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For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...
Word or root Scientific meaning from Latin Example Latin word Latin meaning Scientific meaning from Greek Example Greek word Greek meaning Notes alg- alga: alga alga: seaweed: pain: analgesic: ἄλγος: pain crema- burn: cremation: cremāre: to burn hang, be suspended cremaster: κρεμάννυμι: I hang (tr.)
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
The Cambridge Word of the Year is led by the data – what users look up – in the world's most popular dictionary for English language learners. [2] In 2022, the Cambridge Word of the Year was ' homer ', caused by Wordle players looking up five-letter words, especially those that non-American players were less familiar with. [ 3 ]
Version 10.0.6 (2017): The latest Oxford University Word Database. Audio optimization - smaller audio files, 4 new colorful themes. Version 10.0.10 (2018): Includes the newest version of the Oxford University Press audio database. Version 11.2.2 (2019): Support for iOS 13. New 2019 Oxford University word database.
Main list: Lists of English words Quebec French • Language teaching terms and ideas • Rhetorical terms • Alternative words for British • Greek words for love • Case-sensitive English words • Chicano Caló words and expressions • Dacian words • English words containing Q not followed by U • English words with disputed usage • French words of Arabic origin • Frequently ...
It all started earlier this month, when TikTok creator Jools Lebron posted a video that would soon take social media by storm. In just weeks, Lebron's words have become the latest vocabulary ...
American English has always shown a marked tendency to use nouns as verbs. [13] Examples of verbed nouns are interview, advocate, vacuum, lobby, pressure, rear-end, transition, feature, profile, spearhead, skyrocket, showcase, service (as a car), corner, torch, exit (as in "exit the lobby"), factor (in mathematics), gun ("shoot"), author (which disappeared in English around 1630 and was ...