trans_list: Bosnië
sense:
A geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country.


lexentry: eng/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bosnia and Herzegovina
trans_list: Bosnië en Herzegovina
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city: Sarajevo. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992.


lexentry: eng/Bosnian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Bosnian
trans_list: Bosnisch | Bosniër | Bosnische
sense:
(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


lexentry: eng/Bosphorus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bosphorus
trans_list: Bosporus
sense:
The narrow strait beside Istanbul, Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean and Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/Botox__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Botox
trans_list: botox
sense:
A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention.


lexentry: eng/Bouches-du-Rhône__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bouches-du-Rhône
trans_list: Bouches-du-Rhône
sense:
A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; located in the historical region and province of Provence. Capital: Marseille.


lexentry: eng/Bouvet_Island__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bouvet Island
trans_list: Bouvet | Bouveteiland
sense:
An uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the South African Cape of Good Hope.


lexentry: eng/Bowden_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bowden cable
trans_list: schede
sense:
A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing.


lexentry: eng/Boötes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Boötes
trans_list: Ossenhoeder
sense:
(constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.


lexentry: eng/Brabant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brabant
trans_list: Brabant
sense:
(historical) Until 1995, a province of central Belgium; since divided into Flemish Brabant, Brussels-Capital Region and Walloon Brabant.


lexentry: eng/Brabant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Brabant
trans_list: Brabant
sense:
Duchy of Brabant; a historical region, roughly comprising the area of modern Flemish and Walloon Brabant, Brussels, the Belgian province of Antwerp, and the Dutch province of North Brabant.


lexentry: eng/Brabantian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brabantian
trans_list: Brabander
sense:
A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking).


lexentry: eng/Brahma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brahma
trans_list: Brahma
sense:
(Hinduism, Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.


lexentry: eng/Brazil__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brazil
trans_list: Brazilië
sense:
A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.


lexentry: eng/Brazilian_Portuguese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brazilian Portuguese
trans_list: Braziliaans-Portugees
sense:
The Portuguese language as spoken and written in Brazil, particularly when it differs from other regional varieties of that language.


lexentry: eng/Bristol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bristol
trans_list: Bristol
sense:
A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.


lexentry: eng/British_English__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: British English
trans_list: Brits-Engels
sense:
The English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom; (often) that which is spoken in both the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, considered as a single variety.


lexentry: eng/British_Isles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: British Isles
trans_list: Britse Eilanden
sense:
An archipelago of Northern Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many smaller islands.


lexentry: eng/Britisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Britisher
trans_list: Brit
sense:
(India) The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities.


lexentry: eng/Briton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Briton
trans_list: Brit
sense:
An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.


lexentry: eng/Brittany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Brittany
trans_list: Bretagne
sense:
An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Brno__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brno
trans_list: Brno
sense:
The capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic.


lexentry: eng/Bronze_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bronze Age
trans_list: bronstijd
sense:
(archaeology) A period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze.


lexentry: eng/Brownshirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brownshirt
trans_list: bruinhemd
sense:
(historical) A uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung.


lexentry: eng/Brumaire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brumaire
trans_list: brumaire | nevelmaand
sense:
(historical) The second month of the French Republican Calendar, from October 22, 23 or 24 to November 20, 21 or 22.


lexentry: eng/Brusselization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brusselization
trans_list: verbrusseling
sense:
(urbanism) Careless introduction of high-rise buildings into traditional residential neighbourhoods.


lexentry: eng/Brussels_sprout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brussels sprout
trans_list: spruitkool | spruit | spruiten | spruitje
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.


lexentry: eng/Brutalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Brutalism
trans_list: brutalisme
sense:
(architecture) A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.


lexentry: eng/Bug__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bug
trans_list: Westelijke Boeg
sense:
A East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).


lexentry: eng/Bukovina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bukovina
trans_list: Boekowina
sense:
A historical region of Eastern Europe on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and adjoining plains, currently split between Romania and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Bulgaria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bulgaria
trans_list: Bulgarije
sense:
A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.


lexentry: eng/Bulverism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bulverism
trans_list: bulverisme
sense:
A rhetorical fallacy in which a speaker assumes that their opponent's argument is wrong, and instead of disproving it, condescendingly explains why their opponent would have come to that conclusion.


lexentry: eng/Burgundy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Burgundy
trans_list: Bourgondië
sense:
A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.


lexentry: eng/Burma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Burma
trans_list: Birma
sense:
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.


lexentry: eng/Buryatia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Buryatia
trans_list: Boerjatië
sense:
A republic and federal subject of Russia, bordering Mongolia to the south and Lake Baikal to the west. Capital: Ulan-Ude.


lexentry: eng/Bushism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bushism
trans_list: Bushism
sense:
The political philosophy associated with former US president George W. Bush or his father, former US president George H. W. Bush.


lexentry: eng/Byzantine_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Byzantine Empire
trans_list: Byzantijnse Keizerrijk
sense:
(historical) An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.


lexentry: eng/Byzantine_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Byzantine studies
trans_list: Byzantijnse studies | byzantinistiek
sense:
(humanities) an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, costumes, religion, art, such as literature and music, science, economy, and politics of the Byzantine Empire


lexentry: eng/Byzantium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Byzantium
trans_list: Byzantion
sense:
(historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.


lexentry: eng/Bábism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bábism
trans_list: babisme
sense:
The doctrine of a pantheistical religious sect, founded in Persia in 1844 by ʻAlí Muḥammad (1820–1850), who assumed the title of Bábu'd-Dín ("Gate of the Faith"). It combines Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements, and forbids concubinage, polygamy, mendicancy, slave-dealing, and the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs. Precursor to Azalism and Baháʼism.


lexentry: eng/Béarn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Béarn
trans_list: Béarn
sense:
(historical) A former viscounty in the southwestern French Pyrenees, which became part of the French royal domain before it was united with the French crown, together with Navarra, as a single feudal province of the French realm.


lexentry: eng/Bézier_curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Bézier curve
trans_list: béziercurve
sense:
(mathematics, computer graphics) A type of parametric curve defined by a set of control points, two of which are the ends of the curve, while the others determine its shape. [From 1960s.]


lexentry: eng/C++__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: C++
trans_list: C++
sense:
(computer language) A multi-paradigm high-level compiled programming language that is a more advanced derivative of C.


lexentry: eng/C-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: C-flat major
trans_list: Ces-groot
sense:
(music) A major key with the notes C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B♭, the key signature of which has seven flats:


lexentry: eng/C-sharp_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: C-sharp major
trans_list: do kruis groot
sense:
(music) A key with the notes C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B♯, the key signature of which has seven sharps:


lexentry: eng/C-suite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: C-suite
trans_list: directeur
sense:
(management) The group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles.


lexentry: eng/CAPTCHA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: CAPTCHA
trans_list: captcha
sense:
(computing, Internet) A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that they are a human and not a computer program.


lexentry: eng/CD-ROM__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: CD-ROM
trans_list: cd-rom
sense:
compact disk - read only memory: an optical disc containing data that can be read (but not changed) by a computer


lexentry: eng/CD__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: CD
trans_list: cd
sense:
Initialism of compact disc; a disc once commonly used to store data, and especially for the distribution of music and software.


lexentry: eng/C_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: C major
trans_list: C-majeur | C-groot
sense:
(music) The major key with C as its tonic, and no sharps or flats, having the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B.


lexentry: eng/Cadmus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cadmus
trans_list: Kadmos
sense:
(Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/Caelus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caelus
trans_list: Uranus
sense:
(Roman god) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-and-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.


lexentry: eng/Caesar_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caesar salad
trans_list: caesarsalade
sense:
(gastronomy, countable, and, uncountable) A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.


lexentry: eng/Cagayan_Valley__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cagayan Valley
trans_list: Cagayan-vallei
sense:
A region of the Philippines, composed of the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. Capital and largest city: Tuguegarao.


lexentry: eng/Calabrian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Calabrian
trans_list: Calabrees
sense:
The language varieties of the Calabrian people; considered (depending on the area) dialects of Neapolitan or Sicilian.


lexentry: eng/California_quail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: California quail
trans_list: californische kuifkwartel
sense:
A quail native to California and areas of neighboring states, but introduced elsewhere (Callipepla californica).


lexentry: eng/Calvary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Calvary
trans_list: Golgotha
sense:
The hill outside Jerusalem which is traditionally held to be the location of the crucifixion of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/Calvinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Calvinism
trans_list: calvinisme | Calvinisme
sense:
The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially John Calvin, in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.


lexentry: eng/Cambodia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cambodia
trans_list: Cambodja
sense:
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Capital: Phnom Penh. Former name: Kampuchea.


lexentry: eng/Cambrian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cambrian
trans_list: cambrisch
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Cambrian_explosion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cambrian explosion
trans_list: Cambrische explosie
sense:
(evolutionary, _, biology) The relatively rapid appearance, during the Cambrian Period around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record.


lexentry: eng/Cambridge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cambridge
trans_list: Cambridge
sense:
A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.


lexentry: eng/Cameroon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cameroon
trans_list: Kameroen
sense:
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia.


lexentry: eng/Campine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Campine
trans_list: Kempen
sense:
A region to the east of the city of Antwerp, Belgium (in the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg), and southwest of Eindhoven, the Netherlands (in the province of North Brabant).


lexentry: eng/Canadian_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Canadian football
trans_list: voetbal
sense:
A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.


lexentry: eng/Canary_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Canary Islands
trans_list: Canarische Eilanden
sense:
An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco.


lexentry: eng/Cancer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Cancer
trans_list: Kreeft
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Candlemas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Candlemas
trans_list: lichtmis
sense:
The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple.


lexentry: eng/Canis_Major__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Canis Major
trans_list: Grote Hond
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It includes the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (sometimes called the Dog Star).


lexentry: eng/Canis_Minor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Canis Minor
trans_list: Kleine Hond
sense:
(constellation) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It is most notable for including the eighth brightest star in the night sky, Procyon.


lexentry: eng/Cannae__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cannae
trans_list: Canne
sense:
(historical) A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans


lexentry: eng/Cantonese__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Cantonese
trans_list: Kantonees
sense:
(uncountable) A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.


lexentry: eng/Cape_Colony__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cape Colony
trans_list: Kaapkolonie
sense:
(historical) A former British colony in present-day South Africa and Namibia, named for the Cape of Good Hope, existing from 1795 to 1802 and 1806 to 1910.


lexentry: eng/Cape_lion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cape lion
trans_list: Kaapse leeuw
sense:
A lion of the extinct population of subspecies Panthera leo melanochaita which inhabited the Cape of Good Hope.


lexentry: eng/Capricorn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Capricorn
trans_list: Steenbok
sense:
(astrology) : The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Carboniferous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carboniferous
trans_list: carbonisch
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.


lexentry: eng/Care_Bears__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Care Bears
trans_list: Troetelbeertjes
sense:
A fictional group of multi-colored bear characters, originally painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards from American Greetings but in 1983, the characters were turned into plush teddy bears.


lexentry: eng/Caribbean_Netherlands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caribbean Netherlands
trans_list: Caribisch Nederland
sense:
The three special municipalities of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba.


lexentry: eng/Caribbean_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caribbean Sea
trans_list: Caraïbische Zee
sense:
A tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico.


lexentry: eng/Caribbean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caribbean
trans_list: Caraïbisch | Caribisch
sense:
Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).


lexentry: eng/Caribbean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Caribbean
trans_list: Caraïben
sense:
A continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America.


lexentry: eng/Carina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carina
trans_list: Karine
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.


lexentry: eng/Carolina_wren__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carolina wren
trans_list: Carolina-winterkoning
sense:
A common species of wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) found throughout the eastern United States and nearby areas. It is the state bird of South Carolina.


lexentry: eng/Carolingian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carolingian
trans_list: Karolingische | Karolingisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to the dynasty that ruled parts of western Europe from the 7th to the 9th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Carpathians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carpathians
trans_list: Karpaten
sense:
A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region.


lexentry: eng/Cartesian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cartesian
trans_list: cartesisch
sense:
Of, or pertaining to, Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.


lexentry: eng/Cartesian_coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cartesian coordinate
trans_list: cartesiaans assenstelsel
sense:
(geometry) The coordinates of a point measured from an origin along a horizontal axis from left to right (the x-axis) and along a vertical axis from bottom to top (the y-axis). This can be extended to three-dimensions by the z-axis perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.


lexentry: eng/Cartesian_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cartesian product
trans_list: cartesisch product | kruisproduct
sense:
(set theory, of two sets X and Y) The set of all possible ordered pairs of elements, the being first from X, the second from Y, written X \times Y. Formally, the set \{(x,y)\; |\; x\in X \; \text{and} \; y\in Y\}.


lexentry: eng/Carthusian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Carthusian
trans_list: kartuizer
sense:
A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.


lexentry: eng/Caspian_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caspian Sea
trans_list: Kaspische Zee
sense:
A landlocked sea (properly a saline lake) between Eastern Europe and Asia, and the Earth’s largest inland body of water.


lexentry: eng/Cassia_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cassia crossbill
trans_list: idahokruisbek
sense:
Loxia sinesciuris, a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains in southern Idaho.


lexentry: eng/Cassiopeia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cassiopeia
trans_list: Cassiopeia
sense:
(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.


lexentry: eng/Cassiopeia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Cassiopeia
trans_list: Cassiopeia
sense:
(constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.


lexentry: eng/Castile__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Castile
trans_list: Castilië
sense:
(historical) A medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain.


lexentry: eng/Castile__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Castile
trans_list: Castilië
sense:
A vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile.


lexentry: eng/Catalan_Countries__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Catalan Countries
trans_list: Catalaanse landen
sense:
A cultural region in Western Europe where Catalan is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, the Aragon Strip and Carche (in Spain); Northern Catalonia (in France); Alghero (on the island of Sardinia in Italy); and the independent country of Andorra.


lexentry: eng/Catalan_Countries__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Catalan Countries
trans_list: Catalaanse landen
sense:
A name given to the country that will be formed in a hypothetical and independent political union of all Catalan-speaking regions.


lexentry: eng/Catalan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Catalan
trans_list: Catalaans
sense:
The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.


lexentry: eng/Catalonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Catalonia
trans_list: Catalonië
sense:
The Catalan Countries: A cultural area in northeast Spain, southern France and Andorra where Catalan is or historically was spoken, including the autonomous communities of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, the Aragon Strip, the Carche in Murcia and the region of Northern Catalonia in France.


lexentry: eng/Catch-22__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Catch-22
trans_list: dilemma
sense:
(idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.


lexentry: eng/Cathar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cathar
trans_list: Cathaar | Kathaar
sense:
A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other medieval Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices purportedly adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.


lexentry: eng/Cathay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cathay
trans_list: Cathay
sense:
(archaic) China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.


lexentry: eng/Catholic_Church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Catholic Church
trans_list: Katholieke Kerk
sense:
The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome.


lexentry: eng/Catsian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Catsian
trans_list: catsiaans
sense:
Of or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician, best known for his emblem books.


lexentry: eng/Caucasian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Caucasian
trans_list: blank
sense:
(anthropology, dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.


lexentry: eng/Caucasus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Caucasus
trans_list: Kaukasus
sense:
A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/Caucasus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Caucasus
trans_list: Kaukasus
sense:
(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.


lexentry: eng/Celsius__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Celsius
trans_list: Celsius
sense:
Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.


lexentry: eng/Celtiberian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Celtiberian
trans_list: Celtiberen
sense:
A member of a Celtic people living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Celtic_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Celtic Sea
trans_list: Keltische Zee
sense:
A sea in British Isles, Europe in the Atlantic The area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded by Saint George's Channel, the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay.


lexentry: eng/Celtic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Celtic
trans_list: Keltisch
sense:
A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.


lexentry: eng/Cenozoic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cenozoic
trans_list: Cenozoïcum | cenozoïcum | kaenozoïcum
sense:
(geology) A geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary periods from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.


lexentry: eng/Centaurus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Centaurus
trans_list: Centaur
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.


lexentry: eng/Central_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Central Africa
trans_list: Centraal-Afrika | Midden-Afrika
sense:
A core geographic region of Africa which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda, and often Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


lexentry: eng/Central_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Central America
trans_list: Midden-Amerika | Centraal-Amerika
sense:
A continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America.


lexentry: eng/Central_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Central Asia
trans_list: Centraal-Azië
sense:
A landlocked geographic area of continental central Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.


lexentry: eng/Central_Europe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Central Europe
trans_list: Midden-Europa | Centraal-Europa
sense:
A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.


lexentry: eng/Central_Plain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Central Plain
trans_list: Centrale Vlakte
sense:
The region on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization.


lexentry: eng/Cepheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cepheus
trans_list: Cepheus
sense:
(Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.


lexentry: eng/Cepheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Cepheus
trans_list: Cepheus
sense:
(constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin.


lexentry: eng/Ceres__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ceres
trans_list: Ceres
sense:
(astronomy) An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the innermost dwarf planet; officially called (1) Ceres. (see usage notes)


lexentry: eng/Cetus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cetus
trans_list: Walvis
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.


lexentry: eng/Chad__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Chad
trans_list: Tsjaad
sense:
Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).


lexentry: eng/Chagatai__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Chagatai
trans_list: Chagatai taal
sense:
An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/Chalcedon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chalcedon
trans_list: Chalcedon
sense:
An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium.


lexentry: eng/Chaldea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chaldea
trans_list: Chaldea
sense:
(historical) An ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.


lexentry: eng/Chaldean_Catholic_Church__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chaldean Catholic Church
trans_list: Chaldeeuws-Katholieke Kerk
sense:
(Christianity) An Eastern Catholic particular church (sui juris), which uses the Chaldean rite, in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/Chamaeleon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chamaeleon
trans_list: kameleon
sense:
(constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.


lexentry: eng/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chancellor of the Exchequer
trans_list: minister van Financiën
sense:
The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury.


lexentry: eng/Channel_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Channel Islands
trans_list: Kanaaleilanden
sense:
A group of islands of the Duchy of Normandy in the English Channel: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Lihou, Jethou and Burhou.


lexentry: eng/Charlemagne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Charlemagne
trans_list: Karel de Grote
sense:
One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.


lexentry: eng/Chartism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chartism
trans_list: chartisme
sense:
(historical) A working-class movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century.


lexentry: eng/Chechen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chechen
trans_list: Tsjetsjeen | Tsjetsjeense
sense:
A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.


lexentry: eng/Chechnya__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chechnya
trans_list: Tsjetsjenië
sense:
A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.


lexentry: eng/Chernihiv__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chernihiv
trans_list: Tsjernihiv
sense:
A port city, the administrative centre of Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine, on the Desna River.


