# translation

lexentry: eng/electrum__Noun__1
written_rep: electrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elettro
sense_list:
An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.


lexentry: eng/electuary__Noun__1
written_rep: electuary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elettuario | lattovaro
sense_list:
(pharmacology) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
written_rep: element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elemento
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. | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. | One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air. | (set theory) One of the objects in a set. | (legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved. | (usually, in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material. | A small but present amount of a quality, a hint. | A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic. | (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.


lexentry: eng/elemental__Noun__1
written_rep: elemental
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elementare
sense_list:
(mysticism, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.


lexentry: eng/elementary__Adjective__1
written_rep: elementary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elementare
sense_list:
Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something. | Relating to an elementary school. | (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/elementary_particle__Noun__1
written_rep: elementary particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: particella elementare
sense_list:
(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.


lexentry: eng/elephant__Noun__1
written_rep: elephant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elefante
sense_list:
A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/elephant_in_the_room__Noun__1
written_rep: elephant in the room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elefante nella stanza
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.


lexentry: eng/elephantiasis__Noun__1
written_rep: elephantiasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elefantiasi
sense_list:
(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area. | (pathology, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy.


lexentry: eng/elevated_railway__Noun__1
written_rep: elevated railway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ferrovia sopraelevata
sense_list:
(rail transport) A rapid transit railway with tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure.


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
written_rep: elevation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: alzato
sense_list:
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.


lexentry: eng/elevator_music__Noun__1
written_rep: elevator music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musica da ascensore
sense_list:
(US, Canada) Bland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).


lexentry: eng/eleven_o'clock__Noun__1
written_rep: eleven o'clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: undici
sense_list:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).


lexentry: eng/elevenses__Noun__1
written_rep: elevenses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: undici
sense_list:
(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
written_rep: elf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elfo
sense_list:
(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves. | (fantasy) A member of a race of tall, slender, graceful beings with pointed ears, typically immortal or very long-lived and possessing wisdom and magical abilities.


lexentry: eng/elfin_wood__Noun__1
written_rep: elfin wood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mugo
sense_list:
A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
written_rep: elicit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: provocare | suscitare
sense_list:
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.


lexentry: eng/eliminate__Verb__1
written_rep: eliminate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eliminare
sense_list:
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. | (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).


lexentry: eng/elimination__Noun__1
written_rep: elimination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eliminazione
sense_list:
The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off. | (mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.


lexentry: eng/elision__Noun__1
written_rep: elision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elisione
sense_list:
(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.


lexentry: eng/elite__Noun__1
written_rep: elite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: élite
sense_list:
A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.


lexentry: eng/elitist__Noun__1
written_rep: elitist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elitista
sense_list:
(usually, derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.


lexentry: eng/elixir__Noun__1
written_rep: elixir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elisir
sense_list:
(alchemy) A liquid which converts lead to gold. | (alchemy) A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life. | (pharmacy) A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.


lexentry: eng/ell__Noun__1
written_rep: ell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auna
sense_list:
(historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.


lexentry: eng/ellipse__Noun__1
written_rep: ellipse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ellisse
sense_list:
(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.


lexentry: eng/ellipsis__Noun__1
written_rep: ellipsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ellissi | puntini puntini puntini
sense_list:
(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.


lexentry: eng/ellipsoid__Noun__1
written_rep: ellipsoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ellissoide
sense_list:
(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1.


lexentry: eng/elliptic__Adjective__1
written_rep: elliptic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ellitico
sense_list:
(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.


lexentry: eng/elliptic_paraboloid__Noun__1
written_rep: elliptic paraboloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraboloide ellittico
sense_list:
(mathematics) A surface having parabolic cross sections parallel to an axis and elliptical cross sections perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.


lexentry: eng/elm__Noun__1
written_rep: elm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olmo
sense_list:
(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.


lexentry: eng/elocution__Noun__1
written_rep: elocution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elocuzione
sense_list:
The art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.


lexentry: eng/elongate__Verb__1
written_rep: elongate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allungarsi
sense_list:
To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.


lexentry: eng/elope__Verb__1
written_rep: elope
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuggire
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a married or engaged person) To run away from home with a paramour. | (intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.


lexentry: eng/elopement__Noun__1
written_rep: elopement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuga d'amore
sense_list:
The act of running away from home with a paramour. | The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.


lexentry: eng/elucidate__Verb__1
written_rep: elucidate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiarire | delucidare
sense_list:
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.


lexentry: eng/elucidation__Noun__1
written_rep: elucidation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elucidazione
sense_list:
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration


lexentry: eng/elude__Verb__1
written_rep: elude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: stare dimenticato
sense_list:
(transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to. | (transitive) To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.


lexentry: eng/elytron__Noun__1
written_rep: elytron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elitra
sense_list:
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/em_dash__Noun__1
written_rep: em dash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lineetta emme
sense_list:
(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)


lexentry: eng/emaciation__Noun__1
written_rep: emaciation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emaciazione
sense_list:
The act of making very lean. | The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
written_rep: email
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posta elettronica | e-mail | mail | teleposta
sense_list:
(uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
written_rep: email
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: e-mail | mail | messaggio di posta elettronica
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quantity of messages sent through an email system. | (countable) A message being sent through email.


lexentry: eng/emanation__Noun__1
written_rep: emanation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emanazione
sense_list:
The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin. | That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.


lexentry: eng/emanationism__Noun__1
written_rep: emanationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emanatismo
sense_list:
(theology) The idea that everything emanates from something else, and that the original and most perfect things emanated directly from God.


lexentry: eng/emancipate__Verb__1
written_rep: emancipate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emanciparsi
sense_list:
(also, reflexive, figurative) Often followed by from: to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); also, to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression.


lexentry: eng/emancipation__Noun__1
written_rep: emancipation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: emancipazione
sense_list:
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).


lexentry: eng/emasculate__Verb__1
written_rep: emasculate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.] | (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/embankment__Noun__1
written_rep: embankment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: argine
sense_list:
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.


lexentry: eng/embargo__Noun__1
written_rep: embargo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embargo
sense_list:
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port. | A ban on trade with another country.


lexentry: eng/embarrass__Verb__1
written_rep: embarrass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imbarazzare | mettere in imbarazzo
sense_list:
(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.


lexentry: eng/embarrassment__Noun__1
written_rep: embarrassment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imbarazzo
sense_list:
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.


lexentry: eng/embassy__Noun__1
written_rep: embassy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ambasciata
sense_list:
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/embattled__Adjective__2
written_rep: embattled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: merlato
sense_list:
(by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.


lexentry: eng/embedding__Noun__1
written_rep: embedding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: immersione
sense_list:
(mathematics) A map which, in any of several technical senses, represents the containment of one structure inside another.


lexentry: eng/embellish__Verb__1
written_rep: embellish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abbellire | imbellettare | impreziosire
sense_list:
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.


lexentry: eng/embezzle__Verb__1
written_rep: embezzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commettere | malversare | peculato
sense_list:
(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.


lexentry: eng/embiopteran__Noun__1
written_rep: embiopteran
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embiotteri | embiottero
sense_list:
Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.


lexentry: eng/embolism__Noun__1
written_rep: embolism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embolia
sense_list:
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.


lexentry: eng/embolization__Noun__1
written_rep: embolization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embolizzazione
sense_list:
(surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that affects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.


lexentry: eng/embolus__Noun__1
written_rep: embolus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stantuffo
sense_list:
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.


lexentry: eng/embourgeoisement__Noun__1
written_rep: embourgeoisement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imborghesimento
sense_list:
The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.


lexentry: eng/embrace__Verb__1
written_rep: embrace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbracciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.


lexentry: eng/embrasure__Noun__1
written_rep: embrasure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telaio
sense_list:
(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.


lexentry: eng/embrocate__Verb__1
written_rep: embrocate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: far penetrare frizionando
sense_list:
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
written_rep: embryo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embrione
sense_list:
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.


lexentry: eng/embryology__Noun__1
written_rep: embryology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embriologia
sense_list:
The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental biology of all prenatal phases (embryology sensu stricto plus fetology and teratology collectively).


lexentry: eng/emerald__Noun__1
written_rep: emerald
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smeraldo
sense_list:
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone. | Emerald green, a colour.


lexentry: eng/emergency__Noun__1
written_rep: emergency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emergenza
sense_list:
(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.


lexentry: eng/emergency_landing__Noun__1
written_rep: emergency landing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atterraggio di fortuna | atterraggio forzato | atterraggio di emergenza
sense_list:
(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.


lexentry: eng/emergency_room__Noun__1
written_rep: emergency room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronto soccorso
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emigrate__Verb__1
written_rep: emigrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emigrare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/emigration__Noun__1
written_rep: emigration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emigrazione
sense_list:
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence. | A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.


lexentry: eng/eminent_domain__Noun__1
written_rep: eminent domain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità | occupazione d'urgenza
sense_list:
(US, Philippines) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.


lexentry: eng/emission_nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: emission nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nebulosa a emissione
sense_list:
(astronomy) A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).


lexentry: eng/emission_spectrum__Noun__1
written_rep: emission spectrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spettro di emissione
sense_list:
(physics) The spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.


lexentry: eng/emmer__Noun__1
written_rep: emmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farro medio | farro dicocco
sense_list:
Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/emoji__Noun__1
written_rep: emoji
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emoji
sense_list:
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.


lexentry: eng/emoticon__Noun__1
written_rep: emoticon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faccina
sense_list:
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.


lexentry: eng/emotion__Noun__1
written_rep: emotion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: emozione
sense_list:
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.


lexentry: eng/emotional__Adjective__1
written_rep: emotional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: emotivo
sense_list:
Characterized by emotion. | Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning. | Readily displaying emotion.


lexentry: eng/emotional_intelligence__Noun__1
written_rep: emotional intelligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intelligenza emotiva
sense_list:
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.


lexentry: eng/empanoply__Verb__1
written_rep: empanoply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corazzarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, Britain, military, historical, also, figuratively) To dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply.


lexentry: eng/empathic__Adjective__1
written_rep: empathic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: empatico
sense_list:
Showing or expressing empathy. | (science fiction) Of, pertaining to, or being an empath: of or having the capability of sensing the emotions of others.


lexentry: eng/empathy__Noun__1
written_rep: empathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: empatia
sense_list:
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. | The capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.


lexentry: eng/emperor__Noun__1
written_rep: emperor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: imperatore
sense_list:
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.


lexentry: eng/emphasis__Noun__1
written_rep: emphasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enfasi
sense_list:
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. | Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.


lexentry: eng/emphyteusis__Noun__1
written_rep: emphyteusis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enfiteusi
sense_list:
(legal) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
written_rep: empire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impero
sense_list:
A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations. | A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress. | The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions. | An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
written_rep: empiricism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: empirismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.) [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/employ__Noun__1
written_rep: employ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impiego
sense_list:
The state of being an employee; employment. | (obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.


lexentry: eng/employment_contract__Noun__1
written_rep: employment contract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contratto di lavoro
sense_list:
(law, business, human resources) A category of contract used in labor law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
written_rep: emporium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: emporio
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.


lexentry: eng/empower__Verb__1
written_rep: empower
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incoraggiare | sostenere
sense_list:
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.


lexentry: eng/empty_the_tank__Verb__1
written_rep: empty the tank
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare del proprio meglio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities.


lexentry: eng/empyema__Noun__1
written_rep: empyema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: empiema
sense_list:
(medical sign) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).


lexentry: eng/empyrean__Adjective__1
written_rep: empyrean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Empireo
sense_list:
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.


lexentry: eng/emulation__Noun__1
written_rep: emulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: emulazione
sense_list:
(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Adverb__1
written_rep: en passant
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: en passant | presa al varco
sense_list:
(chess) Of a capture of an enemy pawn, by moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Noun__1
written_rep: en passant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: en passant
sense_list:
(chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
written_rep: enable
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permettere
sense_list:
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. | To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
written_rep: enable
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: attivare | abilitare
sense_list:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/enamel__Verb__1
written_rep: enamel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smaltare
sense_list:
(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel. | (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.


lexentry: eng/enantiomer__Noun__1
written_rep: enantiomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enantiomero
sense_list:
(chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.


lexentry: eng/enantiotropism__Noun__1
written_rep: enantiotropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enantiotropia
sense_list:
The reversible transformation of a crystal between different forms when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.


lexentry: eng/encampment__Noun__1
written_rep: encampment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accampamento | attendamento | baraccamento | campeggiamento
sense_list:
(often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.


lexentry: eng/encapsulate__Verb__1
written_rep: encapsulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capsulare
sense_list:
(transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule. | (software, object-oriented) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
written_rep: encapsulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incapsulamento
sense_list:
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule. | (programming, object-oriented) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).


lexentry: eng/encephalography__Noun__1
written_rep: encephalography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: encefalografia
sense_list:
(medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium


lexentry: eng/encephalon__Noun__1
written_rep: encephalon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: encefalo
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy, especially, embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
written_rep: enclosure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clausura
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package. | (uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.


lexentry: eng/encode__Verb__1
written_rep: encode
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codificare
sense_list:
(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code. | (transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form. | (biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.


lexentry: eng/encoding__Noun__1
written_rep: encoding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codifica
sense_list:
(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.


lexentry: eng/encompass__Verb__1
written_rep: encompass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: circoscrivere | comprendere | includere | racchiudere
sense_list:
(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.


lexentry: eng/encouragement__Noun__1
written_rep: encouragement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incoraggiamento
sense_list:
The act of encouraging | Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive


lexentry: eng/encroachment__Noun__1
written_rep: encroachment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invasione
sense_list:
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.


lexentry: eng/encrust__Verb__1
written_rep: encrust
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incrostare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover with a hard crust. | (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.


lexentry: eng/encryption__Noun__1
written_rep: encryption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cifratura | codifica
sense_list:
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedia__Noun__1
written_rep: encyclopedia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enciclopedia
sense_list:
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
written_rep: encyclopedic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enciclopedico
sense_list:
Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic_dictionary__Noun__1
written_rep: encyclopedic dictionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dizionario enciclopedico
sense_list:
A form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often notable people and places), usually with images or illustrations.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedist__Noun__1
written_rep: encyclopedist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enciclopedista
sense_list:
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot. | An author of, or contributor to, an encyclopedia.


lexentry: eng/end__Noun__1
written_rep: end
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fine | estremità
sense_list:
(by extension, often with "the") Death. | The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.


lexentry: eng/end_up__Verb__1
written_rep: end up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: finire | ritrovarsi | andare a finire | finire col | finire per
sense_list:
(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.


lexentry: eng/endangered__Adjective__1
written_rep: endangered
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a rischio
sense_list:
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)


lexentry: eng/endbutton__Noun__1
written_rep: endbutton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bocciolo
sense_list:
(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endearment__Noun__1
written_rep: endearment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accarezzamento
sense_list:
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Noun__1
written_rep: endeavor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sforzo | impegno | tentativo
sense_list:
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Verb__1
written_rep: endeavor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tentare | adoperarsi | sforzarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/endemic__Noun__1
written_rep: endemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: endemia
sense_list:
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.


lexentry: eng/endive__Noun__1
written_rep: endive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indivia | scarola
sense_list:
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).


lexentry: eng/endocannibalism__Noun__1
written_rep: endocannibalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endocannibalismo
sense_list:
(anthropology) A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.


lexentry: eng/endocentric__Adjective__1
written_rep: endocentric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: endocentrico
sense_list:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) Fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: endocrine gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiandola endocrina
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_system__Noun__1
written_rep: endocrine system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema endocrino
sense_list:
(physiology) A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.


lexentry: eng/endocrinology__Noun__1
written_rep: endocrinology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endocrinologia
sense_list:
(physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.


lexentry: eng/endoderm__Noun__1
written_rep: endoderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endoderma
sense_list:
(anatomy, biology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/endogenous__Adjective__1
written_rep: endogenous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endogeno
sense_list:
Produced, originating or growing from within. | Of a natural process: caused by factors within the body.


lexentry: eng/endometriosis__Noun__1
written_rep: endometriosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endometriosi
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A generally painful condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in places other than the lining of the uterus; an instance of such tissue being present.


lexentry: eng/endometrium__Noun__1
written_rep: endometrium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endometrio
sense_list:
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.


lexentry: eng/endomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: endomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endomorfismo
sense_list:
(geology) The assimilation of surrounding rock by an intrusive igneous rock. | (mathematics, countable) A homomorphism that maps a system to itself.


lexentry: eng/endonym__Noun__1
written_rep: endonym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endonimo
sense_list:
A name used by a group or category of people (an ingroup) to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups (outgroups).


lexentry: eng/endoplasmic_reticulum__Noun__1
written_rep: endoplasmic reticulum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reticolo endoplasmatico
sense_list:
(cytology) A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.


lexentry: eng/endorheic__Adjective__1
written_rep: endorheic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endoreico
sense_list:
(hydrology) Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.


lexentry: eng/endorphin__Noun__1
written_rep: endorphin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endorfina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.


lexentry: eng/endorse__Verb__1
written_rep: endorse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indorsare
sense_list:
(transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
written_rep: endorsement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avallo
sense_list:
An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
written_rep: endorsement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: approvazione
sense_list:
(education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
written_rep: endorsement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: sostegno | appoggio | avallo
sense_list:
Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.


lexentry: eng/endoskeleton__Noun__1
written_rep: endoskeleton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endoscheletro
sense_list:
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.


lexentry: eng/endosome__Noun__1
written_rep: endosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endosoma
sense_list:
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes


lexentry: eng/endosperm__Noun__1
written_rep: endosperm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endosperma
sense_list:
(botany) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: endosymbiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endosimbiosi
sense_list:
(ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiotic_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: endosymbiotic theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria endosimbiotica
sense_list:
(ecology) The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells, originated as independent organisms.


lexentry: eng/endothelium__Noun__1
written_rep: endothelium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endotelio
sense_list:
(anatomy) A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the heart, serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.


lexentry: eng/endotoxin__Noun__1
written_rep: endotoxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: endotossina
sense_list:
Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
written_rep: endow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dotare | finanziare | foraggiare | provvedere | sovvenzionare
sense_list:
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
written_rep: endow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arricchire | dotare | garantire
sense_list:
(transitive, followed by, _, with, or rarely by, _, of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.


lexentry: eng/endpaper__Noun__1
written_rep: endpaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolo
sense_list:
Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.


lexentry: eng/endpin__Noun__1
written_rep: endpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirone
sense_list:
(music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endure__Verb__1
written_rep: endure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sopportare | tollerare | durare | soffrire di
sense_list:
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.


lexentry: eng/enemy__Noun__1
written_rep: enemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nemico | nemica
sense_list:
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.


lexentry: eng/enemy_of_the_people__Noun__1
written_rep: enemy of the people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nemico popolo
sense_list:
(typically, _, socialism, or, communism) A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.


lexentry: eng/energy__Noun__1
written_rep: energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: energia | forza
sense_list:
The impetus behind all motion and all activity. | The capacity to do work. | (physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.


