# translation

lexentry: eng/buttermilk__Noun__1
written_rep: buttermilk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latticello
sense_list:
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.


lexentry: eng/butthead__Noun__1
written_rep: butthead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scemo
sense_list:
(sometimes, _, vulgar, colloquial, pejorative) An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.


lexentry: eng/buttock__Noun__1
written_rep: buttock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: natica | chiappa | gluteo | sedere | culo | chiappe
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
written_rep: button
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bottone | tasto
sense_list:
(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
written_rep: button
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pulsante | bottone
sense_list:
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
written_rep: button
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bottone | pulsante
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.


lexentry: eng/button__Verb__1
written_rep: button
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbottonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To fasten with a button. [from late 14th c.] | (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.


lexentry: eng/buttonhole__Noun__1
written_rep: buttonhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhiello | asola
sense_list:
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. | (chiefly, British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. | (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.


lexentry: eng/butyl__Noun__1
written_rep: butyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: butile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/butyric__Adjective__1
written_rep: butyric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: butirrico
sense_list:
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter | (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C3H7CO2-


lexentry: eng/butyric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: butyric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido butirrico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C3H7COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.


lexentry: eng/buy__Verb__1
written_rep: buy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: comprare | acquistare
sense_list:
(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).


lexentry: eng/buy_into__Verb__1
written_rep: buy into
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bersela
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.


lexentry: eng/buzzword__Noun__1
written_rep: buzzword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luogo
sense_list:
(sometimes, derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.


lexentry: eng/by_a_long_shot__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: by a long shot
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: di gran lunga
sense_list:
(idiomatic, dated, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.


lexentry: eng/by_right__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: by right
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: di diritto
sense_list:
According to what is right, or what one is legally or morally entitled to; justly, properly, rightfully.


lexentry: eng/by_the_way__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: by the way
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a proposito | incidentalmente | per caso
sense_list:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.


lexentry: eng/by_virtue_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: by virtue of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in virtù di
sense_list:
(idiomatic) (originally) By the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.


lexentry: eng/by_way_of__Phrase__1
written_rep: by way of
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediante | mercè | per mezzo di | per via di | tramite
sense_list:
By the route of. | For the purpose of; as a means of; as an instance of; as a type or form of. | (UK, often followed by being) Possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of.


lexentry: eng/bycatch__Noun__1
written_rep: bycatch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bycatch
sense_list:
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.


lexentry: eng/byssus__Noun__1
written_rep: byssus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisso
sense_list:
The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured. | Sea silk manufactured from these filaments. | (mycology) The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.


lexentry: eng/bystander__Noun__1
written_rep: bystander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: astante | convenuto
sense_list:
A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.


lexentry: eng/byte__Noun__1
written_rep: byte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: byte | ottetto | bicarattere | multipletto
sense_list:
(computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. | (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.


lexentry: eng/béarnaise_sauce__Noun__1
written_rep: béarnaise sauce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salsa bernese
sense_list:
(cooking) A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.


lexentry: eng/bête_noire__Noun__1
written_rep: bête noire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bestia nera
sense_list:
Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.


lexentry: eng/c!slash!o__Preposition__1
written_rep: c/o
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: c/o
sense_list:
(shipping) Abbreviation of care of, used to identify an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.


lexentry: eng/cabaret__Noun__1
written_rep: cabaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cabaret | varietà
sense_list:
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.


lexentry: eng/cabin__Noun__1
written_rep: cabin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capanna | rustico
sense_list:
(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.


lexentry: eng/cabin__Noun__1
written_rep: cabin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cabina
sense_list:
A private room on a ship. | The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping. | The passenger area of an airplane. | (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.


lexentry: eng/cabin_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: cabin boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mozzo
sense_list:
(dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.


lexentry: eng/cabinet__Noun__1
written_rep: cabinet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: gabinetto | consiglio dei ministri
sense_list:
(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
written_rep: cable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavo
sense_list:
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. | (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
written_rep: cable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavo | cavo elettrico
sense_list:
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.


lexentry: eng/cabotage__Noun__1
written_rep: cabotage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cabotaggio
sense_list:
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country. | (legal) The right to engage in such transport.


lexentry: eng/cacao__Noun__1
written_rep: cacao
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cacao
sense_list:
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. | The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.


lexentry: eng/cache-sexe__Noun__1
written_rep: cache-sexe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grembiale
sense_list:
An article of clothing sufficient to cover the genitalia, primarily as used by an exotic dancer or in certain aboriginal cultures.


lexentry: eng/cache__Noun__1
written_rep: cache
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: memoria cache | nascondiglio | cache | ripostiglio
sense_list:
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.


lexentry: eng/cachexia__Noun__1
written_rep: cachexia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cachessia
sense_list:
(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cactus__Noun__1
written_rep: cactus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cactus
sense_list:
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.


lexentry: eng/cad__Noun__1
written_rep: cad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: villano
sense_list:
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.


lexentry: eng/cad__Noun__1
written_rep: cad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: controllore
sense_list:
(archaic) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.


lexentry: eng/cadastre__Noun__1
written_rep: cadastre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catasto
sense_list:
(cartography) A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership. | A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value.


lexentry: eng/cadaver__Noun__1
written_rep: cadaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadavere
sense_list:
(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/cadaverine__Noun__1
written_rep: cadaverine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadaverina
sense_list:
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.


lexentry: eng/caddie__Noun__1
written_rep: caddie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caddie
sense_list:
(by extension, golf, also, attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.


lexentry: eng/caddis_fly__Noun__1
written_rep: caddis fly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tricottero
sense_list:
Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.


lexentry: eng/caddy__Noun__1
written_rep: caddy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bozzollo
sense_list:
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.


lexentry: eng/cadence__Noun__1
written_rep: cadence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cadenza
sense_list:
(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation. | (cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.


lexentry: eng/cadenza__Noun__1
written_rep: cadenza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadenza
sense_list:
(music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.


lexentry: eng/cadge__Verb__1
written_rep: cadge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mendicare
sense_list:
(Geordie) To beg. | (US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.


lexentry: eng/cadre__Noun__1
written_rep: cadre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: personale
sense_list:
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.


lexentry: eng/caduceus__Noun__1
written_rep: caduceus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caduceo
sense_list:
A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.


lexentry: eng/caecum__Noun__1
written_rep: caecum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intestino cieco
sense_list:
(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.


lexentry: eng/caesaropapism__Noun__1
written_rep: caesaropapism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesaropapismo
sense_list:
(government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.


lexentry: eng/caesium__Noun__1
written_rep: caesium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesio
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.


lexentry: eng/caesura__Noun__1
written_rep: caesura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesura
sense_list:
A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. | (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
written_rep: cafeteria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffetteria | mensa
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
written_rep: cafeteria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mensa
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/caffeine__Noun__1
written_rep: caffeine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffeina
sense_list:
An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]


lexentry: eng/café__Noun__1
written_rep: café
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffè | caffetteria | bar
sense_list:
A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.


lexentry: eng/café_au_lait__Noun__1
written_rep: café au lait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffè e latte | caffè latte
sense_list:
A mixture of coffee and hot milk. | Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.


lexentry: eng/cahoots__Noun__1
written_rep: cahoots
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combutta
sense_list:
Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/caiman__Noun__1
written_rep: caiman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caimano
sense_list:
(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.


lexentry: eng/caique__Noun__1
written_rep: caique
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barca
sense_list:
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.


lexentry: eng/cairn__Noun__1
written_rep: cairn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ometto
sense_list:
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.


lexentry: eng/caisson__Noun__1
written_rep: caisson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassone | tura
sense_list:
(engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.


lexentry: eng/cajole__Verb__1
written_rep: cajole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: persuadere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.


lexentry: eng/cajón__Noun__1
written_rep: cajón
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassa
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.


lexentry: eng/cake__Noun__1
written_rep: cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torta | dolce | pasticcino
sense_list:
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
written_rep: calabash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: calabassa
sense_list:
A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.


lexentry: eng/calamine__Noun__1
written_rep: calamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calamina
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.


lexentry: eng/calandra_lark__Noun__1
written_rep: calandra lark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calandra
sense_list:
Any bird in the genus Melanocorypha, but especially in the species Melanocorypha calandra of the Mediterranean region and central Asia.


lexentry: eng/calcification__Noun__1
written_rep: calcification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcificazione
sense_list:
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.


lexentry: eng/calcination__Noun__1
written_rep: calcination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcinazione
sense_list:
The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.


lexentry: eng/calcine__Verb__1
written_rep: calcine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcinare
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.


lexentry: eng/calcite__Noun__1
written_rep: calcite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcite
sense_list:
(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.


lexentry: eng/calcium__Noun__1
written_rep: calcium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcio
sense_list:
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbide__Noun__1
written_rep: calcium carbide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carburo di calcio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A black, solid, of formula CaC2, manufactured from lime and carbon at high temperatures; reacts with water to form acetylene.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: calcium carbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbonato di calcio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/calcium_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: calcium chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloruro di calcio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl2; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.


lexentry: eng/calcium_hydroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: calcium hydroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calce spenta
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)2, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime.


lexentry: eng/calculate__Verb__1
written_rep: calculate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolare
sense_list:
(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process. | To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.


lexentry: eng/calculation__Noun__1
written_rep: calculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conto
sense_list:
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating. | (countable) Reckoning, estimate. | (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.


lexentry: eng/calculator__Noun__1
written_rep: calculator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolatrice | calcolatore
sense_list:
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.


lexentry: eng/calculus__Noun__1
written_rep: calculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: calcolo
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. | (uncountable, often, definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.


lexentry: eng/calculus_of_variations__Noun__1
written_rep: calculus of variations
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolo delle variazioni
sense_list:
(calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.


lexentry: eng/calefactory__Noun__1
written_rep: calefactory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calefattorio
sense_list:
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.


lexentry: eng/calendar__Noun__1
written_rep: calendar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calendario
sense_list:
Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. | A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information. | A list of planned events.


lexentry: eng/calendar_year__Noun__1
written_rep: calendar year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: -enne
sense_list:
The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.


lexentry: eng/calender__Noun__1
written_rep: calender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calandra
sense_list:
Calender machine
 A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.


lexentry: eng/calf__Noun__1
written_rep: calf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vitello
sense_list:
A young cow or bull. | A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).


lexentry: eng/caliber__Noun__1
written_rep: caliber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: calibro
sense_list:
Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.


lexentry: eng/calico__Noun__1
written_rep: calico
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calicò
sense_list:
(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.


lexentry: eng/californium__Noun__1
written_rep: californium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: californio
sense_list:
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.


lexentry: eng/caliphate__Noun__1
written_rep: caliphate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: califfato
sense_list:
Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.


lexentry: eng/calisthenics__Noun__1
written_rep: calisthenics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: callistenia | calisthenics
sense_list:
(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
written_rep: call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: turno
sense_list:
(uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call. | (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
written_rep: call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 19
trans_list: canto | richiamo
sense_list:
A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call. | (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
written_rep: call
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiamare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon. | (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone. | (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
written_rep: call
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: visitare
sense_list:
To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
written_rep: call
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: coprire
sense_list:
(intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)


lexentry: eng/call_a_spade_a_spade__Verb__1
written_rep: call a spade a spade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dire pane al pane e vino al vino
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.


lexentry: eng/call_back__Verb__1
written_rep: call back
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: richiamare
sense_list:
To request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall. | To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.


lexentry: eng/call_box__Noun__1
written_rep: call box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonnina di soccorso
sense_list:
A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)


lexentry: eng/call_it_quits__Verb__1
written_rep: call it quits
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tirare i remi in barca
sense_list:
To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.


lexentry: eng/calla__Noun__1
written_rep: calla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calla
sense_list:
A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.


lexentry: eng/callback__Noun__1
written_rep: callback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: richiamata
sense_list:
(telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.


lexentry: eng/calligraphy__Noun__1
written_rep: calligraphy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calligrafia | chirografia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.


lexentry: eng/calling_card__Noun__1
written_rep: calling card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: biglietto da visita
sense_list:
(figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something. | (euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.


lexentry: eng/callus__Noun__1
written_rep: callus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: callo
sense_list:
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. | The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.


lexentry: eng/calm__Noun__1
written_rep: calm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calma
sense_list:
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. | (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. | A period of time without wind.


lexentry: eng/calm_before_the_storm__Noun__1
written_rep: calm before the storm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quiete prima della tempesta
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.


lexentry: eng/calomel__Noun__1
written_rep: calomel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calomelano
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.


lexentry: eng/calorie__Noun__1
written_rep: calorie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caloria
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, physics) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.


lexentry: eng/calorigenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: calorigenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calorigenesi
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The production of heat via the digestion of food, or by the action of certain hormones


lexentry: eng/calorimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: calorimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calorimetro
sense_list:
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.


lexentry: eng/calorimetry__Noun__1
written_rep: calorimetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calorimetria
sense_list:
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.


lexentry: eng/calque__Noun__1
written_rep: calque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calco
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.


lexentry: eng/caltrop__Noun__1
written_rep: caltrop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piede di corvo | tribolo
sense_list:
(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).


lexentry: eng/caltrop__Noun__1
written_rep: caltrop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tribulo comune
sense_list:
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.


lexentry: eng/calve__Verb__1
written_rep: calve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figliare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To give birth to a calf. | (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf. | (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).


lexentry: eng/calx__Noun__1
written_rep: calx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenere
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).


lexentry: eng/calypso__Noun__1
written_rep: calypso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calipso
sense_list:
A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/calyptra__Noun__1
written_rep: calyptra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caliptra
sense_list:
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.


lexentry: eng/calyx__Noun__1
written_rep: calyx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calice
sense_list:
(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.


lexentry: eng/cam__Noun__1
written_rep: cam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camma
sense_list:
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. | (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.


lexentry: eng/cambium__Noun__1
written_rep: cambium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambio
sense_list:
(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.


lexentry: eng/camcorder__Noun__1
written_rep: camcorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: videocamera
sense_list:
A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.


lexentry: eng/came__Noun__1
written_rep: came
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piombo
sense_list:
A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.


lexentry: eng/camel_case__Noun__1
written_rep: camel case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: notazione a cammello
sense_list:
(typography, often, programming) Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/camel_driver__Noun__1
written_rep: camel driver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cammelliere
sense_list:
One whose occupation is to direct, handle and care for camels, especially as a part of a caravan travelling long distances.


lexentry: eng/camel_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: camel spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solifugo
sense_list:
Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.


lexentry: eng/camellia__Noun__1
written_rep: camellia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camelia
sense_list:
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.


lexentry: eng/cameo__Noun__1
written_rep: cameo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cammeo
sense_list:
A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief. | A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.


lexentry: eng/camomile__Noun__1
written_rep: camomile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camomilla
sense_list:
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.


lexentry: eng/camomile_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: camomile tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camomilla
sense_list:
A beverage made by infusing the leaves of the camomile plant (either Matricaria recutita or Chamaemelum nobile) in hot water.


lexentry: eng/camouflage__Noun__1
written_rep: camouflage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mimetizzazione | camuffamento
sense_list:
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.


lexentry: eng/camp__Verb__1
written_rep: camp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: campeggiare
sense_list:
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.


lexentry: eng/campaigner__Noun__1
written_rep: campaigner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: attivista
sense_list:
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.


lexentry: eng/campanile__Noun__1
written_rep: campanile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campanile
sense_list:
A bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.


lexentry: eng/camper__Noun__1
written_rep: camper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campeggiatore
sense_list:
A person who camps, especially in a tent etc. | (video games, derogatory) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.


lexentry: eng/campfire__Noun__1
written_rep: campfire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falò
sense_list:
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.


lexentry: eng/camphor__Noun__1
written_rep: camphor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canfora
sense_list:
(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.


lexentry: eng/camphor_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: camphor tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canforo
sense_list:
An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.


lexentry: eng/camping__Noun__1
written_rep: camping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campeggio
sense_list:
(uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.


lexentry: eng/campus__Noun__1
written_rep: campus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campus
sense_list:
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.


lexentry: eng/can_I_use_your_phone__Phrase__1
written_rep: can I use your phone
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posso usare il tuo telefono?
sense_list:
Indicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.


lexentry: eng/can__Verb__1
written_rep: can
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: potere
sense_list:
(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/can_of_worms__Noun__1
written_rep: can of worms
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barile
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.


lexentry: eng/canal__Noun__1
written_rep: canal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canale
sense_list:
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.


lexentry: eng/canalise__Verb__1
written_rep: canalise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, British spelling) To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal. | (transitive, British spelling) To channel the flow of.


lexentry: eng/canapé__Noun__1
written_rep: canapé
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canapè | tartina | crostino
sense_list:
An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.


lexentry: eng/canard__Noun__1
written_rep: canard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anatra
sense_list:
(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.


lexentry: eng/canard__Noun__1
written_rep: canard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: alettone
sense_list:
(transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.


lexentry: eng/canary__Noun__1
written_rep: canary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canarino
sense_list:
A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. | Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.


lexentry: eng/canasta__Noun__1
written_rep: canasta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canasta
sense_list:
(uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. | (countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.


lexentry: eng/cancel__Verb__1
written_rep: cancel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: annullare | obliterare
sense_list:
(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.


lexentry: eng/cancel_culture__Noun__1
written_rep: cancel culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancel culture | cultura del boicottaggio | cultura della cancellazione
sense_list:
(neologism, often, derogatory) The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.


lexentry: eng/cancellation__Noun__1
written_rep: cancellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abrogazione | annullamento | annullo | cancellazione | disdetta | revoca
sense_list:
The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.


lexentry: eng/cancellous__Adjective__1
written_rep: cancellous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spongioso
sense_list:
(anatomy, of bone) Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.


lexentry: eng/cancer__Noun__1
written_rep: cancer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancro
sense_list:
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.


lexentry: eng/candareen__Noun__1
written_rep: candareen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minuto
sense_list:
A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.


lexentry: eng/candela__Noun__1
written_rep: candela
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: candela
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd


lexentry: eng/candid_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: candid camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telecamera nascosta
sense_list:
(photography) A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.


lexentry: eng/candle__Noun__1
written_rep: candle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: candela | cero
sense_list:
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.


lexentry: eng/candy_cane__Noun__1
written_rep: candy cane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastoncino di zucchero
sense_list:
(US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
written_rep: cane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canna | canna da zucchero | canna di bambu | giunco
sense_list:
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
written_rep: cane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bastone
sense_list:
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path


lexentry: eng/cane_toad__Noun__1
written_rep: cane toad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aghà
sense_list:
A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.


lexentry: eng/canid__Noun__1
written_rep: canid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canide
sense_list:
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).


lexentry: eng/caninus_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: caninus muscle
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: A facial muscle of the mouth.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
canino | elevatore dell'angolo della bocca | muscolo canino | muscolo elevatore dell'angolo della bocca


lexentry: eng/canister__Noun__1
written_rep: canister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cartoccia
sense_list:
A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.


lexentry: eng/canker__Noun__1
written_rep: canker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: giallo
sense_list:
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.


lexentry: eng/cannabinoid__Noun__1
written_rep: cannabinoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannabinoide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Substance that is structurally related to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive compound present in cannabis, or that bind to cannabinoid receptors.


lexentry: eng/cannabis__Noun__1
written_rep: cannabis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: canapa
sense_list:
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.


lexentry: eng/cannoli__Noun__1
written_rep: cannoli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannolo
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/cannon__Noun__1
written_rep: cannon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cannone
sense_list:
(historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece. | (Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.


lexentry: eng/canoe__Noun__1
written_rep: canoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canoa
sense_list:
(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.