lexentry: eng/Chernivtsi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chernivtsi
trans_list: Tsjernivtsi
sense:
A city, administrative centre, and raion of Chernivtsi Oblast in the Bukovyna region, Ukraine, on the Prut river.


lexentry: eng/Chernobyl__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chernobyl
trans_list: Tsjernobyl
sense:
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.


lexentry: eng/Chicago__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chicago
trans_list: Chicago
sense:
A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.


lexentry: eng/Chiers__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chiers
trans_list: Chiers
sense:
A river in Europe that flows for about 130 km (81 mi) through Luxembourg, Belgium and France; it joins the Meuse near Sedan.


lexentry: eng/Childermas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Childermas
trans_list: Onnozele Kinderen
sense:
(Christianity) A religious service and holiday commemorating the supposed Massacre of the Innocents in Judea around the time of the birth of Christ, typically observed on 28 December in Western Christianity and 29 December in Eastern Christianity; in Spanish and Latin American contexts, the day is frequently filled with light-hearted pranks similar to April Fools' Day.


lexentry: eng/Chimera__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chimera
trans_list: Chimaera
sense:
(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.


lexentry: eng/China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: China
trans_list: China | Volksrepubliek China
sense:
A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.


lexentry: eng/China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: China
trans_list: China | Volksrepubliek China
sense:
(historical) The Republic of China prior to 1949, and sometimes after that time, particularly up through the early 1970's or so (when the People's Republic of China assumed the United Nations seat allocated to china).


lexentry: eng/Chinese_Crested_Dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chinese Crested Dog
trans_list: Chinese gekuifde naakthond
sense:
A toy dog that resembles a long-snouted Chihuahua with tufts of hair about the head and ears, tail and feet.


lexentry: eng/Chinese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Chinese
trans_list: Chinees | Chinese
sense:
Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.


lexentry: eng/Chinese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Chinese
trans_list: Chinees | Chinese
sense:
Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.


lexentry: eng/Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chinese
trans_list: Chinees | Chinezen
sense:
(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.


lexentry: eng/Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Chinese
trans_list: Chinees
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.


lexentry: eng/Chinese_cinnamon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Chinese cinnamon
trans_list: autosloperij
sense:
The bark of this tree when used as spice, and when distinguishing it from "true cinnamon", the bark of the C. verum.


lexentry: eng/Chinese_lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chinese lantern
trans_list: lampion
sense:
A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.


lexentry: eng/Chinese_whispers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chinese whispers
trans_list: doorfluistertje
sense:
(games, mostly, UK) A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbor, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase.


lexentry: eng/Chitral__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Chitral
trans_list: Chitral
sense:
The capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Chitral River, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It also served as the capital of the princely state of Chitral until 1969.


lexentry: eng/Christ's_thorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christ's thorn
trans_list: echte christusdoorn
sense:
Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.


lexentry: eng/Christian_Democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christian Democracy
trans_list: christendemocratie
sense:
A political ideology incorporating traditional family and church values alongside progressive values, such as welfare. It is closely linked with Roman Catholicism and its philosophy of economic and social justice.


lexentry: eng/Christmas_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christmas Day
trans_list: kerstdag
sense:
The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.


lexentry: eng/Christmas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christmas
trans_list: Kerstmis | kerst
sense:
(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.


lexentry: eng/Christmas_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christmas box
trans_list: kerstpakket
sense:
(historical) A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.


lexentry: eng/Christmas_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christmas light
trans_list: kerstverlichting
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) One of the electric lights, often arranged in strings, used at Christmas to decorate a Christmas tree, outdoor trees or bushes, a house, etc.


lexentry: eng/Christmas_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Christmas season
trans_list: kersttijd
sense:
Christmastide, Yuletide; the Twelve Days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Day and ending on Epiphany, January 6.


lexentry: eng/Christmas_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Christmas tree
trans_list: kerstboom
sense:
An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.


lexentry: eng/Chronicles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chronicles
trans_list: Kronieken
sense:
(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.


lexentry: eng/Church_Father__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Church Father
trans_list: kerkvader
sense:
(Christianity) One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church.


lexentry: eng/Church_of_England__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Church of England
trans_list: Anglicaanse kerk
sense:
The English branch of the Christian Church; (since the 16th century) specifically the established Protestant church in England which is the mother church of the Anglican Communion.


lexentry: eng/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
trans_list: Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen
sense:
The major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded in the United States by Joseph Smith; the Mormon Church.


lexentry: eng/Chuvash__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Chuvash
trans_list: Tsjoevasjisch
sense:
An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.


lexentry: eng/Cinderella__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cinderella
trans_list: Assepoester
sense:
A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.


lexentry: eng/Circinus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Circinus
trans_list: passer
sense:
(constellation) A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.


lexentry: eng/Cisjordan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cisjordan
trans_list: Cisjordanië
sense:
(historical) The entire region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, particularly in context of the British Mandate and earlier times.


lexentry: eng/Cistercian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cistercian
trans_list: cisterciënzer
sense:
A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.


lexentry: eng/Classical_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Classical Latin
trans_list: klassiek Latijn
sense:
The Latin language as spoken and written in formal speeches, literature, the arts, etc., by the ancient Romans.


lexentry: eng/Classical_Nahuatl__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Classical Nahuatl
trans_list: Nahuatl
sense:
The variants of the Nahuatl language spoken in central Mexico at the time of the Spanish colonization.


lexentry: eng/Clio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Clio
trans_list: Clio
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.


lexentry: eng/Clytemnestra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Clytemnestra
trans_list: Clytaemestra
sense:
(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes


lexentry: eng/Coele-Syria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Coele-Syria
trans_list: Coele-Syrië
sense:
An ancient Hellenistic region in modern Syria, referring to the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains.


lexentry: eng/Cognac__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cognac
trans_list: Cognac
sense:
A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.


lexentry: eng/Colchis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Colchis
trans_list: Colchis
sense:
(historical) A historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Cold_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cold War
trans_list: Koude Oorlog
sense:
(historical) The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.


lexentry: eng/Colorado_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Colorado beetle
trans_list: coloradokever
sense:
A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes.


lexentry: eng/Colossians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Colossians
trans_list: Kolossenzen | Kolossers
sense:
(biblical) The twelfth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Colossae which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.


lexentry: eng/Colossus_of_Rhodes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Colossus of Rhodes
trans_list: Kolos van Rodos | Kolossus van Rodos
sense:
A statue of Greek god Helios in ancient Rhodes, Greece. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.


lexentry: eng/Columbia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Columbia
trans_list: Colombia | Colombië | Columbia
sense:
District of Columbia The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.


lexentry: eng/Columbian__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Columbian
trans_list: tekst
sense:
(uncountable, US, _, printing, dated) A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.


lexentry: eng/Coma_Berenices__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Coma Berenices
trans_list: Hoofdhaar
sense:
(constellation) A small dim summer constellation of the northern sky, said to represent an offering of hair from Queen Berenice II of Egypt. Originally considered to represent the tuft of hair on the end of Leo's tail.


lexentry: eng/Comintern__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Comintern
trans_list: Comintern
sense:
(historical) An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943.


lexentry: eng/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Commonwealth of Independent States
trans_list: Gemenebest van Onafhankelijke Staten | GOS
sense:
An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/Commonwealth_of_Nations__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Commonwealth of Nations
trans_list: Gemenebest van Naties
sense:
An association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.


lexentry: eng/Comoros__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Comoros
trans_list: Comoren
sense:
A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. Official name: Union of the Comoros.


lexentry: eng/Confederacy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Confederacy
trans_list: confederatie
sense:
(historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.


lexentry: eng/Confederate_States_of_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Confederate States of America
trans_list: Geconfedereerde Staten van Amerika
sense:
(historical) An unrecognized nation existing from 1861–1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery.


lexentry: eng/Confucianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Confucianism
trans_list: confucianisme
sense:
The philosophy and teaching of Confucius, which emphasizes self-cultivation, collective harmony, righteousness and the family structure.


lexentry: eng/Congo-Brazzaville__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Congo-Brazzaville
trans_list: Congo-Brazzaville
sense:
Synonym of the Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Brazzaville.


lexentry: eng/Congo-Kinshasa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Congo-Kinshasa
trans_list: Congo-Kinshasa
sense:
Synonym of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.


lexentry: eng/Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Congo
trans_list: Congo
sense:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).


lexentry: eng/Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Congo
trans_list: Congo
sense:
Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name: Republic of the Congo; capital: Brazzaville).


lexentry: eng/Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Congo
trans_list: Congo | Kongo
sense:
A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.


lexentry: eng/Congress_Poland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Congress Poland
trans_list: Congres-Polen
sense:
(historical) The Kingdom of Poland created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign state of the Russian part of Poland connected by personal union with the Russian Empire under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland until 1832.


lexentry: eng/Conservative_Judaism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Conservative Judaism
trans_list: reformjodendom
sense:
(Judaism) A moderate stream of Liberal Judaism centered in North America that theoretically maintains Jewish tradition and law, but provides for a more flexible interpretation of it than Orthodox Judaism, in keeping with an evolving world and society.


lexentry: eng/Constantinople__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Constantinople
trans_list: Constantinopel
sense:
(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.


lexentry: eng/Conté__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Conté
trans_list: Conté
sense:
(art) A drawing medium, usually square in cross-section, composed of compressed powdered charcoal or graphite mixed with a clay or wax base. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Coptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Coptic
trans_list: Koptisch | koptisch
sense:
The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.


lexentry: eng/Corfu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Corfu
trans_list: Korfoe | Corfu
sense:
An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα, more often Κέρκῡρα), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα).


lexentry: eng/Corinthians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Corinthians
trans_list: Korinthiërs | Korintiërs
sense:
(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.


lexentry: eng/Cornwall__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Cornwall
trans_list: Cornwall
sense:
The country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly.


lexentry: eng/Cornwall__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Cornwall
trans_list: Cornwall
sense:
The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.


lexentry: eng/Corpus_Christi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Corpus Christi
trans_list: Sacramentsdag
sense:
(Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Corsica__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Corsica
trans_list: Corsica
sense:
An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.


lexentry: eng/Corvus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Corvus
trans_list: raaf
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.


lexentry: eng/Cossack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cossack
trans_list: Kozak
sense:
A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Council_of_Europe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Council of Europe
trans_list: Raad van Europa
sense:
An international organisation focused on protecting human rights, democracy, rule of law in Europe, with headquarters in Strasbourg, France.


lexentry: eng/Cramer's_rule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cramer's rule
trans_list: regel van Cramer
sense:
(linear algebra) An explicit formula for the solution of a system of linear equations with as many equations as unknowns, valid whenever the system has a unique solution.


lexentry: eng/Crater__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Crater
trans_list: Beker
sense:
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.


lexentry: eng/Cretaceous__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cretaceous
trans_list: Krijt
sense:
(geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 66 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
trans_list: creutzfeldt-jakobsyndroom | ziekte van Creutzfeldt-Jakob
sense:
(disease, neurology) A rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).


lexentry: eng/Crimean_Gothic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Crimean Gothic
trans_list: Krim-Gotisch
sense:
A Germanic, probably East Germanic, language spoken by the Crimean Goths in some isolated locations in Crimea until the late eighteenth century.


lexentry: eng/Croatia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Croatia
trans_list: Kroatië
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.


lexentry: eng/Crohn's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Crohn's disease
trans_list: ziekte van Crohn
sense:
(disease) Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.


lexentry: eng/Crown_prosecutor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Crown prosecutor
trans_list: advocaat-generaal
sense:
(British, Canadian, Australian) The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.


lexentry: eng/Crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Crusade
trans_list: kruistocht
sense:
Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.


lexentry: eng/Cthulhu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cthulhu
trans_list: Cthulhu
sense:
A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.


lexentry: eng/Cuba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cuba
trans_list: Cuba
sense:
A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.


lexentry: eng/Cuban_red_macaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cuban red macaw
trans_list: Cubaanse ara
sense:
A small parrot (†Ara tricolor), formerly found in Cuba, and extinct since the late nineteenth century.


lexentry: eng/Cupid__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cupid
trans_list: Cupido | Amor
sense:
(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.


lexentry: eng/Curaçao__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Curaçao
trans_list: Curaçao
sense:
An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela.


lexentry: eng/Cyclades__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cyclades
trans_list: Cycladen
sense:
An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others.


lexentry: eng/Cygnus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cygnus
trans_list: Zwaan
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.


lexentry: eng/Cyprus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cyprus
trans_list: Cyprus
sense:
An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.


lexentry: eng/Cyrenaica__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cyrenaica
trans_list: Cyrenaica
sense:
A geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya.


lexentry: eng/Cyrillic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Cyrillic
trans_list: cyrillisch
sense:
Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.


lexentry: eng/Czech_hedgehog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Czech hedgehog
trans_list: egel
sense:
(military) A static antitank and anti–landing craft obstacle, widely used during World War II, constructed from three mutually perpendicular steel rails connected in the form of a tripod.


lexentry: eng/D-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: D-flat major
trans_list: Des-groot
sense:
(music) A major key with the notes D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C, the key signature of which has five flats.


lexentry: eng/DNA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: DNA
trans_list: DNA | DNZ
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”).


lexentry: eng/DVD__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: DVD
trans_list: DVD | dvd
sense:
(countable) Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.


lexentry: eng/D_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: D major
trans_list: D-groot | D-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with the notes D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯, the key signature of which has two sharps.


lexentry: eng/Dacia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dacia
trans_list: Dacië
sense:
An ancient region and former kingdom located in the area now known as Romania. The Dacian kingdom was conquered by the Romans and later named Romania after them.


lexentry: eng/Dada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dada
trans_list: dada | dadaïsme
sense:
A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.


lexentry: eng/Daffy_Duck__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Daffy Duck
trans_list: Daffy Duck
sense:
A fictional anthropomorphic black duck in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons by Warner Bros.


lexentry: eng/Dahomey__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dahomey
trans_list: Dahomey
sense:
(historical) A former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin.


lexentry: eng/Dahomey__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Dahomey
trans_list: Dahomey
sense:
(historical) Former name of Benin: a country in West Africa; used from 1958–1975. Official name: Republic of Dahomey.


lexentry: eng/Daltonism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Daltonism
trans_list: kleurenblindheid
sense:
(medicine, pathology) Inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, especially red-green color blindness.


lexentry: eng/Damascus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Damascus
trans_list: Damascus
sense:
The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.


lexentry: eng/Danish_pastry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Danish pastry
trans_list: factuur
sense:
A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.


lexentry: eng/Dantesque__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dantesque
trans_list: dantesk
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus.


lexentry: eng/Danube__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Danube
trans_list: Donau
sense:
(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.


lexentry: eng/Danzig__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Danzig
trans_list: Danzig
sense:
Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany).


lexentry: eng/Darija__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Darija
trans_list: Darija
sense:
Maghrebi Arabic, an Arabic dialect continuum spoken in the Maghreb region, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. (Western Arabic)


lexentry: eng/Darwinian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Darwinian
trans_list: darwiniaans
sense:
Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.


lexentry: eng/Darwinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Darwinism
trans_list: darwinisme
sense:
The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis.


lexentry: eng/Daurian_jackdaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Daurian jackdaw
trans_list: Daurische kauw
sense:
An Asian bird of the crow family (Coloeus dauuricus) closely related to the western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula).


lexentry: eng/David__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: David
trans_list: David
sense:
(biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.


lexentry: eng/Dead_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dead Sea
trans_list: Dode Zee
sense:
A lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.


lexentry: eng/Death__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Death
trans_list: Magere Hein
sense:
The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.


lexentry: eng/December__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: December
trans_list: december
sense:
The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.


lexentry: eng/Deism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Deism
trans_list: deïsme
sense:
A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.


lexentry: eng/Delphinus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Delphinus
trans_list: Dolfijn
sense:
(constellation) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.


lexentry: eng/Deluge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Deluge
trans_list: zondvloed
sense:
(Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.


lexentry: eng/Demeter__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Demeter
trans_list: Demeter
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.


lexentry: eng/Demiurge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Demiurge
trans_list: demiurg
sense:
(gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.


lexentry: eng/Democrat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Democrat
trans_list: democraat
sense:
(US, _, politics, proscribed, often, pejorative) Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Democritus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Democritus
trans_list: Democritus
sense:
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.


lexentry: eng/Demotic_Greek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Demotic Greek
trans_list: Demotisch
sense:
The Modern Greek vernacular language. It became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced, and was written in polytonic script until 1982, and in monotonic script after 1982.


lexentry: eng/Deneb__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Deneb
trans_list: Deneb
sense:
(star) A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.


lexentry: eng/Denmark-Norway__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Denmark-Norway
trans_list: Denemarken-Noorwegen
sense:
(historical) A former political entity consisting of the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including overseas Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.


lexentry: eng/Denmark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Denmark
trans_list: Denemarken
sense:
A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.


lexentry: eng/Desdemona__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Desdemona
trans_list: Desdemona
sense:
Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.


lexentry: eng/Deutsche_Mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Deutsche Mark
trans_list: Duitse mark
sense:
(historical currency) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.


lexentry: eng/Diana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Diana
trans_list: Diana
sense:
(Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.


lexentry: eng/Diogenes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Diogenes
trans_list: Diogenes
sense:
Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.


lexentry: eng/Dionysus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dionysus
trans_list: Dionysos | Dionysus
sense:
(Greek god) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".


lexentry: eng/Dirichlet_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dirichlet energy
trans_list: Dirichlet-energie
sense:
(analysis, functional analysis, Fourier analysis) A quadratic functional which, given a real function defined on an open subset of ℝn, yields a real number that is a measure of how variable said function is.


lexentry: eng/Disaster_Year__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Disaster Year
trans_list: Rampjaar
sense:
(historical) The year 1672, in the context of Dutch history, in which the Dutch Republic was invaded by France, and faced the threat of a naval blockade by the English (a plan which was later abandoned after the Battle of Solebay).


lexentry: eng/Discordianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Discordianism
trans_list: discordianisme
sense:
A minor new religious movement with absurdist elements, often seen as a parody, based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of discord and confusion.


lexentry: eng/Dnipro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dnipro
trans_list: Dnjepr
sense:
(with the) A major East European river which flows south through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea.


lexentry: eng/Dnipro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Dnipro
trans_list: Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk
sense:
A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, as well as, a raion, an urban hromada of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on the Dnieper.


lexentry: eng/Doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Doctor
trans_list: doctor
sense:
The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name.


lexentry: eng/Don_Quixote__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Don Quixote
trans_list: Don Quichot
sense:
A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).


lexentry: eng/Don__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Don
trans_list: Don
sense:
A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.


lexentry: eng/Donald_Duck__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Donald Duck
trans_list: Donald Duck
sense:
One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.


lexentry: eng/Donatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Donatism
trans_list: donatisme
sense:
(Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.