lexentry: eng/energy_drink__Noun__1
written_rep: energy drink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bevanda energetica | bibita energetica
sense_list:
A highly caffeinated, sometimes carbonated, beverage containing added ingredients advertised as increasing alertness, performance etc.


lexentry: eng/energy_source__Noun__1
written_rep: energy source
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonte di energia | fonte energetica
sense_list:
A source from which useful energy can be extracted or recovered either directly or by means of a conversion or transformation process (e.g. solid fuels, liquid fuels, solar energy, biomass, etc.)


lexentry: eng/enfeoff__Verb__1
written_rep: enfeoff
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infeudare
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.


lexentry: eng/enfeoffment__Noun__1
written_rep: enfeoffment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: feudo
sense_list:
(law, common law) The property or estate so transferred. | (law, common law) The instrument or deed by which one obtains such property or estate.


lexentry: eng/engage__Verb__1
written_rep: engage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fidanzarsi | impegnarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).


lexentry: eng/engage__Verb__1
written_rep: engage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: impegnare | ingaggiare
sense_list:
(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).


lexentry: eng/engagement__Noun__1
written_rep: engagement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: adesione | interessamento | interesse | partecipazione | presenza
sense_list:
(uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.


lexentry: eng/engagement_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: engagement ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anello di fidanzamento
sense_list:
(jewelry) A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended fiancé(e), signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.


lexentry: eng/engender__Verb__1
written_rep: engender
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: concepire | generare | originare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.] | (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
written_rep: engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: motore
sense_list:
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.] | A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/engineer__Noun__1
written_rep: engineer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ingegnere | ingegnera
sense_list:
Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.


lexentry: eng/engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingegneria
sense_list:
(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology. | Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.


lexentry: eng/english__Noun__1
written_rep: english
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inglese
sense_list:
(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.


lexentry: eng/engraft__Verb__1
written_rep: engraft
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innestare
sense_list:
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
written_rep: engross
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incettare
sense_list:
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
written_rep: engross
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: accaparrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.


lexentry: eng/enharmonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: enharmonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enarmonico
sense_list:
(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.) | (music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord.


lexentry: eng/enjoin__Verb__1
written_rep: enjoin
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comandare
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.


lexentry: eng/enlist__Verb__1
written_rep: enlist
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. | (intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. | (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.


lexentry: eng/enmesh__Verb__1
written_rep: enmesh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accattivarsi
sense_list:
To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.


lexentry: eng/enmity__Noun__1
written_rep: enmity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inimicizia | nimistà | ostilità
sense_list:
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. | A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.


lexentry: eng/enol__Noun__1
written_rep: enol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
written_rep: enormity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: perversità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
written_rep: enormity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: enormità
sense_list:
(uncountable, sometimes, proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
written_rep: enrich
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arricchire
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enriched_uranium__Noun__1
written_rep: enriched uranium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uranio arricchito
sense_list:
(chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.


lexentry: eng/enroll__Verb__1
written_rep: enroll
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: reclutare
sense_list:
(transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of. | (intransitive, or, reflexive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).


lexentry: eng/ensign__Noun__1
written_rep: ensign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alfiere | cadetto | guardiamarina
sense_list:
A badge of office, rank, or power. | A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.


lexentry: eng/ensuing__Adjective__1
written_rep: ensuing
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conseguente | derivante | risultante
sense_list:
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.


lexentry: eng/ensure__Verb__1
written_rep: ensure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assicurare | fare in modo che | garantire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/entangle__Verb__1
written_rep: entangle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: confondere | ingarbugliare | intrigare
sense_list:
(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.


lexentry: eng/entasis__Noun__1
written_rep: entasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entasi
sense_list:
(architectural element) A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.


lexentry: eng/entelechy__Noun__1
written_rep: entelechy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entelechia
sense_list:
(Aristotelian, _, metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.


lexentry: eng/enter__Verb__1
written_rep: enter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: entrare | digitare | immettere
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.


lexentry: eng/enteritis__Noun__1
written_rep: enteritis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enterite
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.


lexentry: eng/enterococcus__Noun__1
written_rep: enterococcus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enterococco
sense_list:
(bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics


lexentry: eng/enterprise_union__Noun__1
written_rep: enterprise union
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindacato
sense_list:
A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.


lexentry: eng/entertainer__Noun__1
written_rep: entertainer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrattenitore
sense_list:
A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.


lexentry: eng/entertainment__Noun__1
written_rep: entertainment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: divertimento | intrattenimento
sense_list:
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.


lexentry: eng/enthalpy__Noun__1
written_rep: enthalpy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entalpia
sense_list:
(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.


lexentry: eng/enthrone__Verb__1
written_rep: enthrone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intronizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.


lexentry: eng/enthymeme__Noun__1
written_rep: enthymeme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entimema
sense_list:
A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally. | (logic) A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
written_rep: entity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entità | soggetto
sense_list:
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
written_rep: entity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: elemento | entità
sense_list:
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.


lexentry: eng/entognath__Noun__1
written_rep: entognath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entognato
sense_list:
Any of various ametabolous arthropods, of the class Entognatha, whose mouthparts are retracted within their heads.


lexentry: eng/entomology__Noun__1
written_rep: entomology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entomologia
sense_list:
The scientific study of insects, and (informally) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).


lexentry: eng/entrap__Verb__1
written_rep: entrap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indurre
sense_list:
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
written_rep: entrapment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: provocazione
sense_list:
(legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
written_rep: entrapment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sequestrazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.


lexentry: eng/entreat__Verb__1
written_rep: entreat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implorare
sense_list:
(intransitive) Often followed by for: to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc.; to appeal, to plead.


lexentry: eng/entrecôte__Noun__1
written_rep: entrecôte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costata di manzo
sense_list:
Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.


lexentry: eng/entrenching_tool__Noun__1
written_rep: entrenching tool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pala pieghevole
sense_list:
(military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.


lexentry: eng/entrepreneur__Noun__1
written_rep: entrepreneur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imprenditore | imprenditrice
sense_list:
A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]


lexentry: eng/entrepôt__Noun__1
written_rep: entrepôt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magazzino
sense_list:
A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.


lexentry: eng/entresol__Noun__1
written_rep: entresol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galleria
sense_list:
A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
written_rep: entropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entropia
sense_list:
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate. | (thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work. | (statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal. | (uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.


lexentry: eng/entry-level__Adjective__1
written_rep: entry-level
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basilare
sense_list:
Simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to someone who does not need advanced features.


lexentry: eng/entry__Noun__1
written_rep: entry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entrata | ingresso
sense_list:
The act of entering. | A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms


lexentry: eng/entryphone__Noun__1
written_rep: entryphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citofono
sense_list:
An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.


lexentry: eng/entrée__Noun__1
written_rep: entrée
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primo piatto
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, historical, _, in the, _) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal. | The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance.


lexentry: eng/enumerate__Verb__1
written_rep: enumerate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enumerare
sense_list:
To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order. | To determine the amount of.


lexentry: eng/envious__Adjective__1
written_rep: envious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invidioso
sense_list:
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.


lexentry: eng/environ__Noun__1
written_rep: environ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contorno
sense_list:
(archaic, except, in plural, formal, also, figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.


lexentry: eng/environment__Noun__1
written_rep: environment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ambiente
sense_list:
The natural world or ecosystem. | A particular political or social setting, arena or condition. | (computing) The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system.


lexentry: eng/environmental_science__Noun__1
written_rep: environmental science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ecologia
sense_list:
The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment.


lexentry: eng/environmentalism__Noun__1
written_rep: environmentalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ambientalismo | ecologismo
sense_list:
(politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.


lexentry: eng/environmentalist__Noun__1
written_rep: environmentalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ecologista | ambientalista
sense_list:
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.


lexentry: eng/envy__Noun__1
written_rep: envy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invidia
sense_list:
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/envy__Verb__1
written_rep: envy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invidiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/enzyme__Noun__1
written_rep: enzyme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enzima
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. | (strict) The protein type specifically.


lexentry: eng/eon__Noun__1
written_rep: eon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: eone
sense_list:
(US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time. | (geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras. | (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.


lexentry: eng/eonism__Noun__1
written_rep: eonism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eonismo
sense_list:
(sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.


lexentry: eng/eosinophil__Noun__1
written_rep: eosinophil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eosinofilo
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.


lexentry: eng/epact__Noun__1
written_rep: epact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epatta
sense_list:
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter


lexentry: eng/epanadiplosis__Noun__1
written_rep: epanadiplosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epanadiplosi
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.


lexentry: eng/epee__Noun__1
written_rep: epee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spada
sense_list:
(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.


lexentry: eng/epenthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: epenthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epentesi
sense_list:
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.


lexentry: eng/epenthetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: epenthetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epentetico
sense_list:
(phonology, phonetics) Of or pertaining to epenthesis. | (phonology, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word.


lexentry: eng/ephedrine__Noun__1
written_rep: ephedrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: efedrina
sense_list:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid drug C10H15NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.


lexentry: eng/ephemeris__Noun__1
written_rep: ephemeris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: effemeride
sense_list:
(astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.


lexentry: eng/ephod__Noun__1
written_rep: ephod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: efod
sense_list:
(biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.


lexentry: eng/ephyra__Noun__1
written_rep: ephyra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: efira
sense_list:
(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.


lexentry: eng/epic__Adjective__1
written_rep: epic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epico
sense_list:
Of or relating to an epic. | Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character | (colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.


lexentry: eng/epic__Noun__1
written_rep: epic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epico
sense_list:
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.


lexentry: eng/epic_fail__Noun__1
written_rep: epic fail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiasco epico
sense_list:
(Internet slang, originally, 4chan) An utter failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected.


lexentry: eng/epicene__Adjective__1
written_rep: epicene
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ambigenere | epiceno | promiscuo
sense_list:
(linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).


lexentry: eng/epicentre__Noun__1
written_rep: epicentre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epicentro
sense_list:
(seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake. | (military) The point on the surface of the earth directly above an underground explosion.


lexentry: eng/epiclesis__Noun__1
written_rep: epiclesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epiclesi
sense_list:
(Christianity) A prayer invoking the Holy Spirit, especially one offered in the liturgical context of the Eucharist so as to change the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/epicycle__Noun__1
written_rep: epicycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epiciclo
sense_list:
(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.


lexentry: eng/epicycloid__Noun__1
written_rep: epicycloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epicicloide
sense_list:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.


lexentry: eng/epidemic__Noun__1
written_rep: epidemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epidemia
sense_list:
A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population. | (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.


lexentry: eng/epidemiology__Noun__1
written_rep: epidemiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epidemiologia
sense_list:
(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.


lexentry: eng/epidermis__Noun__1
written_rep: epidermis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epidermide
sense_list:
The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis | The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants


lexentry: eng/epididymis__Noun__1
written_rep: epididymis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epididimo
sense_list:
(anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.


lexentry: eng/epigeal__Adjective__1
written_rep: epigeal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epigeo
sense_list:
(biology) Living near the surface of the ground | (botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
written_rep: epigenetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epigenetica
sense_list:
(genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes. | (genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.


lexentry: eng/epiglottis__Noun__1
written_rep: epiglottis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epiglottide
sense_list:
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.


lexentry: eng/epigone__Noun__1
written_rep: epigone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epigona | epigono
sense_list:
A follower or disciple. | An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.


lexentry: eng/epigraph__Noun__1
written_rep: epigraph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epigrafe
sense_list:
An inscription, especially on a building. | A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.


lexentry: eng/epilator__Noun__1
written_rep: epilator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depilatore | depilatrice
sense_list:
An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.


lexentry: eng/epilepsy__Noun__1
written_rep: epilepsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epilessia
sense_list:
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.


lexentry: eng/epilogue__Noun__1
written_rep: epilogue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epilogo
sense_list:
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play | A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword


lexentry: eng/epimer__Noun__1
written_rep: epimer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epimero
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.


lexentry: eng/epinephrine__Noun__1
written_rep: epinephrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epinefrina
sense_list:
(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.


lexentry: eng/epiphany__Noun__1
written_rep: epiphany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rivelazione
sense_list:
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenon__Noun__1
written_rep: epiphenomenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: epifenomeno
sense_list:
(philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.


lexentry: eng/epiphyte__Noun__1
written_rep: epiphyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epifita
sense_list:
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.


lexentry: eng/episcopacy__Noun__1
written_rep: episcopacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episcopato
sense_list:
The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops. | Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.


lexentry: eng/episiotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: episiotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episiotomia
sense_list:
(medical) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.


lexentry: eng/episode__Noun__1
written_rep: episode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episodio
sense_list:
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events. | An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
written_rep: episteme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episteme
sense_list:
(philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism. | (specifically Ancient Greek philosophy) Know-how; compare techne. | (specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.


lexentry: eng/epistemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: epistemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epistemico | epistematico
sense_list:
(philosophy) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/epistemology__Noun__1
written_rep: epistemology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epistemologia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.


lexentry: eng/epistle__Noun__1
written_rep: epistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: epistola
sense_list:
(chiefly, literary, or, humorous) A letter, especially one which is formal or issued publicly. | One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
written_rep: epitaxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epitassia
sense_list:
(crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation. | A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.


lexentry: eng/epithalamus__Noun__1
written_rep: epithalamus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epitalamo
sense_list:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.


lexentry: eng/epithelium__Noun__1
written_rep: epithelium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epitelio | tessuto epiteliale
sense_list:
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.


lexentry: eng/epithet__Noun__1
written_rep: epithet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epiteto
sense_list:
A term used to characterize a person or thing. | A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. | An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. | (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.


lexentry: eng/epitope__Noun__1
written_rep: epitope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epitopo
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response


lexentry: eng/epitrochoid__Noun__1
written_rep: epitrochoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epitrocoide
sense_list:
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
written_rep: epoch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epoca
sense_list:
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
written_rep: epoch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: epoca | orario epocale
sense_list:
(chronology, astronomy, computing) A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time.


lexentry: eng/eponym__Noun__1
written_rep: eponym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eponimo
sense_list:
A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc. | Something that is named after a person. | (sometimes, _, proscribed) A name taken from a person, a namesake toponym, term, etc. | (loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.


lexentry: eng/eponymous__Adjective__1
written_rep: eponymous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eponimo
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.


lexentry: eng/epoophoron__Noun__1
written_rep: epoophoron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epooforon
sense_list:
(anatomy) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.


lexentry: eng/epoxide__Noun__1
written_rep: epoxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epossido
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.


lexentry: eng/epsilon__Noun__1
written_rep: epsilon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: epsilon
sense_list:
The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).


lexentry: eng/epsilon_number__Noun__1
written_rep: epsilon number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero epsilon
sense_list:
(set theory) Any (necessarily transfinite) ordinal number α such that ωα = α; (by generalisation) any surreal number that is a fixed point of the exponential map x → ωx.


lexentry: eng/equal__Adjective__1
written_rep: equal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uguale | pari
sense_list:
(mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value. | The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.


lexentry: eng/equal_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: equal sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segno di uguale | uguale
sense_list:
A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.


lexentry: eng/equal_temperament__Noun__1
written_rep: equal temperament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: temperamento equabile
sense_list:
(music) A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular: | Twelve-tone equal temperament: The European semi-harmonic interval compromise among the chromatic notes.


lexentry: eng/equalization__Noun__1
written_rep: equalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: compensazione
sense_list:
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalize__Verb__1
written_rep: equalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: compensare
sense_list:
(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalizer__Noun__1
written_rep: equalizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: collazione
sense_list:
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.


lexentry: eng/equally__Adverb__1
written_rep: equally
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: altrettanto | parimenti
sense_list:
(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
written_rep: equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: equazione
sense_list:
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.


lexentry: eng/equation_of_time__Noun__1
written_rep: equation of time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equazione del tempo
sense_list:
The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.


lexentry: eng/equative__Noun__1
written_rep: equative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparativo di uguaglianza
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative of equality (also called "equative degree").


lexentry: eng/equator__Noun__1
written_rep: equator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equatore
sense_list:
(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.


lexentry: eng/equatorial__Noun__1
written_rep: equatorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equatoriale
sense_list:
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.


lexentry: eng/equerry__Noun__1
written_rep: equerry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aiutante
sense_list:
(British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.


lexentry: eng/equiangular__Adjective__1
written_rep: equiangular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equiangolo
sense_list:
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.


lexentry: eng/equifacial__Adjective__1
written_rep: equifacial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equifacciale
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a polyhedron) Having equal faces. | (botany, of a leaf) Having both sides the same.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
written_rep: equilibrium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equilibrio
sense_list:
The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change. | Mental balance. | (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
written_rep: equilibrium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: equilibrio | quiete
sense_list:
(physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.


lexentry: eng/equinox__Noun__1
written_rep: equinox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equinozio
sense_list:
One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.


lexentry: eng/equip__Verb__1
written_rep: equip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equipaggiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).


lexentry: eng/equipollence__Noun__1
written_rep: equipollence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equipollenza
sense_list:
The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application. | (logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.


lexentry: eng/equiprobable__Adjective__1
written_rep: equiprobable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equiprobabile
sense_list:
(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.


lexentry: eng/equity__Noun__1
written_rep: equity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: equità
sense_list:
(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.


lexentry: eng/equivalent__Adjective__1
written_rep: equivalent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equivalente
sense_list:
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal. | (mathematics, category theory) Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.


lexentry: eng/equivalent_weight__Noun__1
written_rep: equivalent weight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massa equivalente | peso equivalente
sense_list:
(chemistry) The atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction.


lexentry: eng/equivocal__Adjective__1
written_rep: equivocal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ambivalente
sense_list:
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.


lexentry: eng/equivocate__Verb__1
written_rep: equivocate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disorientare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.


lexentry: eng/equivocation__Noun__1
written_rep: equivocation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ambiguità
sense_list:
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.


lexentry: eng/era__Noun__1
written_rep: era
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: era | epoca
sense_list:
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year. | (informal) An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.


lexentry: eng/erase__Verb__1
written_rep: erase
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cancellare | eliminare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
written_rep: eraser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gomma
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
written_rep: eraser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cancellino
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.


lexentry: eng/erbium__Noun__1
written_rep: erbium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erbio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
written_rep: erection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erezione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something. | (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood. | (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.


lexentry: eng/ergative__Adjective__1
written_rep: ergative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergativo
sense_list:
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.


lexentry: eng/ergative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: ergative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso ergativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.


lexentry: eng/ergativity__Noun__1
written_rep: ergativity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergatività
sense_list:
(linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.


lexentry: eng/ergodic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ergodic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergodico
sense_list:
(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.


lexentry: eng/ergonomics__Noun__1
written_rep: ergonomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergonomia
sense_list:
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]


lexentry: eng/ergosterol__Noun__1
written_rep: ergosterol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergosterolo
sense_list:
(steroid hormone, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.


lexentry: eng/ergot__Noun__1
written_rep: ergot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fungo della segale cornuta
sense_list:
The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.


lexentry: eng/ergotamine__Noun__1
written_rep: ergotamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergotamina
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.


lexentry: eng/eristic__Noun__1
written_rep: eristic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eristica
sense_list:
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
written_rep: ermine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ermellino
sense_list:
A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
written_rep: ermine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: armellino | ermellino
sense_list:
(tincture) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
written_rep: erosion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erosione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. | (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact. | (uncountable, figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process. | (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids. | (math) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).


lexentry: eng/erotomania__Noun__1
written_rep: erotomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erotomania | erotomanie
sense_list:
A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.


lexentry: eng/errata__Noun__2
written_rep: errata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: errata corrige
sense_list:
(printing) An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
written_rep: error
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: errore
sense_list:
(statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one. | (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly. | Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
written_rep: error
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: vizio
sense_list:
(appellate, _, legal, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.


lexentry: eng/error_function__Noun__1
written_rep: error function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione degli errori
sense_list:
(mathematics, statistics, probability theory) A sigmoid function giving the probability that a measurement, under the influence of normally distributed errors with standard deviation, is within a certain distance from the mean value.


lexentry: eng/eruption__Noun__1
written_rep: eruption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eruzione
sense_list:
A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. | A sudden release of pressure or tension.


lexentry: eng/erysipelas__Noun__1
written_rep: erysipelas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: risipola | erisipela
sense_list:
(disease) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.


lexentry: eng/erysipeloid__Noun__1
written_rep: erysipeloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erisipeloide
sense_list:
(disease, usually, uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.


lexentry: eng/erythrite__Noun__1
written_rep: erythrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eritrite
sense_list:
(mineral) Red cobalt, a secondary hydrated arsenate of cobalt minerals with the formula (Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O).


lexentry: eng/erythritol__Noun__1
written_rep: erythritol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eritritolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) A naturally occurring tetrahydric sugar alcohol, (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol, found in some fruits and used as a food additive and sugar substitute.


lexentry: eng/erythrocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: erythrocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eritrocito | eritrocita
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) A hemoglobin-containing cell, especially as found in humans but more generally present in the blood of most vertebrates, that is involved with the transport of oxygen; such cells are usually anucleate in humans and many other animals.


lexentry: eng/erythropoietin__Noun__1
written_rep: erythropoietin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eritropoietina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.


lexentry: eng/escalate__Verb__1
written_rep: escalate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggravare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. | (transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority


lexentry: eng/escalator__Noun__1
written_rep: escalator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scala mobile
sense_list:
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.


lexentry: eng/escape_clause__Noun__1
written_rep: escape clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clausola di recesso
sense_list:
(figuratively) Any clause, term or condition in a contract or statute that avoids the application of a provision


lexentry: eng/escape_sequence__Noun__1
written_rep: escape sequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sequenza alternativa
sense_list:
(computing, telecommunications) An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.


lexentry: eng/escape_velocity__Noun__1
written_rep: escape velocity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: velocità di fuga
sense_list:
(astrophysics) The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.


lexentry: eng/escapement__Noun__1
written_rep: escapement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scappamento
sense_list:
(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.


lexentry: eng/escapology__Noun__1
written_rep: escapology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escapologia
sense_list:
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.


lexentry: eng/escarole__Noun__1
written_rep: escarole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarola
sense_list:
(Canada, US) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/escarpment__Noun__1
written_rep: escarpment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarpata
sense_list:
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.


lexentry: eng/eschar__Noun__1
written_rep: eschar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: escara
sense_list:
(loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.


lexentry: eng/eschatology__Noun__1
written_rep: eschatology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escatologia
sense_list:
(countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. | (uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/escort__Noun__1
written_rep: escort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scorta
sense_list:
A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. | An accompanying person in such a group. | An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.


lexentry: eng/escort__Verb__1
written_rep: escort
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scortare
sense_list:
To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to


lexentry: eng/escrow__Noun__1
written_rep: escrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fidecommesso
sense_list:
(legal) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.


lexentry: eng/escutcheon__Noun__1
written_rep: escutcheon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scudo | blasone | stemma
sense_list:
(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
written_rep: esoteric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esoterico
sense_list:
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.


lexentry: eng/esoterism__Noun__1
written_rep: esoterism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esterismo
sense_list:
The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
written_rep: espouse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abbracciare
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).


lexentry: eng/espresso__Noun__1
written_rep: espresso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espresso | caffè espresso | caffè liscio
sense_list:
A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
written_rep: espy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percepire
sense_list:
To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.


lexentry: eng/esquire__Noun__1
written_rep: esquire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: scudiero
sense_list:
(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight | (obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.


lexentry: eng/essence__Noun__1
written_rep: essence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essenza
sense_list:
The inherent nature of a thing or idea. | (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory. | A significant feature of something. | The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process. | Fragrance, a perfume.


lexentry: eng/essential_amino_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: essential amino acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amminoacido essenziale
sense_list:
(amino acid) One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.


lexentry: eng/essential_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: essential oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essenza
sense_list:
A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained.


lexentry: eng/essential_tremor__Noun__1
written_rep: essential tremor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tremore essenziale
sense_list:
(medicine, chiefly, uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.


lexentry: eng/essive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: essive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso essivo
sense_list:
(grammar) Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.


lexentry: eng/established_church__Noun__1
written_rep: established church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiesa di stato
sense_list:
A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
written_rep: establishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: insediamento | instaurazione
sense_list:
That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
written_rep: establishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: organico
sense_list:
The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
written_rep: establishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: istituzione
sense_list:
(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/estate_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: estate agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agente immobiliare
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.


lexentry: eng/ester__Noun__1
written_rep: ester
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estere
sense_list:
(organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.


lexentry: eng/esterification__Noun__1
written_rep: esterification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esterificazione
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester


lexentry: eng/estimate__Noun__1
written_rep: estimate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preventivo
sense_list:
(specifically, _, in, business, and, construction) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.


lexentry: eng/estimator__Noun__1
written_rep: estimator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stimatore
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population


lexentry: eng/estrogen__Noun__1
written_rep: estrogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estrogeno
sense_list:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.


lexentry: eng/etacism__Noun__1
written_rep: etacism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etacismo
sense_list:
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.


lexentry: eng/etc.__Phrase__1
written_rep: etc.
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ecc.
sense_list:
And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.


lexentry: eng/etching__Noun__1
written_rep: etching
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquaforte
sense_list:
(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid. | (countable) The image created by this process.


lexentry: eng/etendue__Noun__1
written_rep: etendue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accettanza
sense_list:
(optics) A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.


lexentry: eng/eternity__Noun__1
written_rep: eternity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eternità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time. | (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future. | (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death. | (informal, hyperbole) A comparatively long time.


lexentry: eng/ethane__Noun__1
written_rep: ethane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etano
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.


lexentry: eng/ethanol__Noun__1
written_rep: ethanol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etanolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
written_rep: ether
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etere
sense_list:
(uncountable, literary, or, poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities. | (uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955). | (uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic. | (countable, organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
written_rep: ethereal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etereo
sense_list:
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. | Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.


lexentry: eng/ethical__Adjective__1
written_rep: ethical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etico
sense_list:
(philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics. | (comparable) Morally approvable; good.


lexentry: eng/ethical__Adjective__1
written_rep: ethical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: etico | morale
sense_list:
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/ethical_dative__Noun__1
written_rep: ethical dative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dativo etico
sense_list:
(grammar) A form of the dative case applied to pronouns; used (in Latin and some other languages, but rare in English) to show a certain interest felt by the person indicated.


lexentry: eng/ethicist__Noun__1
written_rep: ethicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etico
sense_list:
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).


lexentry: eng/ethidium__Noun__1
written_rep: ethidium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etidio
sense_list:
(organic compound) The cationic form of a polycyclic aromatic base, name 3,8-Diamino-5-ethyl-6-phenylphenanthridinium, whose bromide is used as a stain for nucleic acids


lexentry: eng/ethnic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ethnic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnico
sense_list:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. | Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_group__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnic group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnia
sense_list:
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.


lexentry: eng/ethnicity__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnia | etnicità
sense_list:
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences. | An ethnic group.


lexentry: eng/ethnocentrism__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnocentrism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnocentrismo
sense_list:
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnocultural__Adjective__1
written_rep: ethnocultural
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnoculturale
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the culture of an ethnic group. | Describing an ethnic group that has a distinct culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnography__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnografia
sense_list:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/ethnolinguist__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnolinguist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnolinguista
sense_list:
A scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.


lexentry: eng/ethnology__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnologia
sense_list:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.


lexentry: eng/ethnonym__Noun__1
written_rep: ethnonym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etnonimo
sense_list:
The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community.


lexentry: eng/ethos__Noun__1
written_rep: ethos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ethos
sense_list:
(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.


lexentry: eng/ethyl__Noun__1
written_rep: ethyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/ethylene__Noun__1
written_rep: ethylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etilene
sense_list:
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4. | (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.


lexentry: eng/ethylphenol__Noun__1
written_rep: ethylphenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etilfenolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of three isomeric ethyl derivatives of phenol, but especially 4-ethylphenol, which is responsible for a musty smell in some wines.


lexentry: eng/ethyne__Noun__1
written_rep: ethyne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etino
sense_list:
(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.


lexentry: eng/etic__Adjective__1
written_rep: etic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etico
sense_list:
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.


lexentry: eng/etiolated__Adjective__1
written_rep: etiolated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eziolato
sense_list:
(chiefly, botany, horticulture) Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/etiolation__Noun__1
written_rep: etiolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eziolamento
sense_list:
(botany) Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
written_rep: etiquette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galateo | etichetta
sense_list:
The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
written_rep: etiquette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comportamento | maniera | modi
sense_list:
The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.


lexentry: eng/etude__Noun__1
written_rep: etude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: studio
sense_list:
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.


lexentry: eng/etymological__Adjective__1
written_rep: etymological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etimologico
sense_list:
(not, _, comparable) Of or relating to etymology. | (comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage or the source language).


lexentry: eng/etymology__Noun__1
written_rep: etymology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: etimologia
sense_list:
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.


lexentry: eng/etymon__Noun__1
written_rep: etymon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etimo
sense_list:
(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.


lexentry: eng/eudiometer__Noun__1
written_rep: eudiometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eudiometro
sense_list:
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.


lexentry: eng/euergetism__Noun__1
written_rep: euergetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evergetismo
sense_list:
(historical) The practice of the ancient Greek and Roman elite of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction.


lexentry: eng/eugenics__Noun__1
written_rep: eugenics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eugenetica
sense_list:
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.


lexentry: eng/euhemerism__Noun__1
written_rep: euhemerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evemerismo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.


lexentry: eng/eukaryote__Noun__1
written_rep: eukaryote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eucariota
sense_list:
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.


lexentry: eng/eukaryotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: eukaryotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eucariotico
sense_list:
(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.


lexentry: eng/eulogise__Verb__1
written_rep: eulogise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lodare
sense_list:
(British spelling) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.


lexentry: eng/eulogist__Noun__1
written_rep: eulogist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panegirista
sense_list:
A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person. | A person who praises another person or thing.


lexentry: eng/eunuch__Noun__1
written_rep: eunuch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eunuco
sense_list:
A castrated human male. | Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.


lexentry: eng/euphemism__Noun__1
written_rep: euphemism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eufemismo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another one that is more offensive, blunt or vulgar. | (countable) A word or phrase that replaces another in this way.


lexentry: eng/euphonious__Adjective__1
written_rep: euphonious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armonioso
sense_list:
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.


lexentry: eng/euphuism__Noun__1
written_rep: euphuism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eufuismo
sense_list:
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.


lexentry: eng/euro__Noun__1
written_rep: euro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: euro
sense_list:
(currencies) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: € | A coin with a face value of one euro.


lexentry: eng/euro_coin__Noun__1
written_rep: euro coin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moneta in euro
sense_list:
any of the eight different coins that are in circulation in the eurozone, ranging in value from 1 cent to 2 euros. The 1 euro coin can also be specifically referred to as a euro coin.


lexentry: eng/eusociality__Noun__1
written_rep: eusociality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eusocialità
sense_list:
(biology) Reproductive specialization, in which most individuals of a species are genetically infertile; the state of being eusocial.


lexentry: eng/eustasy__Noun__1
written_rep: eustasy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eustatismo
sense_list:
(geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/euthanasia__Noun__1
written_rep: euthanasia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eutanasia
sense_list:
The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.


lexentry: eng/eutrophication__Noun__1
written_rep: eutrophication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eutrofizzazione
sense_list:
(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.


lexentry: eng/evacuate__Verb__1
written_rep: evacuate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: evacuare
sense_list:
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum. | To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).


lexentry: eng/evacuation__Noun__1
written_rep: evacuation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evacuazione
sense_list:
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety. | Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.


lexentry: eng/evade__Verb__1
written_rep: evade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eludere
sense_list:
(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.


lexentry: eng/evaluate__Verb__1
written_rep: evaluate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valutare
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise. | (transitive, mathematics, computing) To compute or determine the value of (an expression).


lexentry: eng/evaluation__Noun__1
written_rep: evaluation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valutazione
sense_list:
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.


lexentry: eng/evanesce__Verb__1
written_rep: evanesce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sublimare
sense_list:
(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid


lexentry: eng/evangelical__Adjective__1
written_rep: evangelical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evangelico
sense_list:
(Christianity) Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.


lexentry: eng/evangelicalism__Noun__1
written_rep: evangelicalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: evangelicalismo
sense_list:
(Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
written_rep: evangelist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: evangelista
sense_list:
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).


lexentry: eng/evangelize__Verb__1
written_rep: evangelize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evangelizzare
sense_list:
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.


lexentry: eng/evaporate__Verb__1
written_rep: evaporate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evaporare
sense_list:
(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. | (transitive, figuratively) To give vent to; to dissipate. | (transitive, figurative) To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect.


lexentry: eng/evapotranspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: evapotranspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evapotraspirazione
sense_list:
The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.


lexentry: eng/evasion__Noun__1
written_rep: evasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evasione
sense_list:
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.


lexentry: eng/even__Verb__1
written_rep: even
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: spianare
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
written_rep: evening
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sera
sense_list:
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.


lexentry: eng/evening_dress__Noun__1
written_rep: evening dress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abito da sera
sense_list:
(countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.


lexentry: eng/evening_prayer__Noun__1
written_rep: evening prayer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preghiera della sera
sense_list:
(Anglicanism, Methodism) The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Commonly called evensong, especially when the service is musical.


lexentry: eng/event__Noun__1
written_rep: event
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: evento
sense_list:
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. | (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task. | (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.


lexentry: eng/event_horizon__Noun__1
written_rep: event horizon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orizzonte degli eventi
sense_list:
(astrophysics) The gravitational sphere of a black hole within which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/eventually__Adverb__1
written_rep: eventually
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infine | alla fine
sense_list:
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.


lexentry: eng/everlasting__Adjective__1
written_rep: everlasting
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eterno
sense_list:
Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.


lexentry: eng/every_man_for_himself__Phrase__1
written_rep: every man for himself
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il primo prossimo è sé medesimo | ognun per sé
sense_list:
(nautical) A command, issued in case of shipwreck, that crew members are relieved of all duties and should try to save themselves.


lexentry: eng/evict__Verb__1
written_rep: evict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfrattare
sense_list:
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.


lexentry: eng/evidence_tampering__Noun__1
written_rep: evidence tampering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inquinamento delle prove
sense_list:
(crime) The act of concealing, falsifying, or destroying evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation.


lexentry: eng/evidentiality__Noun__1
written_rep: evidentiality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forza probatoria
sense_list:
(linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.


lexentry: eng/evidently__Adverb__1
written_rep: evidently
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evidentemente
sense_list:
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evil__Noun__1
written_rep: evil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: male | malevolenza | malignità
sense_list:
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.


lexentry: eng/evil_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: evil eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malocchio | iettatura
sense_list:
A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.


lexentry: eng/evil_laugh__Noun__1
written_rep: evil laugh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: risata diabolica | risata malvagia
sense_list:
A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.


lexentry: eng/evocative__Adjective__1
written_rep: evocative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evocativo
sense_list:
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.


lexentry: eng/evoke__Verb__1
written_rep: evoke
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: evocare | rammemorare | rammentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
written_rep: evolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: evoluzione
sense_list:
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. [from 17th c.] | (biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_biology__Noun__1
written_rep: evolutionary biology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biologia evolutiva | biologia dell'evoluzione
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_developmental_biology__Noun__1
written_rep: evolutionary developmental biology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biologia evolutiva dello sviluppo
sense_list:
(biology) A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: evolutionary psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicologia evoluzionista
sense_list:
(psychology, evolutionary theory) A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.


lexentry: eng/evolve__Verb__1
written_rep: evolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: evolvere
sense_list:
(chiefly, passive) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.


lexentry: eng/ewer__Noun__1
written_rep: ewer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brocca | caraffa | lancella
sense_list:
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water


lexentry: eng/ex-gay__Adjective__1
written_rep: ex-gay
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ex-gay
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy.


lexentry: eng/exa-__Prefix__1
written_rep: exa-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: exa
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1018 (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion). Symbol: E


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
written_rep: exact
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esatto | giusto
sense_list:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
written_rep: exact
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: equivalente
sense_list:
(not comparable, homological algebra, of a sequence of morphisms in an abelian category) Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.


lexentry: eng/exact__Verb__1
written_rep: exact
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esigere | pretendere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
written_rep: exaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esazione
sense_list:
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force | That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.


lexentry: eng/exaeresis__Noun__1
written_rep: exaeresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: exeresi
sense_list:
(surgery, now, rare) An operation involving the removal of a part or parts of the body; excision, ectomy.


lexentry: eng/exaggeration__Noun__1
written_rep: exaggeration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esagerazione
sense_list:
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
written_rep: examination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esame | visita
sense_list:
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. | (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.


lexentry: eng/examination_of_conscience__Noun__1
written_rep: examination of conscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esame di coscienza
sense_list:
(religion) A review of one's thoughts, words, actions, and omissions for the purpose of ascertaining conformity with, or deviation from, the moral law.


lexentry: eng/examining_magistrate__Noun__1
written_rep: examining magistrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giudice per le indagini preliminari
sense_list:
(law) A judge in an inquisitorial system of law who carries out pre-trial investigations into allegations of crime and in some cases makes a recommendation for prosecution.


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
written_rep: example
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esempio
sense_list:
Something that is representative of all such things in a group. | Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example). | A person punished as a warning to others. | A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model. | An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.


lexentry: eng/exaptation__Noun__1
written_rep: exaptation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: exattamento | riuso
sense_list:
(biology, evolutionary biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.


lexentry: eng/excavate__Verb__1
written_rep: excavate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escavare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow. | (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.


lexentry: eng/excavation__Noun__1
written_rep: excavation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scavo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. | (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.


lexentry: eng/exceed__Verb__1
written_rep: exceed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: superare
sense_list:
(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something). | (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
written_rep: exception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccezione
sense_list:
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. | That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included. | (programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.


lexentry: eng/exceptional__Adjective__1
written_rep: exceptional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccezionale
sense_list:
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. | Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.


lexentry: eng/exceptionalism__Noun__1
written_rep: exceptionalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eccezionalismo
sense_list:
The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
written_rep: excess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccesso
sense_list:
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
written_rep: excess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eccedenza
sense_list:
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. | (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.


lexentry: eng/excess__Verb__1
written_rep: excess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccessivo
sense_list:
(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.


lexentry: eng/excipient__Noun__1
written_rep: excipient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccipiente
sense_list:
(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.


lexentry: eng/excise_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: excise tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accisa
sense_list:
Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.


lexentry: eng/excite__Verb__1
written_rep: excite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: eccitare
sense_list:
(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.


lexentry: eng/exclamation__Noun__1
written_rep: exclamation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esclamazione
sense_list:
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. | A word expressing outcry; an interjection


lexentry: eng/exclude__Verb__1
written_rep: exclude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escludere
sense_list:
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out. | (transitive) To expel; to put out. | (transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.


lexentry: eng/exclusive__Adjective__1
written_rep: exclusive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esclusivo
sense_list:
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_right__Noun__1
written_rep: exclusive right
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destra esclusiva
sense_list:
(legal) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force)


lexentry: eng/excommunication__Noun__1
written_rep: excommunication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scomunica
sense_list:
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.


lexentry: eng/excrete__Verb__1
written_rep: excrete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espellere
sense_list:
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.


lexentry: eng/excretion__Noun__1
written_rep: excretion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escrezione
sense_list:
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Noun__1
written_rep: excuse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scusa | pretesto
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Verb__1
written_rep: excuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: giustificarsi | scusarsi
sense_list:
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.


lexentry: eng/excuse_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: excuse me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: come | prego | scusa | scusi
sense_list:
(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.


lexentry: eng/execration__Noun__1
written_rep: execration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esecrazione
sense_list:
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.


lexentry: eng/executable__Noun__1
written_rep: executable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: file eseguibile
sense_list:
(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.


lexentry: eng/execute__Verb__1
written_rep: execute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lanciare | giustiziare
sense_list:
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing. | (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.


lexentry: eng/execution__Noun__1
written_rep: execution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esecuzione
sense_list:
The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). | The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
written_rep: executive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dirigente
sense_list:
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
written_rep: executive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esecutivo
sense_list:
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.


lexentry: eng/executive_committee__Noun__1
written_rep: executive committee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comitato esecutivo
sense_list:
(government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.


lexentry: eng/executive_order__Noun__1
written_rep: executive order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decreto legge
sense_list:
(legal, chiefly, US) An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.


lexentry: eng/executive_producer__Noun__1
written_rep: executive producer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produttore esecutivo | produttrice esecutiva
sense_list:
(US) A job title of varying meaning, common in entertainment, computing and many other industries; often a person in charge of other producers.


lexentry: eng/executor__Noun__1
written_rep: executor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: esecutore testamentario
sense_list:
(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.


lexentry: eng/exegete__Noun__1
written_rep: exegete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esegeta
sense_list:
A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, law, oracles, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.


lexentry: eng/exemplary__Adjective__1
written_rep: exemplary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esemplare
sense_list:
Deserving honour, respect and admiration. | Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.


lexentry: eng/exercise__Noun__1
written_rep: exercise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esercizio
sense_list:
(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. | (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.


lexentry: eng/exercise_ball__Noun__1
written_rep: exercise ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palla da ginnastica
sense_list:
A soft, elastic ball with a diameter of approximately 35 to 85 centimetres, used in physical therapy and exercise.


lexentry: eng/exercise_book__Noun__1
written_rep: exercise book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quaderno | eserciziario
sense_list:
A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers.


lexentry: eng/exergue__Noun__1
written_rep: exergue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esergo
sense_list:
(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.


lexentry: eng/exhalation__Noun__1
written_rep: exhalation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esalazione
sense_list:
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out | That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam


lexentry: eng/exhale__Verb__1
written_rep: exhale
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espirare | esalare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: exhaust pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarico | tubo di scappamento
sense_list:
For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_valve__Noun__1
written_rep: exhaust valve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valvola di scarico
sense_list:
(in an internal combustion engine) A valve through which the products of combustion escape from the cylinder to the manifold.


lexentry: eng/exhaustion__Noun__1
written_rep: exhaustion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esaurimento | spossatezza
sense_list:
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. | Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.


lexentry: eng/exhibit__Verb__1
written_rep: exhibit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mostrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.


lexentry: eng/exhibitionism__Noun__1
written_rep: exhibitionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esibizionismo
sense_list:
The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself. | The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public for sexual gratification.


lexentry: eng/exhibitionist__Noun__1
written_rep: exhibitionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esibizionista
sense_list:
One who attempts to draw attention to themselves by their behavior. | One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.


lexentry: eng/exhilaration__Noun__1
written_rep: exhilaration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eccitazione | euforia
sense_list:
The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. | The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.


lexentry: eng/existential_crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: existential crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisi esistenziale
sense_list:
(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.


lexentry: eng/existential_quantifier__Noun__1
written_rep: existential quantifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantificatore esistenziale
sense_list:
(logic) The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there is".


lexentry: eng/existentialism__Noun__1
written_rep: existentialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esistenzialismo
sense_list:
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
written_rep: exit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uscita
sense_list:
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. | A way out. | An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress. | (road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).


lexentry: eng/exit_strategy__Noun__1
written_rep: exit strategy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strategia di uscita
sense_list:
(usually, military, politics, or, business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion.


lexentry: eng/exobiology__Noun__1
written_rep: exobiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esobiologia
sense_list:
(biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.


lexentry: eng/exocentric__Adjective__1
written_rep: exocentric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esocentrico
sense_list:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.


lexentry: eng/exogamy__Noun__1
written_rep: exogamy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esogamia
sense_list:
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law


lexentry: eng/exogenous__Adjective__1
written_rep: exogenous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esogeno
sense_list:
(biology) Produced or originating outside of the referent organism. | (economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model. | (medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.


lexentry: eng/exoneration__Noun__1
written_rep: exoneration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riabilitazione
sense_list:
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation. | (uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.


lexentry: eng/exonym__Noun__1
written_rep: exonym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esonimo
sense_list:
An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).


lexentry: eng/exorcise__Verb__1
written_rep: exorcise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esorcizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.


lexentry: eng/exorcism__Noun__1
written_rep: exorcism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esorcismo
sense_list:
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.


lexentry: eng/exorcist__Noun__1
written_rep: exorcist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esorcista
sense_list:
A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.


lexentry: eng/exoskeleton__Noun__1
written_rep: exoskeleton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esoscheletro
sense_list:
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.


lexentry: eng/exosome__Noun__1
written_rep: exosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esosoma
sense_list:
(biology) An intracellular macromolecular protein complex involved in RNA degradation. | (biology) An extracellular vesicle released from the endosomal compartment of eukaryotic cells, responsible for the selective removal of plasma membrane protein.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
written_rep: exoteric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essoterico
sense_list:
Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.


lexentry: eng/exothermic__Adjective__1
written_rep: exothermic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esotermico
sense_list:
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.


lexentry: eng/exotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: exotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esotico
sense_list:
Non-native to the ecosystem. | (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
written_rep: expand
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espandere | espandersi | estendere | estendersi
sense_list:
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
written_rep: expand
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sviluppare
sense_list:
(transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms. | (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
written_rep: expand
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: moltiplicare
sense_list:
(transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).


lexentry: eng/expectation__Noun__1
written_rep: expectation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aspettativa
sense_list:
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.


lexentry: eng/expected_value__Noun__1
written_rep: expected value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valore atteso
sense_list:
(probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.


lexentry: eng/expectoration__Noun__1
written_rep: expectoration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espettorazione
sense_list:
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. | (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.


lexentry: eng/expediency__Noun__1
written_rep: expediency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comodità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.


lexentry: eng/expedient__Noun__1
written_rep: expedient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escamotage | espediente | ripiego
sense_list:
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
written_rep: experience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esperienza
sense_list:
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. | (countable) An activity one has performed. | (usually, uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills. | (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.


lexentry: eng/experience__Verb__1
written_rep: experience
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esperire | sperimentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.


lexentry: eng/experiment__Noun__1
written_rep: experiment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esperimento
sense_list:
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.


lexentry: eng/expiate__Verb__1
written_rep: expiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espiare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To atone or make reparation for. | (transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for. | (transitive) To wind up, bring to an end.


lexentry: eng/expiration__Noun__1
written_rep: expiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: respirazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/expiry_date__Noun__1
written_rep: expiry date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: data di scadenza
sense_list:
(UK) The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases requiring renewal.


lexentry: eng/explain__Verb__1
written_rep: explain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spiegare | chiosare | illustrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.


lexentry: eng/explicit__Adjective__1
written_rep: explicit
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esplicito
sense_list:
(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]


lexentry: eng/exploded_view__Noun__1
written_rep: exploded view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disegno esploso
sense_list:
A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
written_rep: exploit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfruttare | approfittare | avvantaggiarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit. | (transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.


lexentry: eng/exploitation__Noun__1
written_rep: exploitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfruttamento | valorizzazione
sense_list:
The act of utilizing something; industry. | The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.


lexentry: eng/exploration__Noun__1
written_rep: exploration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esplorazione
sense_list:
The process of exploring. | The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. | The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.


lexentry: eng/explore__Verb__1
written_rep: explore
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: esplorare
sense_list:
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery. | (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.


lexentry: eng/explorer__Noun__1
written_rep: explorer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esploratore
sense_list:
One who explores something | A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.


lexentry: eng/explosion__Noun__1
written_rep: explosion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esplosione | scoppio
sense_list:
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.


lexentry: eng/exponent__Noun__1
written_rep: exponent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esponente
sense_list:
(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8.


lexentry: eng/exponential__Adjective__1
written_rep: exponential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esponenziale
sense_list:
Relating to an exponent. | (mathematics) Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e. | (mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.


lexentry: eng/exponential_distribution__Noun__1
written_rep: exponential distribution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distribuzione esponenziale
sense_list:
(statistics) Any of a class of continuous probability distributions used to model the time between events that occur independently at a constant average rate.


lexentry: eng/exponential_function__Noun__1
written_rep: exponential function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione esponenziale
sense_list:
(mathematics) Any function in which an independent variable is in the form of an exponent; they are the inverse functions of logarithms


lexentry: eng/exponential_growth__Noun__1
written_rep: exponential growth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crescita esponenziale
sense_list:
(mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.


lexentry: eng/exponentiation__Noun__1
written_rep: exponentiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esponenziale | potenza
sense_list:
(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.


lexentry: eng/export__Verb__1
written_rep: export
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esportare
sense_list:
(transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country. | (transitive) To cause to spread in another part of the world. | (transitive, computing) To send (data) from one program to another.


lexentry: eng/exporter__Noun__1
written_rep: exporter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esportatore | esportatrice
sense_list:
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.


lexentry: eng/expose__Verb__1
written_rep: expose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: esporre | mostrare
sense_list:
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.


lexentry: eng/exposed__Adjective__1
written_rep: exposed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casadei
sense_list:
(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
written_rep: exposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esposizione | mostra
sense_list:
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).


lexentry: eng/exposure_meter__Noun__1
written_rep: exposure meter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esposimetro | fotometro
sense_list:
(photography) An instrument that measures the intensity of the light reflected from or falling on a subject, and calculates the optimum exposure depending on the film speed.


lexentry: eng/express__Noun__1
written_rep: express
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espresso
sense_list:
A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.


lexentry: eng/expression__Noun__1
written_rep: expression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: espressione
sense_list:
A particular way of phrasing an idea. | A colloquialism or idiom. | A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion. | (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. | (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein. | (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.


lexentry: eng/expressionism__Noun__1
written_rep: expressionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espressionismo
sense_list:
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences.


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
written_rep: expressway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: superstrada
sense_list:
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/expropriate__Verb__1
written_rep: expropriate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: espropriare
sense_list:
(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expropriation__Noun__1
written_rep: expropriation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione
sense_list:
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expurgate__Verb__1
written_rep: expurgate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espurgare
sense_list:
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge. | (transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.


lexentry: eng/extemporize__Verb__1
written_rep: extemporize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: improvvisare | parlare a braccio
sense_list:
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/extend__Verb__1
written_rep: extend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: stendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent. | (transitive) To straighten (a limb). | (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.


lexentry: eng/extended_family__Noun__1
written_rep: extended family
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grande famiglia
sense_list:
A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
written_rep: extension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 19
trans_list: estensione | estemsione | proroga
sense_list:
(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.


lexentry: eng/extension_cord__Noun__1
written_rep: extension cord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prolunga
sense_list:
(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.


lexentry: eng/exterminate__Verb__1
written_rep: exterminate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sterminare
sense_list:
(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.


lexentry: eng/externality__Noun__1
written_rep: externality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: esternalità
sense_list:
(economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
written_rep: extinct
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estinto
sense_list:
(dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched. | (chiefly, biology) Of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
written_rep: extinct
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: esanime
sense_list:
Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
written_rep: extinct
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: morte
sense_list:
(geology) Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Verb__1
written_rep: extinct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spegnere
sense_list:
(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).


lexentry: eng/extirpate__Verb__1
written_rep: extirpate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: estirpare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot. | (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, | (transitive) To surgically remove.


lexentry: eng/extort__Verb__1
written_rep: extort
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estorcere | carpire | spillare
sense_list:
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.


lexentry: eng/extra__Adjective__1
written_rep: extra
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extra
sense_list:
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
written_rep: extract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: estratto
sense_list:
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. | A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue | A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).


lexentry: eng/extract__Verb__1
written_rep: extract
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavare
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.


lexentry: eng/extractor_hood__Noun__1
written_rep: extractor hood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappa da cucina
sense_list:
(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.


lexentry: eng/extradition__Noun__1
written_rep: extradition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estradizione
sense_list:
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.


lexentry: eng/extradotal__Adjective__1
written_rep: extradotal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extradotale | parafernale
sense_list:
(obsolete, legal) Describing the part of a wife's property that does not form part of her dowry and is administered by her husband


lexentry: eng/extragalactic__Adjective__1
written_rep: extragalactic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extragalattico | estragalattico
sense_list:
(astronomy) Originating outside of the Milky Way galaxy. | (astronomy) Originating outside of any galaxy. | (science fiction) Originating outside of the local galaxy.


lexentry: eng/extrapolate__Verb__1
written_rep: extrapolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estrapolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To infer by extending known information. | (transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones


lexentry: eng/extrapolation__Noun__1
written_rep: extrapolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estrapolazione
sense_list:
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. | An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Adjective__1
written_rep: extraterrestrial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extraterrestre
sense_list:
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Noun__1
written_rep: extraterrestrial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extraterrestre
sense_list:
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.


lexentry: eng/extraterritoriality__Noun__1
written_rep: extraterritoriality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: extraterritorialità
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.


lexentry: eng/extravagance__Noun__1
written_rep: extravagance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stravaganza
sense_list:
Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money. | Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. | Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance.


lexentry: eng/extreme__Adjective__1
written_rep: extreme
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estremo
sense_list:
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost. | In the greatest or highest degree; intense. | Excessive, or far beyond the norm. | Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.


lexentry: eng/extreme__Noun__1
written_rep: extreme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estremo
sense_list:
The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition. | Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.


lexentry: eng/extreme_sport__Noun__1
written_rep: extreme sport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sport estremo
sense_list:
Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.


lexentry: eng/extremist__Noun__1
written_rep: extremist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estremista | oltranzista
sense_list:
(political) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.


lexentry: eng/extremity__Noun__1
written_rep: extremity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estremità
sense_list:
The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400] | A hand or foot. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/extremophile__Noun__1
written_rep: extremophile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estremofilo
sense_list:
(ecology) Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.


lexentry: eng/extroversion__Noun__1
written_rep: extroversion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estroversione
sense_list:
(informal, _, psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation. | The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert, particularly:


lexentry: eng/extroverted__Adjective__1
written_rep: extroverted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estroverso
sense_list:
(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.


lexentry: eng/extrude__Verb__1
written_rep: extrude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbracciare
sense_list:
To push or thrust out. | (transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.


lexentry: eng/extrusion__Noun__1
written_rep: extrusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estrusione
sense_list:
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.


lexentry: eng/exuberant__Adjective__1
written_rep: exuberant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esuberante
sense_list:
(of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic. | (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.


lexentry: eng/exudate__Noun__1
written_rep: exudate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essudato
sense_list:
A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.


lexentry: eng/exude__Verb__1
written_rep: exude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trasudare
sense_list:
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.


lexentry: eng/exuviate__Verb__1
written_rep: exuviate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).


lexentry: eng/eyas__Noun__1
written_rep: eyas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falconetto
sense_list:
A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
written_rep: eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhio
sense_list:
An organ through which animals see. | The ability to notice what others might miss. | A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone. | A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
written_rep: eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: cruna | occhio
sense_list:
A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. | One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
written_rep: eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: occhiello
sense_list:
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.


lexentry: eng/eye_chart__Noun__1
written_rep: eye chart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ottotipo
sense_list:
A sign or poster showing letters or symbols in progressively smaller lines of type, used to test the acuity of distance vision.


lexentry: eng/eye_dialect__Noun__1
written_rep: eye dialect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua parlata
sense_list:
(uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.


lexentry: eng/eye_for_an_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: eye for an eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhio per occhio
sense_list:
(idiom) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.


lexentry: eng/eye_patch__Noun__1
written_rep: eye patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occlusore
sense_list:
An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.


lexentry: eng/eye_socket__Noun__1
written_rep: eye socket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orbita
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit. | The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.


lexentry: eng/eyebag__Noun__1
written_rep: eyebag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhiaie
sense_list:
A mild swelling or puffiness under and around the eye, generally caused by lack of sleep or illness.


lexentry: eng/eyebright__Noun__1
written_rep: eyebright
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: euphrasia
sense_list:
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/eyehole__Noun__1
written_rep: eyehole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spioncino
sense_list:
The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope. | The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.


lexentry: eng/eyelet__Noun__1
written_rep: eyelet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhiello
sense_list:
An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.


lexentry: eng/eyepiece__Noun__1
written_rep: eyepiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oculare
sense_list:
The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
written_rep: eyeshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraocchio
sense_list:
(countable) A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today. | (not countable) A cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.


lexentry: eng/ezetimibe__Noun__1
written_rep: ezetimibe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ezetimibe
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antihyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestine.


lexentry: eng/f-hole__Noun__1
written_rep: f-hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foro di risonanza
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/fa__Noun__1
written_rep: fa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fa
sense_list:
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


lexentry: eng/fable__Noun__1
written_rep: fable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiaba | favola
sense_list:
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.


lexentry: eng/fabliau__Noun__1
written_rep: fabliau
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fabliau
sense_list:
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/fabric_softener__Noun__1
written_rep: fabric softener
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammorbidente
sense_list:
A chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer by coating the surface of the cloth fibers with a thin layer of chemicals; these chemicals have lubricant properties and are electrically conductive, thus making the fibers feel smoother and preventing buildup of static electricity; usually available as a liquid or as dryer sheets.


lexentry: eng/fabulous__Adjective__1
written_rep: fabulous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: favoloso
sense_list:
Of or relating to fable, myth or legend. | Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible. | (slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.


lexentry: eng/facade__Noun__1
written_rep: facade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: facciata
sense_list:
(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance. | (programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.


lexentry: eng/facade_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: facade pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: facciata
sense_list:
(software, object-oriented) A structural design pattern that provides an object that is a simplified interface to a larger body of code, such as a class library.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
written_rep: face
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faccia | viso | volto
sense_list:
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
written_rep: face
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: faccia | viso
sense_list:
(in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc. | Public image; outward appearance.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
written_rep: face
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: faccia
sense_list:
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
written_rep: face
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fronteggiare | posizionarsi | posizionarsi verso | rivolgersi | volgersi
sense_list:
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
written_rep: face
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: affrontare | confrontarsi | fronteggiare | porre mano | risolvere | sistemare
sense_list:
(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.


lexentry: eng/face_card__Noun__1
written_rep: face card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pittore
sense_list:
(US, cards) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.


lexentry: eng/facekini__Noun__1
written_rep: facekini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: face-kini
sense_list:
A balaclava-like swimwear face mask which completely covers the face except for holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth, worn as protection from sun and irritants.


lexentry: eng/facemask__Noun__1
written_rep: facemask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maschera
sense_list:
A covering used to protect or disguise the face. | A mask made of common textiles worn over the mouth and nose, such as a bandana, handkerchief, or scarf.


lexentry: eng/facemask__Noun__1
written_rep: facemask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cofano
sense_list:
(American football, Canadian football) The part of the helmet that directly covers the face, made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars.


lexentry: eng/facepalm__Noun__1
written_rep: facepalm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: facepalm | mano sul volto
sense_list:
A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.


lexentry: eng/facepalm__Verb__1
written_rep: facepalm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portare il palmo della mano al volto
sense_list:
To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.


lexentry: eng/facetious__Adjective__1
written_rep: facetious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faceto
sense_list:
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. | Pleasantly humorous; jocular.


lexentry: eng/facilitator__Noun__1
written_rep: facilitator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mediatore
sense_list:
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.


lexentry: eng/facsimile__Noun__1
written_rep: facsimile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fax
sense_list:
A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. | The image sent by the machine itself.


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
written_rep: fact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fatto
sense_list:
Something which is real. | Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. | An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts. | (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.


lexentry: eng/facticity__Noun__1
written_rep: facticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatticità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact. | (uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.


lexentry: eng/faction__Noun__1
written_rep: faction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazione
sense_list:
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.


lexentry: eng/factoid__Noun__1
written_rep: factoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattoide
sense_list:
An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. [from 1973]


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
written_rep: factor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattore
sense_list:
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. | An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee. | (legal) | A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable. | A commission agent. | A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business. | One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result. | (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole. | (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence. | (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production. | (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.


lexentry: eng/factor__Verb__1
written_rep: factor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattorizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).


lexentry: eng/factor__Verb__1
written_rep: factor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fattorizzare | scomporre
sense_list:
(transitive) To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors. | (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.


lexentry: eng/factorial__Noun__1
written_rep: factorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattoriale
sense_list:
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.


lexentry: eng/factorize__Verb__1
written_rep: factorize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattorizzare
sense_list:
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of. | (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.


lexentry: eng/factory_farming__Noun__1
written_rep: factory farming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allevamento intensivo
sense_list:
(pejorative) A type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry, designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.


lexentry: eng/fade__Noun__1
written_rep: fade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: assolvenza
sense_list:
(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).


lexentry: eng/fade__Verb__1
written_rep: fade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sbiadire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.


lexentry: eng/fag__Noun__3
written_rep: fag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frocio | finocchio | ricchione | rottinculo
sense_list:
(US, Canada, vulgar, usually, offensive, sometimes, affectionate) A homosexual man, especially (usually, _, derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.


lexentry: eng/faggotry__Noun__1
written_rep: faggotry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frociaggine
sense_list:
(slang, pejorative, vulgar, offensive) The stereotypical behaviors of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.


lexentry: eng/faience__Noun__1
written_rep: faience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faenza
sense_list:
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
written_rep: fail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fallire | cannare | fare cilecca | toppare
sense_list:
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
written_rep: fail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fallire | andare in bancarotta | fare bancarotta | ignorare | mancare | negligere
sense_list:
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
written_rep: fail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: ignorare | mancare | negligere | omettere | tralasciare
sense_list:
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence. | (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.


lexentry: eng/failed_state__Noun__1
written_rep: failed state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stato fallito
sense_list:
(politics) A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.


lexentry: eng/failure__Noun__1
written_rep: failure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fiasco
sense_list:
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.


lexentry: eng/fain__Verb__1
written_rep: fain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: festeggiare
sense_list:
(Germanic paganism) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót.


lexentry: eng/faint__Verb__1
written_rep: faint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: svenire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions). | (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.


lexentry: eng/fair's_fair__Phrase__1
written_rep: fair's fair
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciò che è giusto è giusto
sense_list:
An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.


lexentry: eng/fair-haired_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: fair-haired boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beniamino
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US, Australia) Someone's favorite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)


lexentry: eng/fair-weather_friend__Noun__1
written_rep: fair-weather friend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amico di comdo | amico per convenienza
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fair__Adjective__1
written_rep: fair
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: biondo | chiaro
sense_list:
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.


lexentry: eng/fair__Adjective__1
written_rep: fair
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: sereno
sense_list:
(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.


lexentry: eng/fair__Noun__2
written_rep: fair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiera
sense_list:
A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. | An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.


lexentry: eng/fair__Noun__2
written_rep: fair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: luna park | lunaparco | parco divertimenti
sense_list:
A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).


lexentry: eng/fair_trade__Noun__1
written_rep: fair trade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: equocommercio
sense_list:
(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.


lexentry: eng/fairground__Noun__1
written_rep: fairground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiera
sense_list:
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.


lexentry: eng/fairing__Noun__2
written_rep: fairing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carenatura
sense_list:
A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fairlead__Noun__1
written_rep: fairlead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passacavo
sense_list:
(nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally.


lexentry: eng/fairleader__Noun__1
written_rep: fairleader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrucola per deviare
sense_list:
(nautical) A fitting used to guide a line, cable or sheet with minimal friction. Used for anchor lines, and for rigging on sailing ships.


lexentry: eng/fairy__Noun__1
written_rep: fairy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fata | foletta | foletto | folletta | folletto
sense_list:
(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.


lexentry: eng/fairy_godmother__Noun__1
written_rep: fairy godmother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fata madrina
sense_list:
In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fairy_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: fairy ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cerchio delle streghe
sense_list:
(mycology, botany) A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.


lexentry: eng/fairy_tale__Noun__1
written_rep: fairy tale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: favola
sense_list:
(uncountable) The literary genre of these stories. | A story presented as true that is not believable.


lexentry: eng/fait_accompli__Noun__1
written_rep: fait accompli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatto compiuto
sense_list:
Something which has already happened, before those affected had the chance to raise objections or queries.


lexentry: eng/faith__Noun__1
written_rep: faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fede | fiducia
sense_list:
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. | A religious or spiritual belief system. | (obsolete) Credibility or truth.


lexentry: eng/faith_will_move_mountains__Proverb__1
written_rep: faith will move mountains
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: la fede sposta le montagne
sense_list:
Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.


lexentry: eng/fajita__Noun__1
written_rep: fajita
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fajita
sense_list:
A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.


lexentry: eng/fake__Noun__2
written_rep: fake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duglia
sense_list:
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.


lexentry: eng/fake__Verb__2
written_rep: fake
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dugliare
sense_list:
(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.


lexentry: eng/fakir__Noun__1
written_rep: fakir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fachiro
sense_list:
(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.


lexentry: eng/falafel__Noun__1
written_rep: falafel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falafel | felafel
sense_list:
(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita. | (countable) A single falafel ball.


lexentry: eng/falchion__Noun__1
written_rep: falchion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falcione
sense_list:
(also, attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.


lexentry: eng/falconer__Noun__1
written_rep: falconer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falconiere
sense_list:
A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey. | One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.


lexentry: eng/falconet__Noun__1
written_rep: falconet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falchetto
sense_list:
A small or young falcon. | Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/fall__Noun__1
written_rep: fall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caduta
sense_list:
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. | (chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
written_rep: fall
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: deporre | rovesciare
sense_list:
(intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
written_rep: fall
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: cadere | divenire | diventare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.


lexentry: eng/fall_by_the_wayside__Verb__1
written_rep: fall by the wayside
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arenarsi | cadere nel dimenticatoio | fallire
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.


lexentry: eng/fall_from_grace__Verb__1
written_rep: fall from grace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cadere in disgrazia
sense_list:
(figuratively, idiomatic) To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
written_rep: fall in love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innamorarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love. | (intransitive, reciprocal) To come to have feelings of love towards each other. | (intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following "with") To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.


lexentry: eng/fall_off__Verb__1
written_rep: fall off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadere
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To become detached or to drop from. | (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).


lexentry: eng/fall_off_the_wagon__Verb__1
written_rep: fall off the wagon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricadere nel vizio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.


lexentry: eng/fall_over__Verb__1
written_rep: fall over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadere
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.


lexentry: eng/fall_to__Verb__1
written_rep: fall to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dare il via
sense_list:
(intransitive, dated) To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.


lexentry: eng/fallacy__Noun__1
written_rep: fallacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fallacia
sense_list:
(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.


lexentry: eng/fallback__Noun__1
written_rep: fallback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ripiego
sense_list:
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.


lexentry: eng/fallen__Adjective__1
written_rep: fallen
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compiacersi
sense_list:
Having dropped by the force of gravity. | Killed, especially in battle. | Having lost one's chastity.


lexentry: eng/fallout__Noun__1
written_rep: fallout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioggia
sense_list:
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.


lexentry: eng/false_alarm__Noun__1
written_rep: false alarm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: falso allarme
sense_list:
(archaic, idiomatic) A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.


lexentry: eng/false_bottom__Noun__1
written_rep: false bottom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: doppio fondo
sense_list:
An internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents.


lexentry: eng/false_dawn__Noun__1
written_rep: false dawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luce zodiacale
sense_list:
A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/false_dichotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: false dichotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falsa dicotomia
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.


lexentry: eng/false_friend__Noun__1
written_rep: false friend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falso amico
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.


lexentry: eng/false_imprisonment__Noun__1
written_rep: false imprisonment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sequestrazione
sense_list:
(legal) The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.


lexentry: eng/false_vacuum__Noun__1
written_rep: false vacuum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falso vuoto
sense_list:
(physics, quantum field theory) A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.


lexentry: eng/falsetto__Noun__1
written_rep: falsetto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsetto
sense_list:
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.


lexentry: eng/falsework__Noun__1
written_rep: falsework
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centina
sense_list:
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.


lexentry: eng/falsifiable__Adjective__1
written_rep: falsifiable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falsificabile
sense_list:
Capable of being faked or forged. | (epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.


lexentry: eng/falsification__Noun__1
written_rep: falsification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraffare
sense_list:
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.


lexentry: eng/falsificationism__Noun__1
written_rep: falsificationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fallibilismo
sense_list:
(epistemology, philosophy) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted, then it is not a scientific claim.


lexentry: eng/falsity__Noun__1
written_rep: falsity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsità
sense_list:
(countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion. | (uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.


lexentry: eng/familiarity__Noun__1
written_rep: familiarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fiducia
sense_list:
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.


lexentry: eng/familiarity_breeds_contempt__Proverb__1
written_rep: familiarity breeds contempt
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confidenza toglie riverenza
sense_list:
The more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it becomes to dislike that person.


lexentry: eng/familiarly__Adverb__1
written_rep: familiarly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: familiarmente
sense_list:
In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate. | In a manner expressing comprehensive or intimate knowledge. | In a manner prompting recognition or recollection.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
written_rep: family
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: famiglia
sense_list:
A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children. | A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. | (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank. | (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language. | (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.


lexentry: eng/family_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: family tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: albero genealogico
sense_list:
(horticulture) A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.


lexentry: eng/famous_for_being_famous__Adjective__1
written_rep: famous for being famous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: famoso per essere famoso
sense_list:
(pejorative) Having attained celebrity status for no distinguished reason; appearing to generate one's own fame, or well-known only through association with an existing celebrity, as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__1
written_rep: fan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ventaglio
sense_list:
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__2
written_rep: fan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tifoso | tifo
sense_list:
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.


lexentry: eng/fanboy__Noun__1
written_rep: fanboy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: discepolo
sense_list:
(fandom, often, derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).


lexentry: eng/fancy__Verb__1
written_rep: fancy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: piacere | agognare | anelare | bramare | desiderare | immaginare
sense_list:
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.


lexentry: eng/fandango__Noun__1
written_rep: fandango
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fandango
sense_list:
(music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina). [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fanfare__Noun__1
written_rep: fanfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fanfara
sense_list:
(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.


lexentry: eng/fanny_pack__Noun__1
written_rep: fanny pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marsupio
sense_list:
(North America) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.


lexentry: eng/fanslation__Noun__1
written_rep: fanslation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traduzione dilettante
sense_list:
(slang) An unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.


lexentry: eng/fantasia__Noun__1
written_rep: fantasia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fantasia
sense_list:
(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fantastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: fantastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fantastico
sense_list:
Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful. | (archaic) Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.


lexentry: eng/fantasy__Noun__1
written_rep: fantasy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fantasy | fantasia
sense_list:
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.


lexentry: eng/farad__Noun__1
written_rep: farad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farad
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor.


lexentry: eng/farce__Noun__1
written_rep: farce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: farsa
sense_list:
(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | (uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. | (uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.


lexentry: eng/farewell__Noun__1
written_rep: farewell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addio
sense_list:
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure. | A departure; the act of leaving.


lexentry: eng/farina__Noun__1
written_rep: farina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manna
sense_list:
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.


lexentry: eng/farm__Noun__1
written_rep: farm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattoria | podere
sense_list:
(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.


lexentry: eng/farmer__Noun__1
written_rep: farmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agricoltore | contadino | fattore | contadina | fattoressa | agricoltrice
sense_list:
A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.


lexentry: eng/farmhouse__Noun__1
written_rep: farmhouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casa colonica | casale | casolare
sense_list:
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.


lexentry: eng/faro__Noun__1
written_rep: faro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faraone
sense_list:
(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.


lexentry: eng/farrier__Noun__1
written_rep: farrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maniscalco | fabbro ferraio | magnano | maniscalca
sense_list:
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.


lexentry: eng/farthingale__Noun__1
written_rep: farthingale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crinolina
sense_list:
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.


lexentry: eng/fasces__Noun__1
written_rep: fasces
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascio | fascio littorio
sense_list:
A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.


lexentry: eng/fascia__Noun__1
written_rep: fascia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: banda
sense_list:
(architectural element) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.


lexentry: eng/fasciculation__Noun__1
written_rep: fasciculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascicolazione
sense_list:
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.


lexentry: eng/fascinate__Verb__1
written_rep: fascinate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affascinare
sense_list:
To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. | To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind. | To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.


lexentry: eng/fascine__Noun__1
written_rep: fascine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fascina
sense_list:
(specifically, military, _, fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.


lexentry: eng/fascine_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: fascine knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mannaia
sense_list:
(military, weapon, historical) A large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and infantry soldiers as a sidearm and a tool for cutting fascines and other things.


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
written_rep: fascism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascismo
sense_list:
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922] | (by extension, derogatory) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
written_rep: fashion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moda | voga
sense_list:
(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
written_rep: fashion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tendenza | moda
sense_list:
(uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.


lexentry: eng/fast__Adjective__1
written_rep: fast
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: resistente
sense_list:
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fast_lane__Noun__1
written_rep: fast lane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corsia di sorpasso
sense_list:
On a multilane road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles overtaking or moving at faster speeds.


lexentry: eng/fastener__Noun__1
written_rep: fastener
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiusura
sense_list:
Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like. | Something or someone that fastens.


lexentry: eng/faster-than-light__Adjective__1
written_rep: faster-than-light
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: superluminale
sense_list:
(physics) Faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe.


lexentry: eng/fastidious__Adjective__1
written_rep: fastidious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pignolo | meticoloso
sense_list:
Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.


lexentry: eng/fasting__Noun__1
written_rep: fasting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digiuno
sense_list:
Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food. | Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
written_rep: fat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grasso
sense_list:
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.


lexentry: eng/fat_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: fat cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: profittatore | sfruttatore
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labor of others; and/or not to care about those of lesser means.


lexentry: eng/fatal__Adjective__1
written_rep: fatal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatale
sense_list:
(rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. | (rare, archaic) Foreboding death or great disaster. | Causing death or destruction.


lexentry: eng/fatalism__Noun__1
written_rep: fatalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatalismo
sense_list:
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.


lexentry: eng/fatalist__Noun__1
written_rep: fatalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatalista
sense_list:
One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.


lexentry: eng/fatality__Noun__1
written_rep: fatality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destino
sense_list:
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/fate__Noun__1
written_rep: fate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: destino | fato | sorte
sense_list:
Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc. | (mythology) (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).


lexentry: eng/father__Noun__1
written_rep: father
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: padre | babbo | papà
sense_list:
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).


lexentry: eng/father_figure__Noun__1
written_rep: father figure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autorità
sense_list:
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/fatherhood__Noun__1
written_rep: fatherhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paternità
sense_list:
The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).


lexentry: eng/fathom__Noun__1
written_rep: fathom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: braccio
sense_list:
(chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
written_rep: fathom
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capire | comprendere
sense_list:
(archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something. | (figurative) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.


lexentry: eng/fatigue__Noun__1
written_rep: fatigue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fatica | logorio | usura
sense_list:
(engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.


lexentry: eng/fatty_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: fatty acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido grasso
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.


lexentry: eng/fatwa__Noun__1
written_rep: fatwa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fatwa
sense_list:
(religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.


lexentry: eng/faubourg__Noun__1
written_rep: faubourg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sobborghi
sense_list:
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.


lexentry: eng/fauces__Noun__1
written_rep: fauces
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faringe
sense_list:
(anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.


lexentry: eng/fault_line__Noun__1
written_rep: fault line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linea di faglia
sense_list:
(geology) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.


lexentry: eng/faun__Noun__1
written_rep: faun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fauno | semicapro
sense_list:
(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.


lexentry: eng/fauna__Noun__1
written_rep: fauna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fauna
sense_list:
(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fauvism__Noun__1
written_rep: fauvism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fauvismo
sense_list:
An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. [from 1905]


lexentry: eng/favor__Noun__1
written_rep: favor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: favore
sense_list:
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | Goodwill; benevolent regard.


lexentry: eng/favourable__Adjective__1
written_rep: favourable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: favorevole
sense_list:
Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging. | Useful or helpful. | Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune. | Auspicious or lucky.


lexentry: eng/favourite__Adjective__1
written_rep: favourite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: favorito | preferito | amato
sense_list:
(superlative) Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) | (positive, high-register or archaic) Liked, cherished.


lexentry: eng/favourite__Noun__1
written_rep: favourite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: favorito
sense_list:
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour. | A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.


lexentry: eng/fawn__Verb__2
written_rep: fawn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fare le feste | scodinzolare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.


lexentry: eng/fayalite__Noun__1
written_rep: fayalite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fayalite
sense_list:
(mineral) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe2SiO4.


lexentry: eng/faze__Verb__1
written_rep: faze
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intimorire
sense_list:
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fealty__Noun__1
written_rep: fealty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fedeltá
sense_list:
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.


lexentry: eng/fear__Noun__1
written_rep: fear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paura | timore
sense_list:
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. | (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.


lexentry: eng/fear__Verb__1
written_rep: fear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: temere | aver paura di
sense_list:
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
written_rep: feather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piuma | penna
sense_list:
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
written_rep: feather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: barbetta
sense_list:
Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.


lexentry: eng/feather_duster__Noun__1
written_rep: feather duster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piumino
sense_list:
An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.


lexentry: eng/feature__Noun__1
written_rep: feature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rubrica | servizio | speciale
sense_list:
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.


lexentry: eng/feature_film__Noun__1
written_rep: feature film
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lungometraggio
sense_list:
The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers. | (by extension) Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing.


lexentry: eng/fecundity__Noun__1
written_rep: fecundity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fecondità
sense_list:
Ability to produce offspring. | Ability to cause growth or increase. | Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.


lexentry: eng/fed_up__Adjective__1
written_rep: fed up
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stufo | averne le scatole piene | seccato | averne le palle piene | essersi rotto i coglioni
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
written_rep: federal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: federale
sense_list:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations. | Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.


lexentry: eng/federal_district__Noun__1
written_rep: federal district
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distretto federale
sense_list:
A type of federal subdivision, often composed of a capital city. | In Russia, a grouping of federal subjects (top-level administrative divisions), created for the purpose of ensuring compliance of the containing federal subjects with national law.


lexentry: eng/federalism__Noun__1
written_rep: federalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: federalismo
sense_list:
A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.


lexentry: eng/federation__Noun__1
written_rep: federation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: federazione
sense_list:
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.


lexentry: eng/fee__Noun__1
written_rep: fee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tassa | emolumento | onorario | quota | retta | tariffa
sense_list:
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
written_rep: feedback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: retroazione
sense_list:
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
written_rep: feedback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ritorno
sense_list:
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.


lexentry: eng/feel__Verb__1
written_rep: feel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sentire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To search by sense of touch. | (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. | (transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.


lexentry: eng/feeler__Noun__1
written_rep: feeler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: antenna
sense_list:
(anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect. | (Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself


lexentry: eng/feeler_gauge__Noun__1
written_rep: feeler gauge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spessimetro
sense_list:
A set of thin metal strips, of known thickness, used to measure a narrow gap such as by go/no-go status or by the feel of how the gauge slides into the gap.


lexentry: eng/feisty__Adjective__1
written_rep: feisty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: combattivo
sense_list:
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/feldspar__Noun__1
written_rep: feldspar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feldspato
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.


lexentry: eng/felicity__Noun__1
written_rep: felicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: felicità
sense_list:
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.


lexentry: eng/fellow__Noun__1
written_rep: fellow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: tipo | tizio | individuo | uomo
sense_list:
(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.


lexentry: eng/fellow_traveller__Noun__1
written_rep: fellow traveller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compagno di viaggio
sense_list:
One who travels together with another. | (US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fellowship__Noun__1
written_rep: fellowship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fratellanza
sense_list:
A company of people that share the same interest or aim. | A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.


lexentry: eng/felon__Noun__1
written_rep: felon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criminale
sense_list:
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.


lexentry: eng/felony__Noun__1
written_rep: felony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delitto | reato
sense_list:
(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.


lexentry: eng/felt__Noun__1
written_rep: felt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feltro
sense_list:
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. | A hat made of felt.


lexentry: eng/felt__Verb__1
written_rep: felt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feltrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. | (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.


lexentry: eng/felucca__Noun__1
written_rep: felucca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feluca
sense_list:
A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.


lexentry: eng/female__Adjective__1
written_rep: female
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: femminile | femmina
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_circumcision__Noun__1
written_rep: female circumcision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: escissione
sense_list:
(often, proscribed) Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_ejaculation__Noun__1
written_rep: female ejaculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eiaculazione femminile
sense_list:
The forceful expulsion of fluids from the vagina during the female orgasm, possibly originating from the Skene's gland (paraurethral gland) and/or urethra.


lexentry: eng/femicide__Noun__1
written_rep: femicide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: femminicidio | femmicidio
sense_list:
The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (legal) specifically because of their gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny. [1801]


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Noun__1
written_rep: feminazi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nazifemminista
sense_list:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.


lexentry: eng/feminine__Adjective__1
written_rep: feminine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: femminile
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male. | Belonging to females; typically used by females. | Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive. | (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.


lexentry: eng/feminism__Noun__1
written_rep: feminism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: femminismo
sense_list:
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/feminist__Noun__1
written_rep: feminist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: femminista
sense_list:
An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life. | A member of a feminist political movement.


lexentry: eng/feminization__Noun__1
written_rep: feminization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: femminilizzazione
sense_list:
The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized. | (biology) The development of female sex characteristics.


lexentry: eng/fen__Noun__1
written_rep: fen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cariceto
sense_list:
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.


lexentry: eng/fence__Noun__1
written_rep: fence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ricettatore
sense_list:
(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.


lexentry: eng/fencing__Noun__1
written_rep: fencing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scherma
sense_list:
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).


lexentry: eng/fennec__Noun__1
written_rep: fennec
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fennec
sense_list:
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.


lexentry: eng/fennel__Noun__1
written_rep: fennel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finocchio
sense_list:
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. | (culinary) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. | (culinary) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.


lexentry: eng/fentanyl__Noun__1
written_rep: fentanyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fentanile
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.


lexentry: eng/feoffment__Noun__1
written_rep: feoffment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: feudo
sense_list:
(legal, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession


lexentry: eng/feral__Adjective__1
written_rep: feral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: selvaggio | selvatico
sense_list:
Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.


lexentry: eng/feral_child__Noun__1
written_rep: feral child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bambino selvaggio | ragazzo selvaggio
sense_list:
A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.


lexentry: eng/fermata__Noun__1
written_rep: fermata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fermata
sense_list:
(music, countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.


lexentry: eng/ferment__Verb__1
written_rep: ferment
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermentare
sense_list:
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew. | To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.


lexentry: eng/fermentation__Noun__1
written_rep: fermentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermentazione
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide


lexentry: eng/fermentation_lock__Noun__1
written_rep: fermentation lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gorgogliatore
sense_list:
A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter


lexentry: eng/fermion__Noun__1
written_rep: fermion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermione
sense_list:
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.


lexentry: eng/fern__Noun__1
written_rep: fern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: felce
sense_list:
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


lexentry: eng/ferret-badger__Noun__1
written_rep: ferret-badger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tasso furetto
sense_list:
(zoology) Any of several small mustelid omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.


lexentry: eng/ferret__Noun__1
written_rep: ferret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furetto
sense_list:
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.


lexentry: eng/ferritin__Noun__1
written_rep: ferritin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferritina
sense_list:
(protein) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.


lexentry: eng/ferroconcrete__Noun__1
written_rep: ferroconcrete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cemento armato
sense_list:
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.


lexentry: eng/ferroelectric__Adjective__1
written_rep: ferroelectric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferroelettrico
sense_list:
(physics) of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field


lexentry: eng/ferroelectricity__Noun__1
written_rep: ferroelectricity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferroelettricità
sense_list:
(physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism


lexentry: eng/ferromagnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: ferromagnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferromagnetismo
sense_list:
(physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/ferrotype__Noun__1
written_rep: ferrotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferrotipia
sense_list:
(uncountable) An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film. | (countable) A photograph produced by this means.


lexentry: eng/ferrous__Adjective__1
written_rep: ferrous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ferroso | ferreo | ferrico
sense_list:
Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)


lexentry: eng/ferruginous_hawk__Noun__1
written_rep: ferruginous hawk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poiana codarossa africana
sense_list:
Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
written_rep: ferry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traghetto | nave traghetto
sense_list:
(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.


lexentry: eng/ferryboat__Noun__1
written_rep: ferryboat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave traghetto
sense_list:
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule


lexentry: eng/fertility_rate__Noun__1
written_rep: fertility rate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tasso di fecondità
sense_list:
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.


lexentry: eng/fertilization__Noun__1
written_rep: fertilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fecondazione | fertilizzazione
sense_list:
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.


lexentry: eng/fervent__Adjective__1
written_rep: fervent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fervoroso
sense_list:
Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief. | Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.


lexentry: eng/fervor__Noun__1
written_rep: fervor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entusiasmo
sense_list:
(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. | (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.


lexentry: eng/fescue__Noun__1
written_rep: fescue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: festuca
sense_list:
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.


lexentry: eng/festival__Noun__1
written_rep: festival
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: festival | sagra | festivale | mostra | rassegna
sense_list:
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/festivity__Noun__1
written_rep: festivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: festività
sense_list:
(often, pluralized) A festival or similar celebration. | An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.


lexentry: eng/festoon__Verb__1
written_rep: festoon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inghirlandare
sense_list:
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.


lexentry: eng/fetch__Verb__1
written_rep: fetch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: raccattare | racimolare | valere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
written_rep: fetish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feticcio
sense_list:
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
written_rep: fetish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: feticismo
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
written_rep: fetishism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feticismo
sense_list:
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people. | A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.


lexentry: eng/fetoscopy__Noun__1
written_rep: fetoscopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fetoscopia
sense_list:
An endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow access to the fetus, the amniotic cavity, the umbilical cord, and the fetal side of the placenta.


lexentry: eng/feudalism__Noun__1
written_rep: feudalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feudalesimo
sense_list:
A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.


lexentry: eng/fever__Noun__1
written_rep: fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: febbre
sense_list:
(symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. | (usually, in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases. | A state of excitement or anxiety.


lexentry: eng/feverfew__Noun__1
written_rep: feverfew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partenio
sense_list:
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.


lexentry: eng/fianchetto__Noun__1
written_rep: fianchetto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fianchetto
sense_list:
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


lexentry: eng/fiat_money__Noun__1
written_rep: fiat money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moneta fiat
sense_list:
(banking, economics) A type of currency that is not backed by a commodity and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.


lexentry: eng/fibre__Noun__1
written_rep: fibre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibra
sense_list:
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. | (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres. | Moral strength and resolve. | (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. | (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.


lexentry: eng/fibreglass__Noun__1
written_rep: fibreglass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibra di vetro
sense_list:
Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.


lexentry: eng/fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva__Noun__1
written_rep: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva
sense_list:
(genetic disorder) A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies when damaged.


lexentry: eng/fibromyalgia__Noun__1
written_rep: fibromyalgia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibromialgia
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.


lexentry: eng/fibula__Noun__1
written_rep: fibula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibula
sense_list:
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.


lexentry: eng/fiction__Noun__1
written_rep: fiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finzione
sense_list:
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


lexentry: eng/ficus__Noun__1
written_rep: ficus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fico
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
written_rep: fiddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: parapetto
sense_list:
(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.


lexentry: eng/fiddlesticks__Interjection__1
written_rep: fiddlesticks
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accidenti
sense_list:
(euphemistic, now sometimes specifically interpreted as a euphemism for 'fuck') Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.


lexentry: eng/fideicommissum__Noun__1
written_rep: fideicommissum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fidecommesso
sense_list:
A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.


lexentry: eng/fidget__Verb__1
written_rep: fidget
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smuovere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary__Adjective__1
written_rep: fiduciary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiduciale
sense_list:
(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
written_rep: fief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: feudo
sense_list:
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
written_rep: field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo
sense_list:
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. | A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier. | (geology) A region containing a particular mineral. | A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game. | (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). | A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield. | (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity. | (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls. | (heraldry) The background of the shield. | (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.


lexentry: eng/field_bindweed__Noun__1
written_rep: field bindweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convolvolo
sense_list:
A common and invasive Eurasian perennial weed, Convolvulus arvensis, which has become established worldwide.


lexentry: eng/field_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: field hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ospedale da campo
sense_list:
A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.


lexentry: eng/field_marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: field marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feldmaresciallo | maresciallo di campo
sense_list:
(military ranks) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries.


lexentry: eng/field_of_view__Noun__1
written_rep: field of view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo visivo
sense_list:
(optics) The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.


lexentry: eng/field_of_vision__Noun__1
written_rep: field of vision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo visivo | campo di visibilità
sense_list:
The area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.


lexentry: eng/field_trip__Noun__1
written_rep: field trip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uscita didattica | viaggio di istruzione
sense_list:
A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.


lexentry: eng/fieldwork__Noun__1
written_rep: fieldwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ricerca sul campo
sense_list:
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.


lexentry: eng/fife__Noun__1
written_rep: fife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piffero | fiffaro
sense_list:
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music


lexentry: eng/fifth__Noun__1
written_rep: fifth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: quinta
sense_list:
(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)


lexentry: eng/fifth_column__Noun__1
written_rep: fifth column
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quinta colonna
sense_list:
A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.


lexentry: eng/fifty-eighth__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-eighth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantottesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 58 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fifth__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-fifth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantacinquesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-first__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-first
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantunesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fourth__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-fourth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantaquattresimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 54 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-ninth__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-ninth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantanovesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-second__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-second
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantaduesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-seventh__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-seventh
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantasettesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 57 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-sixth__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-sixth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantaseiesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-third__Adjective__1
written_rep: fifty-third
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquantatreesimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fig__Noun__1
written_rep: fig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fico
sense_list:
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.] | A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: fig leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: foglia di fico
sense_list:
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness). | (figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.


lexentry: eng/fight_back__Verb__1
written_rep: fight back
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrattaccare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To counterattack (counterstrike); to resist an attack or respond after one. | (intransitive, in sports) To overturn a losing deficit.


lexentry: eng/fight_fire_with_fire__Verb__1
written_rep: fight fire with fire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combattere ad armi pari | combattere alla pari
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).


lexentry: eng/fighter-bomber__Noun__1
written_rep: fighter-bomber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cacciabombardiere
sense_list:
(military, _, aviation) A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.


lexentry: eng/fighter__Noun__1
written_rep: fighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: caccia
sense_list:
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.


lexentry: eng/fighter_plane__Noun__1
written_rep: fighter plane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aereo da caccia
sense_list:
(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


lexentry: eng/fighting_fish__Noun__1
written_rep: fighting fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce combattente
sense_list:
A small aggressive freshwater fish originating from Thailand, popular as aquarium fish, Betta splendens.


lexentry: eng/fighting_game__Noun__1
written_rep: fighting game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picchiaduro
sense_list:
(video game genre) A video game of a type based around interpersonal combat, often in a tournament setting, in which characters fight until their HP is depleted or the round timer expires.


lexentry: eng/figment_of_one's_imagination__Noun__1
written_rep: figment of one's imagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parto della fantasia
sense_list:
(figurative) A product of the imagination; especially, such a thing whose unreality one may question, at least temporarily.


lexentry: eng/figurative__Adjective__1
written_rep: figurative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figurativo
sense_list:
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.


lexentry: eng/figure__Noun__1
written_rep: figure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figura
sense_list:
A drawing or diagram conveying information. | The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.


lexentry: eng/figure__Verb__1
written_rep: figure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: calcolare | risolvere
sense_list:
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_merit__Noun__1
written_rep: figure of merit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figura di merito
sense_list:
a numerical value used in comparing the quality or performance of different methods, systems, or devices.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: figure of speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figura retorica
sense_list:
(rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/figured_bass__Noun__1
written_rep: figured bass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basso cifrato | basso numerato
sense_list:
(music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note.


lexentry: eng/filament__Noun__1
written_rep: filament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filamento
sense_list:
A fine thread or wire. | Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.


lexentry: eng/filaria__Noun__1
written_rep: filaria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filaria
sense_list:
Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.


lexentry: eng/filarial__Adjective__1
written_rep: filarial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filariale
sense_list:
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.


lexentry: eng/filch__Verb__1
written_rep: filch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fregarsi | rubacchiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__2
written_rep: file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: colonna
sense_list:
(chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__3
written_rep: file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lima | limetta
sense_list:
A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.


lexentry: eng/file_extension__Noun__1
written_rep: file extension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estensione di nome di schedario
sense_list:
A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
written_rep: filibuster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filibustiere
sense_list:
(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
written_rep: filibuster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ostruzionismo parlamentare
sense_list:
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.


lexentry: eng/filigree__Noun__1
written_rep: filigree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filigrana
sense_list:
(chiefly, jewellery) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire. | (by extension) Anything resembling such intricate ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/filing_cabinet__Noun__1
written_rep: filing cabinet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casellario | schedario | classificatore
sense_list:
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.


lexentry: eng/fill_in__Verb__1
written_rep: fill in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rimpiazzare
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information. | (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.


lexentry: eng/filler_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: filler cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tappo del serbatoio
sense_list:
The cap that closes the opening of a tank, e.g. the fuel tank of a car, through which the tank can be filled.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
written_rep: fillet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: filetto
sense_list:
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Noun__1
written_rep: fillip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schioccare | schioccare le dita | schiocco | scrocchio
sense_list:
(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Verb__1
written_rep: fillip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schioccare
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.


lexentry: eng/film__Noun__1
written_rep: film
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: film | pellicola
sense_list:
A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. | (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.


lexentry: eng/film_projector__Noun__1
written_rep: film projector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proiettore cinematografico
sense_list:
An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).


lexentry: eng/filmmaking__Noun__1
written_rep: filmmaking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinema
sense_list:
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/filmography__Noun__1
written_rep: filmography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filmografia
sense_list:
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.


lexentry: eng/filmstrip__Noun__1
written_rep: filmstrip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diaporama | filmino | slideshow
sense_list:
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
written_rep: filter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filtro
sense_list:
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another. | Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. | Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. | (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).


lexentry: eng/filter__Verb__1
written_rep: filter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filtrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate. | (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.


lexentry: eng/filter_feeder__Noun__1
written_rep: filter feeder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filtratore
sense_list:
(biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.


lexentry: eng/filtration__Noun__1
written_rep: filtration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filtraggio
sense_list:
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.


lexentry: eng/fimbria__Noun__1
written_rep: fimbria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fimbria
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube. | (bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
written_rep: fin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinna
sense_list:
(ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
written_rep: fin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: impennaggio
sense_list:
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. | A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.


lexentry: eng/finagle__Verb__1
written_rep: finagle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sottrarre
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)


lexentry: eng/final__Noun__1
written_rep: final
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finale
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.


lexentry: eng/final_examination__Noun__1
written_rep: final examination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esame di maturità
sense_list:
A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.


lexentry: eng/final_nail_in_the_coffin__Noun__1
written_rep: final nail in the coffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpo di grazia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.


lexentry: eng/final_solution__Noun__1
written_rep: final solution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soluzione finale
sense_list:
(historical, often, capitalized) The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.


lexentry: eng/finalist__Noun__1
written_rep: finalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: finalista
sense_list:
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).


lexentry: eng/finals__Noun__1
written_rep: finals
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finale
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Philippines, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).


lexentry: eng/finance__Verb__1
written_rep: finance
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: finanziare
sense_list:
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/financial_crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: financial crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisi finanziaria
sense_list:
An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.


lexentry: eng/financial_independence__Noun__1
written_rep: financial independence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indipendenza finanziaria
sense_list:
(finance) Status of having enough income or wealth sufficient to pay one's living expenses for the rest of one's life without having to be employed or dependent on others.


lexentry: eng/find__Noun__1
written_rep: find
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scoperta | chicca | scovamento
sense_list:
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.


lexentry: eng/fine__Adjective__1
written_rep: fine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fine
sense_list:
Of superior quality. | Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.


lexentry: eng/fine_arts__Noun__1
written_rep: fine arts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: belle arti
sense_list:
The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.


lexentry: eng/fine_print__Noun__1
written_rep: fine print
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clausole scritte in piccolo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.


lexentry: eng/finesse__Noun__1
written_rep: finesse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: impasse
sense_list:
(countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finesse__Verb__1
written_rep: finesse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbellire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finesse__Verb__1
written_rep: finesse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schivare
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.


lexentry: eng/finger__Verb__1
written_rep: finger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fare un ditalino | sgrillettare
sense_list:
(transitive, sex) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/finger_bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: finger bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciacquadita
sense_list:
A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.


lexentry: eng/fingerboard__Noun__1
written_rep: fingerboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tastiera
sense_list:
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


lexentry: eng/fingering__Noun__1
written_rep: fingering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ditalino
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/fingernail__Noun__1
written_rep: fingernail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unghia
sense_list:
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.


lexentry: eng/fingerpost__Noun__1
written_rep: fingerpost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segnavia
sense_list:
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.


lexentry: eng/fingerprint__Noun__1
written_rep: fingerprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impronta digitale
sense_list:
The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual. | The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.


lexentry: eng/finial__Noun__1
written_rep: finial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fastigio
sense_list:
(architectural element) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.


lexentry: eng/finicky__Adjective__1
written_rep: finicky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puntiglioso
sense_list:
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.


lexentry: eng/finishing_move__Noun__1
written_rep: finishing move
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpo di grazia
sense_list:
(video games) In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.


lexentry: eng/finite__Adjective__1
written_rep: finite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finito
sense_list:
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.


lexentry: eng/finocchio__Noun__1
written_rep: finocchio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: checca
sense_list:
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum). | (derogatory, slang) A gay man.


lexentry: eng/fire-eyed_diucon__Noun__1
written_rep: fire-eyed diucon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diucon
sense_list:
A species of tyrant flycatcher, Xolmis pyrope, found in southwest South America, having bright red irides.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fuoco | sparo | incendio
sense_list:
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: incendio | rogo | falò
sense_list:
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fuoco | ardore
sense_list:
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: fuoco | tiro
sense_list:
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon. | (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: sparo
sense_list:
(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
written_rep: fire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: licenziare | dimettere
sense_list:
(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).


lexentry: eng/fire_alarm__Noun__1
written_rep: fire alarm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allarme antincendio
sense_list:
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.


lexentry: eng/fire_at_will__Phrase__1
written_rep: fire at will
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuoco a volontà!
sense_list:
(military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
written_rep: fire brigade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squadra di pompieri
sense_list:
(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
written_rep: fire brigade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vigili del fuoco
sense_list:
(firefighting, UK, Irish) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.


lexentry: eng/fire_department__Noun__1
written_rep: fire department
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vigili del fuoco | corpo dei pompieri | corpo dei vigili del fuoco | pompieri
sense_list:
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
written_rep: fire drill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esercitazione antincendio
sense_list:
An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: fire engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mezzo antincendio
sense_list:
(firefighting, vehicle) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.


lexentry: eng/fire_escape__Noun__1
written_rep: fire escape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uscita di emergenza | uscita di sicurezza
sense_list:
Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.


lexentry: eng/fire_extinguisher__Noun__1
written_rep: fire extinguisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estintore
sense_list:
A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.


lexentry: eng/fire_hose__Noun__1
written_rep: fire hose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manichetta antincendio
sense_list:
A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.


lexentry: eng/fire_hydrant__Noun__1
written_rep: fire hydrant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idrante
sense_list:
(firefighting) A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.


lexentry: eng/fire_in_the_belly__Noun__1
written_rep: fire in the belly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entusiasmo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.


lexentry: eng/fire_point__Noun__1
written_rep: fire point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto di combustione
sense_list:
The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.


lexentry: eng/fire_salamander__Noun__1
written_rep: fire salamander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salamandra pezzata
sense_list:
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.


lexentry: eng/fire_station__Noun__1
written_rep: fire station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caserma dei vigili del fuoco | stazione dei vigili del fuoco
sense_list:
The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.


lexentry: eng/fireball__Noun__1
written_rep: fireball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fireball
sense_list:
(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.


lexentry: eng/firebug__Noun__1
written_rep: firebug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cimice rossonera
sense_list:
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.


lexentry: eng/firecracker__Noun__1
written_rep: firecracker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petardo | mortaretto | castagnola
sense_list:
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.


lexentry: eng/firefly__Noun__1
written_rep: firefly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lucciola
sense_list:
(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lexentry: eng/firelighter__Noun__1
written_rep: firelighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accendifuoco
sense_list:
A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.


lexentry: eng/fireship__Noun__1
written_rep: fireship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brulotto
sense_list:
(nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.


lexentry: eng/firestriker__Noun__1
written_rep: firestriker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acciarino
sense_list:
A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
written_rep: firewall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muro spartifuoco
sense_list:
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
written_rep: firewall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: firewall
sense_list:
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.


lexentry: eng/firework__Noun__1
written_rep: firework
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuoco d'artificio | fuoco artificiale
sense_list:
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.


lexentry: eng/firing_pin__Noun__1
written_rep: firing pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percussore
sense_list:
(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.


lexentry: eng/firing_squad__Noun__1
written_rep: firing squad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plotone d'esecuzione | plotone di esecuzione
sense_list:
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.


lexentry: eng/firmament__Noun__1
written_rep: firmament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: firmamento
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky. | (countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.


lexentry: eng/firn__Noun__1
written_rep: firn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nevato
sense_list:
A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.


lexentry: eng/first-degree_murder__Noun__1
written_rep: first-degree murder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assassinio
sense_list:
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.


lexentry: eng/first-person_shooter__Noun__1
written_rep: first-person shooter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sparatutto in prima persona
sense_list:
(video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective (POV, point of view) and the ability to fire a weapon.


lexentry: eng/first_aid__Noun__1
written_rep: first aid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primo soccorso
sense_list:
(medicine) Basic medical care that is administered to a victim of an injury, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is unavailable.


lexentry: eng/first_aid_kit__Noun__1
written_rep: first aid kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borsa di primo soccorso
sense_list:
A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.


lexentry: eng/first_among_equals__Noun__1
written_rep: first among equals
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primus inter pares
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless takes a leading role within that group.


lexentry: eng/first_class__Adjective__1
written_rep: first class
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: di prim’ordine
sense_list:
Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification. | Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.


lexentry: eng/first_day_cover__Noun__1
written_rep: first day cover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: busta primo giorno di emissione
sense_list:
(philately) A letter or card with a new stamp, postmarked on the day that the stamp was first issued.


lexentry: eng/first_floor__Noun__1
written_rep: first floor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primo piano
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor


lexentry: eng/first_gear__Noun__1
written_rep: first gear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prima | prima marcia
sense_list:
The first gear of a transmission or other gearbox, which usually is the one that provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage, except in setups in which there is a granny gear.


lexentry: eng/first_lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: first lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luogotenente
sense_list:
(military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.


lexentry: eng/first_love__Noun__1
written_rep: first love
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primo amore
sense_list:
(literally) One's first experience of the feeling of romantic love. | (by extension) The first person to be the object of one's romantic affection. | (idiomatic, by extension) The thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.


lexentry: eng/first_mate__Noun__1
written_rep: first mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seconda di bordo | secondo di bordo
sense_list:
(nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.


lexentry: eng/first_person__Noun__1
written_rep: first person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prima persona
sense_list:
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.


lexentry: eng/first_things_first__Phrase__1
written_rep: first things first
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: andiamo con ordine
sense_list:
Let's deal with matters of highest priority first; let's deal with matters in logical sequence. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/first_world_problem__Noun__1
written_rep: first world problem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: problema di lusso
sense_list:
A complaint or frustration regarded as trivial that is experienced only by inhabitants in wealthy or developed nations.


lexentry: eng/fiscal__Adjective__1
written_rep: fiscal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiscale
sense_list:
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
written_rep: fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pesce
sense_list:
(archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc). | (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
written_rep: fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: pesca | pesce
sense_list:
(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
written_rep: fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: pesca
sense_list:
(countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
written_rep: fish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pescare
sense_list:
(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.


lexentry: eng/fish_and_chips__Noun__1
written_rep: fish and chips
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce e patatine
sense_list:
A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.


lexentry: eng/fish_bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: fish bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: acquario
sense_list:
A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. [a. 1970]


lexentry: eng/fish_finger__Noun__1
written_rep: fish finger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastoncino di pesce
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Irish) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.


lexentry: eng/fish_fork__Noun__1
written_rep: fish fork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forchetta da pesce
sense_list:
A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.


lexentry: eng/fish_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: fish oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di pesce
sense_list:
Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.


lexentry: eng/fish_tank__Noun__1
written_rep: fish tank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquario
sense_list:
A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.


lexentry: eng/fish_trap__Noun__1
written_rep: fish trap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nassa
sense_list:
A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__1
written_rep: fisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pescatore
sense_list:
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.


lexentry: eng/fisheye_lens__Noun__1
written_rep: fisheye lens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fish-eye | fisheye
sense_list:
(photography) A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
written_rep: fishing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pesca
sense_list:
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish. | (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.


lexentry: eng/fishing_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: fishing cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gatto viverrino | gatto pescatore
sense_list:
A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).


lexentry: eng/fishing_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: fishing rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canna da pesca
sense_list:
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.


lexentry: eng/fishplate__Noun__1
written_rep: fishplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ganascia
sense_list:
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.


lexentry: eng/fishpond__Noun__1
written_rep: fishpond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peschiera
sense_list:
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.


lexentry: eng/fist__Noun__1
written_rep: fist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manina
sense_list:
(ham radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.


lexentry: eng/fistula__Noun__1
written_rep: fistula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fistola
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.


lexentry: eng/fit_in__Verb__1
written_rep: fit in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: inserirsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, figurative) To be or become of a like type with others; (especially) to be or become socially accepted.


lexentry: eng/fita__Noun__1
written_rep: fita
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fita
sense_list:
The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write proper names and loanwords derived from or via Greek.


lexentry: eng/fitful__Adjective__1
written_rep: fitful
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: a singhiozzo | irregolare | rapsodico | sporadico
sense_list:
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.


lexentry: eng/fitted_sheet__Noun__1
written_rep: fitted sheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lenzuolo con angoli
sense_list:
A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
written_rep: fitting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fifa
sense_list:
(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
written_rep: fitting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: accomodamento
sense_list:
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
written_rep: fitting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: mobile
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.


lexentry: eng/five_hundred__Numeral__1
written_rep: five hundred
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquecento
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock__Noun__1
written_rep: five o'clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinque
sense_list:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock_shadow__Noun__1
written_rep: five o'clock shadow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barba
sense_list:
(informal) A beard growth that is visible late in the day on the face of a man who was clean-shaven in the morning.


lexentry: eng/fix__Noun__1
written_rep: fix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dose
sense_list:
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
written_rep: fix
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: fissare
sense_list:
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
written_rep: fix
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: riparare | aggiustare | preparare | sistemare | mettere una pezza
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.


lexentry: eng/fix_up__Verb__1
written_rep: fix up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: badare (a)
sense_list:
(informal, ambitransitive) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. | (informal, transitive) To prepare or provide (something).


lexentry: eng/fixation__Noun__1
written_rep: fixation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fissaggio
sense_list:
The act of fixing. | The state of being fixed or fixated. | (legal) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.


lexentry: eng/fixed_asset__Noun__1
written_rep: fixed asset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immobilizzazione
sense_list:
(business, accounting) Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery.


lexentry: eng/fixed_cost__Noun__1
written_rep: fixed cost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costo fisso
sense_list:
(accounting, chiefly, in the plural) A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.


lexentry: eng/fixed_point__Noun__1
written_rep: fixed point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: punto fisso
sense_list:
(mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.


lexentry: eng/fixer__Noun__1
written_rep: fixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fissatore
sense_list:
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/fixture__Noun__1
written_rep: fixture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: installazione
sense_list:
(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.


lexentry: eng/fizgig__Noun__3
written_rep: fizgig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arpione
sense_list:
(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.


lexentry: eng/fizzle__Verb__1
written_rep: fizzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: andar bene
sense_list:
(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.


lexentry: eng/fizzle_out__Verb__1
written_rep: fizzle out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allentare
sense_list:
(slang, intransitive) To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.


lexentry: eng/flabbergast__Verb__1
written_rep: flabbergast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbalordire | sorprendere | stupire | colpire | impressionare
sense_list:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flabby__Adjective__1
written_rep: flabby
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flaccido | moscio
sense_list:
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
written_rep: flag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: flag | bandiera
sense_list:
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
written_rep: flag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: bandiera
sense_list:
(internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.


lexentry: eng/flag_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: flag carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portabandiera
sense_list:
A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.


lexentry: eng/flag_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: flag carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fautore | organizzatore | patrocinatore | promotore
sense_list:
(politics) A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
written_rep: flag of convenience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bandiera di comodo
sense_list:
(business, by extension) Use of a particular location or jurisdiction as one's nominal base of operations in order to take advantage of favorable laws and regulations or to avoid restrictions on one's operations.


lexentry: eng/flagon__Noun__1
written_rep: flagon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: boccia | boccione | damigiana | fiasco
sense_list:
(archaic) A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.


lexentry: eng/flagship__Noun__1
written_rep: flagship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammiraglia | nave ammiraglia | principale
sense_list:
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
written_rep: flail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correggiato
sense_list:
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
written_rep: flail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mazzafrusto
sense_list:
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.


lexentry: eng/flamberge__Noun__1
written_rep: flamberge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flamberga
sense_list:
(weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.


lexentry: eng/flambé__Verb__1
written_rep: flambé
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiammeggiare
sense_list:
To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.


lexentry: eng/flame__Noun__1
written_rep: flame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiamma
sense_list:
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. | A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.


lexentry: eng/flame_war__Noun__1
written_rep: flame war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polemica
sense_list:
(Internet, dated) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.


lexentry: eng/flamen__Noun__1
written_rep: flamen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flamine | flamen
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Rome) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.


lexentry: eng/flamethrower__Noun__1
written_rep: flamethrower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanciafiamme
sense_list:
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.


lexentry: eng/flaneur__Noun__1
written_rep: flaneur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bighellone | perdigiorno | vitellone
sense_list:
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.


lexentry: eng/flank__Noun__1
written_rep: flank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fianco
sense_list:
(anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip. | (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.


lexentry: eng/flank__Noun__1
written_rep: flank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: lato
sense_list:
The side of something, in general senses. | (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.


lexentry: eng/flank__Verb__1
written_rep: flank
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: affiancare | fiancheggiare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).


lexentry: eng/flannel__Noun__1
written_rep: flannel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flanella
sense_list:
(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
written_rep: flap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ipersostentatore
sense_list:
(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.


lexentry: eng/flapper__Noun__1
written_rep: flapper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maschietta
sense_list:
(colloquial, chiefly, historical) A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum or displaying daring freedom or boldness; now particularly associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/flare-up__Noun__1
written_rep: flare-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: germoglio
sense_list:
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
written_rep: flare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: brillare | scintillare | sfolgorare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing. | (intransitive) To blaze brightly. | (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.


lexentry: eng/flash-bang__Noun__1
written_rep: flash-bang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flashbang | stun grenade
sense_list:
A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.


lexentry: eng/flash__Verb__1
written_rep: flash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: esibirsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.


lexentry: eng/flash_drive__Noun__1
written_rep: flash drive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave USB | chiavetta USB | penna USB | chiavetta | pen drive | pen-drive
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.


lexentry: eng/flash_mob__Noun__1
written_rep: flash mob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flash mob
sense_list:
A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse. [from 2003]


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
written_rep: flashback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flashback
sense_list:
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
written_rep: flashcard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scheda di memoria
sense_list:
A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation. | (electronics) A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.


lexentry: eng/flat-headed_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: flat-headed cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gatto dalla testa piatta
sense_list:
Prionailurus planiceps, a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.


lexentry: eng/flat__Adjective__1
written_rep: flat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: sgasata
sense_list:
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
written_rep: flat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bemolle
sense_list:
(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).


lexentry: eng/flat_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: flat cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: berretto
sense_list:
(countable) A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly on the head.


lexentry: eng/flat_peach__Noun__1
written_rep: flat peach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesca tabacchiera
sense_list:
A subspecies or variety of peach Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa, with white flesh and a flattish, round shape.


lexentry: eng/flatback__Noun__1
written_rep: flatback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tartaruga a dorso piatto
sense_list:
A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.


lexentry: eng/flatfish__Noun__1
written_rep: flatfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rombo
sense_list:
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.


lexentry: eng/flatness__Noun__1
written_rep: flatness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: opacità
sense_list:
Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen


lexentry: eng/flatulence__Noun__1
written_rep: flatulence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flatulenza | flato | peto | scoreggia
sense_list:
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.


lexentry: eng/flatus__Noun__1
written_rep: flatus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flato | flatulenza | peto | rutto | scoreggia
sense_list:
(uncountable) Gas generated in the digestive tract. | (countable) Expulsion of such gas through the anus.


lexentry: eng/flatworm__Noun__1
written_rep: flatworm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verme piatto | platelminte
sense_list:
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.


lexentry: eng/flavonoid__Noun__1
written_rep: flavonoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flavonoide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
written_rep: flavor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sapore | gusto
sense_list:
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
written_rep: flavor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: sapore | genere | specie | tipo | varietà
sense_list:
(particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).


lexentry: eng/flavor_enhancer__Noun__1
written_rep: flavor enhancer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esaltatore di sapidità
sense_list:
Any substance added to a food product to enhance its taste, especially to make it taste more savoury or to add umami


lexentry: eng/flaw__Noun__1
written_rep: flaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: difetto | imperfezione
sense_list:
(legal) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.


lexentry: eng/flax-leaved_daphne__Noun__1
written_rep: flax-leaved daphne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittinella | erba corsa | gnidio
sense_list:
Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.


lexentry: eng/flax__Noun__1
written_rep: flax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lino
sense_list:
The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. | A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.


lexentry: eng/flea__Noun__1
written_rep: flea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulce
sense_list:
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.


lexentry: eng/flechette__Noun__1
written_rep: flechette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freccetta
sense_list:
A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/fleece__Noun__1
written_rep: fleece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pile
sense_list:
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. | (countable) An insulating wooly jacket


lexentry: eng/fleet_admiral__Noun__1
written_rep: fleet admiral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grande Ammiraglio
sense_list:
(military, historical) The highest rank in the United States Navy, NATO grade OF-10, used only during World War II.


lexentry: eng/flesh__Noun__1
written_rep: flesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carne
sense_list:
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. | Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish). | The human body as a physical entity. | The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/flesh_out__Verb__1
written_rep: flesh out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbellire
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.


lexentry: eng/flesh_wound__Noun__1
written_rep: flesh wound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferita superficiale
sense_list:
An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.


lexentry: eng/fletching__Noun__1
written_rep: fletching
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impennaggio
sense_list:
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.


lexentry: eng/fleur-de-lis__Noun__1
written_rep: fleur-de-lis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giglio
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.


lexentry: eng/flex__Verb__1
written_rep: flex
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: contrarre
sense_list:
(intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength. | (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.


lexentry: eng/flexible__Adjective__1
written_rep: flexible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: flessibile
sense_list:
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate. | Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations. | Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.


lexentry: eng/flexitarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: flexitarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: semivegetarianismo
sense_list:
(US) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.


lexentry: eng/flick__Noun__1
written_rep: flick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: buffetto
sense_list:
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.


lexentry: eng/flick_off__Verb__1
written_rep: flick off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fare una pippa
sense_list:
(vulgar, slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate by flicking the clitoris with one's finger or fingers.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
written_rep: flight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: volo
sense_list:
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
written_rep: flight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: piano
sense_list:
(US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design. | An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming. | (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.


lexentry: eng/flight_attendant__Noun__1
written_rep: flight attendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assistente di volo
sense_list:
A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.


lexentry: eng/flight_data_recorder__Noun__1
written_rep: flight data recorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registratore di volo
sense_list:
(aviation) A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.


lexentry: eng/flight_lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: flight lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caposquadriglia
sense_list:
A rank in the RAF, between that of flying officer and squadron leader, of a person in charge of a flight of aircraft, equivalent to a Royal Navy lieutenant or an Army captain


lexentry: eng/flight_number__Noun__1
written_rep: flight number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero di volo
sense_list:
(aviation, travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.


lexentry: eng/flight_recorder__Noun__1
written_rep: flight recorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registratore di volo
sense_list:
A device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.


lexentry: eng/flimsy__Adjective__1
written_rep: flimsy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: debole
sense_list:
Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flimsy__Noun__1
written_rep: flimsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: calco
sense_list:
(also, attributive, uncountable) Thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; (countable) a sheet of such paper.


lexentry: eng/flinch__Verb__1
written_rep: flinch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sussultare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.


lexentry: eng/flint__Noun__1
written_rep: flint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: selce
sense_list:
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.


lexentry: eng/flinty__Adjective__1
written_rep: flinty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: minerale
sense_list:
(wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.


lexentry: eng/flip__Verb__1
written_rep: flip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: rivoltare | capovolgere | rovesciare | spadellare
sense_list:
(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.


lexentry: eng/flip_the_bird__Verb__1
written_rep: flip the bird
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare un gestaccio
sense_list:
(colloquial, idiom) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
written_rep: flipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinna
sense_list:
In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming. | A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
written_rep: flipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: speculatore
sense_list:
(finance, art) Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.


lexentry: eng/flirt__Verb__1
written_rep: flirt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: flirtare | fare l'amore | limonare | pomiciare | slinguare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flitch__Noun__1
written_rep: flitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freccia
sense_list:
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
written_rep: float
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galleggiare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). | To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface. | (intransitive) To be capable of floating. | (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating. | (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft. | (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner. | (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets. | (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only


lexentry: eng/floater__Noun__1
written_rep: floater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scotoma
sense_list:
(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.


lexentry: eng/floating-point_number__Noun__1
written_rep: floating-point number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: flottante
sense_list:
(computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
written_rep: floating island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isola galleggiante
sense_list:
An aggregation of driftwood and roots, or vegetation, capable of bearing soil, which floats on the surface of (bog or lake) water or is floated out from a river delta or similar.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
written_rep: floating island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isola galleggiante | île flottante
sense_list:
A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.


lexentry: eng/flocculation__Noun__1
written_rep: flocculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flocculazione
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
written_rep: flock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stormo
sense_list:
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
written_rep: flock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gregge | branco
sense_list:
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.


lexentry: eng/flog_a_dead_horse__Verb__1
written_rep: flog a dead horse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sprecare tempo | è fatica sprecata | è una battaglia persa
sense_list:
(British, idiomatic) To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
written_rep: flood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inondazione | alluvione
sense_list:
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
written_rep: flood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alluvione | marea
sense_list:
(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
written_rep: flood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: inondare | subissare
sense_list:
(figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
written_rep: flood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: inondare | straripare | allagare
sense_list:
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
written_rep: floor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pavimento
sense_list:
(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. | (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.


lexentry: eng/floor_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: floor lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampada a stelo
sense_list:
A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.


lexentry: eng/flop__Verb__1
written_rep: flop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fallire | fare fiasco | fare un buco nell'acqua | mancare il traguardo
sense_list:
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).


lexentry: eng/floppy_disk__Noun__1
written_rep: floppy disk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dischetto | floppy disk | disco flessibile | disco floscio | floppy
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.


lexentry: eng/floppy_drive__Noun__1
written_rep: floppy drive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettore di dischetti
sense_list:
A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+1⁄2″, 5+1⁄4″ or 8″ diskettes.


lexentry: eng/flor__Noun__1
written_rep: flor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fioretta
sense_list:
A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.


lexentry: eng/flora__Noun__1
written_rep: flora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flora
sense_list:
Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. | A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. | The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.


lexentry: eng/floribunda__Noun__1
written_rep: floribunda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: floribunda
sense_list:
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.


lexentry: eng/floriography__Noun__1
written_rep: floriography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio dei fiori
sense_list:
Communication through the use of flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings.


lexentry: eng/flotation__Noun__1
written_rep: flotation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: flottazione
sense_list:
(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flotsam_and_jetsam__Noun__1
written_rep: flotsam and jetsam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: relitto
sense_list:
(nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).


lexentry: eng/flounder__Noun__1
written_rep: flounder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passera
sense_list:
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).


lexentry: eng/flour__Noun__1
written_rep: flour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farina
sense_list:
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
written_rep: flourish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fiorire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence. | (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with. | (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
written_rep: flow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: flusso | colata | riflusso | scorrimento
sense_list:
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.


lexentry: eng/flower__Noun__1
written_rep: flower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fiore
sense_list:
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.


lexentry: eng/flower_head__Noun__1
written_rep: flower head
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capolino | calatide
sense_list:
(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single flower (as in the daisy family).


lexentry: eng/flowery__Adjective__1
written_rep: flowery
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fiorito
sense_list:
Decorated with or abundant in flowers. | Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.


lexentry: eng/fluconazole__Noun__1
written_rep: fluconazole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluconazolo
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antifungal agent C13H12F2N6O used orally to treat cryptococcal meningitis and local or systemic candida infections.


lexentry: eng/fluctuate__Verb__1
written_rep: fluctuate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluttuare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing. | (intransitive) To undulate. | (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.


lexentry: eng/flue__Noun__1
written_rep: flue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canna fumaria | condotta | scarico | tubo di scarico
sense_list:
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).


lexentry: eng/fluency__Noun__1
written_rep: fluency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scioltezza
sense_list:
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.


lexentry: eng/flugelhorn__Noun__1
written_rep: flugelhorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flicorno | bombardino
sense_list:
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.


lexentry: eng/fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluido
sense_list:
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/flunkey__Noun__1
written_rep: flunkey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacchè
sense_list:
(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).


lexentry: eng/fluoranthene__Noun__1
written_rep: fluoranthene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluorantene
sense_list:
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion


lexentry: eng/fluoresce__Verb__1
written_rep: fluoresce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: essere fluorescente
sense_list:
(intransitive) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.


lexentry: eng/fluorescein__Noun__1
written_rep: fluorescein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluoresceina
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations


lexentry: eng/fluorescence__Noun__1
written_rep: fluorescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluorescenza
sense_list:
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/fluorite__Noun__1
written_rep: fluorite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluorite
sense_list:
(mineral) A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.


lexentry: eng/fluorobenzene__Noun__1
written_rep: fluorobenzene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluorobenzene
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C6H5F (phenyl fluoride)


lexentry: eng/fluosilicate__Noun__1
written_rep: fluosilicate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluosilicato
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) The anion SiF62- derived from fluosilicic acid; any salt containing this anion


lexentry: eng/fluoxetine__Noun__1
written_rep: fluoxetine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluoxetina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.


lexentry: eng/flush__Noun__2
written_rep: flush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sciacquone | arrossimento
sense_list:
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.


lexentry: eng/flush_toilet__Noun__1
written_rep: flush toilet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabinetto | WC | tazza | vaso | cesso | sciacquone
sense_list:
A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
written_rep: flute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: scanalatura
sense_list:
(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.


lexentry: eng/flute__Verb__1
written_rep: flute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pifferare | zufolare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound. | (transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).


lexentry: eng/fluting__Noun__1
written_rep: fluting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gola
sense_list:
(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.


lexentry: eng/flutter__Verb__1
written_rep: flutter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sbattere le ali
sense_list:
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.


lexentry: eng/flux__Noun__1
written_rep: flux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: flusso
sense_list:
A state of ongoing change. | (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.


lexentry: eng/flux_capacitor__Noun__1
written_rep: flux capacitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flusso canalizzatore
sense_list:
(science fiction) A fictional instrument required to operate a time machine, consisting of a rectangular-shaped compartment with three flashing Geissler-style tubes arranged in a "Y" configuration.


lexentry: eng/fly-half__Noun__1
written_rep: fly-half
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediano d'apertura
sense_list:
(rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__1
written_rep: fly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mosca
sense_list:
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). | (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__2
written_rep: fly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: brachetta | braghetta | bottega
sense_list:
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.


lexentry: eng/fly__Verb__1
written_rep: fly
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: volare
sense_list:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.


lexentry: eng/fly_agaric__Noun__1
written_rep: fly agaric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ovolo malefico | ovolaccio
sense_list:
A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.


lexentry: eng/fly_ash__Noun__1
written_rep: fly ash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenere volante
sense_list:
A residue generated in the combustion of powdered coal or other materials, comprising the fine particles that rise with the flue gases; when generated industrially it is usually captured and can be recycled for use in construction materials.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a vista
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: agire
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.


lexentry: eng/fly_fishing__Noun__1
written_rep: fly fishing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesca con la mosca
sense_list:
(fishing) A form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly.


lexentry: eng/fly_in_the_ointment__Noun__1
written_rep: fly in the ointment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osso
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: flycatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscicapide
sense_list:
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher. | Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.


lexentry: eng/flying_buttress__Noun__1
written_rep: flying buttress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arco rampante
sense_list:
(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).


lexentry: eng/flying_fish__Noun__1
written_rep: flying fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pesce volante
sense_list:
A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.


lexentry: eng/flying_gurnard__Noun__1
written_rep: flying gurnard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce civetta
sense_list:
Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.


lexentry: eng/flying_kiss__Noun__1
written_rep: flying kiss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacio volante
sense_list:
A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.


lexentry: eng/flying_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: flying machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aereo
sense_list:
(archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective)


lexentry: eng/flying_saucer__Noun__1
written_rep: flying saucer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disco volante
sense_list:
(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.


lexentry: eng/flying_squirrel__Noun__1
written_rep: flying squirrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anomaluro
sense_list:
The family Anomaluridae, which are only distantly related to the squirrels. | The tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae, which are true squirrels.


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
written_rep: flyover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cavalcavia | viadotto
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, Philippines) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.


lexentry: eng/flypaper__Noun__1
written_rep: flypaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acchiappamosche | carta moschicida
sense_list:
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.


lexentry: eng/flysch__Noun__1
written_rep: flysch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flysch
sense_list:
(geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.


lexentry: eng/flyweight__Noun__1
written_rep: flyweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: peso mosca
sense_list:
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.


lexentry: eng/flywheel__Noun__1
written_rep: flywheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: volano
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
written_rep: foam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gomma piuma
sense_list:
(firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires. | A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water. | A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc. | A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat. | A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.


lexentry: eng/fob_off__Verb__1
written_rep: fob off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disorientare
sense_list:
(informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.


lexentry: eng/focal_length__Noun__1
written_rep: focal length
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lunghezza focale
sense_list:
(optics) A measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the distance along the optical axis from the principal plane of the lens to the lens's focal point (where, for instance, the film would be placed in a camera). For more complex or multi-element optical systems, focal length need not correspond to any obvious measurable physical distance.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
written_rep: focus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fuoco
sense_list:
(uncountable) Concentration of attention. | (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information. | An object used in casting a magic spell.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
written_rep: focus
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mettere a fuoco | focalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
written_rep: focus
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: concentrarsi | su
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.


lexentry: eng/fodder__Noun__1
written_rep: fodder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foraggio | biada
sense_list:
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.


lexentry: eng/foehn__Noun__1
written_rep: foehn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: favonio | föhn
sense_list:
A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | (meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.


lexentry: eng/fog__Noun__2
written_rep: fog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guaime
sense_list:
A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed. | (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.


lexentry: eng/fog_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: fog lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antinebbia | fendinebbia
sense_list:
(automotive) A bright red lamp (normally one of a pair) at the rear of a motor car that can be switched on during foggy weather so as to avoid collisions from cars approaching from behind


lexentry: eng/fog_light__Noun__1
written_rep: fog light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faro fendinebbia
sense_list:
(automotive) One of a pair of lights, mounted at the front of a car, below the headlights, usually white or yellow in colour, for increased visibility ahead in foggy driving conditions.


lexentry: eng/fogbow__Noun__1
written_rep: fogbow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arcobaleno bianco
sense_list:
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.


lexentry: eng/fogey__Noun__1
written_rep: fogey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matusa | mummia | parruccone
sense_list:
A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.


lexentry: eng/foible__Noun__1
written_rep: foible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idiosincrasia
sense_list:
(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.


lexentry: eng/foil__Noun__1
written_rep: foil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fioretto | spalla
sense_list:
(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/foist__Verb__1
written_rep: foist
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sbolognare
sense_list:
(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick. | (transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
written_rep: fold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: amalgamare | sciogliere
sense_list:
(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
written_rep: folder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartella | fascicolo
sense_list:
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
written_rep: folder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cartella
sense_list:
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.


lexentry: eng/folding_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: folding chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sedia pieghevole
sense_list:
A light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart. They are produced in a variety of styles, folding mechanisms and materials.


lexentry: eng/folding_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: folding knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltellino
sense_list:
A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint#Noun. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking#Adjective or nonlocking#Adjective.


lexentry: eng/foliate__Verb__1
written_rep: foliate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paginare
sense_list:
To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.


lexentry: eng/folic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: folic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido folico
sense_list:
(vitamin, carboxylic acid) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction


lexentry: eng/folk__Noun__1
written_rep: folk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: popolo | abitante | autoctono | gente
sense_list:
(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
written_rep: folk etymology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paretimologia | pseudoetimologia | falsa etimologia
sense_list:
A popular explanation for the origin of a term which has been rejected as false by expert etymologists.


lexentry: eng/folk_medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: folk medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medicina popolare
sense_list:
(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
written_rep: folk music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: folk
sense_list:
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function. | Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.


lexentry: eng/folk_song__Noun__1
written_rep: folk song
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canto popolare
sense_list:
(music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.


lexentry: eng/follicle__Noun__1
written_rep: follicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: follicolo
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. | (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/follicle_stimulating_hormone__Noun__1
written_rep: follicle stimulating hormone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ormone follicolo-stimolante
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals.


lexentry: eng/follow__Verb__1
written_rep: follow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seguire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. | (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence. | (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). | (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to. | (social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. | (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.


lexentry: eng/follow_up__Verb__1
written_rep: follow up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuare
sense_list:
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.


lexentry: eng/follower__Noun__1
written_rep: follower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: follower | seguace | seguitore
sense_list:
(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.


lexentry: eng/fomentation__Noun__1
written_rep: fomentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fomentazione
sense_list:
A lotion or poultice applied to a diseased or injured part of the body. | Encouragement; excitation; instigation.


lexentry: eng/fomite__Noun__1
written_rep: fomite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fomite
sense_list:
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.


lexentry: eng/fondue__Noun__1
written_rep: fondue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonduta
sense_list:
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
written_rep: font
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carattere
sense_list:
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
written_rep: font
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: font
sense_list:
(computing, typography, metonymically) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.


lexentry: eng/fontanelle__Noun__1
written_rep: fontanelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fontanella
sense_list:
(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


lexentry: eng/food__Noun__1
written_rep: food
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibo | alimento | vitto
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


lexentry: eng/food_bank__Noun__1
written_rep: food bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banco alimentare
sense_list:
A charitable non-profit organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger.


lexentry: eng/food_coma__Noun__1
written_rep: food coma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbiocco
sense_list:
(informal, jocular) A state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal.


lexentry: eng/food_poisoning__Noun__1
written_rep: food poisoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intossicazione alimentare
sense_list:
(pathology, bacteria) Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.


lexentry: eng/food_stamp__Noun__1
written_rep: food stamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buono pasto
sense_list:
A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.


lexentry: eng/food_web__Noun__1
written_rep: food web
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rete alimentare | rete trofica
sense_list:
(ecology) A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models.


lexentry: eng/fool's_errand__Noun__1
written_rep: fool's errand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compito da pazzi | follia | impresa folle
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
written_rep: fool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: buffone | giullare | buffone di corte | pagliaccio
sense_list:
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).


lexentry: eng/foolscap__Noun__1
written_rep: foolscap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foglio protocollo
sense_list:
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches. | (more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.


lexentry: eng/foot-and-mouth_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: foot-and-mouth disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: afta epizootica
sense_list:
(disease, veterinary medicine) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
written_rep: foot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zampa | piede
sense_list:
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
written_rep: foot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: piede | zampa
sense_list:
A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. | (informal) Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume. | (informal) Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area. | A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. | (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm. | (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
written_rep: football
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: calcio
sense_list:
(UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.


lexentry: eng/footboard__Noun__1
written_rep: footboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: predellino | cavalletto | pedana
sense_list:
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.


lexentry: eng/footer__Noun__1
written_rep: footer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: piè
sense_list:
(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)


lexentry: eng/footlight__Noun__1
written_rep: footlight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luci della ribalta
sense_list:
A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.


lexentry: eng/footlocker__Noun__1
written_rep: footlocker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mensa
sense_list:
A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.


lexentry: eng/footnote__Noun__1
written_rep: footnote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nota in calce
sense_list:
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text. | (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.


lexentry: eng/footsie__Noun__1
written_rep: footsie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piedino
sense_list:
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.


lexentry: eng/for-profit__Adjective__1
written_rep: for-profit
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commerciale
sense_list:
(business, of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.


