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Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to England.
  2. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
  3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).
  4. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
  5. Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
  6. Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.
noun
  1. The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
  2. The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
  3. Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
  4. A particular instance of the English language, including:
  5. The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
  6. The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
  7. A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
  8. Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
  9. A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
  10. Alternative form of english.
name
  1. The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
  2. A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
  3. English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
  4. An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
  5. A male or female given name.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
  8. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
  9. An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
  11. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
verb
  1. To translate, adapt or render into English.
  2. To make English; to claim for England.
noun
  1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
  2. An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
verb
  1. Alternative form of English.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/ En-uk-English.oga En-us-English.ogg /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/ /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/ /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

Word forms

English more English most English Inglish Englishe Englishes Englishing Englished

Etymology

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

southron southrons language arts Mittel Augustin side spin sidespin

Related words

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Derived words

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Translations

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