lexentry: eng/Donetsk_People's_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Donetsk People's Republic
trans_list: Volksrepubliek Donetsk
sense:
A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 7 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.


lexentry: eng/Donetsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Donetsk
trans_list: Donetsk
sense:
(city and raion) A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.


lexentry: eng/Doppler_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Doppler effect
trans_list: dopplereffect
sense:
The apparent change in frequency or wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer moving relative to the source of the waves.


lexentry: eng/Dornfelder__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dornfelder
trans_list: Dornfelder
sense:
(uncountable) A dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.


lexentry: eng/Doubs__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Doubs
trans_list: Doubs
sense:
A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.


lexentry: eng/Dover__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dover
trans_list: Dover
sense:
A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141).


lexentry: eng/Down_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Down syndrome
trans_list: downsyndroom | mongolisme | syndroom van Down
sense:
(neurology, genetic disorder) A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 (a chromosomal excess), whereby the patients typically have a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, as well as a small head and tilted eyelids. [from 1961.]


lexentry: eng/Dracula_sneeze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dracula sneeze
trans_list: elleboogniezen
sense:
(informal) The act of sneezing into the crook of one's elbow so as to help prevent the spread of germs.


lexentry: eng/Druze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Druze
trans_list: druus | druzen
sense:
(religion) A member of a secretive religious community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.


lexentry: eng/Duckburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Duckburg
trans_list: Duckstad
sense:
A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.


lexentry: eng/Dutch_Guiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch Guiana
trans_list: Suriname
sense:
(historical) A former Dutch colony in northern South America, existing from 1621 to 1959, mostly in the area of modern Suriname.


lexentry: eng/Dutch_Limburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch Limburg
trans_list: Nederlands Limburg
sense:
The roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg (speaking Dutch and two groups of its dialects; not to be geographically confused with historical political entities), which belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, where it is administratively designated as the provincie (province) Limburg, as opposed to Belgian Limburg, which is part of Flanders region (northern Belgium), confusingly under the same administrative designation


lexentry: eng/Dutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch
trans_list: Nederlander | Nederlandse | Nederlanders
sense:
(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Dutch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch
trans_list: Nederlands
sense:
The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.


lexentry: eng/Dutch_auction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Dutch auction
trans_list: afslag | afslag bij afmijning | veiling bij afslag
sense:
A reverse auction that starts at a high price that is gradually reduced by the auctioneer until someone is willing to buy.


lexentry: eng/Dutch_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch door
trans_list: boerderijdeur | boerendeur
sense:
A door that is divided horizontally into two parts such that the upper part may be opened independently of the lower.


lexentry: eng/Dutch_elm_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Dutch elm disease
trans_list: iepziekte
sense:
(plant disease) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.


lexentry: eng/E-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: E-flat major
trans_list: es grote terts | es-groot | es-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with E-flat as its tonic, with the notes E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D the key signature of which has three flats:


lexentry: eng/E-road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: E-road
trans_list: E-weg
sense:
A main road or motorway in Europe which is allocated an E-number. Many of these roads cross international borders.


lexentry: eng/ECT__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ECT
trans_list: ect
sense:
(theology, uncountable) Initialism of endless/eternal/everlasting conscious torment (“traditional view of the nature of Hell”).


lexentry: eng/EEA__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: EEA
trans_list: EER
sense:
Initialism of European Economic Area, the area consisting of the European Union plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.


lexentry: eng/EEC__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: EEC
trans_list: EEG
sense:
(historical) Initialism of w:European Economic Community, forerunner of the European Community (EC) and the European Union (EU).


lexentry: eng/E_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: E major
trans_list: E-groot | E-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with the notes E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯, the key signature of which has four sharps.


lexentry: eng/Early_Middle_Ages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Early Middle Ages
trans_list: vroege middeleeuwen
sense:
(history) The period of the Middle Ages that followed the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, c. 500 to 1000 CE.


lexentry: eng/Early_New_High_German__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Early New High German
trans_list: Vroegnieuwhoogduits
sense:
The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.


lexentry: eng/Earthling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Earthling
trans_list: aardbewoner | aardbewoonster | aardeling
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/East_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Africa
trans_list: Oost-Afrika
sense:
A geographic region encompassing the eastern part of Africa, generally stretching from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the north to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the south.


lexentry: eng/East_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Asia
trans_list: Oost-Azië
sense:
A geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/East_China_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East China Sea
trans_list: Oost-Chinese Zee
sense:
A marginal sea east of China, south of the Korean Peninsula, west of the Ryukyu Islands, and north of Taiwan.


lexentry: eng/East_Flemish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Flemish
trans_list: Oost-Vlaams
sense:
from or relating to East Flanders, a Belgian province, in the eastern part of the historic countship of Flanders, including the former imperial fief


lexentry: eng/East_Flemish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Flemish
trans_list: Oost-Vlaams
sense:
a (rather artificial, by analogy with West Flemish) group of Flemish dialects of the Dutch language in the eastern part of the historic countship of Flanders (now in Belgium, and further south/west in France)


lexentry: eng/East_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Frisian
trans_list: Oosterlauwers Fries | Oostfries
sense:
The Frisian language spoken in East Frisia (northwest Germany), of which Saterland Frisian is the last remaining variety.


lexentry: eng/East_Germany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Germany
trans_list: Oost-Duitsland
sense:
(historical, 1949–1990) A former Communist country of Central Europe, existing between 1949 and 1990. Official name: German Democratic Republic. Capital: East Berlin.


lexentry: eng/East_Indies__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Indies
trans_list: Oost-Indië
sense:
Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/East_Prussia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Prussia
trans_list: Oost-Pruisen
sense:
(historical) A historical province of Prussia and Germany, since WWII divided between Poland and Russia. A small part of the territory is part of Lithuania.


lexentry: eng/East_Siberian_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Siberian Sea
trans_list: Oost-Sibirische Zee
sense:
A marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. This sea is bordering on the Laptev Sea in the West and the Chukchi Sea in the East.


lexentry: eng/East_Timor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: East Timor
trans_list: Oost-Timor
sense:
A country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor. Official name: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Capital: Dili.


lexentry: eng/East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: East
trans_list: Oosten
sense:
The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.


lexentry: eng/Easter_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Easter Day
trans_list: paasdag
sense:
The day that that holiday commemorates: the day (circa AD 33) when Jesus's friends found the Holy Sepulchre to be unexpectedly empty.


lexentry: eng/Easter_Rising__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Easter Rising
trans_list: Paasopstand
sense:
A failed rebellion by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland during Easter Week in 1916 that ultimately paved the way for Irish independence.


lexentry: eng/Easter_Sunday__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Easter Sunday
trans_list: paaszondag | eerste paasdag
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian religious moveable holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.


lexentry: eng/Easter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Easter
trans_list: Pasen | Paasfeest
sense:
A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.


lexentry: eng/Easter_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Easter egg
trans_list: paasei
sense:
A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and, in the Western European tradition, sometimes hidden for children to find.


lexentry: eng/Easter_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Easter egg
trans_list: paasei
sense:
(computing, video games) An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/Eastern_Armenian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eastern Armenian
trans_list: Oost-Armeens
sense:
One of the two standardized forms of the modern Armenian language, the other being Western Armenian. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia and is the dialect spoken by Armenian diaspora in CIS countries and Iran. It developed in the 19th century in Russian Armenia.


lexentry: eng/Eastern_Bloc__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eastern Bloc
trans_list: Oostblok
sense:
(geopolitics, historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually Eastern Europe and especially in the Cold War era.


lexentry: eng/Eastern_Europe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eastern Europe
trans_list: Oost-Europa
sense:
A socio-political geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals.


lexentry: eng/Eastern_Orthodox_Church__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eastern Orthodox Church
trans_list: oosters-orthodoxe kerk
sense:
One of the major branches of Christianity; it comprises the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church and other patriarchates.


lexentry: eng/Echo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Echo
trans_list: Echo
sense:
(Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.


lexentry: eng/Eden__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eden
trans_list: Eden
sense:
(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.


lexentry: eng/Eid_al-Adha__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eid al-Adha
trans_list: Offerfeest
sense:
An Islamic festival commemorating the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail to Allah.


lexentry: eng/Eid_al-Fitr__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eid al-Fitr
trans_list: Suikerfeest | Kleine Feest
sense:
(Islam) The religious celebration at the end of Ramadan, on the first day of the tenth month of the Muslim lunar calendar.


lexentry: eng/Eiffel_Tower__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eiffel Tower
trans_list: Eiffeltoren
sense:
An iron tower built in 1889 on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris; a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.


lexentry: eng/Eighty_Years'_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eighty Years' War
trans_list: Tachtigjarige Oorlog
sense:
(historical) The conflict in the Low Countries against Spanish rule, from 1568 to 1648, that gradually turned into a Dutch war of independence.


lexentry: eng/Einstein__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Einstein
trans_list: Einstein
sense:
Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.


lexentry: eng/Elba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Elba
trans_list: Elbe
sense:
An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.


lexentry: eng/Elbe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Elbe
trans_list: Elbe
sense:
A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Elector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Elector
trans_list: keurvorst
sense:
(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.


lexentry: eng/Elfdalian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Elfdalian
trans_list: Elfdaals
sense:
A linguistic variety of the Scandinavian language continuum spoken in the old parish of Övdaln in Sweden.


lexentry: eng/Emajõgi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Emajõgi
trans_list: Emajõgi
sense:
A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.


lexentry: eng/Emancipation_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Emancipation Day
trans_list: Dag der Vrijheden | Ketikoti
sense:
(This entry is a translation hub.) A public holiday observed in various countries to commemorate the emancipation of slaves of African descent.


lexentry: eng/England__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: England
trans_list: Engeland
sense:
(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/English_Channel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: English Channel
trans_list: Kanaal
sense:
The arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the British Isles from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/English__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: English
trans_list: Engels | Engelse
sense:
English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.


lexentry: eng/English__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: English
trans_list: Engels
sense:
(uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.


lexentry: eng/English__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: English
trans_list: dubbel kolonel | grote Augustijn
sense:
(printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.


lexentry: eng/English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: English
trans_list: Engels | Engelse
sense:
The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/English_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: English studies
trans_list: anglistiek
sense:
(humanities) An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language, English linguistics, and English sociolinguistics.


lexentry: eng/Englishman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Englishman
trans_list: Engelsman
sense:
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation. [from 7th c.]


lexentry: eng/Englishwoman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Englishwoman
trans_list: Engelse
sense:
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.


lexentry: eng/Enlightenment__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Enlightenment
trans_list: verlichting
sense:
A 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.


lexentry: eng/Ephesians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ephesians
trans_list: Efeziërs | Brief van Paulus aan de Efeziërs
sense:
(biblical) The tenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Ephesus which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.


lexentry: eng/Epicureanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Epicureanism
trans_list: epicurisme
sense:
(sometimes, _, proscribed) Synonym of hedonism, general pursuit of pleasure, particularly refined and knowledgeable enjoyment of good food, drink, and similar sensual pleasures.


lexentry: eng/Epimetheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Epimetheus
trans_list: Epimetheus
sense:
(Greek mythology) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.


lexentry: eng/Epirus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Epirus
trans_list: Epirus | Epiros
sense:
A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.


lexentry: eng/Epirus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Epirus
trans_list: Epirus | Epiros
sense:
A geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece.


lexentry: eng/Epona__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Epona
trans_list: Epona
sense:
(mythology) In Gallo-Roman religion, a goddess of fertility and protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.


lexentry: eng/Equatorial_Guinean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Equatorial Guinean
trans_list: Equatoriaal-Guinees
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to Equatorial Guinea, the Equatorial Guinean people or the Equatorial Guinean culture.


lexentry: eng/Equuleus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Equuleus
trans_list: Veulen
sense:
(constellation) The second-smallest constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a little horse. It lies west of the constellation Aquarius.


lexentry: eng/Erasmus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Erasmus
trans_list: Desiderius Erasmus | Desiderius Erasmus van Rotterdam
sense:
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian.


lexentry: eng/Eris__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eris
trans_list: Eris
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia;(religion, Discordianism) the same figure as principal deity of Discordianism, regarded as the goddess of disorder.


lexentry: eng/Eris__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Eris
trans_list: Eris
sense:
(astronomy) The celestial body 136199 Eris, the most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the largest known object in the scattered disk; formerly nicknamed Xena.


lexentry: eng/Erlenmeyer_flask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Erlenmeyer flask
trans_list: Erlenmeyer-kolfje
sense:
(chemistry) A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.


lexentry: eng/Eros__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eros
trans_list: Eros
sense:
(Greek god) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.


lexentry: eng/Erzya__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Erzya
trans_list: Erzja
sense:
A Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in the Volga region of Russia, but is also spoken in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Eskimo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eskimo
trans_list: Eskimo
sense:
(dated, sometimes, offensive) A group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik.


lexentry: eng/Esperantist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Esperantist
trans_list: esperantist | esperantiste
sense:
A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.


lexentry: eng/Estonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Estonia
trans_list: Estland
sense:
A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.


lexentry: eng/Eswatini__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eswatini
trans_list: Eswatini
sense:
A country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland. Official name: Kingdom of Eswatini. Capitals: Mbabane and Lobamba.


lexentry: eng/Eucharist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eucharist
trans_list: eucharistieviering
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.


lexentry: eng/Eucharist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Eucharist
trans_list: eucharistie
sense:
The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.


lexentry: eng/Euclidean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Euclidean
trans_list: euclidisch
sense:
(geometry) Adhering to the principles of traditional geometry, in which parallel lines are equidistant.


lexentry: eng/Euler's_formula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Euler's formula
trans_list: formule van Euler
sense:
(differential geometry) A formula which calculates the normal curvature of an arbitrary direction in the tangent plane in terms of the principal curvatures \kappa_1 and \kappa_2 and the angle \theta which that direction makes with the first principal direction:


lexentry: eng/Eupen__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eupen
trans_list: Eupen
sense:
A city in the province of Liège in Belgium; the capital of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.


lexentry: eng/Euphrates__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Euphrates
trans_list: Eufraat
sense:
A river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.


lexentry: eng/Eurasia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurasia
trans_list: Eurazië
sense:
The largest and most populous landmass on Earth, a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia; sometimes also including neighboring islands. [1881]


lexentry: eng/Eurasia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Eurasia
trans_list: Eurazië
sense:
A region comprising parts of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; the countries of the former Soviet Union and the sphere of influence of Russia.


lexentry: eng/Eurasian_jay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurasian jay
trans_list: gaai | Vlaamse gaai
sense:
A widespread species of jay, usually crested and with pinkish-brown plumage and a harsh screech (Garrulus glandarius).


lexentry: eng/Eurasian_teal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurasian teal
trans_list: wintertaling
sense:
Anas crecca, a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Palearctic and migrates south in winter.


lexentry: eng/Euripides__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Euripides
trans_list: Euripides
sense:
A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 B.C.E.); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.


lexentry: eng/Eurocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurocentrism
trans_list: eurocentrisme
sense:
The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture.


lexentry: eng/Europe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Europe
trans_list: Europa
sense:
A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/European_Central_Bank__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European Central Bank
trans_list: Europese Centrale Bank
sense:
The Central bank for the European Union, administering the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states.


lexentry: eng/European_Council__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European Council
trans_list: Europese Raad
sense:
an institution of the European Union (EU) charged with defining the EU's overall political direction and priorities, that comprises the heads of state or government of the member states, along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission


lexentry: eng/European_Union__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European Union
trans_list: Europese Unie
sense:
A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.


lexentry: eng/European_bitterling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European bitterling
trans_list: bittere boleet
sense:
A fish of species Rhodeus amarus, originating in Europe, ranging from the Rhone River basin in France to the Neva River in Russia.


lexentry: eng/European_herring_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European herring gull
trans_list: zilvermeeuw
sense:
A common, large seagull, Larus argentatus, having a white and gray body and a yellow bill with a red spot and found in the coastal areas of Europe.


lexentry: eng/European_mink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European mink
trans_list: nerts
sense:
a species of mink, Mustela lutreola, found mostly in Europe, similar in appearance to the American mink.


lexentry: eng/European_polecat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European polecat
trans_list: bunzing
sense:
Mustela putorius, related to mink and weasels, native to Europe and parts of Asia, and from which certain of the animals called ferrets have been domesticated.


lexentry: eng/European_pollock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European pollock
trans_list: pollak
sense:
Fish of the species Pollachius pollachius, which live in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly off the coast of Norway and the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/European_rabbit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European rabbit
trans_list: konijn
sense:
An animal of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to southwestern Europe and northwest Africa, introduced and invasive elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/European_seabass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European seabass
trans_list: Europese zeebaars
sense:
A highly appreciated marine food fish found in the coastal waters of eastern Atlantic from Cape Verde to southern Norway and in the Mediterranean, (Dicentrarchus labrax).


lexentry: eng/European_shag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European shag
trans_list: kuifaalscholver
sense:
Gulosus aristotelis (syn. Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.


lexentry: eng/European_spider_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European spider crab
trans_list: grote spinkrab
sense:
A species of migratory crab, Maja squinado, found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/European_sprat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: European sprat
trans_list: sprot
sense:
A fish of European waters from the Black Sea to the North Sea and the Baltic sea (Sprattus sprattus).


lexentry: eng/Eurosceptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurosceptic
trans_list: euroscepticus
sense:
(UK form) One who is sceptical of European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro, etc.


lexentry: eng/Eurovision__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eurovision
trans_list: Eurovisie
sense:
A European broadcasting system, created by the European Broadcasting Union, that produces the Eurovision Song Contest and related programmes.


lexentry: eng/Eustachian_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eustachian tube
trans_list: buis van Eustachius
sense:
(anatomy) In humans and other land vertebrates, a tube that links the nasopharynx to the cavity of the middle ear to allow the equalization of the pressure on both sides of the eardrum.


lexentry: eng/Exodus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Exodus
trans_list: Exodus
sense:
(book of the bible) The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.


lexentry: eng/Eynatten__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Eynatten
trans_list: Eynatten
sense:
A village in Raeren municipality, Liège province, Belgium; part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium


lexentry: eng/Fabergé_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fabergé egg
trans_list: Fabergé-ei
sense:
One of the thousands of decorated Easter eggs made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 to 1917, especially one of the 69 large jeweled pieces made for Russian imperial family and a few other customers.


lexentry: eng/Facebook__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Facebook
trans_list: Facebook
sense:
(trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.


lexentry: eng/Far_East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Far East
trans_list: Verre Oosten
sense:
(dated) A geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole.


lexentry: eng/Faroe_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Faroe Islands
trans_list: Faeröer
sense:
An archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland.


lexentry: eng/Faroese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Faroese
trans_list: Faeröers
sense:
The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.


