english
IPA: ˈɪŋgɫɪʃ
Root Word: English
noun
- (in the plural) The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
- (Amish, in the plural) The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
- (uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
- (uncountable) A particular instance of the English language, including
- The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
- The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
- A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
- Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
- (printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
- The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
- A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
- English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
- An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
- A male or female given name
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
- (by extension, figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) Alternative form of english. [(uncountable, Canada, US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.]
verb
- (transitive; archaic or rare) To translate, adapt or render into English.
- (transitive; archaic or rare) Alternative form of English. [(transitive; archaic or rare) To translate, adapt or render into English.]
adjective
- Of or pertaining to England.
- English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
- Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
- (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
- (film, television) Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
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Examples of "english" in Sentences
- I translated Korean to English.
- The ambiguity is the same as in the English translation.
- English homesickness is a loan translation of nostalgia.
- The word Bastard and Basta exist in the English language.
- The article is the English translation of the Dutch version.
- This affectation in English is a simple translation of the term.
- None of the preceding words appear in the English language lexicon.
- Metonymy is an aspect of the English language and of other languages.
- Intoxicate is a translation from Arabic into a misused word in English.
- This is the oldest extant translation of the Gospels into the English language.
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