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The word carburetor comes from the French carbure meaning "carbide". [110] [111] In the UK, the word is spelled carburettor and pronounced / ˌ k ɑːr b j ʊ ˈ r ɛ t ər / or / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r ɛ t ər /. In the US, the word may be spelled carburetor or carburator; it is pronounced / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r eɪ t ər /. charivari: shivaree ...
Claire or Clair / ˈ k l ɛər / is a given name of French origin. [2] The word means clear in French in its feminine form. [3]Its popularity in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1970s and 1980s; in 1974 it was the second most popular female first name and in 1984 was still sixth, but by 1997 it had fallen out of the top 100 after several years of sharply declining popularity.
Names for the number 0 in English. "Zero" is the usual name for the number 0 in English. In British English "nought" is also used and in American English "naught" is used occasionally for zero, but (as with British English) "naught" is more often used as an archaic word for nothing. "Nil", "love", and "duck" are used by different sports for ...
John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), [2] from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, [2] or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, [3] which is from ...
Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being in such a state. When used in a biological sense, it means imperfect or rudimentary when compared with the corresponding part of other organisms. [1][2] The international standard IEC 62402: ...
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). [1]It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French Geoffrey (or Geoffroy), Jeffery from Godfrey is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic elements god vs. gaut, which became conflated in Old High German by the end ...
Alan is a masculine given name in the English language. [3] The name is believed by scholars to have been brought to England by people from Brittany, in the 11th century; later the name spread north into Scotland and west into Ireland. [4] In Ireland and Scotland there are Gaelic forms of the name which may, or may not, be etymologically ...
William is a masculine given name of French origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, [2] and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy.