# translation

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, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae. | (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, 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/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. | (Egyptian 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/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/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks 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/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:
A 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__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: alzare
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_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/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.


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_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 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 refractive (dioptric) and reflective (catoptric) 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/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_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 le mani nel sacco | cogliere sul fatto | cogliere con il sorcio in bocca | cogliere con le mani nella marmellata | cogliere in flagrante


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/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__Noun__1
written_rep: caterpillar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruco
sense_list:
The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm. | A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler. | (maths) A set of subtrees of a tree.


lexentry: eng/caterpillar_track__Noun__1
written_rep: caterpillar track
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cingolo
sense_list:
A continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles.


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:
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) 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 some morbid part 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
sense_list:
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. | (uncountable) 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.] | (biology, now, chiefly, botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th 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: 12
trans_list: cellula | cella
sense_list:
(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_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:
(transitive) 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 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:
To criticize harshly. | (obsolete) 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/centimetre__Noun__1
written_rep: centimetre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centimetro
sense_list:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm


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_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, brainstem 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; attached directly to the memory.


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/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_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: via delle istanze
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_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/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
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_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: camerlengo | ciambellano
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 | sciampagna
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: 01
trans_list: spogliatoio
sense_list:
A room, especially in a gym, sports center, school, swimming pool, etc, designed for people to change their clothes.


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_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/charades__Noun__2
written_rep: charades
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mimo
sense_list:
A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.


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: accollare | incaricare | ricaricare
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: accollare | incaricare
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) 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: 02
trans_list: carismatico
sense_list:
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/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, as if having a face-to-face conversation.


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__Verb__1
written_rep: cheat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tradire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.


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_out__Verb__1
written_rep: check out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
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/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 | caciodolce | caciotorta | 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:
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 a 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.


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:
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:
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 cricket 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_picker__Noun__1
written_rep: cherry picker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: autocestello | idroscala | piattaforma aerea
sense_list:
A cantilevered tool for installing or removing the engine block from a vehicle (also known as an engine crane or engine hoist)


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 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 (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), 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: nascondersi dietro un dito
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/chicken_soup__Noun__1
written_rep: chicken soup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brodo
sense_list:
Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient, often thought to cure everyday illnesses such as the common cold.


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) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.


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/burning flavour.


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: 01
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/chip__Noun__1
written_rep: chip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: patatine | patatine fritte
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand, especially, in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.


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/chiropractor__Noun__1
written_rep: chiropractor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiropratico
sense_list:
A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic, the hands on or hand-held instrumental movement of the bone structure of the body to improve the function of the joints or nervous system.


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.


lexentry: eng/chit__Verb__1
written_rep: chit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pungere
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) 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/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:
(pathology, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.


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:
(according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) 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) 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.


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/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 colour 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/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/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/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: 03
trans_list: sidro
sense_list:
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears. | (Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.


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/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).


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
written_rep: circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cerchio | disco
sense_list:
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_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/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/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 characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.


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: 03
trans_list: citazione
sense_list:
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) Independent reporting, often by amateurs on the scene of an event, and disseminated via 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: 02
trans_list: città
sense_list:
(UK) 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:
(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.


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_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
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. | (uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society. | The state or quality of being civilized.


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: coprire
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 clam (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/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: chiarificazione | chiarimento
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: 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/clarinet__Noun__1
written_rep: clarinet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clarinetto
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/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_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: 02
trans_list: proposizione
sense_list:
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.


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_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: 02
trans_list: pulito
sense_list:
(of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record. | Not having used drugs or alcohol. | (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/cleat__Noun__1
written_rep: cleat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: galloccia
sense_list:
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. Nautical cleat


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
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 (C. × deliciosa) and a sweet orange (C. × sinensis).


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/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: 06
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/cling_film__Noun__1
written_rep: cling film
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta trasparente
sense_list:
(British) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.


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: graffetta
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:
A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome. | An ornamental disk of marble in this shape. | 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/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 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: distruggere
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/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 face 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:
(ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed. | (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc. | (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/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: 01
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: 06
trans_list: chiusura
sense_list:
(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set. | The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.


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/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. | (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:
A medium-sized, arboreal cat (Neofelis nebulosa) found in Southeast Asia. It has a disproportionately long tail and canines, and a tawny coat with dark, irregular, oval markings.


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, 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 | 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 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:
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: 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: litorale
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 or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, 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 alluded-to 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/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__Noun__1
written_rep: cocoa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cacao
sense_list:
(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. | (countable) A serving of this drink. | (countable) A light to medium brown colour.


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. | Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. | 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:
Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.


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. 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/coffee_table__Noun__1
written_rep: coffee table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tavolino da salotto
sense_list:
(furniture) A long, low table, often placed before seating in a living room, on which drinks may be served, and magazines, etc. placed.


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/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_fusion__Noun__1
written_rep: cold fusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fusione fredda
sense_list:
A hypothetical form of nuclear fusion not requiring the usual immensely high temperatures; nuclear fusion at or near room temperature.


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_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/collagen__Noun__1
written_rep: collagen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collagene | collageno
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.


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 | bavera | bavero | collo
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/collate__Verb__1
written_rep: collate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: assortire
sense_list:
(transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Adjective__1
written_rep: collateral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collaterale
sense_list:
Parallel, along 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/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_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: collective noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome collettivo
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Examples: a school of fish, a pride of lions.


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, 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/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. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.


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/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 object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
written_rep: column
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cronaca | rubrica
sense_list:
(by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
written_rep: colza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colza
sense_list:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/comb__Noun__1
written_rep: comb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pettine
sense_list:
A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. | The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.


lexentry: eng/comb__Verb__1
written_rep: comb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pettinare
sense_list:
(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb. | (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.


lexentry: eng/combination__Noun__1
written_rep: combination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combinazione
sense_list:
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. | (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.


lexentry: eng/combination_pliers__Noun__1
written_rep: combination pliers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinza universale
sense_list:
(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
written_rep: combinatorics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolo combinatorio
sense_list:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/combo_box__Noun__1
written_rep: combo box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casella combinata
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) A widget that is a combination of a dropdown list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or choose from the list of existing options.


lexentry: eng/combustion__Noun__1
written_rep: combustion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combustione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The act or process of burning. | A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.


lexentry: eng/combustion_chamber__Noun__1
written_rep: combustion chamber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camera di combustione
sense_list:
An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/come_about__Verb__1
written_rep: come about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: girare
sense_list:
(intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.


lexentry: eng/come_across__Verb__1
written_rep: come across
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: avere [[l']]aria | dare [[l']]impressione
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
written_rep: come again
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: come scusa? | prego?
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_and_go__Verb__1
written_rep: come and go
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: andare e venire
sense_list:
To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively) | To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient


lexentry: eng/come_apart__Verb__1
written_rep: come apart
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: disfare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.


lexentry: eng/come_around__Verb__1
written_rep: come around
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiare idea | ricredersi | ripensarsi | tornare in sé
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.


lexentry: eng/come_back__Verb__1
written_rep: come back
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tornare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.


lexentry: eng/come_down__Verb__1
written_rep: come down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: atterrare
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.


lexentry: eng/come_from__Verb__1
written_rep: come from
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: capire
sense_list:
(transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.


lexentry: eng/come_full_circle__Verb__1
written_rep: come full circle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiudere il cerchio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/come_into_one's_own__Verb__1
written_rep: come into one's own
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raggiungere la maturità
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reach a stage of development or maturity where one has achieved strength and confidence, economic security, or respect and social acceptance.


lexentry: eng/come_out__Verb__1
written_rep: come out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uscire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be discovered; to be revealed. | (intransitive) To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time. | (copulative) To end up or result; to turn out to be.


lexentry: eng/come_out_of_the_closet__Verb__1
written_rep: come out of the closet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiararsi | uscire allo scoperto
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To tell others about one's homosexuality, bisexuality, transness, or any minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret.


lexentry: eng/come_to_a_head__Verb__1
written_rep: come to a head
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: maturare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed. | (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.


lexentry: eng/come_to_one's_senses__Verb__1
written_rep: come to one's senses
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tornare in sé
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reawaken after having lost consciousness. | (idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
written_rep: come up with
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escogitare | ideare | inventare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comeback__Noun__1
written_rep: comeback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comeback
sense_list:
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.


lexentry: eng/comedy__Noun__1
written_rep: comedy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commedia
sense_list:
(countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece | (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending | (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy) | (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone | (drama) the genre of such works


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
written_rep: comely
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gentile
sense_list:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comer__Noun__1
written_rep: comer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spacciatore
sense_list:
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning. | (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: comfort zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zona di comfort
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
written_rep: comfrey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consolida
sense_list:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.


lexentry: eng/comic__Adjective__1
written_rep: comic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comico
sense_list:
Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. [from 16th c.] | Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/comic__Noun__1
written_rep: comic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fumetto | striscia
sense_list:
A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
written_rep: comic book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumetto
sense_list:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_relief__Noun__1
written_rep: comic relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilievo comico
sense_list:
(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
written_rep: comic strip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumetto | striscia di fumetti | vignette
sense_list:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature.


lexentry: eng/comitative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: comitative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitativo
sense_list:
(grammatical case) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.


lexentry: eng/comitology__Noun__1
written_rep: comitology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitologia
sense_list:
(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
written_rep: comma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virgola
sense_list:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
written_rep: command
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comando
sense_list:
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. | (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/command_line__Noun__1
written_rep: command line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riga di comando
sense_list:
The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface. | A line of text that is entered at such a prompt.


lexentry: eng/commandeer__Verb__1
written_rep: commandeer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: depredare | razziare | soggiogare
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).


lexentry: eng/commando__Noun__1
written_rep: commando
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commando
sense_list:
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.


lexentry: eng/commedia_dell'arte__Noun__1
written_rep: commedia dell'arte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commedia dell'arte
sense_list:
(theatre) An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/commemorate__Verb__1
written_rep: commemorate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commemorare
sense_list:
(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object. | (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.


lexentry: eng/commensal__Adjective__1
written_rep: commensal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commensale
sense_list:
(ecology) Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
written_rep: commensalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commensalismo
sense_list:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
written_rep: comment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: commento
sense_list:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/comment__Verb__1
written_rep: comment
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remark. | (intransitive, with "on", or, "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. | (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.


lexentry: eng/commentary__Noun__1
written_rep: commentary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commento
sense_list:
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. | An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.


lexentry: eng/commentative__Adjective__1
written_rep: commentative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commentativo
sense_list:
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.


lexentry: eng/commentator__Noun__1
written_rep: commentator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commentatore
sense_list:
(media) A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
written_rep: commerce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commercio
sense_list:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
written_rep: commie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mancino
sense_list:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
written_rep: commissariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: commissariato
sense_list:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commission__Noun__1
written_rep: commission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: commissione
sense_list:
The thing to be done as agent for another. | A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. | A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. | The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).


lexentry: eng/commissioned_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: commissioned officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ufficiale
sense_list:
(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.


lexentry: eng/commissioning__Noun__1
written_rep: commissioning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messa in servizio
sense_list:
The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
written_rep: commit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impegnarsi | commettere | affidare | arrestare | compromettere | imprigionare
sense_list:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
written_rep: commit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: compromettere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)


lexentry: eng/commitment__Noun__1
written_rep: commitment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impegno | promessa
sense_list:
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially: | Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.


lexentry: eng/committed__Adjective__1
written_rep: committed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impegnato
sense_list:
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action. | Showing commitment. | Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
written_rep: committee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitato | commissione
sense_list:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
written_rep: commodious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: adatto
sense_list:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
written_rep: commodity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: materia prima
sense_list:
(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.


lexentry: eng/commodore__Noun__1
written_rep: commodore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commodoro
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral. | (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral. | (nautical) The president of a yacht club.


lexentry: eng/common_European_adder__Noun__1
written_rep: common European adder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marasso
sense_list:
A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia


lexentry: eng/common__Adjective__1
written_rep: common
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comune
sense_list:
Mutual; shared by more than one. | Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. | Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual. | (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.


lexentry: eng/common_barley__Noun__1
written_rep: common barley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orzo
sense_list:
A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.


lexentry: eng/common_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: common bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fagiolo
sense_list:
An herbaceous annual plant (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its edible bean. | A bean of such a plant, varying in size, shape and especially color.


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
written_rep: common bile duct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coledoco
sense_list:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
written_rep: common clothes moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camola
sense_list:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
written_rep: common cold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infreddatura
sense_list:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_ground__Noun__1
written_rep: common ground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terreno d'intesa
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.


lexentry: eng/common_ground_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: common ground dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tortorina picui
sense_list:
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
written_rep: common house martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balestruccio
sense_list:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: common knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conoscenza comune
sense_list:
(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.


lexentry: eng/common_name__Noun__1
written_rep: common name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome comune
sense_list:
(taxonomy) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.


lexentry: eng/common_sandpiper__Noun__1
written_rep: common sandpiper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piro piro piccolo
sense_list:
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
written_rep: common sense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buonsenso | senno | senso comune
sense_list:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/common_sorrel__Noun__1
written_rep: common sorrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acetosa
sense_list:
Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_swift__Noun__1
written_rep: common swift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rondone
sense_list:
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.


lexentry: eng/common_yarrow__Noun__1
written_rep: common yarrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achillea millefoglie
sense_list:
Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
written_rep: commons
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bene comune
sense_list:
(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunicare | informare | essere collegato | trasmettere
sense_list:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comunicare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th–19th c.] | (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comunicare | essere collegato
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communication__Noun__1
written_rep: communication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunicazione
sense_list:
The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. | (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities. | (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
written_rep: communism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunismo
sense_list:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution. | The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.


lexentry: eng/communist__Noun__1
written_rep: communist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunista
sense_list:
(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.


lexentry: eng/communitarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: communitarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunitarismo
sense_list:
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
written_rep: community
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunità
sense_list:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition. | (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune. | (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/commutative__Adjective__1
written_rep: commutative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commutativo
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.


lexentry: eng/commutative_algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: commutative algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebra commutativa
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of algebra concerned with commutative rings and objects related to them (such as ideals and modules). | (algebra) Any algebra (mathematical structure) in which the multiplication operation is commutative.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
written_rep: commute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: commutare
sense_list:
(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__2
written_rep: commute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare il pendolare
sense_list:
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/commuter_rail__Noun__1
written_rep: commuter rail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: servizio ferroviario metropolitano | servizio ferroviario suburbano | servizio ferroviario urbano
sense_list:
(rail transport) A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway


lexentry: eng/comorbidity__Noun__1
written_rep: comorbidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comorbidità
sense_list:
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.


lexentry: eng/comp__Verb__1
written_rep: comp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aggiungere
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.


lexentry: eng/compact__Adjective__1
written_rep: compact
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compatto
sense_list:
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume. | Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space. | (topology, uncomparable) Of a topological space:


lexentry: eng/compact_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: compact camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocamera compatta
sense_list:
A simple, digital or 35mm camera that lacks accessories such as changeable lenses or light meter but includes automatic focus, intended primarily for taking snapshots.


lexentry: eng/compact_star__Noun__1
written_rep: compact star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stella degenere
sense_list:
(star) A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
written_rep: company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compagnia | azienda
sense_list:
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. | (uncountable) Companionship.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
written_rep: company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: compagnia | azienda | impresa
sense_list:
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Adjective__1
written_rep: comparative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparativo
sense_list:
Of or relating to comparison. | Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. | Approximated by comparison; relative.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
written_rep: comparative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil. | (grammar) A word in the comparative form.


lexentry: eng/comparator__Noun__1
written_rep: comparator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparatore
sense_list:
Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard. | (computing) An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
written_rep: compare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paragonare | confrontare | comparare
sense_list:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
written_rep: comparison
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comparazione
sense_list:
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.


lexentry: eng/compartment__Noun__1
written_rep: compartment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: terrazza | zoccolo
sense_list:
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
written_rep: compass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bussola | compasso
sense_list:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
written_rep: compass point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto cardinale
sense_list:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
written_rep: compass rose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosa dei venti
sense_list:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.


lexentry: eng/compatibility__Noun__1
written_rep: compatibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: compatibilità
sense_list:
(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
written_rep: compellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: appellativo | designazione
sense_list:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
written_rep: compensate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compensare
sense_list:
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens | To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
written_rep: compensate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bilanciare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compensazione
sense_list:
The act or principle of compensating. | The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corrispettivo | compensazione
sense_list:
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: contropartita
sense_list:
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


lexentry: eng/compersion__Noun__1
written_rep: compersion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compersione
sense_list:
(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.


lexentry: eng/compete__Verb__1
written_rep: compete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competere | gareggiare
sense_list:
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend | To take part in a contest, game or similar event


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
written_rep: competence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: competenza
sense_list:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/competent__Adjective__1
written_rep: competent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competente
sense_list:
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. | (legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.


lexentry: eng/competitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: competitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: competitivo
sense_list:
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete. | (economics) Capable of competing successfully. | (biochemistry) Relating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding.


lexentry: eng/compilate__Verb__1
written_rep: compilate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compilare
sense_list:
(rare) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. | (rare, computing) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
written_rep: compilation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: combinazione | raccolta
sense_list:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
written_rep: complaint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lamentela | reclamo | denuncia | rimostranza
sense_list:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
written_rep: complaint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: denuncia
sense_list:
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: angolo complementare
sense_list:
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: complemento | completamento
sense_list:
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: complemento assoluto | insieme complemento | insieme differenza
sense_list:
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/completist__Noun__1
written_rep: completist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: completista
sense_list:
(originally, scifi, _, fandom slang) A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a particular author, publisher, musician or band.


lexentry: eng/completist__Noun__2
written_rep: completist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: completista
sense_list:
A person who champions any philosophy which focuses on the completeness of something; as, a completist philosopher who holds that a definite complete body of knowledge exists to be discovered


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
written_rep: complex
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: complesso
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1. | (mathematics, analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers. | (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
written_rep: complex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: complesso
sense_list:
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. | An assemblage of related things; a collection. | (informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing. | (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.


lexentry: eng/complex_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: complex geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria complessa
sense_list:
(mathematics) The study of complex manifolds, complex algebraic varieties, and functions of several complex variables.


lexentry: eng/complex_number__Noun__1
written_rep: complex number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero complesso
sense_list:
(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
written_rep: complex sentence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: periodo
sense_list:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complexity__Noun__1
written_rep: complexity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complessità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. | (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
written_rep: complication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: complicazione
sense_list:
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. | (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/complicity__Noun__1
written_rep: complicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complicità
sense_list:
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
written_rep: component
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: componente
sense_list:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
written_rep: compose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comporre
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.] | (transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/composition__Noun__1
written_rep: composition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: composizione
sense_list:
A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.] | The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.] | (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.


lexentry: eng/composition__Noun__1
written_rep: composition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: composizione | componimento
sense_list:
The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.] | A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/compound__Noun__2
written_rep: compound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: composto
sense_list:
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: compound interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interesse composto
sense_list:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/comprehensive_school__Noun__1
written_rep: comprehensive school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liceo scientifico
sense_list:
(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
written_rep: compress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressa
sense_list:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
written_rep: compress
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comprimere
sense_list:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume. | (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format. | (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format. | (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.


lexentry: eng/compressed_air__Noun__1
written_rep: compressed air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aria compressa
sense_list:
Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
written_rep: compression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressione
sense_list:
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction. | (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed. | (computing) The process by which data is compressed.


lexentry: eng/compressor__Noun__1
written_rep: compressor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressore
sense_list:
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. | (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
written_rep: comprise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comprendere | consistere
sense_list:
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
written_rep: comprise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: comprendere | includere
sense_list:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coartazione
sense_list:
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coercizione
sense_list:
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act. | The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).


lexentry: eng/compulsory_acquisition__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory acquisition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità
sense_list:
(legal, Australia, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_education__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scuola dell'obbligo
sense_list:
(legal, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_purchase__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory purchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità
sense_list:
(legal, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/computational_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: computational geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria computazionale
sense_list:
(computer science, geometry) A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.


lexentry: eng/computational_linguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: computational linguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguistica computazionale
sense_list:
(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.


lexentry: eng/computational_number_theory__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: computational number theory
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria algoritmica dei numeri | teoria computazionale dei numeri
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory) The field of study dealing with computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry.


lexentry: eng/computed_tomography__Noun__1
written_rep: computed tomography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tomografia computerizzata
sense_list:
A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”.


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
written_rep: computer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: computer | calcolatore | elaboratore | ordinatore | computatore | computiere
sense_list:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
written_rep: computer game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco di computer
sense_list:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_language__Noun__1
written_rep: computer language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio di programmazione
sense_list:
(programming) A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages etc.


lexentry: eng/computer_programming__Noun__1
written_rep: computer programming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: programmazione
sense_list:
(programming) The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
written_rep: computer science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: informatica
sense_list:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/computer_security__Noun__1
written_rep: computer security
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sicurezza informatica
sense_list:
A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
written_rep: comrade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: compagno
sense_list:
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or Islamist state.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
written_rep: concatenation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena
sense_list:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/concede__Verb__1
written_rep: concede
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concedere
sense_list:
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. | To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge; to grant. | (sports) To have a goal or point scored against


lexentry: eng/conceit__Noun__1
written_rep: conceit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: concetto
sense_list:
(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
written_rep: conceited
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrogante | pallone gonfiato
sense_list:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/conceive__Verb__1
written_rep: conceive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concepire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with). | (transitive) To understand (someone).


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
written_rep: concentrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concentrare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. | To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
written_rep: concentration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concentrazione
sense_list:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. | The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water. | The proportion of a substance in a whole. | (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))


lexentry: eng/concentration_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: concentration camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: campo di concentramento
sense_list:
A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
written_rep: concept
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: concetto | ipotesi
sense_list:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
written_rep: conception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: concezione | concepimento | concetto
sense_list:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
written_rep: concern
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riguardare | concernere | preoccupare | inquietare | interessare | turbare
sense_list:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concert__Noun__1
written_rep: concert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concerto
sense_list:
(uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. | (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord. | (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.


lexentry: eng/concertation__Noun__1
written_rep: concertation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concertazione
sense_list:
A form of dialogue and co-decision, implying the mutual exchange of information, open discussion and knowledge sharing, and the signature of operational agreements between public administrations and/or with representatives of the private sector.


lexentry: eng/concertina__Noun__1
written_rep: concertina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisarmonica
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.


lexentry: eng/conch__Noun__1
written_rep: conch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conchiglia
sense_list:
The shell of this sea animal. | Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)


lexentry: eng/conch__Verb__1
written_rep: conch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavorare alla conca
sense_list:
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
written_rep: concierge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portiere
sense_list:
One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests. | (British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/conciliarism__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conciliarismo
sense_list:
The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).


lexentry: eng/conciliarist__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliarist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conciliarista
sense_list:
A believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the Church is found in ecumenical councils.


lexentry: eng/conciliation__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ravvicinamento
sense_list:
(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.


lexentry: eng/conclave__Noun__1
written_rep: conclave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conclave
sense_list:
(Roman Catholic) The set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place. | (Roman Catholic) The group of cardinals involved in a conclave.


lexentry: eng/conclude__Verb__1
written_rep: conclude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concludere | finire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To end; to come to an end. | (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.


lexentry: eng/conclusion__Noun__1
written_rep: conclusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conclusione
sense_list:
The end, finish, close or last part of something. | The outcome or result of a process or act. | A decision reached after careful thought. | (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.


lexentry: eng/concordance__Noun__1
written_rep: concordance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: concordanza
sense_list:
(Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.


lexentry: eng/concordat__Noun__1
written_rep: concordat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concordato
sense_list:
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.