lexentry: eng/Fata_Morgana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fata Morgana
trans_list: fata morgana
sense:
A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.


lexentry: eng/Fates__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fates
trans_list: schikgodinnen
sense:
(Greek mythology) Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.


lexentry: eng/Father's_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Father's Day
trans_list: Vaderdag
sense:
A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.


lexentry: eng/Father__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Father
trans_list: Vader
sense:
(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.


lexentry: eng/Faustian_bargain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Faustian bargain
trans_list: duivelspact
sense:
(idiomatic) An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge, wealth or other benefits.


lexentry: eng/February__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: February
trans_list: februari | regenmaand
sense:
The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.


lexentry: eng/Federal_Republic_of_Germany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Federal Republic of Germany
trans_list: Bondsrepubliek Duitsland
sense:
(1990–today) Official name of Germany: a country in Central Europe, reunified with the former East Germany.


lexentry: eng/Federated_States_of_Micronesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Federated States of Micronesia
trans_list: Federale Staten van Micronesia
sense:
The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania. Capital: Palikir.


lexentry: eng/Fennoscandia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fennoscandia
trans_list: Baltisch schild
sense:
A pensinula in Northern Europe, comprising, besides the Scandinavian Peninsula, also Finland, the Kola Peninsula and Karelia (and sometimes also including Denmark, although it is not part of the Scandinavian Peninsula).


lexentry: eng/Fenrir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fenrir
trans_list: Fenrir
sense:
(Norse mythology) A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring, who bites off Tyr's right hand while being bound by the gods in fear of a prophecy that he will kill Odin, remaining so bound until the events of Ragnarok.


lexentry: eng/Ferris_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ferris wheel
trans_list: reuzenrad
sense:
An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.


lexentry: eng/Fertile_Crescent__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fertile Crescent
trans_list: Vruchtbare Sikkel
sense:
(historical) A crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.


lexentry: eng/Feynman_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Feynman diagram
trans_list: Feynmandiagram
sense:
(physics) A pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where lines meet.


lexentry: eng/Fibonacci_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fibonacci sequence
trans_list: rij van Fibonacci
sense:
(mathematics) The sequence of integers, each of which is the sum of the preceding two, the first and second numbers both being 1.


lexentry: eng/Fier__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fier
trans_list: Fier
sense:
A city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


lexentry: eng/Fiji__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fiji
trans_list: Fiji
sense:
A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.


lexentry: eng/Fijian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fijian
trans_list: Fijisch | Fijiaans
sense:
an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken on Fiji. It has 650,000 speakers, including second language users.


lexentry: eng/Finistère__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Finistère
trans_list: Finistère
sense:
A department around the cape in Brittany, France. Capital: Quimper. Largest city: Brest (INSEE code 29).


lexentry: eng/Finland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Finland
trans_list: Finland
sense:
A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.


lexentry: eng/Finlandization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Finlandization
trans_list: finlandisering
sense:
(politics) The process by which a smaller or less powerful sovereign state comes to abide by a more powerful neighbor's foreign policy rules, while retaining its independence.


lexentry: eng/Finn__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Finn
trans_list: Fin | Finse
sense:
(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.


lexentry: eng/Finnic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Finnic
trans_list: Baltisch-Fins | Oostzeefins
sense:
(dated) Of the hypothetical Finno-Volgaic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Baltic-Finnic, Sami, Mordvinic and Mari languages.


lexentry: eng/Finnish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Finnish
trans_list: Fins | Finse taal
sense:
The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).


lexentry: eng/Fiordland_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fiordland penguin
trans_list: fjordlandkuifpinguïn
sense:
A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, with distinctive blue-grey upperparts, which breed on the Fiordland coast and on nearby islands.


lexentry: eng/First_Nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: First Nation
trans_list: Eerste Natie van Canada
sense:
(Canada) A community of indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis), especially one officially recognized by the federal government. [from late 1970s]


lexentry: eng/Flanders__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Flanders
trans_list: Vlaanderen | Frans-Vlaanderen
sense:
A historical county and cultural region of Western Europe, at its maximum covering most of Belgium, parts of northeast France, and a corner of the Netherlands; in full, County of Flanders.


lexentry: eng/Flemish_Community__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flemish Community
trans_list: Vlaamse Gemeenschap
sense:
One of the three communities of Belgium, consisting of the Flemish Region (the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Antwerp, Limburg) and partially the Brussels-Capital Region.


lexentry: eng/Flemish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flemish
trans_list: Vlaams
sense:
Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.


lexentry: eng/Flemish_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flemish bond
trans_list: vlaamsverband
sense:
(masonry) In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers) facing outwards, with alternate courses being offset.


lexentry: eng/Flora__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flora
trans_list: Flora
sense:
(Roman god) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.


lexentry: eng/Florence__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Florence
trans_list: Florence
sense:
A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.


lexentry: eng/Florida_panther__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Florida panther
trans_list: floridapanter
sense:
Puma concolor cougar, an endangered cougar that lives in forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Floréal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Floréal
trans_list: bloemmaand | floréal
sense:
(historical) The eighth month of the French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 19 or 20.


lexentry: eng/Flying_Dutchman__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flying Dutchman
trans_list: Vliegende Hollander
sense:
(nautical, _, folklore) A mythical Dutch-flagged ghost clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. In European naval folklore, it was considered to portend bad luck.


lexentry: eng/Flying_Fortress__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flying Fortress
trans_list: Vliegend Fort
sense:
(informal) The Boeing B-17, a United States WWII heavy bomber, based upon a reputation for toughness and reliability, as well as its relatively heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload.


lexentry: eng/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Flying Spaghetti Monster
trans_list: Vliegend Spaghettimonster
sense:
(humorous) A deity consisting of spaghetti and meatballs, the creator of the universe according to the religion of Pastafarianism.


lexentry: eng/Fomalhaut__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fomalhaut
trans_list: Fomalhaut
sense:
(star) The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.


lexentry: eng/Fordism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fordism
trans_list: fordisme
sense:
An economic and social system based on industrial mass production, where the worker is paid relatively high wages in order to buy in large quantity the products turned out in mass production.


lexentry: eng/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
trans_list: de vier ruiters van de Apocalyps
sense:
(biblical) Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.


lexentry: eng/Fourier_series__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fourier series
trans_list: Fourierreeks
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) Any series resulting from the decomposition of a periodic function into terms involving cosines and sines (or, equivalently, complex exponentials).


lexentry: eng/Fourier_transform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fourier transform
trans_list: Fourier-transformatie | Fouriertransformatie
sense:
(analysis, harmonic analysis, physics, electrical engineering) A particular integral transform that when applied to a function of time (such as a signal), converts the function to one that plots the original function's frequency composition; the resultant function of such a conversion.


lexentry: eng/Fourth_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Fourth World
trans_list: vierde wereld
sense:
(informal, derogatory, attributive) A notional standard of living or level of development lower than that in the stereotyped Third World.


lexentry: eng/France__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: France
trans_list: Frankrijk
sense:
A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.


lexentry: eng/Franche-Comté__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Franche-Comté
trans_list: Franche-Comté
sense:
(historical) A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.


lexentry: eng/Franciscan__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Franciscan
trans_list: franciscaans | franciscaner
sense:
Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.


lexentry: eng/Franciscan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Franciscan
trans_list: franciscaan | franciscanes | fremineur | minderbroeder
sense:
A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.


lexentry: eng/Franconia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Franconia
trans_list: Franken
sense:
A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.


lexentry: eng/Frank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frank
trans_list: Frank
sense:
One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.


lexentry: eng/Franklin's_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Franklin's gull
trans_list: Franklins meeuw
sense:
A migratory gull that breeds in the Northern Hemisphere and winters in the Southern Hemisphere; Leucophaeus pipixcan.


lexentry: eng/FreeCell__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: FreeCell
trans_list: FreeCell
sense:
A solitaire card game, similar to Klondike but with the addition of cells where one card can be placed at a time.


lexentry: eng/Freemason__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Freemason
trans_list: vrijmetselaar
sense:
A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.


lexentry: eng/French_Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Congo
trans_list: Frans-Kongo
sense:
(historical) A former colony of France (1880–1910), established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Central African Republic, later becoming French Equatorial Africa.


lexentry: eng/French_Equatorial_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Equatorial Africa
trans_list: Frans-Equatoriaal-Afrika
sense:
(historical) A federation of former French colonies in Central Africa, stretching from the Sahara to the Congo River, comprising the following colonised countries (present names as independent republics in parentheses if different): Chad, French Congo (Republic of the Congo), Gabon and Ubangi-Shari (Central African Republic).


lexentry: eng/French_Guiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Guiana
trans_list: Frans-Guyana
sense:
An overseas department and administrative region of France in South America. Official name: Department of French Guiana.


lexentry: eng/French_India__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French India
trans_list: Frans Indië
sense:
A former French colony in South Asia consisting of several geographically separated enclaves in modern India: Pondicherry (the joint governor's capital), Chandernagor (Chandernagore), Mahé (Mahe), Masulipatam, Yanam (Yanaon) and Karikal.


lexentry: eng/French_Indochina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Indochina
trans_list: Frans-Indochina
sense:
A group of former French colonies, later a confederation of associated states, existing in Indochina in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954 and consisting of the current territories of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.


lexentry: eng/French_Louisiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Louisiana
trans_list: Frans Louisiana
sense:
(historical) The French vast colony of Louisiana in North America, part of New France, sold to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.


lexentry: eng/French_Polynesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Polynesia
trans_list: Frans-Polynesië
sense:
An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of French Polynesia.


lexentry: eng/French_Revolution__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French Revolution
trans_list: Franse Revolutie
sense:
(historical) A period in France of radical social and political upheaval which saw the country change from a monarchy to a republic (1789–1799).


lexentry: eng/French__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French
trans_list: Frans
sense:
(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.


lexentry: eng/French_paradox__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: French paradox
trans_list: Franse paradox
sense:
The observation that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease, despite having a diet relatively rich in saturated fats.


lexentry: eng/Freudian_slip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Freudian slip
trans_list: freudiaanse verspreking
sense:
(psychology) A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.


lexentry: eng/Friday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Friday
trans_list: vrijdag
sense:
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.


lexentry: eng/Frimaire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frimaire
trans_list: frimaire | rijpmaand
sense:
(historical) The third month of the French Republican Calendar, from November 21, 22 or 23 to December 20, 21 or 22.


lexentry: eng/Frisia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frisia
trans_list: Friesland
sense:
(historical) A coastal geographical region in Western Europe, along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands (including the present-day province of Frisia; see below) and smaller parts of northern Germany (including present-day East Frisia). It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians.


lexentry: eng/Frisian_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frisian Islands
trans_list: Waddeneilanden
sense:
An archipelago in the eastern North Sea, off the coasts of mainland Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Frisian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Frisian
trans_list: Fries | Frieslands
sense:
Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).


lexentry: eng/Frisian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frisian
trans_list: Fries | Friezin
sense:
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).


lexentry: eng/Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Frisian
trans_list: Fries
sense:
A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.


lexentry: eng/Fructidor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Fructidor
trans_list: fructidor | vruchtmaand
sense:
(historical) The twelfth and final month of the French Republican Calendar, from August 18 or 19 to September 16 or 17.


lexentry: eng/G-flat_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: G-flat major
trans_list: Ges-groot
sense:
(music) a major key with the notes G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F, the key signature of which has 6 flats.


lexentry: eng/GDPR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: GDPR
trans_list: AVG
sense:
(European Union, _, law) Initialism of w:General Data Protection Regulation, a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).


lexentry: eng/GPS_receiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: GPS receiver
trans_list: gps
sense:
An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.


lexentry: eng/G_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: G major
trans_list: G-groot | G-majeur
sense:
(music) The major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, the key signature of which has one sharp.


lexentry: eng/Gaelic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gaelic
trans_list: Gaelisch
sense:
Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.


lexentry: eng/Gaia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Gaia
trans_list: Gaia
sense:
(Greek goddess) A Greek goddess, the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend.


lexentry: eng/Galatians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Galatians
trans_list: Galaten
sense:
(biblical) The ninth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians.


lexentry: eng/Galego__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Galego
trans_list: Galicisch
sense:
A language spoken in the region of Galicia in the Northwestern corner of the Spanish peninsula and which is related to Portuguese. It is believed to be the parent language of Portuguese and shares many similarities with it, but typically uses Spanish orthography.


lexentry: eng/Galician__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Galician
trans_list: Galicisch
sense:
(uncountable) The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.


lexentry: eng/Galileo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Galileo
trans_list: Galilea
sense:
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics.


lexentry: eng/Gambel's_quail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gambel's quail
trans_list: helmkwartel
sense:
A quail of North America (of the US-American southwest and the Mexican northwest), Callipepla gambelii.


lexentry: eng/Gang_of_Four__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gang of Four
trans_list: Bende van Vier
sense:
(China, historical, politics) A radical political faction composed of four Communist Party of China officials that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.


lexentry: eng/Ganymede__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ganymede
trans_list: Ganymedes
sense:
(Greek god) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.


lexentry: eng/Garden_of_Eden__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Garden of Eden
trans_list: hof van Eden
sense:
(Abrahamism) In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.


lexentry: eng/Gaul__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gaul
trans_list: Gallië
sense:
(chiefly, historic) A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine.


lexentry: eng/Gehenna__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gehenna
trans_list: gehenna
sense:
In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation.


lexentry: eng/Gemini__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gemini
trans_list: Tweelingen
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.


lexentry: eng/Gemini__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Gemini
trans_list: Tweelingen
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Generation_X__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Generation X
trans_list: Generatie X
sense:
(specifically) The generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II, especially those born from the mid 1960s to early 1980s, sometimes characterized as cynical, disaffected, lacking direction in life, and unwilling to take part fully in society.


lexentry: eng/Geneva_Convention__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Geneva Convention
trans_list: Geneefse Conventie
sense:
(international law) Any of four international treaties that define the required treatment for prisoners of war by their captors.


lexentry: eng/Genoa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Genoa
trans_list: Genua
sense:
A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.


lexentry: eng/Georgia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Georgia
trans_list: Georgië
sense:
A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.


lexentry: eng/Georgia__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Georgia
trans_list: Georgia | Georgië
sense:
A state in the Southern United States. Capital: Atlanta. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760).


lexentry: eng/Georgian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Georgian
trans_list: Georgisch
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.


lexentry: eng/German_Democratic_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German Democratic Republic
trans_list: Duitse Democratische Republiek
sense:
(historical) Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.


lexentry: eng/German_East_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German East Africa
trans_list: Duits-Oost-Afrika
sense:
A former German colony in East Africa, spread mostly over present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.


lexentry: eng/German_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German Empire
trans_list: Duitse Keizerrijk | Duitse Rijk
sense:
(historical) A former German empire and country that existed between 1871 and 1918. Capital: Berlin.


lexentry: eng/German__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: German
trans_list: Duits | Duitse
sense:
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.


lexentry: eng/German__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: German
trans_list: Germaan | Germaanse
sense:
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.


lexentry: eng/German__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: German
trans_list: achtste cicero
sense:
(uncountable, US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+1⁄2-point type.


lexentry: eng/German__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German
trans_list: Duits | Duitse
sense:
(uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.


lexentry: eng/German_chamomile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German chamomile
trans_list: kamille
sense:
An annual plant, Matricaria recutita, of the aster family, which is the type of camomile most used for tea.


lexentry: eng/German_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: German studies
trans_list: germanistiek
sense:
(humanities) A field that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms.


lexentry: eng/Germania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Germania
trans_list: Germanië
sense:
(historical) An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples.


lexentry: eng/Germanic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Germanic
trans_list: Germaans
sense:
(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.


lexentry: eng/Germanist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Germanist
trans_list: germanist
sense:
(humanities, ;, dated) A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Germany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Germany
trans_list: Duitsland
sense:
A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin.


lexentry: eng/Germinal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Germinal
trans_list: germinal | kiemmaand
sense:
(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.


lexentry: eng/Gethsemane__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gethsemane
trans_list: Getsemane
sense:
A biblical location in ancient Jerusalem, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion.


lexentry: eng/Ghost_Festival__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ghost Festival
trans_list: geestenfeest
sense:
A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.


lexentry: eng/Ghost_of_Christmas_Past__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ghost of Christmas Past
trans_list: Geest van Voorbije Kerstmis
sense:
A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.


lexentry: eng/Ghost_of_Christmas_Present__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ghost of Christmas Present
trans_list: Geest van Huidig Kerstmis
sense:
A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.


lexentry: eng/Gila_monster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gila monster
trans_list: gilahagedis | gilamonster
sense:
A venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/Girl_Scout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Girl Scout
trans_list: padvindster
sense:
(US) A member of the Girl Scouts, a worldwide youth organization for girls, known as Girl Guides in Commonwealth countries.


lexentry: eng/Giza__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Giza
trans_list: Gizeh
sense:
A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.


lexentry: eng/Glagolitic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Glagolitic
trans_list: Glagolitisch
sense:
(linguistics) The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic.


lexentry: eng/Glastonbury__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Glastonbury
trans_list: Glastonbury
sense:
A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).


lexentry: eng/Global_South__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Global South
trans_list: globale zuiden
sense:
(geopolitics) A region predominantly composed of the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia excluding Japan and South Korea, regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide opposite to the Global North.


lexentry: eng/Gnosticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gnosticism
trans_list: gnosticisme
sense:
A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.


lexentry: eng/Go_Fish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Go Fish
trans_list: kwartet
sense:
(card games) A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.


lexentry: eng/God-fearing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God-fearing
trans_list: godvrezend
sense:
(religion) Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority.


lexentry: eng/God_bless_you__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God bless you
trans_list: God zegene jou | God zegene u
sense:
May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.


lexentry: eng/God_forbid__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God forbid
trans_list: god verhoede
sense:
(idiomatic, subjunctive, potentially, _, offensive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable


lexentry: eng/God_the_Father__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God the Father
trans_list: God de Vader
sense:
(Christian, _, theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and Father of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/God_the_Holy_Ghost__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God the Holy Ghost
trans_list: God de Heilige Geest
sense:
(Christian, _, theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly, inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either (Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.


lexentry: eng/God_the_Son__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: God the Son
trans_list: God de Zoon
sense:
(Christian, _, theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the Word of God, which became flesh—incarnated—in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.


lexentry: eng/God_works_in_mysterious_ways__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: God works in mysterious ways
trans_list: Gods wegen zijn ondoorgrondelijk
sense:
Commenting that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run.


lexentry: eng/Godspeed__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Godspeed
trans_list: ga met God | succes
sense:
(literary) Used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.


lexentry: eng/Golaghat__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Golaghat
trans_list: Golaghat
sense:
A city in Assam, India, situated near the Dhansiri River in Upper – Assam, and one of the oldest urban agglomerations, raised to the status of a subdivision way back in 1839, and later elevated to a district in 1987.


lexentry: eng/Golden_Fleece__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Golden Fleece
trans_list: gulden vlies
sense:
(Greek mythology) A magical fleece from a winged ram guarded by the hydra in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts.


lexentry: eng/Golden_Fleece__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Golden Fleece
trans_list: gulden vlies
sense:
A chivalric order founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy. Later awarded in Spain and Habsburg Austria.


lexentry: eng/Goldilocks__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Goldilocks
trans_list: Goudlokje
sense:
The protagonist of a traditional fairy tale. She is a golden-haired young girl who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her.


lexentry: eng/Gollum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gollum
trans_list: Gollem | Sméagol
sense:
A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.


lexentry: eng/Gomez's_Hamburger__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gomez's Hamburger
trans_list: Gomez's Hamburgernevel
sense:
(astronomy) A young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.


lexentry: eng/Gomorrah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gomorrah
trans_list: Gomorra
sense:
(Biblical) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/Good_Friday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Good Friday
trans_list: Goede Vrijdag
sense:
(Christianity) The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.


lexentry: eng/Good_King_Henry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Good King Henry
trans_list: brave hendrik
sense:
A goosefoot of species Blitum bonus-henricus (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/Goth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Goth
trans_list: Goot
sense:
A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Gothenburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gothenburg
trans_list: Gotenburg | Göteborg
sense:
A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.


lexentry: eng/Gothic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Gothic
trans_list: Gotisch
sense:
(architecture) Of or relating to the architectural style favored in Western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries, with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, etc. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/Gothic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Gothic
trans_list: Gotisch | gothic
sense:
(literature) Of or relating to the style of fictional writing associated with Gothic fiction, emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Gothic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: Gothic
trans_list: Gotisch
sense:
(typography, USA) Of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also known as grotesque or lineal.


lexentry: eng/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Grand Duchy of Lithuania
trans_list: Groothertogdom Litouwen
sense:
(historical) A former duchy in Eastern Europe from the 13th century until 1795, encompassing at its maximum the territory of modern-day Lithuania and Belarus, a large part of Ukraine, and small parts of Russia and Poland.


lexentry: eng/Grandmaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Grandmaster
trans_list: grootmeester
sense:
(chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. [From 1950.]


lexentry: eng/Graz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Graz
trans_list: Graz
sense:
The capital of and largest city in the state of Styria, Austria, and the second-largest city in the country.


lexentry: eng/Great_Artesian_Basin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Artesian Basin
trans_list: Groot Artesisch Bekken
sense:
The largest and deepest artesian basin in the world which provides the only source of fresh water through much of inland Australia.


lexentry: eng/Great_Bear__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Bear
trans_list: Grote Beer
sense:
(constellation) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.


lexentry: eng/Great_Britain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Britain
trans_list: Groot-Brittannië
sense:
A large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales.


lexentry: eng/Great_Britain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Great Britain
trans_list: Groot-Brittannië
sense:
(loosely) The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/Great_Lakes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Lakes
trans_list: Grote Meren
sense:
A group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (Lake Michigan–Huron), Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.


lexentry: eng/Great_Leap_Forward__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Leap Forward
trans_list: Grote Sprong Voorwaarts
sense:
(historical) A vast economic and social plan lasting from 1958 to 1961 which aimed to use the Chinese population to rapidly transform the Communist China from a primarily agrarian economy by peasant farmers into a modern communist society through agriculturalization and industrialization, but failed disastrously (resulting in massive famine and the deaths of many millions of people).


lexentry: eng/Great_Patriotic_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Patriotic War
trans_list: Grote Vaderlandse Oorlog
sense:
(historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) The German-Soviet war (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945).


lexentry: eng/Great_Plains__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Plains
trans_list: Great Plains
sense:
The relatively flat region of United States and Canada consisting of grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south.


lexentry: eng/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Pyramid of Giza
trans_list: piramide van Cheops
sense:
The largest and most famous of the Egyptian pyramids, and the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.


lexentry: eng/Great_Schism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Schism
trans_list: Groot Schisma | Oosters Schisma
sense:
(Christianity, historical) The split between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in 1054.


lexentry: eng/Great_Vowel_Shift__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Vowel Shift
trans_list: grote klinkerverschuiving
sense:
(phonology) A major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700.


lexentry: eng/Great_Wall_of_China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Great Wall of China
trans_list: Chinese Muur
sense:
An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.


lexentry: eng/Greater_Armenia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greater Armenia
trans_list: Groter Armenië
sense:
(historical) Ancient Armenian kingdom in the Armenian Highlands, stretching from Euphrates to Kura river, Caspian Sea and lake Urmia, and existing from 190 B.C.E. to 428 C.E. Traditionally divided into 15 provinces: Aghdznik, Artsakh, Ayrarat, Corduene, Gugark, Moxoene, Parskahayk, Paytakaran, Sophene, Syunik, Tayk, Turuberan, Upper Armenia, Utik, Vaspurakan.


lexentry: eng/Greater_London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greater London
trans_list: Groot-Londen
sense:
An administrative region of England, combining the City of London and 32 London boroughs, including the City of Westminster, 3 Royal Boroughs and 28 London Boroughs.


lexentry: eng/Greater_London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Greater London
trans_list: Groot-Londen
sense:
A ceremonial county of England, combining all of the administrative region except the City of London, which is its own ceremonial county.


lexentry: eng/Greek_Orthodox_Church__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greek Orthodox Church
trans_list: Grieks-orthodoxe Kerk
sense:
A group of Eastern Orthodox churches comprising the churches of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Cyprus and Greece.


lexentry: eng/Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greek
trans_list: Grieks
sense:
The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.


lexentry: eng/Greek_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greek fire
trans_list: Grieks vuur
sense:
(historical) A highly flammable substance of unknown composition first used by the Greeks of Constantinople in the 7th century C.E. to set fire to enemy ships, buildings, etc.


lexentry: eng/Green_Zone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Green Zone
trans_list: Groene Zone
sense:
A district of Baghdad, Iraq: A fortified high-security district of Baghdad; established by the United States occupation force in the wake of the U.S.-Iraq War invasion of 2003; which contains major international hotels, international organizations and forces headquarters, Iraqi national ministries and government offices, and VIP residences.


lexentry: eng/Greenland_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greenland Sea
trans_list: Groenlandzee
sense:
a sea area to the east of Greenland, bounded by Iceland, the Norwegian Sea, Svalbard and the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Greenwich__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Greenwich
trans_list: Groenewijk
sense:
A town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).


lexentry: eng/Gregorian_calendar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gregorian calendar
trans_list: gregoriaanse kalender
sense:
The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.


lexentry: eng/Grim_Reaper__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Grim Reaper
trans_list: Magere Hein | Pietje de Dood | engel des doods | zeisenman
sense:
A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.


lexentry: eng/Grimm's_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Grimm's law
trans_list: eerste Germaanse klankverschuiving | wet van Grimm
sense:
(indo-european studies) A sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic, causing devoicing or change into a fricative.


lexentry: eng/Grus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Grus
trans_list: hijskraan
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.


lexentry: eng/Gryffindor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gryffindor
trans_list: griffioendeur
sense:
(sometimes used attributively) A person having traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series, including bravery, boldness, or an affinity for lions or the colours red and gold.


lexentry: eng/Guadeloupe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Guadeloupe
trans_list: Guadeloupe
sense:
An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.


lexentry: eng/Guam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Guam
trans_list: Guam
sense:
An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.


lexentry: eng/Guillain-Barré_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Guillain-Barré syndrome
trans_list: syndroom van Guillain-Barré
sense:
(neurology, disease) Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.


lexentry: eng/Guinea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Guinea
trans_list: Guinee
sense:
(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.


lexentry: eng/Gulf_of_Alaska__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gulf of Alaska
trans_list: Golf van Alaska
sense:
An arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east


lexentry: eng/Gulf_of_Finland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gulf of Finland
trans_list: Finse Golf
sense:
An arm of the Baltic Sea that separates the European countries of Estonia and Finland. On its eastern end, the Neva at the Russian city of St. Petersburg empties into it.


lexentry: eng/Gulf_of_Mexico__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gulf of Mexico
trans_list: Golf van Mexico
sense:
A gulf to the south of the United States, to the east and north of Mexico, and to the north of Cuba.


lexentry: eng/Gulf_of_Riga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gulf of Riga
trans_list: Golf van Riga
sense:
The inland body of water that is part of the Baltic Sea in eastern Europe and is near Latvia and Estonia.


lexentry: eng/Gulf_of_Thailand__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gulf of Thailand
trans_list: Golf van Thailand
sense:
An inland body of water in the Pacific Ocean that is southeast of Southeast Asia below the countries of Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, and is close to the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia.


lexentry: eng/Guria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Guria
trans_list: Goeria
sense:
A region of Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea with Ozurgeti as its regional capital.


lexentry: eng/Gurkha__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Gurkha
trans_list: Gurkha
sense:
A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.


lexentry: eng/Guyana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Guyana
trans_list: Guyana
sense:
A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Capital and largest city: Georgetown.


lexentry: eng/Gypsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Gypsy
trans_list: zigeuner | zigeunerin
sense:
(sometimes, offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).


lexentry: eng/H-hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: H-hour
trans_list: uur U
sense:
(figuratively) The hour at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin, as used in United States military.


lexentry: eng/HTTP_cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: HTTP cookie
trans_list: cookie
sense:
(Internet) A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.


lexentry: eng/Haarlemmermeer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Haarlemmermeer
trans_list: Haarlemmermeer
sense:
A former lake in North Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852.


lexentry: eng/Habakkuk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Habakkuk
trans_list: Habakuk
sense:
(book of the bible) A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.


lexentry: eng/Hadean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hadean
trans_list: hadeïcum
sense:
(geology) The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.


lexentry: eng/Hades__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hades
trans_list: hel | Hades
sense:
(Greek god) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.


lexentry: eng/Hail_Mary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hail Mary
trans_list: weesgegroetje
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer, of established or conventional wording, calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary.


lexentry: eng/Haitian_Creole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Haitian Creole
trans_list: Haïtiaans Creools
sense:
A language spoken in Haiti; developed first as a creole based on French and several West African languages.


lexentry: eng/Halloween__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Halloween
trans_list: Halloween | allerheiligenavond
sense:
The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.


lexentry: eng/Hamiltonian_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hamiltonian cycle
trans_list: Hamiltoncykel
sense:
(graph theory) A Hamiltonian path with an additional connection between the first and last vertices visited, forming a cycle.


lexentry: eng/Hamlet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hamlet
trans_list: Hamlet
sense:
The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.


lexentry: eng/Han__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Han
trans_list: Han-dynastie
sense:
An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development


lexentry: eng/Hannibal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hannibal
trans_list: Hannibal
sense:
A en given name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.


lexentry: eng/Hanse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hanse
trans_list: Hanze
sense:
(historical) A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.


lexentry: eng/Hanseatic_League__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hanseatic League
trans_list: Hanze
sense:
(historical) The commercial and military alliance of Low German merchant guilds and privileged market towns which dominated trade along the coasts of northern Europe from the mid-12th to mid-17th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Hansel_and_Gretel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hansel and Gretel
trans_list: Hans en Grietje
sense:
A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.


lexentry: eng/Hanukkah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hanukkah
trans_list: Chanoeka
sense:
(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.


lexentry: eng/Haratin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Haratin
trans_list: Haratin
sense:
A member of a group of dark-skinned African people in Maghreb and Western part of Sahara (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), who often form a distinct social class.


lexentry: eng/Harlem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Harlem
trans_list: Harlem
sense:
A neighborhood in northern Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York State, United States, currently known for its black population.


lexentry: eng/Harz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Harz
trans_list: Harz
sense:
A mountain range in central Germany; its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.


lexentry: eng/Hashemite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hashemite
trans_list: hasjemiet
sense:
One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.


lexentry: eng/Haskell__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Haskell
trans_list: Haskell
sense:
(programming language) A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.


lexentry: eng/Hattusa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hattusa
trans_list: Hattusa | Hattusas | Hattush | Hattusha
sense:
The ancient capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, whose ruins are located in what is now Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Hawaii__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Hawaii
trans_list: Hawaï | Hawaii
sense:
(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.


lexentry: eng/Hazaragi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hazaragi
trans_list: Hazaragi
sense:
A dialect of Persian spoken by the Hazaras in Hazarajat in Afghanistan as well as parts of Balochistan in Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/Headless_Horseman__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Headless Horseman
trans_list: ruiter zonder hoofd
sense:
A mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages, who is traditionally depicted as a man upon horseback who is missing his head.


lexentry: eng/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
trans_list: Heard en McDonaldeilanden
sense:
A volcanic group of uninhabited Antarctic islands, an external territory of Australia lying between Madagascar and Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/Hebe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hebe
trans_list: Hebe
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.


lexentry: eng/Hebrew_Bible__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hebrew Bible
trans_list: Hebreeuwse Bijbel
sense:
(Abrahamism) The sacred texts of Judaism, consisting of the Law (Torah), the Prophets, and the Hagiographa.


lexentry: eng/Hebrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hebrew
trans_list: Hebreeuwse | Hebreeuwsen | Hebreeër | Hebreeërs | Hebreïnne
sense:
(countable) A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.


lexentry: eng/Hegelian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hegelian
trans_list: Hegelisch
sense:
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).


lexentry: eng/Heilsgeschichte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Heilsgeschichte
trans_list: heilsgeschiedenis | heilshistorie
sense:
(theology) History seen as the work of God's salvation. (Especially, in Christianity, the history of the Old Testament, seen as a preparation for the coming of Christ.)


lexentry: eng/Heimlich_maneuver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Heimlich maneuver
trans_list: heimlichmanoeuvre
sense:
(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient is lifted from behind, squeezing their diaphragm to expel air and thereby dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe.


lexentry: eng/Hel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hel
trans_list: Hel
sense:
(religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.


lexentry: eng/Heliopolis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Heliopolis
trans_list: Heliopolis
sense:
(historical) The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt.


lexentry: eng/Helios__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Helios
trans_list: Helios
sense:
(Greek god) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.


lexentry: eng/Hellenistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hellenistic
trans_list: hellenistisch
sense:
Of or relating to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art after the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 B.C.) – though this end-point is often debated, and can range from 146BC to 330AD [*].


lexentry: eng/Helvetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Helvetic
trans_list: Helvetisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitants of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions.


lexentry: eng/Hera__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hera
trans_list: Hera
sense:
(Greek god) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.


lexentry: eng/Heracles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Heracles
trans_list: Herakles
sense:
(Greek mythology) : Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.


lexentry: eng/Hercules__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hercules
trans_list: Hercules
sense:
(Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.


lexentry: eng/Hercules__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hercules
trans_list: Hercules
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.


lexentry: eng/Herero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Herero
trans_list: Herero
sense:
A member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.


lexentry: eng/Hermes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hermes
trans_list: Hermes
sense:
(Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.


lexentry: eng/Hertzsprung-Russell_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
trans_list: Hertzsprung-Russelldiagram
sense:
(astronomy) A graphic representation of the absolute magnitude of stars against their color (or surface temperature), which shows the main sequence of stars plus the white dwarfs and red giants.


lexentry: eng/Hesiod__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hesiod
trans_list: Hesiodus
sense:
Ancient Greek poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.


lexentry: eng/Hettangian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hettangian
trans_list: Hettangien
sense:
The corresponding lowest stage of the Jurassic system, marked by the lowest strata in which the neoammonite genus Psiloceras appears.


lexentry: eng/Hezbollah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hezbollah
trans_list: Hezbollah
sense:
A political and military Shi'a Islamic organization that arose after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.


lexentry: eng/Higgs_boson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Higgs boson
trans_list: Higgsboson | Higgsdeeltje
sense:
(particle) An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles.


lexentry: eng/Highway_Code__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Highway Code
trans_list: Reglement Verkeersregels en Verkeerstekens
sense:
The official road safety manual for the United Kingdom, covering pedestrians, animals, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers.


lexentry: eng/Hijra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hijra
trans_list: hedjra | hidjra
sense:
The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).


lexentry: eng/Himalayan_balsam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Himalayan balsam
trans_list: reuzenbalsemien
sense:
A large annual plant, Impatiens glandulifera, native to the Himalayas, which has become invasive in many other places.


lexentry: eng/Himalayan_salt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Himalayan salt
trans_list: himalayazout
sense:
A form of rock salt from the Punjab region, sometimes pinkish in colour, used for seasoning food and for making decorative lamps etc.


lexentry: eng/Himalayas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Himalayas
trans_list: Himalaya
sense:
The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma.


lexentry: eng/Himeros__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Himeros
trans_list: Himeros
sense:
(Greek mythology) The Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.


lexentry: eng/Hindi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hindi
trans_list: Hindi
sense:
The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.


lexentry: eng/Hinduism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hinduism
trans_list: hindoeïsme
sense:
A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.


lexentry: eng/Hindustani__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hindustani
trans_list: Hindoestani
sense:
The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.


lexentry: eng/Hispaniola__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hispaniola
trans_list: Hispaniola
sense:
An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.


lexentry: eng/Hispaniolan_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hispaniolan crossbill
trans_list: hispaniolakruisbek
sense:
Loxia megaplaga, a crossbill that is endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and the only one of its genus in the Caribbean.


lexentry: eng/Hittite__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hittite
trans_list: Hettitisch | Hittitisch
sense:
An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.


lexentry: eng/Hmong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hmong
trans_list: Hmong
sense:
A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.


lexentry: eng/Hogwarts__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hogwarts
trans_list: Zweinstein
sense:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.


lexentry: eng/Hokkien__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hokkien
trans_list: Hokkien
sense:
(chiefly, Southeast Asia) A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and by overseas Chinese of Hoklo descent, such as in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.


lexentry: eng/Holiness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holiness
trans_list: heiligheid
sense:
(countable) Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope.


lexentry: eng/Holland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holland
trans_list: Holland
sense:
A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.


lexentry: eng/Hollywood__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hollywood
trans_list: Hollywood
sense:
A neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.


lexentry: eng/Holocaust__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holocaust
trans_list: Holocaust | Sjoa | jodenvervolging
sense:
(historical, narrowly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.


lexentry: eng/Holocaust__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Holocaust
trans_list: Holocaust | Sjoa | jodenvervolging
sense:
(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.


lexentry: eng/Holocene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holocene
trans_list: holoceen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.


lexentry: eng/Holofernes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holofernes
trans_list: Holofernes
sense:
a character in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar, beheaded by Judith.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Communion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Communion
trans_list: communie
sense:
The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist; (in particular) the reception of the body and blood of Christ (the consecrated bread and wine), which is believed to bring about communion between the recipient and Christ.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Grail__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Grail
trans_list: Heilige Graal
sense:
(Arthurian mythology) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Land__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Land
trans_list: Heilig Land
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) That part of the Middle East, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Prepuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Prepuce
trans_list: heilige voorhuid
sense:
Any of several sacred or holy foreskins (Latin sānctum praepūtium) allegedly from the circumcision of the baby Jesus on the eighth day of his life.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Roman_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Roman Empire
trans_list: Heilige Roomse Rijk
sense:
(historical) A former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Holy_See__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy See
trans_list: Heilige Stoel
sense:
The episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Catholic Church. It is also the sovereign entity headed by the Pope which governs the Vatican and represents the Catholic Church in temporal affairs.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Spirit__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Spirit
trans_list: Heilige Geest
sense:
(Christianity) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.


lexentry: eng/Holy_Week__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Holy Week
trans_list: Goede Week
sense:
The week preceding Easter containing Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), Holy Friday (Good Friday), and Holy Saturday.


lexentry: eng/Home_Office__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Home Office
trans_list: ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken
sense:
(British, UK politics) The British government department, headed by the Home Secretary, responsible for security and law enforcement in England and Wales.


lexentry: eng/Hong_Kong__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hong Kong
trans_list: Hongkong
sense:
A city and special administrative region in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.


lexentry: eng/Horologium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Horologium
trans_list: Slingeruurwerk
sense:
(astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.


lexentry: eng/House_of_Representatives__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: House of Representatives
trans_list: Huis van Afgevaardigden
sense:
The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.


lexentry: eng/Hubble_constant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hubble constant
trans_list: wet van Hubble
sense:
(astronomy) A number that expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal determines the age of the universe.


lexentry: eng/Hudson_Bay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hudson Bay
trans_list: Hudsonbaai
sense:
A gulf of Nunavut, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large arctic sea, surrounded on three sides, by Quebec on the east, Nunavut to the west, Manitoba to the southwest, Ontario on the south, and extending southeast becoming James Bay. To the north lies the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Hudsonian_godwit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hudsonian godwit
trans_list: hudsongrutto
sense:
An American wader, Limosa haemastica, gathering on the shores of Hudson Bay to migrate to South America each autumn.


lexentry: eng/Human_Genome_Project__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Human Genome Project
trans_list: menselijkgenoomproject
sense:
(genetics) An organized international scientific endeavour to determine the complete structure of human genetic material (DNA), identify all the genes, and to understand their function.


lexentry: eng/Hungarian_People's_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hungarian People's Republic
trans_list: Volksrepubliek Hongarije
sense:
(historical) Former official name of Hungary: a country in Central Europe; used from 1949 to 1989 when it was a one-party, Marxist-Leninist state.


lexentry: eng/Hungarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hungarian
trans_list: Hongaars | Hongaarse
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.


lexentry: eng/Hungarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hungarian
trans_list: Hongaar | Hongaarse
sense:
A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.


lexentry: eng/Hungarian_notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hungarian notation
trans_list: hongaarse notatie
sense:
(computing, programming) A naming convention in which the name of a variable indicates its data type and intended use by including abbreviations as prefixes.


lexentry: eng/Huntington's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Huntington's disease
trans_list: ziekte van Huntington
sense:
(disease, neurology) A hereditary disorder of the basal ganglia that leads to progressive loss of motor coordination.


lexentry: eng/Hydra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hydra
trans_list: Waterslang
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.


lexentry: eng/Hydrus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hydrus
trans_list: Kleine Waterslang
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a small serpent. It lies between the constellations Mensa and Tucana. It is not to be confused with the constellation Hydra.


lexentry: eng/Hygiea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hygiea
trans_list: Hygieia
sense:
(Greek god) Ancient Greek goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation. Her Roman name is Hygēa/Hygīa or Salus.


lexentry: eng/Hygieia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hygieia
trans_list: Hygieia
sense:
(Greek deities) The goddess and personification of health and healthiness, a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.


lexentry: eng/Hypatia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Hypatia
trans_list: Hypatia
sense:
(historical) Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.


lexentry: eng/Hypnos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Hypnos
trans_list: Hypnos
sense:
(Greek god) The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.


lexentry: eng/Höðr__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Höðr
trans_list: Hodr
sense:
(Norse mythology) The blind son of the Norse gods Odin and Frigg, whom Loki tricked into shooting Baldur with a mistletoe arrow.


lexentry: eng/I'll_call_the_police__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I'll call the police
trans_list: ik bel de politie
sense:
Indicates that the speaker is going to call the police, presumably to counter actions from the interlocutor.


lexentry: eng/I'm_hot__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I'm hot
trans_list: ik ben heet | ik ben warm | ik heb het warm
sense:
Indicates that the speaker is hot (i.e. feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort)


lexentry: eng/I'm_sorry__Phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: I'm sorry
trans_list: het spijt me | ik bied mijn excuses aan
sense:
(with an upward inflection) Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?; see also Thesaurus:say again


lexentry: eng/I-beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I-beam
trans_list: I-profiel
sense:
(engineering) A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.


lexentry: eng/IP_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: IP address
trans_list: IP-adres
sense:
(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.


lexentry: eng/ISIS__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ISIS
trans_list: ISIS
sense:
A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]


lexentry: eng/ISP__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ISP
trans_list: internetaanbieder | internetprovider
sense:
(Internet) Initialism of Internet service provider (a company that provides Internet access for a fee)


lexentry: eng/I_do__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I do
trans_list: ja
sense:
A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage.


lexentry: eng/I_have_a_fever__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I have a fever
trans_list: ik heb koorts | ik heb verhoging
sense:
Indicates that the speaker has an abnormally high body temperature, which is usually a symptom of a disease.


lexentry: eng/I_know__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I know
trans_list: weten
sense:
A response used to indicate that speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.


lexentry: eng/I_know_you_are_but_what_am_I?__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I know you are but what am I?
trans_list: wat je zegt, ben je zelf
sense:
(rhetorical question, colloquial, childish) Assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.


lexentry: eng/I_miss_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I miss you
trans_list: ik mis U | ik mis je | ik mis jullie
sense:
An expression of sorrow or sadness about the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.


lexentry: eng/I_tell_a_lie__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I tell a lie
trans_list: liegen
sense:
(chiefly, British, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.


lexentry: eng/I_think,_therefore_I_am__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I think, therefore I am
trans_list: ik denk, dus ik ben
sense:
(philosophy) I am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.


lexentry: eng/I_told_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I told you
trans_list: ik zei het je toch
sense:
(informal, ironic) Used to inform the listener that a statement or affirmation made before was true, despite the listener's doubts.


lexentry: eng/I_told_you_so__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: I told you so
trans_list: da's wat ik u gezegd heb he! | wat heb ik je gezegd?
sense:
(informal, ironic) Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.


lexentry: eng/Iapetus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iapetus
trans_list: Iapetus
sense:
(Greek god) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.


lexentry: eng/Iberia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iberia
trans_list: Iberië | Iberisch Schiereiland
sense:
A peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.


lexentry: eng/Iberia__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iberia
trans_list: Iberië
sense:
(historical) An antique and Byzantine name for the geographic region and ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia.


lexentry: eng/Iberian_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iberian Peninsula
trans_list: Iberisch Schiereiland
sense:
A peninsula located in the extreme southwest of Europe which includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar, bordered on the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Pyrenees forming the northeast edge of the peninsula, connecting it to the rest of Europe.


lexentry: eng/Iberian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iberian
trans_list: Iberiër
sense:
(countable) A native of modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.


lexentry: eng/Iberian_chiffchaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iberian chiffchaff
trans_list: Iberische tjiftjaf
sense:
Phylloscopus ibericus, a species of leaf warbler endemic to Portugal, Spain and North Africa, west of a line stretching roughly from the western Pyrenees via the mountains of central Spain to the Atlantic.


lexentry: eng/Icelandic_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Icelandic horse
trans_list: IJslander | IJslands paard | IJslandse pony
sense:
A horse of a small, hardy breed developed from ponies taken to Iceland by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Illinois__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: Illinois
trans_list: Illinois
sense:
A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.


lexentry: eng/Illyria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Illyria
trans_list: Illyrië
sense:
(historical) A vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeast Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania.


lexentry: eng/Immaculate_Conception__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Immaculate Conception
trans_list: onbevlekte ontvangenis
sense:
(Catholicism) The doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church, that the Virgin Mary was conceived biologically but free from original sin.


lexentry: eng/Imperial_Aramaic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Imperial Aramaic
trans_list: Rijksaramees
sense:
(broad sense:, _, sociolinguistics) The chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Imperial_Flanders__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Imperial Flanders
trans_list: Rijksvlaanderen
sense:
The (smaller) part of the countship of Flanders, east of the Scheldt (Escaut), for which the count did not pay homage as vassal of the French king but to the Holy Roman Emperor.


lexentry: eng/Inca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Inca
trans_list: Inca
sense:
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.


lexentry: eng/India__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: India
trans_list: India | Indië
sense:
(chiefly, historical, proscribed, _, in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/Indian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Indian
trans_list: Indiaan | Indiaanse | bok | indiaan | indiaanse | inheemse
sense:
(countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Indian_cobra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indian cobra
trans_list: brilslang
sense:
A cobra of the species Naja naja, having on its hood two circular ocelli patterns connected by a curved line.


lexentry: eng/Indian_coral_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indian coral tree
trans_list: Indische koraalboom
sense:
A tree of species Erythrina variegata, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.


lexentry: eng/Indian_mulberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indian mulberry
trans_list: Indische moerbei
sense:
a small tree of the madder family found from India to Australasia, characterized by shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit; Morinda citrifolia.


lexentry: eng/Indian_summer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indian summer
trans_list: nazomer
sense:
A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn. [from late 18th c., popularized in the early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Indian_sunburn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indian sunburn
trans_list: prikkeldraad
sense:
(slang) The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions.


lexentry: eng/Indianapolis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indianapolis
trans_list: Indianapolis
sense:
The capital city of Indiana, United States and the county seat of Marion County, with which the city is consolidated.


lexentry: eng/Indic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indic
trans_list: Indo-Arisch
sense:
Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants.


lexentry: eng/Indies__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Indies
trans_list: Indië
sense:
(historical) The Western Hemisphere, during the early period of European colonization and exploration.


lexentry: eng/Indochina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indochina
trans_list: Indochina
sense:
(dated) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/Indonesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Indonesia
trans_list: Indonesië
sense:
A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.


lexentry: eng/Industrial_Revolution__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Industrial Revolution
trans_list: industriële revolutie
sense:
(historical) The major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture.


lexentry: eng/Information_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Information Age
trans_list: informatietijdperk
sense:
The current era, characterised by the increasing importance and availability of information (especially by means of computers), as opposed to previous eras (such as the Industrial Age) in which most endeavours related to some physical process or product.


lexentry: eng/Ingvaeonic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ingvaeonic
trans_list: Ingveoons | Noordzeegermaans
sense:
(linguistics) North Sea Germanic, a postulated grouping of the West Germanic languages that comprises Old Frisian, Old English, and Old Saxon (and their descendants).


lexentry: eng/Inner_Mongolia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Inner Mongolia
trans_list: Binnen-Mongolië
sense:
An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.


lexentry: eng/Interlingua__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Interlingua
trans_list: Interlingua
sense:
A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.


lexentry: eng/International_Court_of_Justice__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: International Court of Justice
trans_list: Internationaal Gerechtshof
sense:
(UN) A judicial body of the United Nations, established in 1945 to decide disputes brought by nations.


lexentry: eng/International_Date_Line__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: International Date Line
trans_list: internationale datumgrens
sense:
An imaginary line on the Earth's surface at 180° longitude, mostly through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.


lexentry: eng/International_Monetary_Fund__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: International Monetary Fund
trans_list: Internationaal Monetair Fonds
sense:
The international organization entrusted with overseeing the global financial system by monitoring foreign exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering technical and financial assistance when requested.


lexentry: eng/International_System_of_Units__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: International System of Units
trans_list: SI-stelsel
sense:
(metrology) A standard set of units of measurement for use in scientific literature worldwide. The newest and most widespread version of the metric system.


lexentry: eng/Internationale__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internationale
trans_list: Internationale
sense:
A general left-wing anthem for solidarity and emancipation of the working class, dating back to the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Internet_Protocol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internet Protocol
trans_list: internetprotocol
sense:
(Internet) A communication protocol that enables networking a large number of computers to the Internet by providing the basis for packet switching, routing, addressing and other essential functions of the net.


lexentry: eng/Internet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internet
trans_list: internet
sense:
The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.


lexentry: eng/Internet_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internet address
trans_list: internetadres
sense:
(computing, Internet) Any address that is used to identify a place or resource on the Internet, such as a URL, an IP address, or a domain name.


lexentry: eng/Io__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Io
trans_list: Io
sense:
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.


lexentry: eng/Io__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Io
trans_list: Io
sense:
(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter, known for its volcanic activity, peppered with about 400 active volcanoes.


lexentry: eng/Ionian_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ionian Islands
trans_list: Ionische Eilanden
sense:
A group of islands in the Ionian Sea – one of the 13 peripheries of Greece. The main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante.


lexentry: eng/Iphigenia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iphigenia
trans_list: Iphigenia
sense:
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.


lexentry: eng/Iran__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iran
trans_list: Iran
sense:
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.


lexentry: eng/Iraq__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iraq
trans_list: Irak
sense:
A country in Western Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.


lexentry: eng/Irish_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Irish Sea
trans_list: Ierse Zee
sense:
A sea in British Isles, Europe in the Atlantic. A sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland; bordered to the north by the North Channel and to the south by St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea.


lexentry: eng/Iron_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iron Age
trans_list: ijzertijd
sense:
(mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iron_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Iron Age
trans_list: ijzertijd
sense:
(archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC) [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iron_Curtain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iron Curtain
trans_list: ijzeren gordijn | IJzeren Gordijn
sense:
(historical) The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet-controlled regions, especially during the Cold War (1947–1991). [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iroquois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iroquois
trans_list: Irokees
sense:
A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.


lexentry: eng/Isaac__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isaac
trans_list: Izaäk | Izaak
sense:
(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.


lexentry: eng/Iscariot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iscariot
trans_list: Iskariot
sense:
(Christianity) Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.


lexentry: eng/Isfahan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isfahan
trans_list: Isfahan
sense:
A city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736.


lexentry: eng/Ishmael__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ishmael
trans_list: Ismaël
sense:
(Abrahamism, biblical character) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.


lexentry: eng/Isis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isis
trans_list: Isis
sense:
(Egyptian god) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.


lexentry: eng/Islam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Islam
trans_list: islam
sense:
A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.


lexentry: eng/Islamic_State__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Islamic State
trans_list: Islamitische Staat
sense:
A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.


lexentry: eng/Islamism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Islamism
trans_list: islamisme
sense:
(by extension) Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Isle_of_Man__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isle of Man
trans_list: Man | Eiland Man
sense:
An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/Israel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Israel
trans_list: Israël
sense:
(Biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.


lexentry: eng/Istanbul__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Istanbul
trans_list: Istanboel
sense:
A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).


lexentry: eng/Istria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Istria
trans_list: Istrië
sense:
A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.


lexentry: eng/Istro-Romanian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Istro-Romanian
trans_list: Istro-Roemeens
sense:
An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken in the Istrian region of Croatia, and related to Romanian, Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian.


lexentry: eng/Italian_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian Peninsula
trans_list: Apennijns Schiereiland
sense:
A large peninsula in Southern Europe protruding into the Mediterranean Sea and shaped like a boot. The mountain range of Apennines runs across it from north to south. Occupied almost entirely by Italy.


lexentry: eng/Italian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Italian
trans_list: Italiaans
sense:
(uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/Italian_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian ice
trans_list: Italiaans ijs
sense:
A frozen dessert, resembling ice cream, made from either concentrated syrup flavouring or fruit purées.


lexentry: eng/Italian_oak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian oak
trans_list: Hongaarse eik
sense:
Quercus frainetto, a species of oak native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Italianization__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italianization
trans_list: italianisering
sense:
(historical) The forced cultural and ethnic assimilation of minorities in the Kingdom of Italy, with particular reference to the Fascist government (1922–1943).


lexentry: eng/Italic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Italic
trans_list: Italisch
sense:
(Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy


lexentry: eng/Italy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italy
trans_list: Italië
sense:
A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.


lexentry: eng/Ivano-Frankivsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ivano-Frankivsk
trans_list: Ivano-Frankivsk
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine; formerly, Stanislaviv, Stanislav, and Stanisławów.


lexentry: eng/Ivy_League__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ivy League
trans_list: Ivy League
sense:
(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/Ixion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ixion
trans_list: Ixion
sense:
(Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.


lexentry: eng/Ixion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ixion
trans_list: Ixion
sense:
(astronomy) A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX76), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.


lexentry: eng/Jack_the_Ripper__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jack the Ripper
trans_list: Jack the Ripper
sense:
A supposed individual who was an unidentified 19th century serial killer in England, who has become part of folklore.


lexentry: eng/Jacob__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jacob
trans_list: Jakob | Jacob | Jacobus
sense:
(biblical character) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh; was renamed to Israel.


lexentry: eng/James__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: James
trans_list: Jaap | Jakobus | Jacob | Jaak
sense:
One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/Jankoy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jankoy
trans_list: Dzjankoj
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of Jankoy Raion, de jure a part of that raion, de facto separate as Jankoy city municipality, in Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces since February 2014.


lexentry: eng/January__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: January
trans_list: januari | louwmaand
sense:
The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.


lexentry: eng/Janus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Janus
trans_list: Janus
sense:
(Roman god) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.


lexentry: eng/Japanese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese
trans_list: Japanner | Japanse
sense:
(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person living in or originating from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese beetle
trans_list: Japanse kever
sense:
A beetle of species Popillia japonica, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head, an invasive pest outside of Japan.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_knotweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese knotweed
trans_list: japanse duizendknoop
sense:
A large, herbaceous perennial plant, Fallopia japonica, native to Asia; it is a highly invasive colonizer outside of its native territory.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese studies
trans_list: japanologie
sense:
(humanities) An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the Japanese language, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese sociolinguistics.


lexentry: eng/Japheth__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japheth
trans_list: Jafet
sense:
(biblical character) The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) (associated approx. with Indo-Europeans).


lexentry: eng/Jehovah's_Witness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jehovah's Witness
trans_list: Getuige | Jehova's Getuige
sense:
A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students.


lexentry: eng/Jehovah's_Witnesses__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jehovah's Witnesses
trans_list: Getuigen van Jehova | Jehovah's Getuigen
sense:
A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students.