lexentry: eng/canola_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: canola oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di colza
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia) vegetable oil pressed from canola seeds, used in cooking or as basis for biodiesel.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
written_rep: canon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canone
sense_list:
A generally accepted principle; a rule. | A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. | A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon. | A religious law or body of law decreed by the church. | A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round. | (chiefly, _, fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content. | (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.


lexentry: eng/canonical__Adjective__1
written_rep: canonical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canonico
sense_list:
Present in a canon, religious or otherwise. | According to recognised or orthodox rules. | (religion) In conformity with canon law. | (mathematics, computing) In canonical form.


lexentry: eng/canonization__Noun__1
written_rep: canonization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canonizzazione
sense_list:
(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation. | The state of being canonized or sainted.


lexentry: eng/canonize__Verb__1
written_rep: canonize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canonizzare | santificare
sense_list:
(chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
written_rep: cant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: codice | gergo | linguaggio segreto
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
written_rep: cant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: arma parlante
sense_list:
(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.


lexentry: eng/cantaloupe__Noun__1
written_rep: cantaloupe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantalupo | zatta
sense_list:
Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:


lexentry: eng/cantata__Noun__1
written_rep: cantata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantata
sense_list:
(music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
written_rep: canteen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mensa | caffetteria
sense_list:
A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
written_rep: canteen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: borraccia
sense_list:
A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink


lexentry: eng/canter__Noun__1
written_rep: canter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galoppo
sense_list:
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals. | A ride on a horse at such speed.


lexentry: eng/cantilever__Noun__1
written_rep: cantilever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mensola
sense_list:
(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.


lexentry: eng/cantillation__Noun__1
written_rep: cantillation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantillazione
sense_list:
The intonation of a sentence, especially in Hebrew script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.


lexentry: eng/canton__Noun__1
written_rep: canton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantone
sense_list:
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France. | A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).


lexentry: eng/canvas__Noun__1
written_rep: canvas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tela | canovaccio
sense_list:
A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.


lexentry: eng/canvass__Verb__1
written_rep: canvass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rastrellare consensi | rastrellare voti
sense_list:
(specifically, politics) To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.


lexentry: eng/cap__Noun__1
written_rep: cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: cappella | cappello
sense_list:
The top part of a mushroom. | (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.


lexentry: eng/capable__Adjective__1
written_rep: capable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capace
sense_list:
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.


lexentry: eng/capacitance__Noun__1
written_rep: capacitance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capacità
sense_list:
(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).


lexentry: eng/capacitor__Noun__1
written_rep: capacitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensatore
sense_list:
(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__1
written_rep: cape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capo
sense_list:
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__2
written_rep: cape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappa | mantellina
sense_list:
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/caper__Noun__3
written_rep: caper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappero
sense_list:
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten. | A plant of the genus Capparis.


lexentry: eng/caper_spurge__Noun__1
written_rep: caper spurge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catapuzia
sense_list:
An erect, biennial spurge native to southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwest Asia into central Asia, of species Euphorbia lathyris.


lexentry: eng/caperberry__Noun__1
written_rep: caperberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cocuncio
sense_list:
Capparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers). | A flower bud of a caper tree, sometimes served pickled as a garnish.


lexentry: eng/capercaillie__Noun__1
written_rep: capercaillie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gallo cedrone | urogallo
sense_list:
A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.


lexentry: eng/capillarity__Noun__1
written_rep: capillarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capillarità
sense_list:
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.


lexentry: eng/capillarization__Noun__1
written_rep: capillarization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capillarizzazione
sense_list:
The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.


lexentry: eng/capillary__Noun__1
written_rep: capillary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: capillare | vaso capillare
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).


lexentry: eng/capillary_action__Noun__1
written_rep: capillary action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capillarità
sense_list:
(physics) The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension


lexentry: eng/capital__Noun__1
written_rep: capital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: capitale
sense_list:
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.


lexentry: eng/capital_city__Noun__1
written_rep: capital city
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: capitale | capoluogo
sense_list:
A city (or cities) much larger or more important to a country than all others, regardless of the actual seat of government (cf., Moscow and Saint Petersburg regardless of moves of the Russian government; Amsterdam despite the Dutch government having been situated in The Hague since 1588).


lexentry: eng/capital_flight__Noun__1
written_rep: capital flight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuga di capitali
sense_list:
(economics) The rapid flow of money or assets out of a country in response to globalization or some other economic event.


lexentry: eng/capital_gain__Noun__1
written_rep: capital gain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plusvalenza
sense_list:
(economics) An increase in the value of a capital asset. | (business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.


lexentry: eng/capitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: capitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: capitalismo
sense_list:
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
written_rep: capitalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: trarre vantaggio
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.


lexentry: eng/capitulate__Verb__1
written_rep: capitulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitolare | arrendersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/capitulation__Noun__1
written_rep: capitulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: capitolazione | resa
sense_list:
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.


lexentry: eng/capoeira__Noun__1
written_rep: capoeira
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capoeira
sense_list:
(uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.


lexentry: eng/caponier__Noun__1
written_rep: caponier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caponiera
sense_list:
(military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).


lexentry: eng/capotasto__Noun__1
written_rep: capotasto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capotasto
sense_list:
(music) A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering


lexentry: eng/cappuccino__Noun__1
written_rep: cappuccino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappuccino
sense_list:
(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.


lexentry: eng/capri_pants__Noun__1
written_rep: capri pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinocchietto
sense_list:
Casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.


lexentry: eng/capric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: capric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido caprinico | acido caprico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/capriccio__Noun__1
written_rep: capriccio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: capriccio
sense_list:
(painting) A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting. | (music) A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.


lexentry: eng/caprice__Noun__1
written_rep: caprice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capriccio
sense_list:
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. | An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.


lexentry: eng/caproic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: caproic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido capronico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) A liquid fatty acid, CH3(CH2)4COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavours.


lexentry: eng/caprolactam__Noun__1
written_rep: caprolactam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caprolattame
sense_list:
(organic compound) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.


lexentry: eng/caprylic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: caprylic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido caprilico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)6COOH, obtained from butter and other animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/capsaicin__Noun__1
written_rep: capsaicin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capsaicina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.


lexentry: eng/capsicum__Noun__1
written_rep: capsicum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peperone
sense_list:
Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.


lexentry: eng/capstan__Noun__1
written_rep: capstan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cabestano
sense_list:
(especially, nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.


lexentry: eng/capsule__Noun__1
written_rep: capsule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capsula
sense_list:
(physiology) A membranous envelope. | (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton. | (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space. | (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
written_rep: captain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: capitano
sense_list:
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. | An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. | One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
written_rep: captain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: capitano | capitano di vascello
sense_list:
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
written_rep: caption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sottotitolo | didascalia | intestazione
sense_list:
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
written_rep: caption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: parte iniziale
sense_list:
(legal) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.


lexentry: eng/captious__Adjective__1
written_rep: captious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ambiguo | arzigogolato | capzioso | ingannevole | insidioso | tortuoso.
sense_list:
(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.


lexentry: eng/captivate__Verb__1
written_rep: captivate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accattivare | attirare l'attenzione | attrarre | catturare
sense_list:
(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.


lexentry: eng/captive__Noun__1
written_rep: captive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prigioniero
sense_list:
One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. | One held prisoner. | A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.


lexentry: eng/capture__Verb__1
written_rep: capture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: catturare | mangiare | prendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).


lexentry: eng/car__Noun__1
written_rep: car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macchina | automobile | auto | autovettura
sense_list:
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.


lexentry: eng/car_battery__Noun__1
written_rep: car battery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batteria dell'auto
sense_list:
(automotive) A 12-volt battery used to run the electric starter motor in order to ignite the internal combustion engine of an automobile, and power accessories when the engine is off and the alternator is not turning.


lexentry: eng/car_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: car bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autobomba
sense_list:
An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage. | An explosive device installed in an automobile with the primary purpose of killing the occupants of the car. | An alcoholic beverage made by dropping a shot of liquor into a glass of beer.


lexentry: eng/car_chase__Noun__1
written_rep: car chase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inseguimento in auto
sense_list:
(road transport) A chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender.


lexentry: eng/car_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: car guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guardiamacchina
sense_list:
A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.


lexentry: eng/car_radio__Noun__1
written_rep: car radio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autoradio
sense_list:
A radio receiver fitted in a car, typically on or just below the dashboard, sometimes with specific features for use while driving, such as traffic alert interrupts and alternative frequency functions (switching frequencies as one moves in and out of range of transmitters). | An on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.


lexentry: eng/car_wash__Noun__1
written_rep: car wash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: autolavaggio
sense_list:
A place at which a car is washed, usually for a fee and often mechanically by driving the car through a tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carabiner__Noun__1
written_rep: carabiner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moschettone
sense_list:
A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects.


lexentry: eng/caracal__Noun__1
written_rep: caracal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caracal | lince persiana
sense_list:
A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.


lexentry: eng/caramel__Noun__1
written_rep: caramel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caramello
sense_list:
(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection. | A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.


lexentry: eng/carapace__Noun__1
written_rep: carapace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carapace | esoscheletro
sense_list:
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.


lexentry: eng/carat__Noun__1
written_rep: carat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carato
sense_list:
A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls. | (historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg. | A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.


lexentry: eng/caravan__Noun__1
written_rep: caravan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carovana
sense_list:
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.


lexentry: eng/caravanserai__Noun__1
written_rep: caravanserai
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caravanserraglio
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/caravel__Noun__1
written_rep: caravel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caravella
sense_list:
(nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.


lexentry: eng/carbamazepine__Noun__1
written_rep: carbamazepine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbamazepina
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug.


lexentry: eng/carbamic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: carbamic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido carbammico
sense_list:
(organic compound) amino-formic acid, NH2COOH; it is too unstable to have been isolated, but its esters and salts are known.


lexentry: eng/carbide__Noun__1
written_rep: carbide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carburo
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element | (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts. | (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.


lexentry: eng/carbide__Noun__1
written_rep: carbide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: carburo di calcio
sense_list:
(cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.


lexentry: eng/carbide_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: carbide lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampada a carburo
sense_list:
A simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2) created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water.


lexentry: eng/carbinol__Noun__1
written_rep: carbinol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbinolo
sense_list:
(obsolete, organic compound, uncountable) The compound methanol. | (obsolete, organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted methanol.


lexentry: eng/carbohydrate__Noun__1
written_rep: carbohydrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carboidrato
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.


lexentry: eng/carbon-nitrogen-oxygen_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclo del carbonio-azoto
sense_list:
(physics, astronomy) A group of nuclear reactions, involving the interaction of protons with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen nuclei, thought to be the main source of energy in main-sequence stars of greater than 1.4 solar mass.


lexentry: eng/carbon__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbonio | carbone
sense_list:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.


lexentry: eng/carbon__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: carbonio
sense_list:
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal. | (ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/carbon_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclo del carbonio
sense_list:
The physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.


lexentry: eng/carbon_dioxide__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon dioxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anidride carbonica | diossido di carbonio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/carbon_fiber__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon fiber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fibra di carbonio | polimero rinforzato con fibra di carbonio
sense_list:
Ellipsis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic, a type of strong and lightweight composite material, especially epoxied composite laminate.


lexentry: eng/carbon_footprint__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon footprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ecoimpronta
sense_list:
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.


lexentry: eng/carbon_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tassa sul carbonio
sense_list:
A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/carbon_tetrachloride__Noun__1
written_rep: carbon tetrachloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tetracloruro di carbonio
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon tetrachloromethane; a toxic, nonflammable liquid, used as a solvent, formerly used in dry cleaning and in fire extinguishers.


lexentry: eng/carbonado__Noun__2
written_rep: carbonado
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbonado
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.


lexentry: eng/carbonated__Adjective__1
written_rep: carbonated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effervescente | gassato
sense_list:
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.


lexentry: eng/carbonated_water__Noun__1
written_rep: carbonated water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acqua frizzante
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Water that contains carbon dioxide dissolved in it under pressure and is intended for drinking.


lexentry: eng/carbonic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: carbonic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido carbonico
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A weak unstable acid, H2CO3, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water.


lexentry: eng/carbonyl_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: carbonyl chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossicloruro di carbonio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A toxic gas, COCl2, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.


lexentry: eng/carbophilic__Adjective__1
written_rep: carbophilic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbofilico
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Having an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule (especially an unsaturated one)


lexentry: eng/carboxyl__Noun__1
written_rep: carboxyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbossile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.


lexentry: eng/carbuncle__Noun__1
written_rep: carbuncle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antrace
sense_list:
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. | (pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.


lexentry: eng/carburetor__Noun__1
written_rep: carburetor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carburatore
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]


lexentry: eng/carcinization__Noun__1
written_rep: carcinization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carcinizzazione
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory, zoology) The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms. [from 1916]


lexentry: eng/carcinoma__Noun__1
written_rep: carcinoma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carcinoma
sense_list:
(countable) An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/card__Noun__2
written_rep: card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pettine
sense_list:
(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.


lexentry: eng/cardamom__Noun__1
written_rep: cardamom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardamomo
sense_list:
The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb. | (uncommon, inexact) , the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.


lexentry: eng/cardboard_box__Noun__1
written_rep: cardboard box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scatola di cartone
sense_list:
An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled. | A corrugated box. | (Cockney rhyming slang) Syphilis. | (slang, derogatory, uncommon) Someone who is very dull and uninteresting.


lexentry: eng/cardiac__Adjective__1
written_rep: cardiac
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cardiaco | cardiale
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) Pertaining to the cardia of the stomach; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).


lexentry: eng/cardiac_arrest__Noun__1
written_rep: cardiac arrest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arresto cardiaco
sense_list:
(cardiology, pathology) The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.


lexentry: eng/cardigan__Noun__1
written_rep: cardigan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardigan
sense_list:
A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Adjective__1
written_rep: cardinal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardinale
sense_list:
Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal. | (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west). | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. | Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
written_rep: cardinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardinale
sense_list:
(Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. | Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
written_rep: cardinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rosso cardinale
sense_list:
A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
written_rep: cardinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: numero cardinale
sense_list:
(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)


lexentry: eng/cardinal_number__Noun__1
written_rep: cardinal number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero cardinale
sense_list:
A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal. | (mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.


lexentry: eng/cardinal_virtue__Noun__1
written_rep: cardinal virtue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virtù cardinale
sense_list:
(Christianity, often, in the plural) One of the four foundational virtues identified by Greek and Christian philosophers, on which other virtues depend: justice, temperance, prudence, or fortitude.


lexentry: eng/cardioid__Noun__1
written_rep: cardioid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardioide
sense_list:
(geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta - approximately heart-shaped


lexentry: eng/cardiopulmonary_resuscitation__Noun__1
written_rep: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: RCP | rianimazione cardiopolmonare
sense_list:
A first aid procedure for cardiac arrest involving compression of the chest wall alternating with artificial respiration.


lexentry: eng/cardoon__Noun__1
written_rep: cardoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardo | cardone
sense_list:
Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.


lexentry: eng/care__Verb__1
written_rep: care
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interessarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).


lexentry: eng/care_for__Verb__1
written_rep: care for
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: guarire
sense_list:
(transitive, mostly, in the negative) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.


lexentry: eng/careen__Verb__1
written_rep: careen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carenare
sense_list:
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.


lexentry: eng/career__Noun__1
written_rep: career
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carriera
sense_list:
One’s calling in life; a person’s occupation; one’s profession. | (obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.


lexentry: eng/careerism__Noun__1
written_rep: careerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrierismo
sense_list:
(derogatory) The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests, social growth, or ethics. | (chiefly, US) The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/careless__Adjective__1
written_rep: careless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: negligente | inaccurato | negletto | spensierato | superficiale
sense_list:
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/carer__Noun__1
written_rep: carer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amministratore
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.


lexentry: eng/caretaker__Noun__1
written_rep: caretaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portinaio | badante | caposcala
sense_list:
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.


lexentry: eng/cargo_bike__Noun__1
written_rep: cargo bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bici cargo | bicicletta da trasporto
sense_list:
A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.


lexentry: eng/cargo_cult__Noun__1
written_rep: cargo cult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culto del cargo
sense_list:
Any of several religious movements among the people of Melanesia that anticipate the arrival of material cargo or cultural restoration, typically through the ritual imitation of the activities of colonial or technological cultures.


lexentry: eng/cargo_hold__Noun__1
written_rep: cargo hold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cala
sense_list:
(nautical) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.


lexentry: eng/carillon__Noun__1
written_rep: carillon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carillon | cariglione | gariglione
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.


lexentry: eng/caritive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: caritive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso caritivo
sense_list:
(grammatical case) A case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.


lexentry: eng/carminative__Adjective__1
written_rep: carminative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carminativo
sense_list:
(medicine) Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).


lexentry: eng/carminative__Noun__1
written_rep: carminative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carminativo
sense_list:
(medicine) A drug or substance that relieves the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).


lexentry: eng/carnassial__Noun__1
written_rep: carnassial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammaccatura
sense_list:
One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.


lexentry: eng/carnation__Noun__1
written_rep: carnation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: garofano
sense_list:
(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. | The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.


lexentry: eng/carnauba__Noun__1
written_rep: carnauba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cera di carnauba
sense_list:
A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera. | (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.


lexentry: eng/carnauba_wax__Noun__1
written_rep: carnauba wax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cera di carnauba
sense_list:
A yellow-brown wax obtained from the leaves of the Brazilian carnauba palm (Copernicia prunifera); used in cosmetics, polishes etc.


lexentry: eng/carnet__Noun__1
written_rep: carnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbonamento
sense_list:
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.


lexentry: eng/carnitine__Noun__1
written_rep: carnitine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carnitina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.


lexentry: eng/carnival__Noun__1
written_rep: carnival
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carnevale
sense_list:
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent. | A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.


lexentry: eng/carnivore__Noun__1
written_rep: carnivore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carnivoro
sense_list:
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.


lexentry: eng/carny__Noun__1
written_rep: carny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giostraia | giostraio
sense_list:
(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).


lexentry: eng/carnyx__Noun__1
written_rep: carnyx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carnyx | carnix
sense_list:
(brass instrument, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.


lexentry: eng/carol__Noun__1
written_rep: carol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pastorale
sense_list:
(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime. | A ballad or song of joy.


lexentry: eng/carotene__Noun__1
written_rep: carotene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carotene
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.


lexentry: eng/carotenoid__Noun__1
written_rep: carotenoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carotenoide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.


lexentry: eng/carotid__Noun__1
written_rep: carotid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carotide
sense_list:
(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.


lexentry: eng/carp__Noun__1
written_rep: carp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carpa | reina
sense_list:
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel__Noun__1
written_rep: carpal tunnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tunnel carpale
sense_list:
(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: carpal tunnel syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindrome del tunnel carpale
sense_list:
(neurology) form of repetitive strain injury caused by compression of the median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carpel__Noun__1
written_rep: carpel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carpello
sense_list:
(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
written_rep: carpenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falegname | carpentiere
sense_list:
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures. | (zoology) A carpenter bee.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
written_rep: carpenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falegname | carpentiere | maestro d'ascia
sense_list:
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.


lexentry: eng/carpentry__Noun__1
written_rep: carpentry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carpenteria
sense_list:
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.


lexentry: eng/carpet_beater__Noun__1
written_rep: carpet beater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battipanni
sense_list:
A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.


lexentry: eng/carpet_bombing__Noun__1
written_rep: carpet bombing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bombardamento a tappeto
sense_list:
Large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.


lexentry: eng/carpetbagger__Noun__1
written_rep: carpetbagger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paracadutista
sense_list:
(pejorative, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.


lexentry: eng/carpool__Noun__1
written_rep: carpool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concarreggio | auto di gruppo | carpooling | convetturaggio
sense_list:
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.


lexentry: eng/carport__Noun__1
written_rep: carport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posto auto coperto
sense_list:
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]


lexentry: eng/carrack__Noun__1
written_rep: carrack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caracca
sense_list:
(historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.


lexentry: eng/carriage__Noun__1
written_rep: carriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: carrozza
sense_list:
A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.


lexentry: eng/carriage_return__Noun__1
written_rep: carriage return
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: accesso
sense_list:
The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).


lexentry: eng/carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: supporto
sense_list:
A person or object that carries someone or something else. | (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.


lexentry: eng/carrier_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: carrier bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sacco di plastica
sense_list:
(UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.


lexentry: eng/carrier_pigeon__Noun__1
written_rep: carrier pigeon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piccione viaggiatore
sense_list:
A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.


lexentry: eng/carrier_wave__Noun__1
written_rep: carrier wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: onda portante
sense_list:
(physics) A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.


lexentry: eng/carrot__Noun__1
written_rep: carrot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carota
sense_list:
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. | (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.


lexentry: eng/carry-on__Noun__1
written_rep: carry-on
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bagaglio a mano
sense_list:
That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.


lexentry: eng/carry_oneself__Verb__1
written_rep: carry oneself
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comportare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To behave, especially with respect to how one's speech, body language, facial expressions, and grooming convey one's opinion concerning oneself.


lexentry: eng/carrying_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: carrying basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappa
sense_list:
A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.


lexentry: eng/cart__Noun__1
written_rep: cart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carro | carrello | carretto
sense_list:
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.


lexentry: eng/cartel__Noun__1
written_rep: cartel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartello
sense_list:
(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.


lexentry: eng/cartilage__Noun__1
written_rep: cartilage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartilagine
sense_list:
(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/cartilaginous__Adjective__1
written_rep: cartilaginous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartilagineo
sense_list:
(anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone. | Related to or resembling cartilage. | (mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.


lexentry: eng/cartography__Noun__1
written_rep: cartography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartografia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cartouche__Noun__1
written_rep: cartouche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartiglio
sense_list:
(architectural element) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield. | (Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.


lexentry: eng/cartridge__Noun__1
written_rep: cartridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartuccia
sense_list:
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition. | (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.


lexentry: eng/cartwheel__Noun__1
written_rep: cartwheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ruota
sense_list:
The wheel of a cart. | A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.


lexentry: eng/carve__Verb__1
written_rep: carve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: trinciare | intagliare | scolpire | scalcare
sense_list:
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.


lexentry: eng/carving_fork__Noun__1
written_rep: carving fork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forchettone
sense_list:
A fork with a long handle and two or three whetted flat tines, used in the process of serving meat, sausage, cheese or similar with care.


lexentry: eng/caryatid__Noun__1
written_rep: caryatid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cariatide
sense_list:
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.


lexentry: eng/caryopsis__Noun__1
written_rep: caryopsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cariosside
sense_list:
(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.


lexentry: eng/cascabel__Noun__1
written_rep: cascabel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: serpente a sonagli
sense_list:
A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry. | A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__1
written_rep: case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso
sense_list:
An actual event, situation, or fact. | A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event. | (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study. | (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__2
written_rep: case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: vetrinetta
sense_list:
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.


lexentry: eng/case_law__Noun__1
written_rep: case law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giurisprudenza
sense_list:
Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.


lexentry: eng/case_study__Noun__1
written_rep: case study
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso di studio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.


lexentry: eng/casemate__Noun__1
written_rep: casemate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casamatta
sense_list:
(military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.


lexentry: eng/cash__Noun__1
written_rep: cash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contanti | liquidi
sense_list:
(uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.


lexentry: eng/cash_desk__Noun__1
written_rep: cash desk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassa
sense_list:
A place in a restaurant, bar, or shop etc, typically containing a cash register, where a customer can pay the bill.


lexentry: eng/cash_in__Verb__1
written_rep: cash in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: approfittare
sense_list:
(figurative) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially.


lexentry: eng/cash_register__Noun__1
written_rep: cash register
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registratore di cassa
sense_list:
A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.


lexentry: eng/cashew__Noun__1
written_rep: cashew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anacardio
sense_list:
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.


lexentry: eng/cashless__Adjective__1
written_rep: cashless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: con assegno
sense_list:
Operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).


lexentry: eng/cashmere__Noun__1
written_rep: cashmere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cachemire | cashmere
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat. | (mostly, uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.


lexentry: eng/cask__Noun__1
written_rep: cask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botte
sense_list:
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/cassata_siciliana__Noun__1
written_rep: cassata siciliana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassata | cassata siciliana
sense_list:
A rich cake, typical of Sicily, containing liqueur layered with ricotta, candied fruit and chocolate.


lexentry: eng/casserole__Noun__1
written_rep: casserole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casseruola
sense_list:
(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.


lexentry: eng/cassette__Noun__1
written_rep: cassette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassetta
sense_list:
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.


lexentry: eng/cassock__Noun__1
written_rep: cassock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sottana | gonnellino
sense_list:
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cassowary__Noun__1
written_rep: cassowary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casuario
sense_list:
Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.


lexentry: eng/cast__Noun__1
written_rep: cast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cast
sense_list:
(art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
written_rep: cast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: addizionare | sommare
sense_list:
(dated, _, except in, _, accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
written_rep: cast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: fondere | gettare | colare
sense_list:
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
written_rep: cast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: gettare | lanciare
sense_list:
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast_a_shadow__Verb__1
written_rep: cast a shadow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare ombra
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast,‎ shadow. | (idiomatic, figuratively, of an event, often a tragic one) To dampen future events.


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
written_rep: cast off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sciogliere gli ormeggi
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
written_rep: cast off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiudere
sense_list:
(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.


lexentry: eng/cast_out_nines__Verb__1
written_rep: cast out nines
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prova del nove
sense_list:
(arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9.


lexentry: eng/castanet__Noun__1
written_rep: castanet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nacchere | castagnette
sense_list:
(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.


lexentry: eng/caste__Noun__1
written_rep: caste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casta
sense_list:
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.


lexentry: eng/castellan__Noun__1
written_rep: castellan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: castellano
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.


lexentry: eng/caster__Noun__1
written_rep: caster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: montaggio su ruote
sense_list:
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.


lexentry: eng/caster_sugar__Noun__1
written_rep: caster sugar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zucchero semolato
sense_list:
Granulated sugar that has been sifted to have a finer crystal size, so that it can be shaken out of the holes of a caster.


lexentry: eng/castigate__Verb__1
written_rep: castigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condannàre
sense_list:
(transitive, formal) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.


lexentry: eng/casting__Noun__1
written_rep: casting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casting
sense_list:
The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc. | (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.


lexentry: eng/castle__Noun__1
written_rep: castle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castello
sense_list:
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.


lexentry: eng/castle__Verb__1
written_rep: castle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: arroccare
sense_list:
(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.


lexentry: eng/castle_in_the_air__Noun__1
written_rep: castle in the air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castello in aria
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/castling__Noun__2
written_rep: castling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrocco
sense_list:
(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.


lexentry: eng/castor_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: castor oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di ricino
sense_list:
The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.


lexentry: eng/castor_oil_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: castor oil plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricino
sense_list:
A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.


lexentry: eng/castoreum__Noun__1
written_rep: castoreum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castoreo
sense_list:
The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.


lexentry: eng/castrato__Noun__1
written_rep: castrato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: castrato
sense_list:
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.


lexentry: eng/casualisation__Noun__1
written_rep: casualisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: precarizzazione
sense_list:
(economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.


lexentry: eng/casualty__Noun__1
written_rep: casualty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ferito
sense_list:
(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).


lexentry: eng/casuistry__Noun__1
written_rep: casuistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casistica
sense_list:
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.


lexentry: eng/cat's-paw__Noun__1
written_rep: cat's-paw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cavachiodi
sense_list:
(US, _, carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.


lexentry: eng/cat's_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: cat's eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catadiottro | catarifrangente
sense_list:
(countable, especially, Commonwealth, usually, _, in the plural) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.


lexentry: eng/cat's_tongue__Noun__1
written_rep: cat's tongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua di gatto
sense_list:
A small chocolate bar or (sometimes chocolate-covered) cookie/biscuit which is shaped somewhat like the tongue of a cat.


lexentry: eng/cat-o'-nine-tails__Noun__1
written_rep: cat-o'-nine-tails
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gatto a nove code
sense_list:
(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.


lexentry: eng/cat__Noun__1
written_rep: cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: felino | felina | gatto
sense_list:
An animal of the family Felidae: | Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.


lexentry: eng/cat_and_mouse__Noun__1
written_rep: cat and mouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocare a gatto e topo
sense_list:
A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other. | A children's game in which one player (the "cat") attempts to break through a ring of players to catch another player (the "mouse") in the centre.


lexentry: eng/cat_burglar__Noun__1
written_rep: cat burglar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: topo d'appartamento
sense_list:
A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.


lexentry: eng/cat_flap__Noun__1
written_rep: cat flap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gattaiola
sense_list:
A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.


lexentry: eng/cat_food__Noun__1
written_rep: cat food
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibo per gatti | mangime
sense_list:
A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.


lexentry: eng/cat_lady__Noun__1
written_rep: cat lady
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gattara
sense_list:
(informal, sometimes, derogatory) A woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats.


lexentry: eng/cat_litter__Noun__1
written_rep: cat litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettiera per gatti
sense_list:
Fuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet cats.


lexentry: eng/cat_thyme__Noun__1
written_rep: cat thyme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camedrio maro
sense_list:
A low-growing herb, Teucrium marum, related to germander, which has a pungent scent that causes sneezing, but is attractive to cats.


lexentry: eng/catabolism__Noun__1
written_rep: catabolism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catabolismo
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.


lexentry: eng/catachresis__Noun__1
written_rep: catachresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: catacresi
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.


lexentry: eng/cataclastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cataclastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cataclastico
sense_list:
(petrology) describing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress


lexentry: eng/catacomb__Noun__1
written_rep: catacomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catacomba
sense_list:
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/catadioptric__Adjective__1
written_rep: catadioptric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catadiottrico
sense_list:
(optics) Of or pertaining to optical systems that employ both reflective (catoptric) and refractive (dioptric) elements.


lexentry: eng/catalepsy__Noun__1
written_rep: catalepsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalessi | catalessia
sense_list:
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/catalogue__Noun__1
written_rep: catalogue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalogo
sense_list:
A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. | A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.


lexentry: eng/catalyst__Noun__1
written_rep: catalyst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalizzatore
sense_list:
(chemistry) A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process. | (figurative) Something that encourages progress or change.


lexentry: eng/catalytic__Adjective__1
written_rep: catalytic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalitico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change.


lexentry: eng/catalytic_converter__Noun__1
written_rep: catalytic converter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalizzatore
sense_list:
(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/catalyze__Verb__1
written_rep: catalyze
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catalizzare
sense_list:
(chemistry, transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction. | (transitive) To accelerate a process.


lexentry: eng/catamount__Noun__1
written_rep: catamount
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lince
sense_list:
(US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).


lexentry: eng/cataphora__Noun__1
written_rep: cataphora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catafora
sense_list:
(linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/cataphract__Noun__1
written_rep: cataphract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catafratta
sense_list:
(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.


lexentry: eng/cataphract__Noun__2
written_rep: cataphract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catafratto
sense_list:
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).


lexentry: eng/cataphyll__Noun__1
written_rep: cataphyll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catafillo
sense_list:
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.


lexentry: eng/catastrophe__Noun__1
written_rep: catastrophe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catastrofe
sense_list:
Any large and disastrous event of great significance. | (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations. | (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. | (mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.


lexentry: eng/catatonia__Noun__1
written_rep: catatonia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catatonia
sense_list:
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catatonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: catatonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catatonico
sense_list:
(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
written_rep: catch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: conquista
sense_list:
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
written_rep: catch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: fregatura | il rovescio della medaglia | trabocchetto | trappola | trucco
sense_list:
(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
written_rep: catch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: parata | presa
sense_list:
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.


lexentry: eng/catch__Verb__1
written_rep: catch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: afferrare | prendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/catch_of_the_day__Noun__1
written_rep: catch of the day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fresco di giornata
sense_list:
A type of fish or other seafood which has been caught and brought to the market within the last twenty-four hours.


lexentry: eng/catch_of_the_day__Noun__1
written_rep: catch of the day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: buon partito
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic) A person who is a popular or desirable choice to be a partner in a prospective marital or romantic relationship.


lexentry: eng/catch_one's_breath__Verb__1
written_rep: catch one's breath
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere fiato
sense_list:
to take a break, or rest while doing a strenuous activity, so that one's breathing becomes easier | to take in a breath sharply and hold it, usually in reaction to a sudden shock, or surprise


lexentry: eng/catch_red-handed__Verb__1
written_rep: catch red-handed
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (transitive) To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
cogliere con il sorcio in bocca | cogliere con le mani nel sacco | cogliere con le mani nella marmellata | cogliere in flagrante | cogliere sul fatto


lexentry: eng/catchment__Noun__1
written_rep: catchment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacino | invaso
sense_list:
(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.


lexentry: eng/catchword__Noun__1
written_rep: catchword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatore
sense_list:
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.


lexentry: eng/catechize__Verb__1
written_rep: catechize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catechizzare
sense_list:
To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation. | To question at length.


lexentry: eng/catecholamine__Noun__1
written_rep: catecholamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catecolamina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.


lexentry: eng/catechumen__Noun__1
written_rep: catechumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catecumeno | catecumena
sense_list:
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.


lexentry: eng/categorical_imperative__Noun__1
written_rep: categorical imperative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperativo categorico
sense_list:
(ethics) A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, based on the concept that an action is good or bad in and of itself regardless of what the actor's aims or preferences are.


lexentry: eng/category__Noun__1
written_rep: category
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: categoria
sense_list:
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. | (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.


lexentry: eng/catenaccio__Noun__1
written_rep: catenaccio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catenaccio
sense_list:
(football) A system of defensive play focused on nullifying opponents' attacks and preventing goal-scoring opportunities, typically using a libero.


lexentry: eng/catenary__Noun__1
written_rep: catenary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: catenaria
sense_list:
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.


lexentry: eng/caterer__Noun__1
written_rep: caterer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: trattrice
sense_list:
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.


lexentry: eng/caterpillar_track__Noun__1
written_rep: caterpillar track
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cingolo
sense_list:
A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.


lexentry: eng/catharsis__Noun__1
written_rep: catharsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catarsi
sense_list:
(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). | Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.


lexentry: eng/cathead__Noun__1
written_rep: cathead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceppo | gru di capone | grua di capone
sense_list:
A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.


lexentry: eng/cathedral__Noun__1
written_rep: cathedral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cattedrale | duomo
sense_list:
The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra. | (loosely or informally) A large or important church building.


lexentry: eng/catheter__Noun__1
written_rep: catheter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catetere
sense_list:
(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.


lexentry: eng/cathetus__Noun__1
written_rep: cathetus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cateto
sense_list:
(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.


lexentry: eng/cathode__Noun__1
written_rep: cathode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catodo
sense_list:
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).


lexentry: eng/cathode_ray_tube__Noun__1
written_rep: cathode ray tube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tubo a raggi catodici
sense_list:
(electronics) A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.


lexentry: eng/catkin__Noun__1
written_rep: catkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gattino | amento
sense_list:
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.


lexentry: eng/catnip__Noun__1
written_rep: catnip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: erba gatta
sense_list:
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.


lexentry: eng/catoblepas__Noun__1
written_rep: catoblepas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catoblepa
sense_list:
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.


lexentry: eng/cattail__Noun__1
written_rep: cattail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stiancia | tifa
sense_list:
(US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.


lexentry: eng/catty__Adjective__1
written_rep: catty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malizioso
sense_list:
(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women. | (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.


lexentry: eng/cauliflower__Noun__1
written_rep: cauliflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavolfiore
sense_list:
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. | The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.


lexentry: eng/cauliflower_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: cauliflower ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orecchio di cavolfiore
sense_list:
(boxing, wrestling, sport, pathology) An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.


lexentry: eng/caulking__Noun__1
written_rep: caulking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stoppa | stoppa catramata | stoppa da calafato
sense_list:
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.


lexentry: eng/causalism__Noun__1
written_rep: causalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: causalismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time


lexentry: eng/causative__Noun__1
written_rep: causative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: causativo
sense_list:
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).


lexentry: eng/cause__Noun__1
written_rep: cause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: causa
sense_list:
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. | (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.


lexentry: eng/cause_célèbre__Noun__1
written_rep: cause célèbre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso famoso
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.


lexentry: eng/cause_of_death__Noun__1
written_rep: cause of death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: causa di morte
sense_list:
The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.


lexentry: eng/causeway__Noun__1
written_rep: causeway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lastricato | selciato
sense_list:
A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.


lexentry: eng/caustic__Adjective__1
written_rep: caustic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caustico
sense_list:
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue. | (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.


lexentry: eng/caustic__Noun__1
written_rep: caustic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caustica
sense_list:
(optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.


lexentry: eng/cauterization__Noun__1
written_rep: cauterization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cauterizzazione
sense_list:
The act of searing organic tissue by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.


lexentry: eng/cauterize__Verb__1
written_rep: cauterize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cauterizzare
sense_list:
To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
written_rep: caution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cautela
sense_list:
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
written_rep: caution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cautela | prudenza
sense_list:
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.


lexentry: eng/cavalier__Noun__1
written_rep: cavalier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavaliere
sense_list:
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.


lexentry: eng/cavalry__Noun__1
written_rep: cavalry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavalleria
sense_list:
(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.


lexentry: eng/cavatina__Noun__1
written_rep: cavatina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavatina
sense_list:
(music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence


lexentry: eng/cave_painting__Noun__1
written_rep: cave painting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pittura rupestre
sense_list:
(uncountable) The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.


lexentry: eng/cavesson__Noun__1
written_rep: cavesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavezzone
sense_list:
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.


lexentry: eng/cavity__Noun__1
written_rep: cavity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: carie
sense_list:
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.


lexentry: eng/cedar__Noun__1
written_rep: cedar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cedro
sense_list:
(countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae. | (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.


lexentry: eng/cedilla__Noun__1
written_rep: cedilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cediglia
sense_list:
(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.


lexentry: eng/ceiling__Noun__1
written_rep: ceiling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: soffitto
sense_list:
The upper limit of an object or action. | (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.


lexentry: eng/celadon__Noun__1
written_rep: celadon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celadon
sense_list:
A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray. | A pale green Chinese glaze. | A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.


lexentry: eng/celebrate__Verb__1
written_rep: celebrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celebrare | festeggiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner. | (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly. | (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.


lexentry: eng/celebrity__Noun__1
written_rep: celebrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: celebrità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.] | A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/celeriac__Noun__1
written_rep: celeriac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sedano rapa
sense_list:
A form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable. [from mid 18th century]


lexentry: eng/celerity__Noun__1
written_rep: celerity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celerità
sense_list:
Speed, swiftness. | (oceanography, meteorology) The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.


lexentry: eng/celery__Noun__1
written_rep: celery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sedano | appio
sense_list:
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. | (uncountable, vegetable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/celesta__Noun__1
written_rep: celesta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celesta
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.


lexentry: eng/celestial__Adjective__1
written_rep: celestial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celeste
sense_list:
of or related to Heaven and the divine. | Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.


lexentry: eng/celestial_body__Noun__1
written_rep: celestial body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo celeste
sense_list:
(astronomy, astrology) A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.


lexentry: eng/celestial_sphere__Noun__1
written_rep: celestial sphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfera celeste
sense_list:
(astronomy) The apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/celestine__Noun__2
written_rep: celestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celestina | celestite
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.


lexentry: eng/celibacy__Noun__1
written_rep: celibacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celibato
sense_list:
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. | (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
written_rep: cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cella | cellula
sense_list:
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.] | A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.] | (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th–19th c.] | A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.] | (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
written_rep: cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cellula | cella
sense_list:
(biology, now, chiefly, botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.] | (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.] | A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
written_rep: cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: cellula
sense_list:
(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode. [from 20th c.] | (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.


lexentry: eng/cell_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: cell theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria cellulare
sense_list:
(biology) The scientific theory that all living organisms are made of cells as the smallest functional unit.


lexentry: eng/cell_wall__Noun__1
written_rep: cell wall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parete cellulare
sense_list:
(cytology) A thick, fairly rigid, layer formed around individual cells of bacteria, Archaea, fungi, plants, and algae (but not animals and other protists which generally have cell membranes without cell walls). The cell wall is external to the cell membrane and serves a structural function helping the cell maintain its shape and protecting the cell from damage.


lexentry: eng/cello__Noun__1
written_rep: cello
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: violoncello
sense_list:
A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/cellobiose__Noun__1
written_rep: cellobiose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cellobiosio
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage


lexentry: eng/cellular_automaton__Noun__1
written_rep: cellular automaton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: automa cellulare
sense_list:
(computing theory) An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions. Each application of an associated rule creates a new generation, where the cells have a new configuration of values.


lexentry: eng/cellulite__Noun__1
written_rep: cellulite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cellulite
sense_list:
The dimpled appearance of skin caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous adipose tissue, especially on a woman's hips and thighs.


lexentry: eng/celluloid__Noun__1
written_rep: celluloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celluloide
sense_list:
Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.


lexentry: eng/cellulose__Noun__1
written_rep: cellulose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cellulosa
sense_list:
A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
written_rep: cement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cemento | adesivo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
written_rep: cement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: adesivo | cemento
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.


lexentry: eng/cement_mixer__Noun__1
written_rep: cement mixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: betoniera
sense_list:
A device used in construction in which cement, aggregate and water are slowly mixed together in a revolving drum to form concrete.


lexentry: eng/cenotaph__Noun__1
written_rep: cenotaph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenotafio
sense_list:
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.


lexentry: eng/cenote__Noun__1
written_rep: cenote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenote
sense_list:
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.


lexentry: eng/censor__Noun__1
written_rep: censor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censore
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, historical) One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. | An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. | (obsolete) One who censures or condemns.


lexentry: eng/censor__Verb__1
written_rep: censor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censurare
sense_list:
To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).


lexentry: eng/censorship__Noun__1
written_rep: censorship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censura
sense_list:
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.


lexentry: eng/censure__Verb__1
written_rep: censure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censurare
sense_list:
(transitive) To criticize harshly. | (obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.


lexentry: eng/census__Noun__1
written_rep: census
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censimento | censo
sense_list:
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/cent__Noun__1
written_rep: cent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centesimo
sense_list:
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.


lexentry: eng/centaur__Noun__1
written_rep: centaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centauro
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse. | (astronomy, also, capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.


lexentry: eng/centenary__Adjective__1
written_rep: centenary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centenario
sense_list:
(historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit. | Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly [c. 1451]


lexentry: eng/center__Noun__1
written_rep: center
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: centro
sense_list:
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). | A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity. | (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.


lexentry: eng/center_of_gravity__Noun__1
written_rep: center of gravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baricentro
sense_list:
(physics) A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field. | (metaphorical) The most central or important part of something, which its other parts are considered in relation to.


lexentry: eng/centering__Noun__1
written_rep: centering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centina
sense_list:
(countable) A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.


lexentry: eng/centime__Noun__1
written_rep: centime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centesimo
sense_list:
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. | A coin having face value of one centime.


lexentry: eng/centipede__Noun__1
written_rep: centipede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centopiedi
sense_list:
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.


lexentry: eng/centner__Noun__1
written_rep: centner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quintale
sense_list:
A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.


lexentry: eng/central_bank__Noun__1
written_rep: central bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banca centrale
sense_list:
(banking) The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union; it normally regulates the supply of money, issues currency and controls interest rates. It usually oversees banking activity within its country's borders.


lexentry: eng/central_committee__Noun__1
written_rep: central committee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitato centrale
sense_list:
(communism) A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.


lexentry: eng/central_heating__Noun__1
written_rep: central heating
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riscaldamento centralizzato
sense_list:
Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/central_nervous_system__Noun__1
written_rep: central nervous system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema nervoso centrale
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/central_processing_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: central processing unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unità centrale di elaborazione
sense_list:
(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.


lexentry: eng/centralization__Noun__1
written_rep: centralization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centralizzazione | accentramento
sense_list:
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole


lexentry: eng/centralize__Verb__1
written_rep: centralize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centralizzare
sense_list:
To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate | To move power to a single, central authority


lexentry: eng/centre_forward__Noun__1
written_rep: centre forward
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centravanti | centrattacco
sense_list:
(British spelling, football) The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.


lexentry: eng/centre_of_mass__Noun__1
written_rep: centre of mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baricentro
sense_list:
(mathematics, physics) A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.


lexentry: eng/centreboard__Noun__1
written_rep: centreboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deriva
sense_list:
(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.


lexentry: eng/centrifugal_force__Noun__1
written_rep: centrifugal force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: forza centrifuga
sense_list:
(physics) In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body. | (erroneous) Centripetal force.


lexentry: eng/centrifugation__Noun__1
written_rep: centrifugation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centrifugazione
sense_list:
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.


lexentry: eng/centrifuge__Noun__1
written_rep: centrifuge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: centrifuga
sense_list:
By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)


lexentry: eng/centriole__Noun__1
written_rep: centriole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centriolo
sense_list:
(biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).


lexentry: eng/centroid__Noun__1
written_rep: centroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: centroide
sense_list:
(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.


lexentry: eng/centrosome__Noun__1
written_rep: centrosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centrosoma
sense_list:
(cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
written_rep: century
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: secolo
sense_list:
A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
written_rep: century
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: centuria
sense_list:
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. | A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.


lexentry: eng/century_egg__Noun__1
written_rep: century egg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uovo cent’anni
sense_list:
A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.


lexentry: eng/cephalosporin__Noun__1
written_rep: cephalosporin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cefalosporina
sense_list:
Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure.


lexentry: eng/cepstrum__Noun__1
written_rep: cepstrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cepstrum
sense_list:
(signal processing) The inverse Fourier transform of the logarithm of a magnitude spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.


lexentry: eng/ceramic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ceramic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceramico
sense_list:
Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.


lexentry: eng/ceramic__Noun__1
written_rep: ceramic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceramica
sense_list:
(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.


lexentry: eng/ceramide__Noun__1
written_rep: ceramide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceramide
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue


lexentry: eng/cerebellum__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebellum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervelletto
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.


lexentry: eng/cerebral__Adjective__1
written_rep: cerebral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerebrale
sense_list:
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex. | Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_aqueduct__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebral aqueduct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquedotto cerebrale
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) The channel in the brain which connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. It is surrounded by the periaqueductal gray.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_cortex__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebral cortex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corteccia cerebrale
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_palsy__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebral palsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralisi cerebrale | paralisi cerebrale infantile
sense_list:
(neurology, pathology) A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.


lexentry: eng/cerebrospinal_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebrospinal fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: liquido cefalorachidiano
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.


lexentry: eng/cerebrovascular_accident__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebrovascular accident
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incidente vascolare cerebrale
sense_list:
(medicine, formal, sometimes, euphemistic) Stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).


lexentry: eng/cerebrum__Noun__1
written_rep: cerebrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telencefalo
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.


lexentry: eng/ceremonious__Adjective__1
written_rep: ceremonious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerimonioso
sense_list:
According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete) , to ceremonial laws in the Bible.


lexentry: eng/ceremony__Noun__1
written_rep: ceremony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerimonia
sense_list:
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. | An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. | (uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.


lexentry: eng/cerium__Noun__1
written_rep: cerium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/certain__Adjective__1
written_rep: certain
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: certo | tale
sense_list:
(euphemism, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.


lexentry: eng/ceruloplasmin__Noun__1
written_rep: ceruloplasmin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceruloplasmina
sense_list:
(protein) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.


lexentry: eng/cervical__Adjective__1
written_rep: cervical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervicale
sense_list:
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck. | (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervical_canal__Noun__1
written_rep: cervical canal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canale cervicale | canale della cervice
sense_list:
(anatomy) A spindle-shaped, flattened canal of the cervix (the neck of the uterus), communicating with the uterine cavity and the vagina.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cancer__Noun__1
written_rep: cervical cancer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancro della cervice uterina
sense_list:
(pathology, oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: cervical cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappuccio cervicale
sense_list:
A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.


lexentry: eng/cervix__Noun__1
written_rep: cervix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: collo dell'utero | cervice
sense_list:
(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/cetane__Noun__1
written_rep: cetane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cetano
sense_list:
(organic compound) The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/cetirizine__Noun__1
written_rep: cetirizine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cetirizina
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A major metabolite of hydroxyzine, an antihistamine used in the treatment of allergies, hay fever, angioedema, and urticaria.


lexentry: eng/cetology__Noun__1
written_rep: cetology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cetologia
sense_list:
The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.


lexentry: eng/ceviche__Noun__1
written_rep: ceviche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceviche
sense_list:
(cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.


lexentry: eng/chador__Noun__1
written_rep: chador
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chador
sense_list:
A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.


lexentry: eng/chaffinch__Noun__1
written_rep: chaffinch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fringuello
sense_list:
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.


lexentry: eng/chagrin__Noun__1
written_rep: chagrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mortificazione | dispiacere | delusione
sense_list:
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.


lexentry: eng/chain__Noun__1
written_rep: chain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena
sense_list:
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. | A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. | (mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset. | (algebraic topology, originally) A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).


lexentry: eng/chain_letter__Noun__1
written_rep: chain letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena di sant'antonio
sense_list:
A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.


lexentry: eng/chain_of_command__Noun__1
written_rep: chain of command
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena di comando
sense_list:
(military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.


lexentry: eng/chain_of_custody__Noun__1
written_rep: chain of custody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena di custodia
sense_list:
(legal, chemistry) The documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials.


lexentry: eng/chain_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: chain reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: reazione a catena
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. | (figurative) A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.


lexentry: eng/chain_rule__Noun__1
written_rep: chain rule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regola della catena
sense_list:
(calculus) A formula for computing the derivative of the functional composition of two or more functions.


lexentry: eng/chain_smoker__Noun__1
written_rep: chain smoker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumatrice
sense_list:
One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain. | One who habitually smokes excessively.


lexentry: eng/chain_store__Noun__1
written_rep: chain store
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena
sense_list:
A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.


lexentry: eng/chainring__Noun__1
written_rep: chainring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
The large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.


lexentry: eng/chainsaw__Noun__1
written_rep: chainsaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motosega
sense_list:
(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.


lexentry: eng/chair__Noun__1
written_rep: chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sedia | seggiola
sense_list:
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.


lexentry: eng/chairlift__Noun__1
written_rep: chairlift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seggiovia
sense_list:
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.


lexentry: eng/chaise_longue__Noun__1
written_rep: chaise longue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chaise longue | agrippina | cislonga | greppina | sislunga
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.


lexentry: eng/chakra__Noun__1
written_rep: chakra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chakra
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.


lexentry: eng/chalazion__Noun__1
written_rep: chalazion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calazio
sense_list:
(ophthalmology, optometry) A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.


lexentry: eng/chalcedony__Noun__1
written_rep: chalcedony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcedonio
sense_list:
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.


lexentry: eng/chalcogen__Noun__1
written_rep: chalcogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcogeno
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.


lexentry: eng/chalcopyrite__Noun__1
written_rep: chalcopyrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcopirite
sense_list:
(mineral) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS2.


lexentry: eng/chalet__Noun__1
written_rep: chalet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chalet
sense_list:
(Singapore) A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a country club, resort, clubhouse or other recreational space, used for events, staycations and social gatherings.


lexentry: eng/chalice__Noun__1
written_rep: chalice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calice
sense_list:
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/chalk__Noun__1
written_rep: chalk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gessetto | gesso | creta
sense_list:
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).


lexentry: eng/challah__Noun__1
written_rep: challah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagnotta dolce
sense_list:
(countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
written_rep: challenge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sfida | impresa
sense_list:
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
written_rep: challenge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sfida | ricusazione
sense_list:
(legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).


lexentry: eng/challenger__Noun__1
written_rep: challenger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfidante | sfidatore
sense_list:
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.


lexentry: eng/chamber__Noun__1
written_rep: chamber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: camera
sense_list:
(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself. | Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room. | (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge. | (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.


lexentry: eng/chamber_orchestra__Noun__1
written_rep: chamber orchestra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orchestra da camera
sense_list:
An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet).


lexentry: eng/chamber_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: chamber pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vaso da notte | orinale | pitale
sense_list:
A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.


lexentry: eng/chamberlain__Noun__1
written_rep: chamberlain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciambellano | camerlengo
sense_list:
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/chameleon__Noun__1
written_rep: chameleon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camaleonte
sense_list:
A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue. | (figurative) A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.


lexentry: eng/chamois__Noun__1
written_rep: chamois
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: camoscio
sense_list:
The traditional colour of chamois leather. | An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.


lexentry: eng/champagne__Noun__1
written_rep: champagne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: champagne
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.


lexentry: eng/championship__Noun__1
written_rep: championship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campionato
sense_list:
(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions. | The position of champion, or winner.


lexentry: eng/chancel__Noun__1
written_rep: chancel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presbiterio
sense_list:
The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.


lexentry: eng/chancellor__Noun__1
written_rep: chancellor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancelliere
sense_list:
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice. | The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.


lexentry: eng/change_horses_in_midstream__Verb__1
written_rep: change horses in midstream
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squadra che vince non si cambia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.


lexentry: eng/change_of_state__Noun__1
written_rep: change of state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiamento di stato
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another.


lexentry: eng/changeling__Noun__1
written_rep: changeling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cocciuto
sense_list:
(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.


lexentry: eng/changing_room__Noun__1
written_rep: changing room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cabina di prova | camerino | camerino di prova
sense_list:
A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
written_rep: channel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: canale
sense_list:
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement. | (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.


lexentry: eng/channelize__Verb__1
written_rep: channelize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river. | (transitive) To transmit through a channel.


lexentry: eng/chanterelle__Noun__1
written_rep: chanterelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finferlo | galletto | cantarello giallo | finferla
sense_list:
(mushroom) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.


lexentry: eng/chaos__Noun__1
written_rep: chaos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caos
sense_list:
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. | (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.


lexentry: eng/chaos_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: chaos theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria del caos
sense_list:
(mathematics) The study of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.


lexentry: eng/chaparral__Noun__1
written_rep: chaparral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macchia
sense_list:
(US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.


lexentry: eng/chapbook__Noun__1
written_rep: chapbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depliant
sense_list:
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.


lexentry: eng/chapel__Noun__1
written_rep: chapel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cappella | chiesetta
sense_list:
(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.


lexentry: eng/chapel_of_ease__Noun__1
written_rep: chapel of ease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: succursale
sense_list:
A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church.


lexentry: eng/chapelmaster__Noun__1
written_rep: chapelmaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maestro di cappella
sense_list:
A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.


lexentry: eng/chaplain__Noun__1
written_rep: chaplain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappellano
sense_list:
A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.


lexentry: eng/chaplet__Noun__1
written_rep: chaplet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.


lexentry: eng/chapter__Noun__1
written_rep: chapter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitolo
sense_list:
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts. | Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
written_rep: character
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: personaggio
sense_list:
(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona. | (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
written_rep: character
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: carattere
sense_list:
(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength. | (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter. | (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.


lexentry: eng/character_amnesia__Noun__1
written_rep: character amnesia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amnesia dei caratteri
sense_list:
A phenomenon whereby experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well known to them.


lexentry: eng/characteristic_polynomial__Noun__1
written_rep: characteristic polynomial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polinomio caratteristico
sense_list:
(linear algebra) The polynomial produced from a given square matrix by first subtracting the appropriate identity matrix multiplied by an indeterminant and then calculating the determinant.


lexentry: eng/characterize__Verb__1
written_rep: characterize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caratterizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative). | (transitive) To determine the characteristics of.


lexentry: eng/charango__Noun__1
written_rep: charango
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: charango
sense_list:
A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.


lexentry: eng/charcoal__Noun__1
written_rep: charcoal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbonella | carbone
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.


lexentry: eng/charcoal_burner__Noun__1
written_rep: charcoal burner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carboniera
sense_list:
A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.


lexentry: eng/chard__Noun__1
written_rep: chard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bietola | bieta
sense_list:
(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/charge__Noun__1
written_rep: charge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: carica
sense_list:
(electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge. | (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge. | (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
written_rep: charge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: caricare
sense_list:
To call to account; to challenge. | (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge. | (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
written_rep: charge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: ricaricare | caricare
sense_list:
(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
written_rep: charge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: incaricare | accollare
sense_list:
(cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball. | (transitive, of a, hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)


lexentry: eng/charger__Noun__1
written_rep: charger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corsiero
sense_list:
(historical, military) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier).


lexentry: eng/chargé_d'affaires__Noun__1
written_rep: chargé d'affaires
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incaricato d'affari
sense_list:
(diplomacy) A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.


lexentry: eng/charism__Noun__1
written_rep: charism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carisma
sense_list:
(Christianity, theology, rare) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.


lexentry: eng/charismatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: charismatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carismatico
sense_list:
Of, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being full of personality; charming, fascinating, magnetic | Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
written_rep: charity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: carità | beneficenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
written_rep: charity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: altruismo | carità
sense_list:
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
written_rep: charity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: carità | amore
sense_list:
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.


lexentry: eng/charlock__Noun__1
written_rep: charlock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: senape dei campi | senape selvatica
sense_list:
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
written_rep: charm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: amuleto | ciondolo | talismano
sense_list:
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
written_rep: charm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: fascino | incanto | attrattiva
sense_list:
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.


lexentry: eng/charm_quark__Noun__1
written_rep: charm quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quark charm
sense_list:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.Symbol: c


lexentry: eng/chart_of_accounts__Noun__1
written_rep: chart of accounts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piano dei conti
sense_list:
(accounting) A list of financial accounts set up, usually by an accountant, for an organization, and available for use by the bookkeeper for recording transactions in the organization's general ledger.


lexentry: eng/charter__Noun__1
written_rep: charter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta
sense_list:
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. | A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.


lexentry: eng/chartist__Noun__1
written_rep: chartist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartista
sense_list:
(finance) A financial analyst who attempts to predict future movements in the prices of shares or other financial instruments by looking for patterns in charts of historical data.


lexentry: eng/charwoman__Noun__1
written_rep: charwoman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: donna delle pulizie
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.


lexentry: eng/chase__Noun__1
written_rep: chase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: caccia | cacciare
sense_list:
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.


lexentry: eng/chaser__Noun__2
written_rep: chaser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesellatore | incisore
sense_list:
Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/chasma__Noun__1
written_rep: chasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chasma
sense_list:
(astronomy, geology) A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System.


lexentry: eng/chastity__Noun__1
written_rep: chastity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castità
sense_list:
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.