lexentry: eng/concourse__Noun__1
written_rep: concourse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: androne | atrio | sala | salone | spianata
sense_list:
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Adjective__1
written_rep: concrete
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concreto | reale
sense_list:
Real, actual, tangible. | Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories. | Particular, specific, rather than general. | (obsolete) Not liquid or fluid; solid.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcestruzzo | beton | cemento
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concrete_jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giungla d'asfalto | giungla di cemento
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.


lexentry: eng/concrete_term__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete term
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: termine concreto
sense_list:
(linguistics) A term which expresses material facts, actions and events in physical reality relating to possible causes and means.


lexentry: eng/concrete_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo concreto
sense_list:
(Slavic grammar) A verbal aspect in verbs of motion that is unidirectional (as opposed to multidirectional), a definitely directed motion, or a single, completed action (instead of a repeated action or series of actions). Concrete verbs may be either imperfective or perfective.


lexentry: eng/concretization__Noun__1
written_rep: concretization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: concretizzazione
sense_list:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.


lexentry: eng/concretize__Verb__1
written_rep: concretize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concretizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.


lexentry: eng/concur__Verb__1
written_rep: concur
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: convenirsi
sense_list:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
written_rep: concussion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: commozione cerebrale
sense_list:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemn__Verb__1
written_rep: condemn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condannare
sense_list:
(transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence | (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
written_rep: condemnation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condanna
sense_list:
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong. | The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. | The state of being condemned.


lexentry: eng/condensation__Noun__1
written_rep: condensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensazione
sense_list:
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed | (physics, physical chemistry) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
written_rep: condense
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensare
sense_list:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume. | (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.


lexentry: eng/condenser__Noun__1
written_rep: condenser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensatore
sense_list:
A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
written_rep: condescend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: concedere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone). | (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).


lexentry: eng/condescension__Noun__1
written_rep: condescension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condiscendenza
sense_list:
The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
written_rep: condition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizione
sense_list:
The health status of a medical patient. | A particular state of being. | A requirement. | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condition__Verb__1
written_rep: condition
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condizionare
sense_list:
To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on. | To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.


lexentry: eng/condition_precedent__Noun__1
written_rep: condition precedent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condizione sospensiva
sense_list:
(legal) a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.


lexentry: eng/condition_subsequent__Noun__1
written_rep: condition subsequent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizione risolutiva
sense_list:
(legal) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.


lexentry: eng/conditional_perfect__Noun__1
written_rep: conditional perfect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizionale passato
sense_list:
(grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'


lexentry: eng/condolence__Noun__1
written_rep: condolence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condoglianze | condoglianza
sense_list:
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condolences__Noun__2
written_rep: condolences
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condoglianze
sense_list:
comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
written_rep: condom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preservativo | profilattico | condom
sense_list:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs.


lexentry: eng/condominium__Noun__1
written_rep: condominium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condominio
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.] | (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
written_rep: condone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perdonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). | (transitive, legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
written_rep: condone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sopportare
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
written_rep: condor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condor | condor della California | condor delle Ande
sense_list:
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
written_rep: condor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: condor | condor delle Ande
sense_list:
(golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).


lexentry: eng/condottiere__Noun__1
written_rep: condottiere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitano di ventura
sense_list:
(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.


lexentry: eng/conduct__Verb__1
written_rep: conduct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condurre
sense_list:
(archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort. | (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.


lexentry: eng/conductance__Noun__1
written_rep: conductance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttanza
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.


lexentry: eng/conductimetry__Noun__1
written_rep: conductimetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttometria
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The measurement of the conductance of a solution, especially during a reaction or titration


lexentry: eng/conductivity__Noun__1
written_rep: conductivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttività
sense_list:
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound | (physics) The reciprocal of resistivity


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
written_rep: conductor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: direttore d'orchestra
sense_list:
(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/conduit__Noun__1
written_rep: conduit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condotto
sense_list:
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc. | A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
written_rep: cone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cono
sense_list:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. | (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes. | Anything shaped like a cone. | (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: cone cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cono
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
written_rep: confection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolce | pasticcino
sense_list:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectioner__Noun__1
written_rep: confectioner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasticciere
sense_list:
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
written_rep: confectionery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolciumi
sense_list:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/confer__Verb__1
written_rep: confer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conferire
sense_list:
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.] | (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
written_rep: conference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: conferenza
sense_list:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers. | (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
written_rep: confess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessare
sense_list:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
written_rep: confession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessione
sense_list:
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). | A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confessional__Noun__1
written_rep: confessional
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessionale
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.


lexentry: eng/confessional_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: confessional chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessionale
sense_list:
A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other


lexentry: eng/confetti__Noun__1
written_rep: confetti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coriandoli
sense_list:
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.


lexentry: eng/confide__Verb__1
written_rep: confide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: affermare
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. | (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.


lexentry: eng/confidence_interval__Noun__1
written_rep: confidence interval
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intervallo di confidenza | intervallo di fiducia
sense_list:
(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
written_rep: confidential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confidenziale | riservato
sense_list:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/configurationism__Noun__1
written_rep: configurationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: configurazionismo
sense_list:
(psychology) Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology


lexentry: eng/configure__Verb__1
written_rep: configure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: definire
sense_list:
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
written_rep: confine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: limitare
sense_list:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/confirmation__Noun__1
written_rep: confirmation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cresima | confermazione
sense_list:
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.


lexentry: eng/confirmation_bias__Noun__1
written_rep: confirmation bias
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bias di conferma
sense_list:
(psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
written_rep: conflate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: confondere
sense_list:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
written_rep: conflation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: associazione
sense_list:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. | (uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/conflict_of_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: conflict of interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conflitto d'interesse
sense_list:
(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
written_rep: confluence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confluenza
sense_list:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
written_rep: conform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: essere conforme
sense_list:
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.


lexentry: eng/conformal__Adjective__1
written_rep: conformal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conforme
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves. | (cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.


lexentry: eng/conformation__Noun__1
written_rep: conformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conformazione
sense_list:
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. | The state of being conformed; agreement | Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. | (physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.


lexentry: eng/confound__Verb__1
written_rep: confound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condannare
sense_list:
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong. | To cause to be ashamed; to abash. | To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
written_rep: confront
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affrontare | confrontare
sense_list:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with


lexentry: eng/confrontational__Adjective__1
written_rep: confrontational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggresivo
sense_list:
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.


lexentry: eng/confuse__Verb__1
written_rep: confuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confondere
sense_list:
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand | (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).


lexentry: eng/confused__Adjective__1
written_rep: confused
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confuso
sense_list:
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand | chaotic, jumbled or muddled | making no sense; illogical | embarrassed


lexentry: eng/confusedly__Adverb__1
written_rep: confusedly
part_of_speech: adverb
sense_list: In a confused manner.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
confusamente | allucinatamente | babelicamente | farraginosamente | ingarbugliatamente | nebbiosamente


lexentry: eng/confute__Verb__1
written_rep: confute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confutare
sense_list:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.


lexentry: eng/conga__Noun__1
written_rep: conga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conga
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin. | (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/congeal__Verb__1
written_rep: congeal
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congelare
sense_list:
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.


lexentry: eng/conger_eel__Noun__1
written_rep: conger eel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grongo
sense_list:
Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, having no scales and found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/congest__Verb__1
written_rep: congest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intasare
sense_list:
To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.


lexentry: eng/congregate__Verb__1
written_rep: congregate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congregare
sense_list:
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.


lexentry: eng/congregation__Noun__1
written_rep: congregation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: assemblea | congregazione | raduno
sense_list:
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
written_rep: congress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congresso
sense_list:
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. | (often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
written_rep: congruence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congruenza
sense_list:
The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate. | (mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
written_rep: conic section
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sezione conica
sense_list:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
written_rep: conifer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conifera
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/coniine__Noun__1
written_rep: coniine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/conjecture__Verb__1
written_rep: conjecture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congetturare
sense_list:
(formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea. | (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
written_rep: conjugate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniugare
sense_list:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
written_rep: conjugation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: coniugazione
sense_list:
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take. | (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
written_rep: conjunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congiunzione
sense_list:
(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. | (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
written_rep: conjunctiva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congiuntiva
sense_list:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
written_rep: conk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua
sense_list:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/connate__Adjective__1
written_rep: connate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connato
sense_list:
Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root. | Inborn. | (botany) United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens). | (geology) Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
written_rep: connect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettere | collegare | cablare | connettersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. | (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
written_rep: connect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: connettere | connettersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
written_rep: connected
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: connesso
sense_list:
(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.


lexentry: eng/connecting_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: connecting rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biella
sense_list:
Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
written_rep: connection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connessione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of connecting. | A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
written_rep: connection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: coincidenza
sense_list:
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
written_rep: connective tissue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tessuto connettivo
sense_list:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connectivity__Noun__1
written_rep: connectivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: connettività
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics) In a graph, a measure of concatenated adjacency (the number of ways that points are connected to each other)


lexentry: eng/connectome__Noun__1
written_rep: connectome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettoma
sense_list:
(biology, neuroscience) The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.


lexentry: eng/connector__Noun__1
written_rep: connector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: connettore
sense_list:
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.


lexentry: eng/conning_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: conning tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: torre di comando
sense_list:
(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
written_rep: connive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: architettare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
written_rep: connoisseur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conoscitore | connaisseur | esperto | intenditore
sense_list:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
written_rep: connotation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connotazione
sense_list:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
written_rep: conscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coscienza
sense_list:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
written_rep: conscientious objector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obiettore di coscienza | obiettrice di coscienza
sense_list:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.