lexentry: eng/Jeremiah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jeremiah
trans_list: Jeremia
sense:
(Abrahamism, biblical character) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.


lexentry: eng/Jersey__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jersey
trans_list: Jersey
sense:
An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.


lexentry: eng/Jerusalem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jerusalem
trans_list: Jeruzalem
sense:
A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital cities of both Israel and Palestine.


lexentry: eng/Jerusalem_artichoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jerusalem artichoke
trans_list: aardpeer
sense:
A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.


lexentry: eng/Jesus_Christ__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus Christ
trans_list: Jezus Christus
sense:
(Christianity, Islam, Baháʼí) Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see TemplateParserError:LuaError) from Galilee, held to be a prophet, teacher and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity. Also held to be a prophet in Islam and the Baháʼí Faith.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: Jasses
sense:
(possibly, _, offensive, blasphemous) An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: Jezus
sense:
Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: Jezus
sense:
(historical, religion) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.


lexentry: eng/Jew's_harp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jew's harp
trans_list: mondharp
sense:
A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.


lexentry: eng/Jewish_Bolshevism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jewish Bolshevism
trans_list: joods-bolsjewisme | judeobolsjewisme
sense:
(derogatory) Soviet Communism (Marxism-Leninism) when viewed by Nazis and right wing politicians, as a Jewish political ideology; Judeo-Bolshevism.


lexentry: eng/Jewry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jewry
trans_list: jood
sense:
(historical) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Jezebel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jezebel
trans_list: Izebel
sense:
(biblical character) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.


lexentry: eng/Jobcentre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jobcentre
trans_list: arbeidsbureau
sense:
(British) A government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work; a local office of this agency.


lexentry: eng/Joe_Public__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Joe Public
trans_list: Jan Modaal | Jan met de pet
sense:
(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).


lexentry: eng/John_Doe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: John Doe
trans_list: Jan Janssen
sense:
(United States) A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: John
trans_list: Johannes | Jan
sense:
(biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: John
trans_list: Evangelie naar Johannes | Joh
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: John
trans_list: Johannes | Jan
sense:
(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).


lexentry: eng/Johnson__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Johnson
trans_list: Janszoon | Johansen
sense:
A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name. The second most common surname in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Jolly_Roger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jolly Roger
trans_list: doodshoofdvlag | doodskopvlag | piratenvlag
sense:
The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/Judah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Judah
trans_list: Juda
sense:
(biblical) A traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.


lexentry: eng/Judahite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judahite
trans_list: Judees
sense:
Of or pertaining to Judah (the patriarch), to the tribe of Judah, or to the ancient kingdom of Judah, or its inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/Judaism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judaism
trans_list: jodendom
sense:
An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.


lexentry: eng/Judas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judas
trans_list: Judas
sense:
(biblical character) One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.


lexentry: eng/Judas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Judas
trans_list: Judas
sense:
(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle.


lexentry: eng/Judea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judea
trans_list: Judea
sense:
Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Julian_calendar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Julian calendar
trans_list: juliaanse kalender
sense:
The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.


lexentry: eng/June__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: June
trans_list: juni
sense:
The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.


lexentry: eng/Jupiter__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jupiter
trans_list: Jupiter
sense:
(Roman god) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.


lexentry: eng/Jura__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jura
trans_list: Jura
sense:
A mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains.


lexentry: eng/Jurassic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jurassic
trans_list: Jura
sense:
(geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.


lexentry: eng/Jutland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jutland
trans_list: Jutland
sense:
A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.


lexentry: eng/K__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: K
trans_list: H
sense:
(baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.


lexentry: eng/Kaaba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kaaba
trans_list: Ka'aba
sense:
(Islam) The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.


lexentry: eng/Kabbalah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabbalah
trans_list: Kabbala
sense:
(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.


lexentry: eng/Kabyle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabyle
trans_list: Kabylisch
sense:
A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.


lexentry: eng/Kadiivka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kadiivka
trans_list: Kadijivka
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1814, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014.


lexentry: eng/Kaiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kaiser
trans_list: keizer
sense:
An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.


lexentry: eng/Kaiser_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kaiser roll
trans_list: kaiserbroodje | pistolet
sense:
A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse.


lexentry: eng/Kalash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kalash
trans_list: Kalash
sense:
A Dardic indigenous group residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language.


lexentry: eng/Kama_Sutra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kama Sutra
trans_list: Kamasutra
sense:
A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.


lexentry: eng/Kamchatka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kamchatka
trans_list: Kamtsjatka
sense:
A long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.


lexentry: eng/Karabakh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karabakh
trans_list: Karabach
sense:
A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.


lexentry: eng/Karachi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karachi
trans_list: Karachi
sense:
The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.


lexentry: eng/Karakalpakstan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karakalpakstan
trans_list: Karakalpakië
sense:
An autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, bordering Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Official name: Republic of Karakalpakstan. Capital: Nukus.


lexentry: eng/Karelia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karelia
trans_list: Karelië
sense:
A historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland.


lexentry: eng/Karelia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Karelia
trans_list: Karelië
sense:
A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia. Capital: Petrozavodsk.


lexentry: eng/Kashmir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kashmir
trans_list: Kasjmir
sense:
A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.


lexentry: eng/Katharevousa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Katharevousa
trans_list: Katharevousa
sense:
A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.


lexentry: eng/Katyusha__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Katyusha
trans_list: Katjoesja
sense:
A type of artillery rocket launcher consisting of an array of rockets mounted on a truck, originated in the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/Kawasaki_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kawasaki disease
trans_list: ziekte van Kawasaki
sense:
(medicine) An illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.


lexentry: eng/Keeshond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Keeshond
trans_list: keeshond
sense:
A spitz bred in the Netherlands and Germany, characterized by a fluffy coat of silver and black fur.


lexentry: eng/Kentish_plover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kentish plover
trans_list: strandplevier | zandloper
sense:
Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.


lexentry: eng/Kentucky__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kentucky
trans_list: Kentucky
sense:
A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.


lexentry: eng/Kerch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kerch
trans_list: Kertsj
sense:
A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but de facto controlled by Russia.


lexentry: eng/Kermode_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kermode bear
trans_list: kermodebeer
sense:
A subspecies of the American black bear, Ursus americanus kermodei found in British Columbia, some members of which have white or cream-colored (rather than black) skin due to a recessive gene.


lexentry: eng/Keynesian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Keynesian
trans_list: keynesiaans
sense:
(economics) Of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.


lexentry: eng/Khakassia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khakassia
trans_list: Chakassië
sense:
A republic and federal subject of central south Russia. Official name: Republic of Khakassia. Capital: Abakan.


lexentry: eng/Kharkiv__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kharkiv
trans_list: Charkov | Charkiv
sense:
(city) An industrial city, the administrative centre of Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Khazar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khazar
trans_list: chazar
sense:
A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).


lexentry: eng/Kherson__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kherson
trans_list: Cherson
sense:
A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.


lexentry: eng/Khmer_Rouge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khmer Rouge
trans_list: Rode Khmer
sense:
(historical) A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.


lexentry: eng/Khorasan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khorasan
trans_list: Khorasan
sense:
(historical) The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.


lexentry: eng/Khorasan_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khorasan wheat
trans_list: khorasantarwe
sense:
An ancient tetraploid species or subspecies of wheat (Triticum turanicum), historically cultivated in Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Khrushchev__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khrushchev
trans_list: Chroesjtsjov
sense:
English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.


lexentry: eng/Kievan_Rus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kievan Rus
trans_list: Kievse Rus
sense:
(historical) A medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country.


lexentry: eng/King_Arthur__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: King Arthur
trans_list: Koning Arthur
sense:
A legendary king of Britain, said to have led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Denmark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Denmark
trans_list: Koninkrijk Denemarken
sense:
Official name of Denmark or the Danish Realm: a country consisting of metropolitan Denmark ("Denmark proper") in Western Europe as well as the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland off the coast of North America.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_England__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of England
trans_list: Koninkrijk Engeland
sense:
A kingdom in western Europe, from the early 900s until the foundation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May 1707.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Heaven__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Heaven
trans_list: hemelrijk | koninkrijk der hemelen
sense:
(Christianity) A concept of heaven as a hierarchical dominion with God at the top and a court of saints, archangels and angels.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Laos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Laos
trans_list: Koninkrijk Laos
sense:
A former country in Southeast Asia (official name). Usually called Laos. Now the Lao People's Democratic Republic.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Scotland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Scotland
trans_list: Koninkrijk Schotland
sense:
A kingdom in western Europe, until the foundation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on the First of May 1707.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of the Netherlands
trans_list: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
sense:
Official name of the Netherlands: a country consisting of the Netherlands per se, in Western Europe, as well as three other small island countries in the <, namely Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.


lexentry: eng/Kinshasa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kinshasa
trans_list: Kinshasa
sense:
The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.


lexentry: eng/Kiribati__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kiribati
trans_list: Kiribati
sense:
A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.


lexentry: eng/Klein_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Klein bottle
trans_list: Kleinfles
sense:
(topology) The closed manifold obtained by identifying the boundary components of the annulus so that the resultant surface is nonorientable.


lexentry: eng/Klyazma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Klyazma
trans_list: Kljazma
sense:
A river wholly within Russia, originating near Solnechnogorsk (Moscow Oblast) in the Moscow Uplands, whence it flows into and through Vladimir Oblast, approximately delineating its border with Ivanovo Oblast from near Repniki to near Mstyora, before returning to Vladimir’s interior, and thereafter approximately delineating its border with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast from near the point at which the river is bridged by the Volga Highway (E22) to its confluence with the Oka, whereof it forms a left tributary.


lexentry: eng/Koblenz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Koblenz
trans_list: Koblenz
sense:
An independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers.


lexentry: eng/Kodiak_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kodiak bear
trans_list: kodiakbeer
sense:
The largest brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found on Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska, United States.


lexentry: eng/Koine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Koine
trans_list: Koinè
sense:
The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/Komodo_dragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komodo dragon
trans_list: komodovaraan
sense:
Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.


lexentry: eng/Konstanz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Konstanz
trans_list: Konstanz
sense:
A city and district in Baden-Württemberg, south Germany, on Lake Constance, and on the border with Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/Korea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korea
trans_list: Korea
sense:
A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.


lexentry: eng/Korean_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korean War
trans_list: Koreaanse Oorlog
sense:
(historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.


lexentry: eng/Korean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korean
trans_list: Koreaans
sense:
(uncountable) Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/Kosovo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kosovo
trans_list: Kosovo
sense:
A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.


lexentry: eng/Kraken__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kraken
trans_list: kraak | kraken
sense:
(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.


lexentry: eng/Krakow__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Krakow
trans_list: Krakau
sense:
A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.


lexentry: eng/Kramatorsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kramatorsk
trans_list: Kramatorsk
sense:
A city in Kramatorsk urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine; seat of the Donetsk province.


lexentry: eng/Krasnodar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Krasnodar
trans_list: Krasnodar
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, called Yekaterinodar before December 1920.


lexentry: eng/Kremlin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kremlin
trans_list: Kremlin
sense:
The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.


lexentry: eng/Kuala_Lumpur__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuala Lumpur
trans_list: Kuala Lumpur
sense:
A federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country.


lexentry: eng/Kufic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kufic
trans_list: Koefisch | Kufisch
sense:
Original form of Arabic script, consisting of a modified form of Old South Arabian and old Nabataean scripts.


lexentry: eng/Kuiper__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuiper
trans_list: Kuiper
sense:
(countable) A surname from Dutch, Dutch surname equivalent to the English surname Cooper, from the profession cooper


lexentry: eng/Kuiper_belt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuiper belt
trans_list: Kuipergordel
sense:
(astronomy) A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.


lexentry: eng/Kupiansk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kupiansk
trans_list: Koepjansk
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of Kupiansk urban hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1655.


lexentry: eng/Kurd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurd
trans_list: Koerd
sense:
A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.


lexentry: eng/Kurdish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurdish
trans_list: Koerdisch | koerdisch
sense:
Family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).


lexentry: eng/Kurdistan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Kurdistan
trans_list: Koerdistan
sense:
(by extension) An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.


lexentry: eng/Kurgan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Kurgan
trans_list: Koergan
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Russian Царёво Городи́ще n (Carjóvo Gorodíšče)) (1662-1782).


lexentry: eng/Kurmanji__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurmanji
trans_list: Kirmanci
sense:
The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Kursk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kursk
trans_list: Koersk
sense:
A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.


lexentry: eng/Kvarken__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kvarken
trans_list: Kvarkenarchipel
sense:
The narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea.


lexentry: eng/Kyrgyzstan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kyrgyzstan
trans_list: Kirgizië | Kirgistan
sense:
A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Official name: Kyrgyz Republic. Capital: Bishkek.


lexentry: eng/La_Pérouse_Strait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: La Pérouse Strait
trans_list: Straat La Pérouse
sense:
A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.


lexentry: eng/La_Rochelle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: La Rochelle
trans_list: La Rochelle
sense:
A port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.


lexentry: eng/Labrador_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Labrador duck
trans_list: Labradoreend
sense:
†Camptorhynchus labradorius, an extinct sea duck that was never common, believed to be the first bird to become extinct in North America after 1500.


lexentry: eng/Lacerta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lacerta
trans_list: hagedis
sense:
(constellation) An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.


lexentry: eng/Ladin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladin
trans_list: Ladino
sense:
A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum), spoken primarily in the Italian portion of Tyrol and the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy.


lexentry: eng/Ladino__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladino
trans_list: Ladino
sense:
A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.


lexentry: eng/Ladoga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladoga
trans_list: Ladogameer
sense:
A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe.


lexentry: eng/Lady__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lady
trans_list: echtgenote
sense:
An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.


lexentry: eng/Lagrange_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lagrange point
trans_list: Lagrangepunt
sense:
(astrophysics, orbital mechanics) A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.


lexentry: eng/Lahore__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lahore
trans_list: Lahore
sense:
The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Constance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Constance
trans_list: Bodenmeer
sense:
A lake on the Rhine located at the intersection of Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg), Switzerland (St. Gallen, Thurgau and Schaffhausen) and Austria (Vorarlberg). It consists of two parts, the Obersee in the east and northwest (Überlinger See) and the much smaller Untersee in the west.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Geneva__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Geneva
trans_list: Meer van Genève
sense:
A large lake in Europe, mainly in Switzerland, but with most of its southern shore in France; the city of Geneva is situated at its south-west end.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Michigan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Michigan
trans_list: Michiganmeer
sense:
One of the Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Superior__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Superior
trans_list: Bovenmeer
sense:
A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake and largest freshwater lake in the world by area.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Victoria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Victoria
trans_list: Victoriameer
sense:
The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.


lexentry: eng/Landeshauptmann__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Landeshauptmann
trans_list: landshoofdman
sense:
The gubernatorial title of the head of government of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino, corresponding to the title of minister-president or premier.


lexentry: eng/Landtag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Landtag
trans_list: Landdag
sense:
A representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries, with some legislative authority.


lexentry: eng/Lantern_Festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lantern Festival
trans_list: Lantaarnfeest
sense:
A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).


lexentry: eng/Laocoön__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laocoön
trans_list: Laocoön
sense:
(Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).


lexentry: eng/Laozi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laozi
trans_list: Laozi
sense:
(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.


lexentry: eng/Lapland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lapland
trans_list: Lapland | Samenland
sense:
The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.


lexentry: eng/Laptev_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laptev Sea
trans_list: Laptevzee
sense:
A marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located between the eastern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, the Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east.


lexentry: eng/Larissa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Larissa
trans_list: Larissa
sense:
A city in western Asia Minor, close to the ancient Greek city of Smyrna and to present-day Menemen, Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Late_Antiquity__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Late Antiquity
trans_list: late oudheid
sense:
(history) The period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries C.E., marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.


lexentry: eng/Late_Middle_Ages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Late Middle Ages
trans_list: Late middeleeuwen | late middeleeuwen
sense:
(history) The period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, c. 1300 to 1500 CE.


lexentry: eng/Latin_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Latin America
trans_list: Latijns-Amerika
sense:
(most often) A continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles.


lexentry: eng/Latin_Church__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin Church
trans_list: Latijnse Kerk
sense:
(Catholicism) One of the 24 particular churches (sui juris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church which uses the Latin liturgical rites.


lexentry: eng/Latin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Latin
trans_list: Romaan
sense:
A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.


lexentry: eng/Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin
trans_list: Latijn | Latijns
sense:
(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.


lexentry: eng/Latin_alphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin alphabet
trans_list: Latijnse alfabet
sense:
The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):


lexentry: eng/Latin_square__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin square
trans_list: Latijns vierkant
sense:
(mathematics) An n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only.


lexentry: eng/Latino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latino
trans_list: Latijns-Amerikaanse
sense:
(chiefly, US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)


lexentry: eng/Latium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latium
trans_list: Lazio
sense:
(historical) A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Laurasia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laurasia
trans_list: Laurazië
sense:
(geology) A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/Laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laurel
trans_list: laurier
sense:
(Mormonism) Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.


lexentry: eng/Lausanne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lausanne
trans_list: Lausanne
sense:
A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.


lexentry: eng/Lazarus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lazarus
trans_list: Lazarus
sense:
(biblical) Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.


lexentry: eng/Lazarus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lazarus
trans_list: Lazarus
sense:
(biblical) A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) believed to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.


lexentry: eng/Lazio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lazio
trans_list: Lazio
sense:
An administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital. It corresponds to ancient Latium.


lexentry: eng/Le_Havre__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Le Havre
trans_list: Le Havre
sense:
A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.


lexentry: eng/League_of_Nations__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: League of Nations
trans_list: Volkenbond
sense:
An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/Leaving_Certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leaving Certificate
trans_list: eindexamen
sense:
(Ireland) The certificate awarded to Irish students who pass the state examinations at the end of secondary school.


lexentry: eng/Lebanon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lebanon
trans_list: Libanon
sense:
A country in Western Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".


lexentry: eng/Leeward_Antilles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leeward Antilles
trans_list: Benedenwindse Eilanden
sense:
The westernmost islands in the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast.


lexentry: eng/Lego__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lego
trans_list: Lego-steen
sense:
Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.


lexentry: eng/Lena__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lena
trans_list: Lena
sense:
A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Leningrad__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leningrad
trans_list: Leningrad
sense:
(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.


lexentry: eng/Leninism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leninism
trans_list: leninisme
sense:
A political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.


lexentry: eng/Lent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lent
trans_list: vastentijd | veertigdagentijd
sense:
(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.


lexentry: eng/Leo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Leo
trans_list: Leeuw | Leo
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola.


lexentry: eng/Leo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Leo
trans_list: Leeuw
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Lepus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lepus
trans_list: Haas
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.