lexentry: eng/chastity_belt__Noun__1
written_rep: chastity belt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cintura di castità
sense_list:
A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission.


lexentry: eng/chat__Verb__1
written_rep: chat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: chattare | chiacchierare
sense_list:
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).


lexentry: eng/chat_up__Verb__1
written_rep: chat up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimorchiare
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.


lexentry: eng/chauffeur__Noun__1
written_rep: chauffeur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chauffeur | autista
sense_list:
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).


lexentry: eng/chauvinism__Noun__1
written_rep: chauvinism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciovinismo
sense_list:
(pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. | (pejorative) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.


lexentry: eng/chav__Noun__1
written_rep: chav
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tamarro | coatto | scugnizzo | zingaro
sense_list:
(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/cheat_sheet__Noun__1
written_rep: cheat sheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bigliettino
sense_list:
A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.


lexentry: eng/check__Noun__2
written_rep: check
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadretto | scacco
sense_list:
(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.


lexentry: eng/check_in__Verb__1
written_rep: check in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registrarsi
sense_list:
To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc. | (intransitive, Netherlands, NNSE) to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey)


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
written_rep: check out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: investigare
sense_list:
(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.


lexentry: eng/check_up__Verb__1
written_rep: check up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controllare
sense_list:
(most often in phrasal verb "check up on") To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems.


lexentry: eng/checkerboard__Noun__1
written_rep: checkerboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scacchiera
sense_list:
A pattern of squares of alternating colours. | A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.


lexentry: eng/checkered__Adjective__1
written_rep: checkered
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: a luci e ombre | contrastato | variegato
sense_list:
(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.


lexentry: eng/checkmate__Noun__1
written_rep: checkmate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scacco matto
sense_list:
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.


lexentry: eng/checkpoint__Noun__1
written_rep: checkpoint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posto di blocco
sense_list:
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection


lexentry: eng/checks_and_balances__Noun__1
written_rep: checks and balances
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: divisione dei poteri
sense_list:
(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.


lexentry: eng/checksum__Noun__1
written_rep: checksum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: somma di controllo
sense_list:
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
written_rep: cheek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guancia | gota
sense_list:
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
written_rep: cheek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiappa
sense_list:
(anatomy, informal, usually, in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
written_rep: cheek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: braccio | braccio della tromba
sense_list:
(nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down


lexentry: eng/cheeky__Adjective__1
written_rep: cheeky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfacciato | impertinente | impudente | sfrontato
sense_list:
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.


lexentry: eng/cheerleading__Noun__1
written_rep: cheerleading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: animazione
sense_list:
A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.


lexentry: eng/cheers__Interjection__1
written_rep: cheers
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ciao, ci vediamo
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.


lexentry: eng/cheese__Noun__1
written_rep: cheese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: formaggio | cacio
sense_list:
(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. | (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.


lexentry: eng/cheese_mite__Noun__1
written_rep: cheese mite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acaro del formaggio
sense_list:
Any of several species of mite that thrive on the surface of cheese and feed on it. They are used on purpose in production of some types of cheese to give the cheese a distinct flavor.


lexentry: eng/cheesecake__Noun__1
written_rep: cheesecake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cheesecake | dolce al formaggio | torta al formaggio
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).


lexentry: eng/cheesecloth__Noun__1
written_rep: cheesecloth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stamigna
sense_list:
A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.


lexentry: eng/cheetah__Noun__1
written_rep: cheetah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghepardo | gattopardo
sense_list:
(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.


lexentry: eng/chef's_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: chef's knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltello del cuoco
sense_list:
A type of general purpose kitchen knife used for food preparation, typically measuring eight inches by one and a half inches.


lexentry: eng/chelicera__Noun__1
written_rep: chelicera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chelicero
sense_list:
(zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).


lexentry: eng/chemical_castration__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical castration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castrazione chimica
sense_list:
A medical treatment using an anaphrodisiacal hormonal drug to inhibit the function of a man's testes, intended to have the same effect on the sex drive as surgical castration. It is typically used on sex offenders as a punishment and/or preventative measure, or on people wishing to undergo male-to-female transsexualism.


lexentry: eng/chemical_compound__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical compound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: composto chimico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.


lexentry: eng/chemical_element__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elemento chimico
sense_list:
(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.


lexentry: eng/chemical_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingegneria chimica
sense_list:
The branch of engineering that deals with the design, construction and operation of industrial process plants, and the physical, chemical and biological processes to create substances or energy in a useful and economic form.


lexentry: eng/chemical_equation__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equazione chimica
sense_list:
(chemistry) a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction; reactants are represented on the left, and products on the right


lexentry: eng/chemical_equilibrium__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical equilibrium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equilibrio chimico
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The state of a reversible reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same


lexentry: eng/chemical_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: chemical reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reazione chimica
sense_list:
(chemistry) A process, typically involving the breaking or making of interatomic bonds, in which one or more substances are changed into others.


lexentry: eng/chemise__Noun__1
written_rep: chemise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sottabito
sense_list:
(historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women. | A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.


lexentry: eng/chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chimica
sense_list:
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. | (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance. | (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport. | (medicine, countable, informal, sometimes, proscribed) A blood test to measure the amount of various components of the serum (such as electrolytes, creatinine, and glucose).


lexentry: eng/chemokine__Noun__1
written_rep: chemokine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chemochina
sense_list:
(protein, immunology) Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.


lexentry: eng/chemosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: chemosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chemosfera
sense_list:
The region of the Earth's atmosphere (from 20 to 120 miles above the surface) in which photochemical reactions take place.


lexentry: eng/chemosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: chemosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chemiosintesi
sense_list:
the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi


lexentry: eng/chemotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: chemotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chemioterapia
sense_list:
(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. | (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.


lexentry: eng/chemtrail__Noun__1
written_rep: chemtrail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scia chimica
sense_list:
(often, in plural) A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.


lexentry: eng/chengyu__Noun__1
written_rep: chengyu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chengyu
sense_list:
(linguistics) A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and usually proverbial.


lexentry: eng/chequy__Adjective__1
written_rep: chequy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scaccato
sense_list:
(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.


lexentry: eng/cherimoya__Noun__1
written_rep: cherimoya
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cirimoia
sense_list:
A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America. | A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.


lexentry: eng/chernozem__Noun__1
written_rep: chernozem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: černozëm
sense_list:
(soil science) A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.


lexentry: eng/cherry-pick__Verb__1
written_rep: cherry-pick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: selezionare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.


lexentry: eng/cherry__Noun__1
written_rep: cherry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciliegia
sense_list:
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem. | Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries. | Cherry red. | The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans. | (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen. | (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves. | (cricket, slang) A red cricket ball. | (cricket, slang) A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball. | A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car. | The burning tip of a cigarette.


lexentry: eng/cherry_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: cherry tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciliegio
sense_list:
A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.


lexentry: eng/cherrywood__Noun__1
written_rep: cherrywood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciliegio
sense_list:
A hardwood obtained from the cherry tree, valued for use in furniture and other woodworking applications.


lexentry: eng/chert__Noun__1
written_rep: chert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ftanite
sense_list:
(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.


lexentry: eng/cherub__Noun__1
written_rep: cherub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cherubino
sense_list:
(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. | (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.


lexentry: eng/chervil__Noun__1
written_rep: chervil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerfoglio
sense_list:
(countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley. | (uncountable) Leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.


lexentry: eng/chess__Noun__1
written_rep: chess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scacchi
sense_list:
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.


lexentry: eng/chessboard__Noun__1
written_rep: chessboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scacchiera
sense_list:
(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.


lexentry: eng/chest__Noun__1
written_rep: chest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: petto | torace
sense_list:
(obsolete) A coffin. | (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals. | The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso. | (euphemistic, , , ) A female human's breasts. | A hit or blow made with one's chest.


lexentry: eng/chest_of_drawers__Noun__1
written_rep: chest of drawers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comò | cassettone | canterano | cassettiera
sense_list:
A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.


lexentry: eng/chest_voice__Noun__1
written_rep: chest voice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: voce di petto
sense_list:
(phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.


lexentry: eng/chevron__Noun__1
written_rep: chevron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scaglione | galloni | pipa | segno diacritico a V
sense_list:
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.


lexentry: eng/chevron__Noun__1
written_rep: chevron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: frecce segnaletiche
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.


lexentry: eng/chevrotain__Noun__1
written_rep: chevrotain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tragulo
sense_list:
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.


lexentry: eng/chew__Verb__1
written_rep: chew
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masticare
sense_list:
To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.


lexentry: eng/chew_the_cud__Verb__1
written_rep: chew the cud
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ruminare
sense_list:
(figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.


lexentry: eng/chew_the_scenery__Verb__1
written_rep: chew the scenery
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essere sopra le righe
sense_list:
(idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.


lexentry: eng/chia_seed__Noun__1
written_rep: chia seed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: semi di chia
sense_list:
An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/chiaroscuro__Noun__1
written_rep: chiaroscuro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiaroscuro
sense_list:
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.


lexentry: eng/chicane__Noun__1
written_rep: chicane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: chicane | curva a gomito
sense_list:
(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/chicken_out__Verb__1
written_rep: chicken out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tirarsi indietro
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/chicken_wire__Noun__1
written_rep: chicken wire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inferriata
sense_list:
(countable) A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.


lexentry: eng/chickenhawk__Noun__1
written_rep: chickenhawk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: albanella
sense_list:
Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.


lexentry: eng/chickling_vetch__Noun__1
written_rep: chickling vetch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicerchia
sense_list:
A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.


lexentry: eng/chicory__Noun__1
written_rep: chicory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicoria
sense_list:
(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.


lexentry: eng/chief_executive_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: chief executive officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amministratore delegato
sense_list:
(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.


lexentry: eng/chief_information_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: chief information officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: direttore informatico
sense_list:
An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board.


lexentry: eng/chief_of_staff__Noun__1
written_rep: chief of staff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capo di gabinetto
sense_list:
(military) The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations. | (government, politics) The head of any of several political departments in several nations.


lexentry: eng/chief_technology_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: chief technology officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: direttore tecnico | direttrice tecnica
sense_list:
An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.


lexentry: eng/chiffchaff__Noun__1
written_rep: chiffchaff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luì piccolo
sense_list:
A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/chiffon__Noun__1
written_rep: chiffon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiffon | velocrespo
sense_list:
A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.


lexentry: eng/chiffonier__Noun__1
written_rep: chiffonier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassettiera
sense_list:
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached. | One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. | A receptacle for rags or shreds.


lexentry: eng/chilblain__Noun__1
written_rep: chilblain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelone
sense_list:
An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
written_rep: child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bambino | bambina | figlio | figlia
sense_list:
(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
written_rep: child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bambino | bambina
sense_list:
A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.


lexentry: eng/child_abuse__Noun__1
written_rep: child abuse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abuso minorile
sense_list:
(criminology) Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/child_bride__Noun__1
written_rep: child bride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sposa bambina
sense_list:
A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures.


lexentry: eng/child_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: child carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marsupio
sense_list:
A device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.


lexentry: eng/child_labour__Noun__1
written_rep: child labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavoro infantile
sense_list:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane.


lexentry: eng/child_safety_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: child safety seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seggiolino
sense_list:
A detachable seat intended to provide additional safety to infants and young children when riding in automobiles, now frequently mandated by law.


lexentry: eng/childhood__Noun__1
written_rep: childhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infanzia
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child. | The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.


lexentry: eng/children's_home__Noun__1
written_rep: children's home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brefotrofio
sense_list:
A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.


lexentry: eng/chili__Noun__1
written_rep: chili
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peperoncino
sense_list:
(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/chili_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: chili pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peperoncino
sense_list:
Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.


lexentry: eng/chiliasm__Noun__1
written_rep: chiliasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiliasmo | millenarismo
sense_list:
Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.


lexentry: eng/chill__Noun__1
written_rep: chill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: freddo | brivido | brivido di freddo
sense_list:
A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness. | An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.


lexentry: eng/chimaera__Noun__1
written_rep: chimaera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chimera
sense_list:
A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin


lexentry: eng/chime__Noun__1
written_rep: chime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carillon
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.


lexentry: eng/chime__Noun__1
written_rep: chime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: campana
sense_list:
An individual ringing component of such a set. | A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.


lexentry: eng/chime__Verb__1
written_rep: chime
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scrosciare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make the sound of a chime. | (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.


lexentry: eng/chimera__Noun__1
written_rep: chimera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chimera
sense_list:
(figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination. | (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes. | (zoology) , a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.


lexentry: eng/chimerical__Adjective__1
written_rep: chimerical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: chimerico
sense_list:
(genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.


lexentry: eng/chimney__Noun__1
written_rep: chimney
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camino | ciminiera
sense_list:
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.


lexentry: eng/chimney_stack__Noun__1
written_rep: chimney stack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comignolo
sense_list:
(architectural element) A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.


lexentry: eng/chimney_swift__Noun__1
written_rep: chimney swift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rondone codaspinosa dei camini
sense_list:
A rapid-flying bird that feeds on flying insects, Chaetura pelagica, with a breeding range in the eastern US extending into Canada and winter range in northwestern South America.


lexentry: eng/chimpanzee__Noun__1
written_rep: chimpanzee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scimpanzé
sense_list:
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo. | (broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.


lexentry: eng/chinchilla__Noun__1
written_rep: chinchilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cincillà
sense_list:
(countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets. | (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.


lexentry: eng/chine__Noun__1
written_rep: chine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cima
sense_list:
The top of a ridge. | The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.


lexentry: eng/chink__Verb__1
written_rep: chink
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calafatare
sense_list:
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.


lexentry: eng/chinrest__Noun__1
written_rep: chinrest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mentoniera
sense_list:
(music, lutherie) A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.


lexentry: eng/chintz__Noun__1
written_rep: chintz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chintz
sense_list:
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.


lexentry: eng/chipmunk__Noun__1
written_rep: chipmunk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tamia
sense_list:
Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.


lexentry: eng/chipper__Noun__1
written_rep: chipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sminuzzatrice
sense_list:
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.


lexentry: eng/chiral__Adjective__1
written_rep: chiral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chirale
sense_list:
(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.


lexentry: eng/chirality__Noun__1
written_rep: chirality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiralità
sense_list:
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.


lexentry: eng/chirp__Verb__1
written_rep: chirp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinguettare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.


lexentry: eng/chisel__Noun__1
written_rep: chisel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scalpello | cesello
sense_list:
A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.


lexentry: eng/chisel__Verb__1
written_rep: chisel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesellare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To use a chisel. | (transitive) To work something with a chisel. | (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.


lexentry: eng/chit__Verb__1
written_rep: chit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cotto
sense_list:
(transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.


lexentry: eng/chitin__Noun__1
written_rep: chitin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chitina
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.


lexentry: eng/chiton__Noun__2
written_rep: chiton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chitone
sense_list:
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.


lexentry: eng/chivalry__Noun__1
written_rep: chivalry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cavalleria
sense_list:
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and courtesy to ladies. | Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.


lexentry: eng/chive__Noun__1
written_rep: chive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erba cipollina | cipolletta
sense_list:
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. | (in the plural, or, attributive) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.


lexentry: eng/chlamydia__Noun__1
written_rep: chlamydia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chlamydia
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.


lexentry: eng/chlamys__Noun__1
written_rep: chlamys
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clamide
sense_list:
(historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/chloral__Noun__1
written_rep: chloral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloralio
sense_list:
A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.


lexentry: eng/chloralkaline__Adjective__1
written_rep: chloralkaline
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloroalcalino
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to the industrial electrolysis of sodium hydroxide, especially to the main products, sodium hydroxide and chlorine


lexentry: eng/chloramine__Noun__1
written_rep: chloramine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorammina
sense_list:
(inorganic compound, organic compound) any of a class of unstable compounds of nitrogen and chlorine R1R2NCl; also the parent compound NH2Cl (monochloramine), used to manufacture hydrazine, and as the antiseptic chloramine-T


lexentry: eng/chloremia__Noun__1
written_rep: chloremia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloremia | cloruremia
sense_list:
(physiology, medicine) The presence of chloride in the bloodstream (which is always true, in some amount or other).


lexentry: eng/chloric__Adjective__1
written_rep: chloric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of a compound, containing chlorine with a higher oxidation number than equivalent chlorous compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 5.


lexentry: eng/chloric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: chloric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido clorico
sense_list:
(chemistry) a strong acid, HClO3, known only in solution and as its chlorate salts; a powerful oxidizing agent


lexentry: eng/chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloruro
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.


lexentry: eng/chlorinate__Verb__1
written_rep: chlorinate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorurare
sense_list:
(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).


lexentry: eng/chlorination__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.


lexentry: eng/chlorite__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorite
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/chlorofibre__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorofibre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorofibra
sense_list:
Any synthetic fibre made from the polymerization of a chlorinated monomer (especially from forms of polyvinyl chloride)


lexentry: eng/chlorofluorocarbon__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorofluorocarbon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorofluorocarburo
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/chloroform__Noun__1
written_rep: chloroform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloroformio
sense_list:
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/chlorophyll__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorophyll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorofilla
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.


lexentry: eng/chloroplast__Noun__1
written_rep: chloroplast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloroplasto
sense_list:
(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.


lexentry: eng/chloroprene__Noun__1
written_rep: chloroprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloroprene
sense_list:
(organic compound) The chlorinated derivative of butadiene 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene that is used (via polymerization) in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.


lexentry: eng/chloroquine__Noun__1
written_rep: chloroquine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorochina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C18H26ClN3.


lexentry: eng/chlorosis__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorosi
sense_list:
(medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/chlorous__Adjective__1
written_rep: chlorous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloroso
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of a compound, containing chlorine with a lower oxidation number than equivalent chloric compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 3.


lexentry: eng/chlorpromazine__Noun__1
written_rep: chlorpromazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clorpromazina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic drug used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative.


lexentry: eng/chock__Noun__1
written_rep: chock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calzatoia
sense_list:
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.


lexentry: eng/chocolate__Noun__1
written_rep: chocolate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cioccolata | cioccolato
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. | (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).


lexentry: eng/chocolate_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: chocolate bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tavoletta di cioccolata
sense_list:
A flat slab of chocolate, usually oblong in shape, which can be broken into smaller segments when being eaten, either solid or with a filling such as nuts or caramel.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_milk__Noun__1
written_rep: chocolate milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latte al cioccolato
sense_list:
A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_teacake__Noun__1
written_rep: chocolate teacake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: testa di moro
sense_list:
A confection consisting of a biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and coated in a hard shell of chocolate.


lexentry: eng/choir__Noun__1
written_rep: choir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coro
sense_list:
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. | (architecture) Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”). | (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.


lexentry: eng/choke__Verb__1
written_rep: choke
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soffocare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).


lexentry: eng/choker__Noun__1
written_rep: choker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: girocollo | collana
sense_list:
(fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.


lexentry: eng/cholecystokinin__Noun__1
written_rep: cholecystokinin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colecistochinina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.


lexentry: eng/cholera__Noun__1
written_rep: cholera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colera
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.


lexentry: eng/choleric__Adjective__1
written_rep: choleric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collerico
sense_list:
(humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.


lexentry: eng/cholesteric__Adjective__1
written_rep: cholesteric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colesterico
sense_list:
(physics) Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly


lexentry: eng/cholesterol__Noun__1
written_rep: cholesterol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colesterolo
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.


lexentry: eng/choline__Noun__1
written_rep: choline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OHX−. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.


lexentry: eng/cholinergic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cholinergic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colinergico
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.


lexentry: eng/cholinesterase__Noun__1
written_rep: cholinesterase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colinesterasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine).