lexentry: eng/conscious__Adjective__1
written_rep: conscious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosciente
sense_list:
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active. | Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
written_rep: consecutio temporum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concordanza dei tempi | consecutio temporum
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
written_rep: consensus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consenso
sense_list:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/consequence__Noun__1
written_rep: consequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conseguenza
sense_list:
An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. | (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, influence, or significance.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
written_rep: conservation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservazione
sense_list:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. | (biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor


lexentry: eng/conservation_law__Noun__1
written_rep: conservation law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: legge di conservazione
sense_list:
(physics) Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
written_rep: conservative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conservatore
sense_list:
Tending to resist change or innovation. | (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
written_rep: conservative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatore | conservatrice
sense_list:
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country. | (US, Canada, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/conservator__Noun__1
written_rep: conservator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatore
sense_list:
One who conserves, preserves or protects something. | A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.


lexentry: eng/conservatorship__Noun__1
written_rep: conservatorship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tutela
sense_list:
(legal) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship. | (legal) The state of being under the control of a conservator.


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
written_rep: consideration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: considerazione
sense_list:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). | The tendency to consider others.


lexentry: eng/consist__Noun__1
written_rep: consist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: composizione | configurazione | formazione
sense_list:
(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.


lexentry: eng/consistence__Noun__1
written_rep: consistence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: consistenza
sense_list:
(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
written_rep: consistent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuo | costante
sense_list:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consolation_prize__Noun__1
written_rep: consolation prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: premio di consolazione
sense_list:
An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.


lexentry: eng/consommé__Noun__1
written_rep: consommé
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consommé
sense_list:
a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
written_rep: consonant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consonante
sense_list:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel. | A letter representing the sound of a consonant.


lexentry: eng/consonantism__Noun__1
written_rep: consonantism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consonantismo
sense_list:
(linguistics, phonology) The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
written_rep: consortium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consorzio
sense_list:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture. | A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations. | An association or society.


lexentry: eng/conspicuous_consumption__Noun__1
written_rep: conspicuous consumption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consumo ostentativo | consumo vistoso
sense_list:
A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.


lexentry: eng/conspiracy__Noun__1
written_rep: conspiracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cospirazione
sense_list:
(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. | (loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.


lexentry: eng/conspiracy_of_silence__Noun__1
written_rep: conspiracy of silence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: omertà
sense_list:
An agreement, either formal or tacit, between two or more parties not to discuss some matter nor to reveal any information concerning it, especially in order to avoid blame, embarrassment, or other discomfort.


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
written_rep: conspire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complottare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.


lexentry: eng/constable__Noun__1
written_rep: constable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: conestabile
sense_list:
(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).


lexentry: eng/constancy__Noun__1
written_rep: constancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costanza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
written_rep: constant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costante
sense_list:
That which is permanent or invariable. | (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion. | (science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances. | (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
written_rep: constellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costellazione
sense_list:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism. | (modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s] | A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
written_rep: consternation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costernazione
sense_list:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
written_rep: constipation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stitichezza | stipsi
sense_list:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces | The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constituent__Adjective__1
written_rep: constituent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituente
sense_list:
being a part, or component of a whole | constitutive or constituting; (politics) authorized to make a constitution


lexentry: eng/constituent__Noun__1
written_rep: constituent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: elettore
sense_list:
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
written_rep: constitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzione
sense_list:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup. | (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions. | (law) A legal document describing such a formal system. | (dated) The general health of a person.


lexentry: eng/constitutional__Adjective__1
written_rep: constitutional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: costituzionale
sense_list:
In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution. | Relating to a legal or political constitution.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_court__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutional court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corte costituzionale
sense_list:
a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_law__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutional law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto costituzionale
sense_list:
(legal) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.


lexentry: eng/constitutionalist__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutionalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzionalista
sense_list:
A person who adheres to the philosophy of constitutionalism. | A person who is expert in constitutional law.


lexentry: eng/constitutionality__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzionalità
sense_list:
(legal) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.


lexentry: eng/construct__Noun__1
written_rep: construct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costruzione
sense_list:
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
written_rep: constructed language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua artificiale
sense_list:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/constructible__Adjective__1
written_rep: constructible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costruibile
sense_list:
Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on. | Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
written_rep: construction site
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantiere
sense_list:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/constructivism__Noun__1
written_rep: constructivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costruttivismo
sense_list:
(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
written_rep: constructor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costruttore
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
written_rep: construe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interpretare
sense_list:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning (of something), usually language.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
written_rep: consul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: console
sense_list:
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
written_rep: consult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consultare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
written_rep: consultant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consulente
sense_list:
A person or party that is consulted. | A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/consumer_price_index__Noun__1
written_rep: consumer price index
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indice prezzi al consumo
sense_list:
(economics) A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.


lexentry: eng/contact__Noun__1
written_rep: contact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contatto
sense_list:
The establishment of communication (with). | Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. | (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.