lexentry: eng/Lesser_Poland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lesser Poland
trans_list: Klein-Polen
sense:
(historical) A historic region of Poland, stretching from Bielsko-Biała in the south-west to Siedlce in the north-east.


lexentry: eng/Levant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Levant
trans_list: Levant
sense:
A cultural region of Western Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).


lexentry: eng/Leyden_jar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leyden jar
trans_list: Leidse fles
sense:
(electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.


lexentry: eng/Libra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Libra
trans_list: Weegschaal
sense:
(astrology) The astrological sign for the scales, ruled by Venus and covering September 24 - October 23 (tropical astrology) or October 16 - November 16 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Limburgish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Limburgish
trans_list: Limburgs
sense:
A Germanic language or dialect continuum spoken near the common border between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.


lexentry: eng/Linear_A__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linear A
trans_list: Lineair A
sense:
(archaeology, linguistics) A syllabary used to write the as-yet-undeciphered Minoan language, and an apparent predecessor to other scripts, such as Linear B.


lexentry: eng/Linear_B__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linear B
trans_list: Lineair B
sense:
(archaeology, linguistics) A syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/Lingala__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lingala
trans_list: Lingala
sense:
A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.


lexentry: eng/Linux__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linux
trans_list: Linux
sense:
(computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.


lexentry: eng/Linz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linz
trans_list: Linz
sense:
The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.


lexentry: eng/Lisbon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lisbon
trans_list: Lissabon
sense:
A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.


lexentry: eng/Lithuanization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lithuanization
trans_list: lituanisering | verlitouwsing
sense:
The act of assimilating a non-Lithuanian culture into a Lithuanian one; the process of making something Lithuanian.


lexentry: eng/Little_Red_Riding_Hood__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Little Red Riding Hood
trans_list: Roodkapje
sense:
A fairy tale about a young girl who walks through the forest to visit her grandmother and encounters the Big Bad Wolf (or another vicious wolf, or werewolf in archaic versions).


lexentry: eng/Liturgy_of_the_Hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Liturgy of the Hours
trans_list: getijde
sense:
(Catholicism) A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.


lexentry: eng/Liverpool__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Liverpool
trans_list: Liverpool
sense:
A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.


lexentry: eng/Livonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Livonia
trans_list: Lijfland
sense:
(historic) A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.


lexentry: eng/Local_Group__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Local Group
trans_list: Lokale Groep
sense:
(astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.


lexentry: eng/Loch_Ness__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loch Ness
trans_list: Loch Ness
sense:
A lake in the Great Glen of Scotland, United Kingdom, the second largest in Britain, and with a maximum depth of 226 metres. It is the alleged home of the Loch Ness monster, Nessie.


lexentry: eng/Loch_Ness_monster__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loch Ness monster
trans_list: monster van Loch Ness
sense:
(cryptozoology) A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a long neck and one or more humps that protrude from the water.


lexentry: eng/Loire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loire
trans_list: Loire
sense:
The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.


lexentry: eng/Lojban__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lojban
trans_list: Lojban
sense:
An artificial language created by Logical Language Group designed to be logical, based on the earlier Loglan.


lexentry: eng/Loki__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loki
trans_list: Loki
sense:
(Norse god) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.


lexentry: eng/Lombardy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lombardy
trans_list: Lombardije
sense:
An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.


lexentry: eng/London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: London
trans_list: Londen | Londens | van Londen
sense:
The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.


lexentry: eng/Long_March__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Long March
trans_list: Lange Mars
sense:
(historical) A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army.


lexentry: eng/Lord__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Lord
trans_list: Lord
sense:
An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth


lexentry: eng/Lorraine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lorraine
trans_list: Lotharingen
sense:
A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.


lexentry: eng/Los_Angeles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Los Angeles
trans_list: Los Angeles
sense:
A city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry.


lexentry: eng/Lot__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lot
trans_list: Lot
sense:
A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne.


lexentry: eng/Louisiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Louisiana
trans_list: Louisiana
sense:
A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.


lexentry: eng/Low_Countries__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Low Countries
trans_list: Lage Landen | Nederlanden
sense:
A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.


lexentry: eng/Low_German__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Low German
trans_list: Nederduits | Nedersaksisch | Platduits
sense:
A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.


lexentry: eng/Low_Saxon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Low Saxon
trans_list: Nedersaksisch
sense:
A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/Lower_Egypt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lower Egypt
trans_list: Beneden-Egypte | Neder-Egypte
sense:
(Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.


lexentry: eng/Lucifer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lucifer
trans_list: Lucifer
sense:
(biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.


lexentry: eng/Lucy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lucy
trans_list: Lucia
sense:
A surname from Old French derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.


lexentry: eng/Luhansk_People's_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luhansk People's Republic
trans_list: Volksrepubliek Loegansk
sense:
A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, on 27 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.


lexentry: eng/Luhansk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luhansk
trans_list: Loehansk
sense:
(city) A city, the administrative capital of Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, former administrative capital of the eponymous provonce.


lexentry: eng/Luke__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Luke
trans_list: Lucas | Lukas
sense:
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.


lexentry: eng/Luke__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Luke
trans_list: Evangelie naar Lucas | Lukas
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/Lupus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lupus
trans_list: Wolf
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.


lexentry: eng/Lusatia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lusatia
trans_list: Lausitz
sense:
A traditionally Slavic-speaking cultural region in Central Europe, in modern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.


lexentry: eng/Lutheran__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheran
trans_list: lutheraans | luthers
sense:
(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.


lexentry: eng/Lutheran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheran
trans_list: lutheraan | lutherse
sense:
(Christianity) A member of any of the Christian churches which identify with the theology of Martin Luther.


lexentry: eng/Lutheranism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheranism
trans_list: lutheranisme
sense:
The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by Martin Luther and his immediate followers.


lexentry: eng/Luwian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luwian
trans_list: Luwisch
sense:
an extinct language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the 2nd millennium BC and recorded in both hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts.


lexentry: eng/Luxembourg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luxembourg
trans_list: Luxemburg
sense:
A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.


lexentry: eng/Luxembourgish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luxembourgish
trans_list: Luxemburgs
sense:
A Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg and, traditionally, around the city of Arlon (Belgium); originally included in the Moselle Franconian group of High German dialects, but now usually regarded as a separate language due to its standardisation and official use in the state of Luxembourg.


lexentry: eng/Lyme_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lyme disease
trans_list: ziekte van Lyme | lymeziekte
sense:
(disease) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.


lexentry: eng/Lyon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lyon
trans_list: Lyon
sense:
A metropolitan authority in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, outside of Rhône department, which includes the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs; in full, the Metropolis of Lyon.


lexentry: eng/Lyra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lyra
trans_list: Lier
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.


lexentry: eng/Lys__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lys
trans_list: Leie
sense:
A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.


lexentry: eng/Lübeck__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lübeck
trans_list: Lübeck
sense:
A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.


lexentry: eng/MP3_player__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MP3 player
trans_list: mp3-speler
sense:
An electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format and, in many cases, files in some other formats, as well as including a radio function.


lexentry: eng/MP4_player__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MP4 player
trans_list: mp4-speler
sense:
An electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP4 format (and, in many cases, also files in other formats).


lexentry: eng/Maastrichtian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Maastrichtian
trans_list: maastrichtien
sense:
(geology) in the ICS geologic timescale, the last stage or age of the Cretaceous period, and of the Mesozoic era, preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian period.


lexentry: eng/Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Macedonia
trans_list: Macedonië
sense:
A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.


lexentry: eng/Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Macedonia
trans_list: Macedonië
sense:
(historical) An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Macedonia
trans_list: Macedonië
sense:
A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.


lexentry: eng/Mach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mach
trans_list: mach
sense:
(physics, uncountable) A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.


lexentry: eng/Madagascar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Madagascar
trans_list: Madagaskar
sense:
An island and country off the east coast of Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar. Capital: Antananarivo.


lexentry: eng/Mafia__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mafia
trans_list: maffia
sense:
A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered".


lexentry: eng/Maghreb__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maghreb
trans_list: Maghreb
sense:
The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.


lexentry: eng/Magi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Magi
trans_list: drie koningen | wijzen uit het oosten
sense:
(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).


lexentry: eng/Magna_Carta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Magna Carta
trans_list: Magna Carta
sense:
(historical) A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.


lexentry: eng/Maine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Maine
trans_list: Maine
sense:
A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.


lexentry: eng/Major_Mitchell's_cockatoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Major Mitchell's cockatoo
trans_list: incakaketoe
sense:
A cockatoo of species Cacatua leadbeateri (syn. Lophochroa leadbeateri), having distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest, principally of arid Australia.


lexentry: eng/Malabar_Coast__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malabar Coast
trans_list: Malabarküste
sense:
(India, chiefly, _, historical) Synonym of Malabar, forming the southwest coast of India, now principally the state of Kerala.


lexentry: eng/Malabar_gourd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malabar gourd
trans_list: vijgenbladpompoen
sense:
A type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.


lexentry: eng/Malagasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Malagasy
trans_list: Malgasy
sense:
(uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: Maleis | Maleisisch
sense:
Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: Maleier | Maleis
sense:
(countable) A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: Maleis
sense:
(broad sense) The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, including under the name Indonesian.


lexentry: eng/Maldives__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maldives
trans_list: Maldiven | Malediven
sense:
An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.


lexentry: eng/Malta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malta
trans_list: Malta
sense:
An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.


lexentry: eng/Mameluke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mameluke
trans_list: mamluk | mammeluk
sense:
(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.


lexentry: eng/Manchester__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: Manchester
trans_list: Manchester
sense:
The largest city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.


lexentry: eng/Manchuria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manchuria
trans_list: Mantsjoerije
sense:
A historical region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.


lexentry: eng/Mandarin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandarin
trans_list: Mandarijn | Mandarijnenchinees
sense:
Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.


lexentry: eng/Mandelbrot_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandelbrot set
trans_list: mandelbrotverzameling
sense:
(mathematics) the set of complex numbers c for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the complex quadratic polynomial zn+1 = zn2 + c remains bounded. The boundary of this set is a fractal.


lexentry: eng/Manichaean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Manichaean
trans_list: manicheïstisch
sense:
(by extension) Of or relating to a worldview of distinct good and evil, especially to the exclusion of other possible categories.


lexentry: eng/Manichaeism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manichaeism
trans_list: manicheïsme
sense:
(religion) A syncretic, dualistic religion that combines elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought, founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in 3rd century AD.


lexentry: eng/Mannerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mannerism
trans_list: maniërisme
sense:
(arts) A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.


lexentry: eng/Manx__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Manx
trans_list: Manx
sense:
Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.


lexentry: eng/Manx_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manx cat
trans_list: manxkat
sense:
A domestic cat of a breed that is native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and a medium-sized, rounded, cobby body.


lexentry: eng/Maoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maoism
trans_list: maoïsme
sense:
The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.


lexentry: eng/Marathi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathi
trans_list: marathi
sense:
Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language.


lexentry: eng/Marathi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathi
trans_list: marathi
sense:
A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra.


lexentry: eng/Marathon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathon
trans_list: marathon
sense:
A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.


lexentry: eng/March__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: March
trans_list: maart
sense:
The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.


lexentry: eng/Mariana_Trench__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mariana Trench
trans_list: Marianentrog
sense:
(oceanography) A submarine trench in the North Pacific Ocean, noted for having the deepest known point on Earth.


lexentry: eng/Mariupol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mariupol
trans_list: Marioepol
sense:
A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.


lexentry: eng/Mark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Mark
trans_list: Mark
sense:
Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.


lexentry: eng/Mark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Mark
trans_list: Mark | Evangelie naar Marcus
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/Marrano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marrano
trans_list: maraan
sense:
(historical) Any of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret.


lexentry: eng/Mars_rover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mars rover
trans_list: Marsverkenner
sense:
Any of a number of small unmanned remote-controlled vehicles sent to the planet Mars to do scientific research.


lexentry: eng/Marseille__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marseille
trans_list: Marseille
sense:
The capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


lexentry: eng/Marshall_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marshall Islands
trans_list: Marshalleilanden
sense:
A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.


lexentry: eng/Martial__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Martial
trans_list: Martialis
sense:
A en given name, narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).


lexentry: eng/Martial__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Martial
trans_list: Martialis
sense:
An Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.


lexentry: eng/Martinique__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Martinique
trans_list: Martinique
sense:
An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.


lexentry: eng/Marxian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxian
trans_list: marxistisch
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or influenced by the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx and his political and economic theories; now often distinguished from Marxist by the nuance that one does not necessarily adhere to Marxism itself. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Marxism-Leninism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxism-Leninism
trans_list: marxisme-leninisme
sense:
(politics, communism) A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations.


lexentry: eng/Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxism
trans_list: marxisme
sense:
The socialist and communist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.


lexentry: eng/Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Marxism
trans_list: marxisme
sense:
(primarily, _, Western, often, _, derogatory, colloquial) Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.


lexentry: eng/Mary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Mary
trans_list: Maria
sense:
(Islam) The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, recounting the events leading up to the birth of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/Maryland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maryland
trans_list: Maryland
sense:
A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.


lexentry: eng/Mascarene_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mascarene Islands
trans_list: Mascarenen
sense:
An archipelago of the Indian Ocean, consisting of Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues and the Cargados Carajos.


lexentry: eng/Mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mass
trans_list: dienst | gebedsdienst | mis | misdienst
sense:
(Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.


lexentry: eng/Massacre_of_the_Innocents__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Massacre of the Innocents
trans_list: Kindermoord van Bethlehem
sense:
(Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.


lexentry: eng/Matthew__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Matthew
trans_list: evangelie naar Matteüs | Matteüs
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.


lexentry: eng/Mauretania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mauretania
trans_list: Mauretanië
sense:
An ancient Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa which was annexed by the Romans.


lexentry: eng/Mauritian_Creole__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mauritian Creole
trans_list: Mauritiaans Creools
sense:
The creole language spoken in Mauritius, stemming from French, with some vocabulary from diverse sources such as English and Portuguese.


lexentry: eng/Mauser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mauser
trans_list: Mauser
sense:
Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: Maya
sense:
a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: Maya
sense:
a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: Maya
sense:
various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: Maya
sense:
various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain


lexentry: eng/Mayotte__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mayotte
trans_list: Mayotte
sense:
An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.


lexentry: eng/Mecca__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mecca
trans_list: Mekka
sense:
A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.


lexentry: eng/Medieval_Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Medieval Greek
trans_list: Middelgrieks
sense:
Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during medieval times, preceded by Hellenistic Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek


lexentry: eng/Medieval_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Medieval Latin
trans_list: middeleeuws Latijn
sense:
The Latin language as used during the Middle Ages, before it was developed by the Italian humanists into Renaissance Latin.


lexentry: eng/Mediterranean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mediterranean
trans_list: Middellandse Zee
sense:
A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/Megleno-Romanian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Megleno-Romanian
trans_list: Megleno-Roemeens
sense:
An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken in northern Greece, North Macedonia and parts of Romania, and related to Romanian, Aromanian and Istro-Romanian.


lexentry: eng/Mekong__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mekong
trans_list: Mekong
sense:
A river in southeastern Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Melanesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Melanesia
trans_list: Melanesië
sense:
A continental region of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.


lexentry: eng/Melkite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Melkite
trans_list: melkiet
sense:
(historical) In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor.


lexentry: eng/Melkite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Melkite
trans_list: melkiet
sense:
(since the Great Schism) A member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; ellipsis of Orthodox Melkite.


lexentry: eng/Melusine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Melusine
trans_list: Melusine
sense:
(mythology) A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.


lexentry: eng/Member_of_Parliament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Member of Parliament
trans_list: parlementslid
sense:
(UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.


lexentry: eng/Mennonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mennonite
trans_list: menist | mennoniet
sense:
A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.


lexentry: eng/Mensa__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mensa
trans_list: Tafelberg
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.


lexentry: eng/Mercury__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mercury
trans_list: Mercurius
sense:
(astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.


lexentry: eng/Mercury__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mercury
trans_list: Mercurius
sense:
(Roman god) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.


lexentry: eng/Mesoamerica__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesoamerica
trans_list: Meso-Amerika
sense:
A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.


lexentry: eng/Mesopotamia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesopotamia
trans_list: Mesopotamië | Tweestromenland
sense:
(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.


lexentry: eng/Mesozoic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesozoic
trans_list: mesozoïsch
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.


lexentry: eng/Messidor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Messidor
trans_list: messidor | oogstmaand
sense:
(historical) The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.


lexentry: eng/Metis__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Metis
trans_list: Metis
sense:
(Greek god) A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena


lexentry: eng/Meuse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Meuse
trans_list: Maas
sense:
A major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_Spanish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican Spanish
trans_list: Mexicaans-Spaans
sense:
A set of variations of the Spanish language as spoken in Mexico and in some parts of the United States and Canada, where there are communities of Hispanic origin influenced by North American Spanish-speaking media.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican wave
trans_list: golf
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the illusion of a wave passing through the crowd.


lexentry: eng/Micah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Micah
trans_list: Micha
sense:
An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.


lexentry: eng/Mickey_Mouse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mickey Mouse
trans_list: Mickey Mouse
sense:
The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.


lexentry: eng/Micronesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Micronesia
trans_list: Micronesië | Micronesia
sense:
A country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region. Official name: Federated States of Micronesia. Capital: Palikir.


lexentry: eng/Microscopium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Microscopium
trans_list: microscoop
sense:
(constellation) A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.


lexentry: eng/Microsoft_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Microsoft tax
trans_list: Microsoftbelasting
sense:
(computing, informal, derogatory) The licence fee for the Microsoft Windows operating system software that is pre-installed on many home computer systems.


lexentry: eng/Mid-Autumn_Festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mid-Autumn Festival
trans_list: Maanfeest | Midherfstfestival
sense:
(collective) The East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Ages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Ages
trans_list: middeleeuwen | Middeleeuwen
sense:
(history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Dutch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Dutch
trans_list: Middelnederlands | Diets
sense:
Collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects (whose ancestor was Old Dutch) which were spoken and written between 1150 and 1500 in the present-day Dutch-speaking area. There was at that time as yet no overarching standard language, but they were all mutually intelligible.


lexentry: eng/Middle_East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle East
trans_list: Midden-Oosten
sense:
(geopolitics) The geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Middle_English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle English
trans_list: Middelengels
sense:
The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD.


lexentry: eng/Middle_French__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle French
trans_list: Middelfrans
sense:
A historical division of the French language, spoken roughly from 1340 to 1610, during which French became established as the official language of France.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Frisian
trans_list: Middelfries
sense:
Language descended from Old Frisian spoken on the North Sea coast of modern Netherlands and Germany from the 16th century until c. 1820.