lexentry: eng/chop__Noun__1
written_rep: chop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: alla pari
sense_list:
(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.


lexentry: eng/chop_suey__Noun__1
written_rep: chop suey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chop suey | piatto cantonese con carne e verdure
sense_list:
(US, Philippines, AU) A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce. | (Canada, and, British) Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/chopped_liver__Noun__1
written_rep: chopped liver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mezzacalzetta
sense_list:
(idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.


lexentry: eng/chopper__Noun__1
written_rep: chopper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: accetta
sense_list:
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.


lexentry: eng/chopstick__Noun__1
written_rep: chopstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacchetta
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length. | (obsolete, angling) A long straight stick forming part of various fishing tackle arrangements.


lexentry: eng/chopstick_rest__Noun__1
written_rep: chopstick rest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poggiabacchette
sense_list:
A small ornament on which a pair of chopsticks may be placed to prevent them from becoming contaminated or rolling off the table.


lexentry: eng/chord__Noun__1
written_rep: chord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corda
sense_list:
(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.


lexentry: eng/chordae_tendineae__Noun__1
written_rep: chordae tendineae
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corda tendinea
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.


lexentry: eng/chordate__Noun__1
written_rep: chordate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cordato
sense_list:
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.


lexentry: eng/chordophone__Noun__1
written_rep: chordophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cordofono
sense_list:
(musical instrument) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/chorea__Noun__1
written_rep: chorea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corea
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.


lexentry: eng/choreography__Noun__1
written_rep: choreography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coreografia
sense_list:
(by extension, figurative) The art of creating and arranging any activities that involve social coordination or orchestration. | (uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.


lexentry: eng/chorion__Noun__1
written_rep: chorion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corion
sense_list:
(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. | (biology, entomology) The outer case of an insect egg. | (botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.


lexentry: eng/chorionic_villus_sampling__Noun__1
written_rep: chorionic villus sampling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: villocentesi
sense_list:
(obstetrics, pathology) A form or prenatal diagnosis in which part of the placental tissue is tested for genetic abnormalities.


lexentry: eng/chorizo__Noun__1
written_rep: chorizo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chorizo
sense_list:
A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
written_rep: chorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coro
sense_list:
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song. | A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.


lexentry: eng/chosen_one__Noun__1
written_rep: chosen one
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il prescelto | la prescelta | quella scelta | quello scelto
sense_list:
(informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one.


lexentry: eng/chough__Noun__1
written_rep: chough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gracchio
sense_list:
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/choux_pastry__Noun__1
written_rep: choux pastry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta choux
sense_list:
A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/chrism__Noun__1
written_rep: chrism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisma
sense_list:
A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.


lexentry: eng/chrismation__Noun__1
written_rep: chrismation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cresima
sense_list:
(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.


lexentry: eng/chromakey__Noun__1
written_rep: chromakey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave cromatica | chroma key
sense_list:
(television, cinema) The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon another.


lexentry: eng/chromate__Noun__1
written_rep: chromate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromato
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO42-) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O72−), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents


lexentry: eng/chromatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: chromatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromatico
sense_list:
(uncomparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue. | Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.


lexentry: eng/chromatic_aberration__Noun__1
written_rep: chromatic aberration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aberrazione cromatica
sense_list:
(optics) An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/chromatic_number__Noun__1
written_rep: chromatic number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero cromatico
sense_list:
(graph theory) The smallest number of colours needed to colour a given graph (i.e., to assign a colour to each vertex such that no two vertices connected by an edge have the same colour).


lexentry: eng/chromatin__Noun__1
written_rep: chromatin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromatina
sense_list:
(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.


lexentry: eng/chromatogram__Noun__1
written_rep: chromatogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromatogramma
sense_list:
(analytical chemistry) The visual output from a chromatograph, usually a graphical display or histogram.


lexentry: eng/chromatography__Noun__1
written_rep: chromatography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromatografia
sense_list:
(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.


lexentry: eng/chromium__Noun__1
written_rep: chromium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromo
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.


lexentry: eng/chromodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: chromodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromodinamica
sense_list:
(physics) The study of the relationship between those quarks that possess the quantum property of color, and exchange gluons; more fully quantum chromodynamics.


lexentry: eng/chromosome__Noun__1
written_rep: chromosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromosoma
sense_list:
(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.


lexentry: eng/chromosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: chromosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromosfera
sense_list:
(star) The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere


lexentry: eng/chromotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: chromotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromoterapia
sense_list:
(alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light.


lexentry: eng/chroneme__Noun__1
written_rep: chroneme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronema
sense_list:
A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.


lexentry: eng/chronic__Adjective__1
written_rep: chronic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronico
sense_list:
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. | (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. | Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal. | Inveterate or habitual.


lexentry: eng/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva
sense_list:
(medicine, pulmonology, pathology) A type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.


lexentry: eng/chronic_wasting_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: chronic wasting disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malattia del deperimento cronico
sense_list:
(veterinary, pathology) A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.


lexentry: eng/chronobiology__Noun__1
written_rep: chronobiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronobiologia
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity


lexentry: eng/chronogram__Noun__1
written_rep: chronogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronogramma
sense_list:
A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.


lexentry: eng/chronological__Adjective__1
written_rep: chronological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cronologico
sense_list:
(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.


lexentry: eng/chronology__Noun__1
written_rep: chronology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronologia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred. | (countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.


lexentry: eng/chrononormativity__Noun__1
written_rep: chrononormativity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crononormatività
sense_list:
the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire.


lexentry: eng/chronophotography__Noun__1
written_rep: chronophotography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronofotografia
sense_list:
(photography) An antique photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures movement in several frames of print.


lexentry: eng/chronostasis__Noun__1
written_rep: chronostasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronostasi
sense_list:
(optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.


lexentry: eng/chronostratigraphy__Noun__1
written_rep: chronostratigraphy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronostratigrafia
sense_list:
(geology) The interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages, and time sequence of rock strata.


lexentry: eng/chronotaxis__Noun__1
written_rep: chronotaxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cronotassi
sense_list:
A list or table, sorted in chronological order, of people who held an office. Mostly used for the succession of bishops.


lexentry: eng/chrysalis__Noun__1
written_rep: chrysalis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisalide
sense_list:
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.


lexentry: eng/chrysanthemum__Noun__1
written_rep: chrysanthemum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisantemo
sense_list:
Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.


lexentry: eng/chrysoberyl__Noun__1
written_rep: chrysoberyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisoberillo
sense_list:
(mineral) A vitreous mineral, often pale green, a mixed oxide of aluminium and beryllium with the chemical formula BeAl2O4, used as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/chrysocolla__Noun__1
written_rep: chrysocolla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisocolla
sense_list:
(mineral) A vitreous silicate mineral that is a minor ore of copper, with the chemical formula (Cu2+,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O.


lexentry: eng/chuck__Noun__1
written_rep: chuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mandrino
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.


lexentry: eng/chufa__Noun__1
written_rep: chufa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: babagigio
sense_list:
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).


lexentry: eng/chug__Verb__1
written_rep: chug
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ingollare | ingurgitare | tracannare | trangugiare
sense_list:
(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.


lexentry: eng/chump__Noun__1
written_rep: chump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: allocca | allocco | credulona | credulone | fessa | fesso
sense_list:
(colloquial, pejorative) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.


lexentry: eng/chunder__Verb__1
written_rep: chunder
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimettere
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/chupacabras__Noun__1
written_rep: chupacabras
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chupacabra
sense_list:
(cryptozoology) A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
written_rep: church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiesa | Chiesa
sense_list:
(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
written_rep: church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiesa
sense_list:
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
written_rep: church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Chiesa | chiesa
sense_list:
(uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.


lexentry: eng/church_bell__Noun__1
written_rep: church bell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campana
sense_list:
A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.


lexentry: eng/church_service__Noun__1
written_rep: church service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culto
sense_list:
A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.


lexentry: eng/churchwarden's_pew__Noun__1
written_rep: churchwarden's pew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stallo
sense_list:
A type of church pew, typically on the west side, originally reserved for the churchwarden, and often decorated or engraved.


lexentry: eng/churn__Verb__1
written_rep: churn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frullare | ribollire | sbattere | spumeggiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.


lexentry: eng/chute__Noun__1
written_rep: chute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pista per slitte
sense_list:
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.


lexentry: eng/chutney__Noun__1
written_rep: chutney
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chutney
sense_list:
A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/chutzpah__Noun__1
written_rep: chutzpah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfacciataggine
sense_list:
(informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.


lexentry: eng/chytridiomycosis__Noun__1
written_rep: chytridiomycosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chitidriomicosi
sense_list:
An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.


lexentry: eng/château__Noun__1
written_rep: château
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castello
sense_list:
A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. | Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.


lexentry: eng/cicada__Noun__1
written_rep: cicada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicala
sense_list:
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.


lexentry: eng/cicero__Noun__1
written_rep: cicero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettura
sense_list:
(typography, Continental, _, printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.


lexentry: eng/cicerone__Noun__1
written_rep: cicerone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicerone
sense_list:
A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.


lexentry: eng/cicisbeo__Noun__1
written_rep: cicisbeo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavalier servente | cicisbeo
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.


lexentry: eng/cider__Noun__1
written_rep: cider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sidro
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | (Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears. | (Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage. | (countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.


lexentry: eng/cigar__Noun__1
written_rep: cigar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sigaro
sense_list:
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.


lexentry: eng/cigarette__Noun__1
written_rep: cigarette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sigaretta
sense_list:
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.


lexentry: eng/cilantro__Noun__1
written_rep: cilantro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coriandolo
sense_list:
(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.


lexentry: eng/cilium__Noun__1
written_rep: cilium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciglia
sense_list:
(cytology) A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.


lexentry: eng/cinchona__Noun__1
written_rep: cinchona
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: china
sense_list:
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.


lexentry: eng/cinder__Noun__1
written_rep: cinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenere
sense_list:
Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions


lexentry: eng/cinnabar__Noun__1
written_rep: cinnabar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinabro
sense_list:
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.


lexentry: eng/cinnamic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: cinnamic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido cinnamico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) The aromatic carboxylic acid C6H5-CH=CH-COOH obtained from cinnamon; it is used in perfumery etc


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
written_rep: cinnamon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cannella
sense_list:
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia). | (countable) A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
written_rep: cinnamon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cannella | cinnamomo
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.


lexentry: eng/cinquedea__Noun__1
written_rep: cinquedea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquadea | cinquedea | lingua di bue
sense_list:
A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.


lexentry: eng/circadian__Adjective__1
written_rep: circadian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circadiano
sense_list:
(biology) Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
written_rep: circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerchio | circolo
sense_list:
(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center). | (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
written_rep: circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: curva | cerchio
sense_list:
(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.


lexentry: eng/circuit_board__Noun__1
written_rep: circuit board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartello
sense_list:
(electronics, computer hardware) A board on which electronic components and their interconnecting circuits are mounted or etched.


lexentry: eng/circuit_breaker__Noun__1
written_rep: circuit breaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ruttore
sense_list:
(electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.


lexentry: eng/circuit_breaker__Noun__1
written_rep: circuit breaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interruttore magnetotermico
sense_list:
(electricity) More specifically, a circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device.


lexentry: eng/circular_argument__Noun__1
written_rep: circular argument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: petitio principii
sense_list:
(philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.


lexentry: eng/circular_breathing__Noun__1
written_rep: circular breathing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: respirazione circolare
sense_list:
A particular breathing technique: it involves inhaling via the nose while pushing air, that was stored in the cheeks, out through the lips, so allows for continuous playing of a wind instrument.


lexentry: eng/circular_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: circular economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: economia circolare
sense_list:
(economics) An industrial economy that aims to reduce waste and pollution by means of reuse, recycling, etc.


lexentry: eng/circular_segment__Noun__1
written_rep: circular segment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cedola
sense_list:
(geometry) A region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc.


lexentry: eng/circulation__Noun__1
written_rep: circulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circolazione
sense_list:
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began. | The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion | (narrowly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/circulatory_system__Noun__1
written_rep: circulatory system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apparato circolatorio | sistema circolatorio
sense_list:
(physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/circumcenter__Noun__1
written_rep: circumcenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circocentro
sense_list:
(geometry) The center of a circumcircle (the circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle or other cyclic polygon).


lexentry: eng/circumcircle__Noun__1
written_rep: circumcircle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circumcerchio
sense_list:
(geometry) A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible).


lexentry: eng/circumcise__Verb__1
written_rep: circumcise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: circoncidere
sense_list:
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.


lexentry: eng/circumference__Noun__1
written_rep: circumference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circonferenza
sense_list:
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure. | (geometry) The length of such a line.


lexentry: eng/circumfix__Noun__1
written_rep: circumfix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circonfisso
sense_list:
(grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.


lexentry: eng/circumflex__Noun__1
written_rep: circumflex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circonflesso | accento circonflesso
sense_list:
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.


lexentry: eng/circumlocution__Noun__1
written_rep: circumlocution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: circonlocuzione
sense_list:
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.


lexentry: eng/circumscription__Noun__1
written_rep: circumscription
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circoscrizione
sense_list:
The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed. | Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area. | (taxonomy) The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.


lexentry: eng/circumstantial__Adjective__1
written_rep: circumstantial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indizio
sense_list:
(law) Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.


lexentry: eng/circus__Noun__1
written_rep: circus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circo
sense_list:
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.] | A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.


lexentry: eng/cirl_bunting__Noun__1
written_rep: cirl bunting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zigolo nero
sense_list:
A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer.


lexentry: eng/cirque__Noun__1
written_rep: cirque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: circo glaciale
sense_list:
(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.


lexentry: eng/cirrhosis__Noun__1
written_rep: cirrhosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cirrosi
sense_list:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.


lexentry: eng/cirrocumulus__Noun__1
written_rep: cirrocumulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cirrocumulo
sense_list:
(physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc.


lexentry: eng/cirrostratus__Noun__1
written_rep: cirrostratus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cirrostrato
sense_list:
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs


lexentry: eng/cirrus__Noun__1
written_rep: cirrus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cirro
sense_list:
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.


lexentry: eng/cisco__Noun__1
written_rep: cisco
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marena
sense_list:
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.


lexentry: eng/cisgender__Adjective__1
written_rep: cisgender
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cisgenere
sense_list:
Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.


lexentry: eng/cissoid__Noun__1
written_rep: cissoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cissoide
sense_list:
(geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C1 and C2, where the distance along the line from C1 to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C2.


lexentry: eng/citadel__Noun__1
written_rep: citadel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cittadella
sense_list:
A strong fortress that sits high above a city. | (sometimes, figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.


lexentry: eng/citation__Noun__1
written_rep: citation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citazione
sense_list:
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear. | The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.


lexentry: eng/citation_needed__Phrase__1
written_rep: citation needed
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citazione necessaria
sense_list:
(originally, Internet slang, chiefly, humorous) Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification.


lexentry: eng/citicoline__Noun__1
written_rep: citicoline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citicolina
sense_list:
A psychostimulant and nootropic, an intermediate in the generation of phosphatidylcholine from choline.


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
written_rep: citizen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cittadino | cittadina
sense_list:
A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
written_rep: citizen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cittadino | cittadina | civile | residente
sense_list:
(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen_journalism__Noun__1
written_rep: citizen journalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giornalismo partecipativo
sense_list:
(media) A form of independent reporting, often carried out by amateurs who are on the scene of an event, and is then disseminated by new media.


lexentry: eng/citizen_of_the_world__Noun__1
written_rep: citizen of the world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cittadino del mondo
sense_list:
A person regarded as part of the global citizenry; specifically, one who takes the view that they belong to no particular country or state.


lexentry: eng/citric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: citric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido citrico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C6H8O7, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.


lexentry: eng/citrulline__Noun__1
written_rep: citrulline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citrullina
sense_list:
(amino acid) An amino acid, first isolated from watermelons, that is an intermediate in the urea cycle.


lexentry: eng/cittern__Noun__1
written_rep: cittern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cetera
sense_list:
A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar.


lexentry: eng/city__Noun__1
written_rep: city
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: città
sense_list:
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. | (UK, historical, _, in, _, Ireland, and) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.


lexentry: eng/city_council__Noun__1
written_rep: city council
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consiglio municipale
sense_list:
A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/city_wall__Noun__1
written_rep: city wall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mura
sense_list:
(usually, in plural) A wall around a city, built to define the city's boundaries, and sometimes to protect it from aggressors.


lexentry: eng/civet__Noun__1
written_rep: civet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zibetto
sense_list:
Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/civil__Adjective__1
written_rep: civil
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: civile
sense_list:
(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. | (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.


lexentry: eng/civil_code__Noun__1
written_rep: civil code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice civile
sense_list:
(legal) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.


lexentry: eng/civil_disobedience__Noun__1
written_rep: civil disobedience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disobbedienza civile
sense_list:
A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.


lexentry: eng/civil_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: civil engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: genio civile | ingegneria civile
sense_list:
The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.


lexentry: eng/civil_law__Noun__1
written_rep: civil law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto civile | diritto continentale | diritto romano-germanico
sense_list:
(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.


lexentry: eng/civil_law__Noun__1
written_rep: civil law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diritto continentale | diritto romano-germanico
sense_list:
(law) Legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derive from the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.


lexentry: eng/civil_registry__Noun__1
written_rep: civil registry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stato civile
sense_list:
A government repository, database recording the vital events (births, deaths, etc.) of its citizens and residents, its office.


lexentry: eng/civil_rights__Noun__1
written_rep: civil rights
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diritti civili
sense_list:
(US) Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.


lexentry: eng/civil_society__Noun__1
written_rep: civil society
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: società civile
sense_list:
All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/civil_union__Noun__1
written_rep: civil union
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unione civile
sense_list:
A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.


lexentry: eng/civil_war__Noun__1
written_rep: civil war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra civile
sense_list:
A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.


lexentry: eng/civilian__Noun__1
written_rep: civilian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: civile
sense_list:
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. | (informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Noun__1
written_rep: civilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: civiltà | civilizzazione
sense_list:
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: civilization
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: civiltà | civilizzazione
sense_list:
(inherently emic, sometimes, capitalized) Collectively, those people and places of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World.


lexentry: eng/clad__Adjective__1
written_rep: clad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbigliato
sense_list:
(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.


lexentry: eng/clad__Verb__2
written_rep: clad
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coprirsi
sense_list:
(past tense clad or cladded) To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).


lexentry: eng/cladding__Noun__1
written_rep: cladding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rivestimento
sense_list:
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.


lexentry: eng/claim__Noun__1
written_rep: claim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: affermazione | dichiarazione
sense_list:
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.


lexentry: eng/claimant__Noun__1
written_rep: claimant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: istante | richiedente | richieditore
sense_list:
(UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.


lexentry: eng/clairvoyance__Noun__1
written_rep: clairvoyance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiaroveggenza
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.


lexentry: eng/clam__Noun__1
written_rep: clam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vongola | arsella | tellina
sense_list:
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. | (US, slang, mostly, in the plural) A dollar.


lexentry: eng/clamp__Noun__1
written_rep: clamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morsetto
sense_list:
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. | A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.


lexentry: eng/clan__Noun__1
written_rep: clan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clan
sense_list:
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain. | (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.


lexentry: eng/clang__Verb__1
written_rep: clang
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang. | (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.


lexentry: eng/clanger__Noun__1
written_rep: clanger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: granchio
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.


lexentry: eng/clapometer__Noun__1
written_rep: clapometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: applausometro
sense_list:
An audience-reaction monitor used to give a visual interpretation of applause; once used on some television game shows.


lexentry: eng/clapper__Noun__1
written_rep: clapper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: batacchio | battaglio
sense_list:
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.


lexentry: eng/clapperboard__Noun__1
written_rep: clapperboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciac
sense_list:
(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.


lexentry: eng/clarification__Noun__1
written_rep: clarification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiarimento | chiarificazione
sense_list:
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.


lexentry: eng/clarify__Verb__1
written_rep: clarify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiarificare | purificare
sense_list:
(ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.


lexentry: eng/clarify__Verb__1
written_rep: clarify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiarire | esplicitare
sense_list:
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.


lexentry: eng/clarinet__Noun__1
written_rep: clarinet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clarinetto | clarino
sense_list:
(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).


lexentry: eng/clarion__Noun__1
written_rep: clarion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiarina | clarino
sense_list:
(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.


lexentry: eng/clash__Verb__1
written_rep: clash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cozzare | scontrarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.


lexentry: eng/clasp__Noun__1
written_rep: clasp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermaglio | fibbia | gancio
sense_list:
(countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
written_rep: class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classe | ceto
sense_list:
(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. | (uncountable) The division of society into classes.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
written_rep: class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: classe | ceto | condizione sociale | rango
sense_list:
(sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
written_rep: class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: classe
sense_list:
(uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance. | (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. | (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation. | (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank. | (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper). | (object-oriented, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
written_rep: class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: classe | lezione
sense_list:
(education, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.


lexentry: eng/class_consciousness__Noun__1
written_rep: class consciousness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coscienza di classe
sense_list:
(Marxism, social sciences) An individual's awareness of their relative place within the class system of society.


lexentry: eng/class_struggle__Noun__1
written_rep: class struggle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lotta di classe
sense_list:
Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.


lexentry: eng/classic__Adjective__1
written_rep: classic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: classico
sense_list:
Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical. | Exhibiting timeless quality and excellence.


lexentry: eng/classic__Noun__1
written_rep: classic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classico
sense_list:
A perfect and/or early example of a particular style. | An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song; a work of enduring excellence. | A major, long-standing sporting event.


lexentry: eng/classical__Adjective__1
written_rep: classical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: classico
sense_list:
(informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra. | Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. | Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined


lexentry: eng/classical_antiquity__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: classical antiquity
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antichità classica
sense_list:
(history) The era of the height of Greco-Roman civilization in southern Europe, roughly comprising the 6th century BC to the 5th century (AD), although sometimes distinguished from Late Antiquity


lexentry: eng/classical_guitar__Noun__1
written_rep: classical guitar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chitarra classica
sense_list:
A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/classical_language__Noun__1
written_rep: classical language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua classica
sense_list:
(literature, linguistics) An ancient language that has an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own, and has a large and rich body of ancient literature.


lexentry: eng/classical_mechanics__Noun__1
written_rep: classical mechanics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meccanica classica
sense_list:
(physics) All of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very small (see quantum mechanics) or the very fast or very heavy (see relativity).


lexentry: eng/classical_music__Noun__1
written_rep: classical music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musica classica
sense_list:
(music genre) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.


lexentry: eng/classical_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: classical studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettere antiche | lettere classiche
sense_list:
The study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history, etc., sometimes inclusive of the study of the ancient Mediterranean generally.


lexentry: eng/classicism__Noun__1
written_rep: classicism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classicismo
sense_list:
(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.


lexentry: eng/classicist__Noun__1
written_rep: classicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classicista
sense_list:
A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture. | A follower of classicism.


lexentry: eng/classification__Noun__1
written_rep: classification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classificazione
sense_list:
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.


lexentry: eng/classified_advertisement__Noun__1
written_rep: classified advertisement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: annuncio economico
sense_list:
Any of a list of newspaper or website advertisements included with others under a heading describing the category of product or service offered or sought.


lexentry: eng/classism__Noun__1
written_rep: classism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classismo
sense_list:
Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.


lexentry: eng/clathrate_compound__Noun__1
written_rep: clathrate compound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clatrato
sense_list:
(chemistry) a substance consisting of molecules of one element or compound contained within the cage-like structure of another


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
written_rep: clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proposizione
sense_list:
(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.


lexentry: eng/claustrum__Noun__1
written_rep: claustrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: claustro
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses


lexentry: eng/claves__Noun__1
written_rep: claves
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legnetti
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.


lexentry: eng/clavichord__Noun__1
written_rep: clavichord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clavicordo | clavicordio
sense_list:
(musical instruments) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.


lexentry: eng/clavicle__Noun__1
written_rep: clavicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clavicola
sense_list:
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.


lexentry: eng/clavicytherium__Noun__1
written_rep: clavicytherium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cembalo verticale | clavicytherium
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player. [early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/claw__Noun__1
written_rep: claw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chela
sense_list:
The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. | (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
written_rep: clay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: argilla | creta
sense_list:
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
written_rep: clay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: argilla
sense_list:
(tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.


lexentry: eng/clay_pigeon__Noun__1
written_rep: clay pigeon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piattello
sense_list:
A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.


lexentry: eng/clean__Adjective__1
written_rep: clean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulito | puro
sense_list:
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. | Pure, especially morally or religiously.


lexentry: eng/clean__Adjective__1
written_rep: clean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pulito
sense_list:
Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties). | (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.


lexentry: eng/clean_someone's_clock__Verb__1
written_rep: clean someone's clock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stravincere
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/cleanroom__Noun__1
written_rep: cleanroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camera bianca
sense_list:
A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.


lexentry: eng/clear_one's_throat__Verb__1
written_rep: clear one's throat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schiarirsi la gola
sense_list:
Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
written_rep: clearance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: luce | spazio
sense_list:
The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
written_rep: clearance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: liquidazione | saldo | svendita
sense_list:
(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
written_rep: clearance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: compensazione
sense_list:
(banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.


lexentry: eng/clearing__Noun__1
written_rep: clearing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: compensazione
sense_list:
(banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.


lexentry: eng/clearing_house__Noun__1
written_rep: clearing house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stanza di compensazione
sense_list:
A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.


lexentry: eng/clearness__Noun__1
written_rep: clearness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiarezza
sense_list:
The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cleavage__Noun__1
written_rep: cleavage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scollatura | décolleté | incavo
sense_list:
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.] | (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.


lexentry: eng/clef__Noun__1
written_rep: clef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave | chiave musicale
sense_list:
(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cleft_chin__Noun__1
written_rep: cleft chin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mento leporino
sense_list:
An anatomical genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.


lexentry: eng/cleft_sentence__Noun__1
written_rep: cleft sentence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frase scissa
sense_list:
(linguistics) A complex sentence whose meaning could be expressed by a simple sentence, that has a dependent clause in front of the main clause, and that typically stresses a particular constituent.


lexentry: eng/clematis__Noun__1
written_rep: clematis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clematide
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/clemency__Noun__1
written_rep: clemency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clemenza
sense_list:
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing. | (legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.


lexentry: eng/clementine__Noun__1
written_rep: clementine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clementina | mandarancio | clementino
sense_list:
A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.


lexentry: eng/clerestory__Noun__1
written_rep: clerestory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleristorio
sense_list:
(architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.


lexentry: eng/clerical_collar__Noun__1
written_rep: clerical collar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collarino
sense_list:
A stiff white collar, having no opening at the front, fastened at the back, worn by members of the Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/clerk__Noun__1
written_rep: clerk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impiegata | impiegato
sense_list:
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.


lexentry: eng/cleruchy__Noun__1
written_rep: cleruchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleruchia
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Greece) A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.


lexentry: eng/clever_clogs__Noun__1
written_rep: clever clogs
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furbacchione
sense_list:
(slang, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.


lexentry: eng/clever_dick__Noun__1
written_rep: clever dick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furbacchione
sense_list:
(informal, chiefly, British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.


lexentry: eng/clevis__Noun__1
written_rep: clevis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappa
sense_list:
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.


lexentry: eng/clew__Noun__1
written_rep: clew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bugna
sense_list:
(nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.


lexentry: eng/cliché__Noun__1
written_rep: cliché
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cliché
sense_list:
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
written_rep: click
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: consonante avulsiva
sense_list:
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
written_rep: click
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: clicca
sense_list:
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.


lexentry: eng/click__Verb__1
written_rep: click
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cliccare
sense_list:
(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). | (transitive, GUI) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.


lexentry: eng/click_beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: click beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fabbro
sense_list:
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.


lexentry: eng/clickbait__Noun__1
written_rep: clickbait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acchiappaclic
sense_list:
(Internet, _, marketing, pejorative) Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.


lexentry: eng/client__Noun__1
written_rep: client
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cliente
sense_list:
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. | A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.


lexentry: eng/clientele__Noun__1
written_rep: clientele
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clientela
sense_list:
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.


lexentry: eng/climacteric__Noun__1
written_rep: climacteric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: climaterio
sense_list:
(medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/climacterium__Noun__1
written_rep: climacterium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: climaterio
sense_list:
(medical) The bodily and mental changes linked to the reproductive and endocrine function in men and women occurring during the latter part of middle age.


lexentry: eng/climatarian__Adjective__1
written_rep: climatarian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: climatariano
sense_list:
Collected and distributed in an ecologically sustainable way, mindful of reducing the carbon footprint. (of food)


lexentry: eng/climate__Noun__1
written_rep: climate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clima
sense_list:
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years). | (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.


lexentry: eng/climate_catastrophe__Noun__1
written_rep: climate catastrophe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catastrofe climatica
sense_list:
The severe negative effects of climate change on both the natural world and humanity as a result of extreme weather events, sea level rise, biodiversity loss, etc.


lexentry: eng/climate_change__Noun__1
written_rep: climate change
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cambiamento climatico | mutamento climatico
sense_list:
Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.


lexentry: eng/climate_sceptic__Noun__1
written_rep: climate sceptic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: climatoscettica
sense_list:
A person who does not believe climate change is happening or does not believe it is caused by human activity.


lexentry: eng/climb__Verb__1
written_rep: climb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: arrampicarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. | (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.


lexentry: eng/climber__Noun__1
written_rep: climber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rampicante
sense_list:
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.


lexentry: eng/climbing__Noun__1
written_rep: climbing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrampicata
sense_list:
(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.


lexentry: eng/clinch__Noun__1
written_rep: clinch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: clinch
sense_list:
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.


lexentry: eng/clingy__Adjective__1
written_rep: clingy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affezionato
sense_list:
Having a tendency to cling. | (informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.


lexentry: eng/clinic__Noun__1
written_rep: clinic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clinica
sense_list:
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.


lexentry: eng/clinical_psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: clinical psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicologia clinica
sense_list:
(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.


lexentry: eng/clinically__Adverb__1
written_rep: clinically
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clinicamente
sense_list:
In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.


lexentry: eng/clinician__Noun__1
written_rep: clinician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clinico
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.


lexentry: eng/clinker__Noun__1
written_rep: clinker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rosticci
sense_list:
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/clinometer__Noun__1
written_rep: clinometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clinometro
sense_list:
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).


lexentry: eng/clip__Noun__1
written_rep: clip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: caricatore
sense_list:
(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.


lexentry: eng/clip__Noun__2
written_rep: clip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tosatura
sense_list:
A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio). | An act of clipping, such as a haircut.


lexentry: eng/clipboard__Noun__1
written_rep: clipboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: appunti | portablocco
sense_list:
(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.


lexentry: eng/clipeus__Noun__1
written_rep: clipeus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clipeo
sense_list:
(historical) A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome. | (architecture) An ornamental disk of marble in this shape. | (entomology) Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.


lexentry: eng/clipper__Noun__1
written_rep: clipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: clipper
sense_list:
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.


lexentry: eng/clipping__Noun__1
written_rep: clipping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: accorciamento
sense_list:
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.


lexentry: eng/clitellum__Noun__1
written_rep: clitellum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cintura
sense_list:
(biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.


lexentry: eng/clitic__Noun__1
written_rep: clitic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clitico
sense_list:
(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).


lexentry: eng/clitoral_hood__Noun__1
written_rep: clitoral hood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prepuzio clitorideo
sense_list:
A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.


lexentry: eng/clitoris__Noun__1
written_rep: clitoris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clitoride
sense_list:
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cloaca__Noun__1
written_rep: cloaca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cloaca | fogna
sense_list:
(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.


lexentry: eng/clobber__Verb__1
written_rep: clobber
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schiacciare
sense_list:
(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.


lexentry: eng/clock__Noun__1
written_rep: clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: orologio
sense_list:
(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time. | (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.


lexentry: eng/clock_in__Verb__1
written_rep: clock in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timbrare | timbrare il cartellino
sense_list:
(US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).


lexentry: eng/clock_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: clock tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torre dell'orologio
sense_list:
(architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.


lexentry: eng/clockwork__Noun__1
written_rep: clockwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orologeria | meccanismo a molla
sense_list:
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.


lexentry: eng/clod__Noun__1
written_rep: clod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zolla | gleba | piota
sense_list:
A lump of something, especially earth or clay. | Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.


lexentry: eng/cloister__Noun__1
written_rep: cloister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiostro
sense_list:
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: | A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.


lexentry: eng/cloister_vault__Noun__1
written_rep: cloister vault
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: volta a padiglione
sense_list:
(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.


lexentry: eng/clone__Noun__1
written_rep: clone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clone
sense_list:
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. | (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell. | A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.


lexentry: eng/cloning__Noun__1
written_rep: cloning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clonaggio | clonazione
sense_list:
The production of an exact copy of an object. | (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.


lexentry: eng/close,_but_no_cigar__Phrase__1
written_rep: close, but no cigar
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ci sei quasi
sense_list:
(idiomatic, originally, US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/close-mid__Adjective__1
written_rep: close-mid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: semichiuso
sense_list:
(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel


lexentry: eng/close-up__Noun__1
written_rep: close-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primo piano
sense_list:
(photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
written_rep: close
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiudere
sense_list:
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. | (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed. | (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
written_rep: close
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiudere | concludere
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.


lexentry: eng/close_one's_eyes__Verb__1
written_rep: close one's eyes
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiudere gli occhi
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close,‎ one's,‎ eyes. | (idiomatic) To ignore something. | (idiomatic) To sleep.


lexentry: eng/close_ranks__Verb__1
written_rep: close ranks
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fare quadrato | serrare i ranghi | serrare le fila
sense_list:
(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public.


lexentry: eng/close_the_stable_door_after_the_horse_has_bolted__Verb__1
written_rep: close the stable door after the horse has bolted
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).

trans_list:
chiudere il cancello quando i buoi sono scappati | chiudere il recinto dopo che i buoi sono scappati | chiudere la stalla quando i buoi sono scappati


lexentry: eng/closed__Adjective__1
written_rep: closed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiuso
sense_list:
(computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource. | Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc. | Not available for use or operation. | Not public.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
written_rep: closet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armadio | ripostiglio
sense_list:
A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies. | (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air. | (archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions. | (archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch. | (figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing. | (now, rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly): | (obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves. | (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord. | (archaic) One used to store curiosities. | (figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet. | (obsolete) One used to store valuables. | (slang, uncommon) Clipping of closet case. | A private cabinet, (particularly): | (US, Philippines) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes. | (now, chiefly, Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room. | (obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet. | (heraldiccharge) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad. | (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer. | A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity. | The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret. | (archaic) A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room?


lexentry: eng/closeup__Noun__1
written_rep: closeup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: primo piano
sense_list:
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.


lexentry: eng/closure__Noun__1
written_rep: closure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: chiusura
sense_list:
(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope. | (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.


lexentry: eng/cloth__Noun__1
written_rep: cloth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stoffa | tela | tessuto
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. | (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.


lexentry: eng/clothes_dryer__Noun__1
written_rep: clothes dryer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asciugatrice
sense_list:
An electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum.


lexentry: eng/clothes_moth__Noun__1
written_rep: clothes moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tignola dei panni
sense_list:
Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).


lexentry: eng/clothes_peg__Noun__1
written_rep: clothes peg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molletta | molletta da bucato
sense_list:
(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.


lexentry: eng/clothesline__Noun__1
written_rep: clothesline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linea di vestiti
sense_list:
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry. | (North America, informal) The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.


lexentry: eng/clotted_cream__Noun__1
written_rep: clotted cream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crema
sense_list:
A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%.


lexentry: eng/cloud__Noun__1
written_rep: cloud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nuvola | nube
sense_list:
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. | (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.


lexentry: eng/clouded_leopard__Noun__1
written_rep: clouded leopard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leopardo nebuloso
sense_list:
(especially) A mainland clouded leopard, a medium-sized, arboreal cat of species Neofelis nebulosa, found in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/clout__Noun__1
written_rep: clout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: forfora
sense_list:
(archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.


lexentry: eng/clove__Noun__1
written_rep: clove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiodo di garofano
sense_list:
(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.


lexentry: eng/clove_hitch__Noun__1
written_rep: clove hitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nodo barcaiolo
sense_list:
(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip


lexentry: eng/clover__Noun__1
written_rep: clover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trifoglio
sense_list:
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.


lexentry: eng/cloverleaf_interchange__Noun__1
written_rep: cloverleaf interchange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trifoglio
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions.


lexentry: eng/clown__Noun__1
written_rep: clown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagliaccio | clown | pagliaccia
sense_list:
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.


lexentry: eng/clownfish__Noun__1
written_rep: clownfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce pagliaccio
sense_list:
Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
written_rep: club
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: club | circolo
sense_list:
(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
written_rep: club
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clava | mazza | bastone
sense_list:
(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
written_rep: club
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fiori
sense_list:
(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.


lexentry: eng/club_moss__Noun__1
written_rep: club moss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: licopodio
sense_list:
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/club_soda__Noun__1
written_rep: club soda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acqua frizzante
sense_list:
(North America) A carbonated beverage consisting mainly of carbonated water, with or without a few other minor ingredients such as potassium citrate.


lexentry: eng/clumsy__Adjective__1
written_rep: clumsy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: grossolano
sense_list:
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.


lexentry: eng/clunker__Noun__1
written_rep: clunker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bagnarola
sense_list:
(informal) A decrepit motor car. | (informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
written_rep: cluster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grappolo
sense_list:
(epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time. | (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”). | A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.


lexentry: eng/cluster_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: cluster bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bomba a grappolo
sense_list:
An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.


lexentry: eng/clusterfuck__Noun__1
written_rep: clusterfuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bordello
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.


lexentry: eng/clustering__Noun__1
written_rep: clustering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: raggruppamento
sense_list:
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
written_rep: clutch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: frizione
sense_list:
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.] | The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.


lexentry: eng/clutch_pedal__Noun__1
written_rep: clutch pedal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedale della frizione
sense_list:
(automotive) A pedal in a manual transmission car that modulates the clutch mechanism, via clutch plate pressure.


lexentry: eng/cluttering__Noun__1
written_rep: cluttering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tachifemia
sense_list:
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.


lexentry: eng/cnidarian__Noun__1
written_rep: cnidarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnidario
sense_list:
(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/co-brother-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: co-brother-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concognato
sense_list:
(uncommon) One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.


lexentry: eng/co-cathedral__Noun__1
written_rep: co-cathedral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concattedrale
sense_list:
(Christianity) One of a group of churches (usually a pair) which share the function of being the seat of a bishop.


lexentry: eng/co-father-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: co-father-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consuocero
sense_list:
The father of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the father-in-law of one's child, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the father of the other spouse; either of two or more men whose children marry each other, such as the father of a bride vis-à-vis the father of the groom.


lexentry: eng/co-mother-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: co-mother-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consuocera
sense_list:
(uncommon) The mother of one's children-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's children, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse; either of two or more women whose children marry each other, such as the mother of a bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.


lexentry: eng/coagulation__Noun__1
written_rep: coagulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coagulazione
sense_list:
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins) | The process by which blood forms solid clots.


lexentry: eng/coal__Noun__1
written_rep: coal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbone
sense_list:
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/coal__Noun__1
written_rep: coal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tizzone | carbone
sense_list:
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) | (military slang, WWI, _, –, _, WWII) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.


lexentry: eng/coal_tar__Noun__1
written_rep: coal tar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catrame
sense_list:
A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.


lexentry: eng/coalesce__Verb__1
written_rep: coalesce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: associare
sense_list:
(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole. | (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.


lexentry: eng/coalescer__Noun__1
written_rep: coalescer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miscelatore
sense_list:
Any of several devices used to perform coalescence; especially to make the fatty elements of an emulsion to coalesce into larger droplets in order to facilitate their separation.


lexentry: eng/coalfish__Noun__1
written_rep: coalfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merluzzo nero
sense_list:
Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.


lexentry: eng/coaming__Noun__1
written_rep: coaming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mastra
sense_list:
(nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__1
written_rep: coaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cabotiere | cabotiero | nave costiera
sense_list:
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__2
written_rep: coaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sottobicchiere | sottocoppa | sottobottiglia | tondino
sense_list:
A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.


lexentry: eng/coastline__Noun__1
written_rep: coastline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costa
sense_list:
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)


lexentry: eng/coat_hanger__Noun__1
written_rep: coat hanger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruccia | stampella | appendiabiti
sense_list:
A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.


lexentry: eng/coat_of_arms__Noun__1
written_rep: coat of arms
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stemma | blasone
sense_list:
(heraldry) Hereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.


lexentry: eng/coat_rack__Noun__1
written_rep: coat rack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attaccapanni
sense_list:
A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use


lexentry: eng/coati__Noun__1
written_rep: coati
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coati
sense_list:
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
written_rep: coax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: adulare | coccolare | convincere | persuadere
sense_list:
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
written_rep: coax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costringere | incanalare | manipolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.


lexentry: eng/coaxial_cable__Noun__1
written_rep: coaxial cable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavo coassiale
sense_list:
(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.


lexentry: eng/cob__Noun__1
written_rep: cob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: torchis
sense_list:
(uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.


lexentry: eng/cobalamin__Noun__1
written_rep: cobalamin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cobalamina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of several forms of vitamin B12 depending on the upper axial ligand of the cobalt ion.


lexentry: eng/cobber__Noun__1
written_rep: cobber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capo
sense_list:
(Australia, slang, dated) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.


lexentry: eng/cobble_together__Verb__1
written_rep: cobble together
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettere insieme [[alla bell'e meglio]]
sense_list:
To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.


lexentry: eng/cobelligerent__Noun__1
written_rep: cobelligerent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cobelligerante
sense_list:
Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.


lexentry: eng/coca__Noun__1
written_rep: coca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coca
sense_list:
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.


lexentry: eng/cocaine__Noun__1
written_rep: cocaine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cocaina
sense_list:
(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.


lexentry: eng/cochineal__Noun__1
written_rep: cochineal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cocciniglia
sense_list:
(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia). | (uncountable) A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
written_rep: cock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
written_rep: cock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: alzare | drizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.


lexentry: eng/cock_tease__Noun__1
written_rep: cock tease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rizzacazzi
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar, chiefly, derogatory) A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an implied promise of sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/cockatiel__Noun__1
written_rep: cockatiel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calopsitta
sense_list:
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.


lexentry: eng/cockatrice__Noun__1
written_rep: cockatrice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coccatrice
sense_list:
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.


lexentry: eng/cockfighting__Noun__1
written_rep: cockfighting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combattimento fra galli | combattimento tra galli
sense_list:
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__2
written_rep: cockle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loglio
sense_list:
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).


lexentry: eng/cockpit__Noun__2
written_rep: cockpit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cabina di pilotaggio | abitacolo | cabina di comando
sense_list:
The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cockroach__Noun__1
written_rep: cockroach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarafaggio | blatta
sense_list:
Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite. | (slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.


lexentry: eng/cockscomb__Noun__1
written_rep: cockscomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ditola rossa
sense_list:
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers


lexentry: eng/cocksucker__Noun__1
written_rep: cocksucker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciucciacazzo | pompinaro | succhiacazzi
sense_list:
(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory, or, offensive) A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/cocktail_sauce__Noun__1
written_rep: cocktail sauce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salsa rosa
sense_list:
A sauce served with oysters and other seafood, typically ketchup mixed with horseradish or mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_butter__Noun__1
written_rep: cocoa butter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burro di cacao
sense_list:
The fat that is extracted from the cocoa bean to make chocolate; it has a relatively sharp melting point so does not feel greasy when eaten.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_powder__Noun__1
written_rep: cocoa powder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cacao
sense_list:
(baking, cooking) A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.


lexentry: eng/coconut__Noun__1
written_rep: coconut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noce di cocco | cocco
sense_list:
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.


lexentry: eng/coconut_crab__Noun__1
written_rep: coconut crab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: granchio del cocco | granchio latro
sense_list:
A terrestrial hermit crab of species Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.


lexentry: eng/coconut_milk__Noun__1
written_rep: coconut milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latte di cocco
sense_list:
A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisine in curry and other gravy.


lexentry: eng/coconut_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: coconut oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di cocco
sense_list:
A type of cooking oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.


lexentry: eng/cod__Noun__1
written_rep: cod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: merluzzo
sense_list:
Sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac). | The meat of any of the above fish.


lexentry: eng/cod_liver_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: cod liver oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di fegato di merluzzo
sense_list:
Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
written_rep: code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice
sense_list:
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents. | A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. | A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. | (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords. | (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.


lexentry: eng/code_block__Noun__1
written_rep: code block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condominio
sense_list:
(programming) A block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.


lexentry: eng/code_name__Noun__1
written_rep: code name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome in codice
sense_list:
(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.


lexentry: eng/code_of_ethics__Noun__1
written_rep: code of ethics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice di condotta
sense_list:
(ethics) A list of statements or exemplars used by organizations to guide their members in differentiating between right and wrong and in applying understandings to their decision making.


lexentry: eng/code_of_honour__Noun__1
written_rep: code of honour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice d'onore
sense_list:
Certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among a social group, and which are founded on a regard for reputation.


lexentry: eng/codeine__Noun__1
written_rep: codeine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codeina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.


lexentry: eng/codominance__Noun__1
written_rep: codominance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codominanza
sense_list:
(genetics) A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.


lexentry: eng/codon__Noun__2
written_rep: codon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codone
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.


lexentry: eng/codpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: codpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachetta
sense_list:
A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.


lexentry: eng/codriver__Noun__1
written_rep: codriver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: co-autista
sense_list:
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.


lexentry: eng/coefficient__Noun__1
written_rep: coefficient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coefficiente
sense_list:
(mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied. | A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.


lexentry: eng/coefficient_of_friction__Noun__1
written_rep: coefficient of friction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coefficiente di attrito
sense_list:
(physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
written_rep: coelacanth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celacanto
sense_list:
(in particular) Either of the two extant species in this group; the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) or the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). | Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish, thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.


lexentry: eng/coelenterate__Noun__1
written_rep: coelenterate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celenterato
sense_list:
(zoology, dated) Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.


lexentry: eng/coeliac_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: coeliac disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celiachia
sense_list:
(UK) An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.


lexentry: eng/coelom__Noun__1
written_rep: coelom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: celoma
sense_list:
(zoology) A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.


lexentry: eng/coenobium__Noun__1
written_rep: coenobium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cenobio
sense_list:
(botany) A colony of algae which acts as a single organism; a coenobe. | (zoology) A colony of unicellular organisms (such as protozoa) which acts as a single organism.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
written_rep: coerce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: costringere
sense_list:
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.


lexentry: eng/coercion__Noun__1
written_rep: coercion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coercizione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.


lexentry: eng/coevolution__Noun__1
written_rep: coevolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coevoluzione
sense_list:
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.


lexentry: eng/coexist__Verb__1
written_rep: coexist
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coesistere
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.


lexentry: eng/coexistence__Noun__1
written_rep: coexistence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coesistenza
sense_list:
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.


lexentry: eng/coffee_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: coffee bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chicco di caffè
sense_list:
The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea, that is prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_grinder__Noun__1
written_rep: coffee grinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macinacaffè
sense_list:
A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).


lexentry: eng/cofferdam__Noun__1
written_rep: cofferdam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassone | tura
sense_list:
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.


lexentry: eng/cofounder__Noun__1
written_rep: cofounder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cofondatore | cofondatrice
sense_list:
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.


lexentry: eng/cognate_accusative__Noun__1
written_rep: cognate accusative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complemento oggetto interno
sense_list:
(grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).


lexentry: eng/cognitariat__Noun__1
written_rep: cognitariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cognitariato
sense_list:
(sociology) A social group formed by people with high academic training, who receive a low salary not in accordance with their educational level.


lexentry: eng/cognition__Noun__1
written_rep: cognition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conoscenza
sense_list:
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.


lexentry: eng/cognitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: cognitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cognitivo
sense_list:
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_dissonance__Noun__1
written_rep: cognitive dissonance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dissonanza cognitiva
sense_list:
(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: cognitive psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicologia cognitiva
sense_list:
(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.


lexentry: eng/cognize__Verb__1
written_rep: cognize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conoscere
sense_list:
To know, perceive, or become aware of. | To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.


lexentry: eng/cognomen__Noun__1
written_rep: cognomen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cognome | soprannome
sense_list:
(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.


lexentry: eng/cohabit__Verb__1
written_rep: cohabit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coabitare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.


lexentry: eng/cohere__Verb__1
written_rep: cohere
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: essere attiguo
sense_list:
(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. | (transitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.


lexentry: eng/cohesion__Noun__1
written_rep: cohesion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coesione
sense_list:
State of cohering, or of working together. | (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. | (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.


lexentry: eng/cohobate__Verb__1
written_rep: cohobate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coobare
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, alchemy) To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.


lexentry: eng/cohobation__Noun__1
written_rep: cohobation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coobazione
sense_list:
(dated, physical chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
written_rep: cohort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coorte
sense_list:
(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic. | (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).


lexentry: eng/coif__Noun__1
written_rep: coif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cuffia
sense_list:
(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.


lexentry: eng/coilgun__Noun__1
written_rep: coilgun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannone di Gauss
sense_list:
Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means


lexentry: eng/coin__Noun__1
written_rep: coin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moneta
sense_list:
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.


lexentry: eng/coin_toss__Noun__1
written_rep: coin toss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lancio di moneta
sense_list:
A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision.


lexentry: eng/coincidence__Noun__1
written_rep: coincidence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coincidenza
sense_list:
Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. | Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.


lexentry: eng/coir__Noun__1
written_rep: coir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulpito
sense_list:
The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.


lexentry: eng/coke__Noun__1
written_rep: coke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coke
sense_list:
(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.


lexentry: eng/col_legno__Adverb__1
written_rep: col legno
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: col legno
sense_list:
(music) A musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow.


lexentry: eng/colander__Noun__1
written_rep: colander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colapasta | colino | colabrodo
sense_list:
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.


lexentry: eng/colchicine__Noun__1
written_rep: colchicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colchicina
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.


lexentry: eng/cold__Noun__1
written_rep: cold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: raffreddore | colpo d'aria | influenza
sense_list:
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.


lexentry: eng/cold_drop__Noun__1
written_rep: cold drop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: goccia fredda
sense_list:
(meteorology) A high-impact rainfall event occurring in the autumn along the Spanish Mediterranean coast.


lexentry: eng/cold_hands,_warm_heart__Proverb__1
written_rep: cold hands, warm heart
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mani fredde, cuore caldo
sense_list:
Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.


lexentry: eng/cold_meat__Noun__1
written_rep: cold meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salume
sense_list:
Any cold cooked meat such as luncheon meat or lunch meat, spam, chopped pork, corned beef, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cold_sore__Noun__1
written_rep: cold sore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: febbre
sense_list:
(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).


lexentry: eng/cold_sweat__Noun__1
written_rep: cold sweat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sudore freddo
sense_list:
Perspiration which feels chilly to the person perspiring, and which indicates debilitating illness, shock, or the experiencing of an intense emotion such as despair, anxiety, or, especially, fear.


lexentry: eng/cold_turkey__Adverb__1
written_rep: cold turkey
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: di colpo | di punto in bianco
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.


lexentry: eng/cold_war__Noun__1
written_rep: cold war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra fredda
sense_list:
A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. [from 1945]


lexentry: eng/coleoptile__Noun__1
written_rep: coleoptile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coleoptile
sense_list:
(botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.


lexentry: eng/colewort__Noun__1
written_rep: colewort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavolo | ravizzone
sense_list:
A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.


lexentry: eng/coli__Noun__1
written_rep: coli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colibacillo
sense_list:
(often, attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.


lexentry: eng/colic__Noun__1
written_rep: colic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colica
sense_list:
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).


lexentry: eng/collaborate__Verb__1
written_rep: collaborate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collaborare
sense_list:
To work together with others to achieve a common goal. | To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.


lexentry: eng/collaboration__Noun__1
written_rep: collaboration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collaborazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of collaborating. | (countable) A production or creation made by collaborating.


lexentry: eng/collage__Noun__1
written_rep: collage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collage
sense_list:
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.


lexentry: eng/collagen__Noun__1
written_rep: collagen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collagene | collageno
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.


lexentry: eng/collapse__Noun__1
written_rep: collapse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: collasso | funzione costante
sense_list:
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).


lexentry: eng/collar__Noun__1
written_rep: collar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collare
sense_list:
A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it. | (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.


lexentry: eng/collar__Noun__1
written_rep: collar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colletto | bavero | collo | bavera
sense_list:
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.


lexentry: eng/collared_flycatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: collared flycatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balia dal collare
sense_list:
Ficedula albicollis, an Old World flycatcher breeding in eastern Europe and across Central Asia, overwintering in Africa


lexentry: eng/collared_peccary__Noun__1
written_rep: collared peccary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pecari dal collare
sense_list:
A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Adjective__1
written_rep: collateral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collaterale
sense_list:
Parallel, in the same vein, side by side. | Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal. | (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency. | Coming or directed along the side.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
written_rep: collateral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pegno
sense_list:
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
written_rep: collateral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: collaterale
sense_list:
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).


lexentry: eng/colleague__Noun__1
written_rep: colleague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collega
sense_list:
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.


lexentry: eng/collect__Verb__1
written_rep: collect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: collezionare | raccogliere
sense_list:
(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.


lexentry: eng/collecting__Noun__1
written_rep: collecting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collezionismo
sense_list:
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
written_rep: collection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: collezione | raccolta
sense_list:
(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set. | The quality of being collected; calm composure.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
written_rep: collection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: colletta
sense_list:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.


lexentry: eng/collection_plate__Noun__1
written_rep: collection plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vassoio
sense_list:
A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.


lexentry: eng/collective__Adjective__1
written_rep: collective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collettivo
sense_list:
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body. | (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.


lexentry: eng/collective_agreement__Noun__1
written_rep: collective agreement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contratto collettivo di lavoro
sense_list:
A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.


lexentry: eng/collective_unconscious__Noun__1
written_rep: collective unconscious
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inconscio collettivo
sense_list:
(psychology) The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.


lexentry: eng/collectively__Adverb__1
written_rep: collectively
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collettivamente
sense_list:
In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.


lexentry: eng/collectivism__Noun__1
written_rep: collectivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collettivismo
sense_list:
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively


lexentry: eng/collegial__Adjective__1
written_rep: collegial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collegiale
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues. | Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/collegiality__Noun__1
written_rep: collegiality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: collegialità
sense_list:
power and authority that is shared among peers, especially the sharing of collegiate power among Roman Catholic bishops.


lexentry: eng/collet__Noun__1
written_rep: collet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manicotto espansibile
sense_list:
A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.


lexentry: eng/colligate__Verb__1
written_rep: colligate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: collegare
sense_list:
(transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.


lexentry: eng/colligative__Adjective__1
written_rep: colligative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colligativo
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.


lexentry: eng/collinearity__Noun__1
written_rep: collinearity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collinearità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being collinear. | (countable, genetics) The relationship between the linear sequence of codons in DNA and that of amino acids in the protein so coded


lexentry: eng/collocation__Noun__1
written_rep: collocation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: collocazione
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.


lexentry: eng/colloid__Noun__1
written_rep: colloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colloide | colóide
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.


lexentry: eng/colloquium__Noun__1
written_rep: colloquium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colloquio
sense_list:
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.


lexentry: eng/cologarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: cologarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cologaritmo
sense_list:
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)


lexentry: eng/cologne__Noun__1
written_rep: cologne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: acqua di Colonia
sense_list:
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.


lexentry: eng/colon__Noun__2
written_rep: colon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colon
sense_list:
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)


lexentry: eng/colonel__Noun__1
written_rep: colonel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonnello | colonello
sense_list:
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).


lexentry: eng/colonel_general__Noun__1
written_rep: colonel general
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonnello generale
sense_list:
(military rank) A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.


lexentry: eng/colonial__Adjective__1
written_rep: colonial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coloniale
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony. | (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA. | (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.


lexentry: eng/colonialism__Noun__1
written_rep: colonialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonialismo
sense_list:
The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.


lexentry: eng/colonize__Verb__1
written_rep: colonize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. | (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony. | (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.


lexentry: eng/colony__Noun__1
written_rep: colony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: colonia
sense_list:
(biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. | A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.


lexentry: eng/colophon__Noun__1
written_rep: colophon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colofone
sense_list:
(printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.


lexentry: eng/color__Verb__1
written_rep: color
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colorare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.


lexentry: eng/color_blind__Adjective__1
written_rep: color blind
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daltonico
sense_list:
(of a, person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).


lexentry: eng/color_blindness__Noun__1
written_rep: color blindness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daltonismo
sense_list:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.


lexentry: eng/colored__Adjective__1
written_rep: colored
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colorato
sense_list:
Having a particular color or kind of color. | Having prominent colors; colorful. | (US, now, dated, and, usually, offensive) Of skin color other than white; in particular, black. | (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)


lexentry: eng/colorfast__Adjective__1
written_rep: colorfast
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: che non stinge
sense_list:
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.


lexentry: eng/colorimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: colorimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colorimetro | tintometro
sense_list:
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.


lexentry: eng/coloring_book__Noun__1
written_rep: coloring book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: libro da colorare
sense_list:
A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.


lexentry: eng/colorize__Verb__1
written_rep: colorize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colorizzare
sense_list:
(photography, filmology) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).


lexentry: eng/colossus__Noun__1
written_rep: colossus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colosso
sense_list:
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. | (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.


lexentry: eng/colostrum__Noun__1
written_rep: colostrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colostro
sense_list:
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.


lexentry: eng/coltan__Noun__1
written_rep: coltan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltan
sense_list:
(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.


lexentry: eng/coltsfoot__Noun__1
written_rep: coltsfoot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farfara | farfaro | farfugio | tossilaggine | tussilaggine
sense_list:
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.


lexentry: eng/colugo__Noun__1
written_rep: colugo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colugo
sense_list:
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
written_rep: columbarium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colombario
sense_list:
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France. | A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.


lexentry: eng/columbite__Noun__1
written_rep: columbite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: columbite
sense_list:
(mineral) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
written_rep: column
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colonna
sense_list:
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. | A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. | Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column. | (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.


