English Explanatory Dictionary

Somerset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
  4. A census-designated place in Gunnison County, Colorado.
  5. An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
  6. A census-designated place in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana.
  7. A census-designated place in Miami County, Kansas.
  8. A home rule city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky.
  9. A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  10. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  11. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  12. A township in Steele County, Minnesota.
noun
  1. Archaic form of somersault.
verb
  1. Archaic form of somersault.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/ /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/ En-uk-Somerset.ogg

Word forms

Somerset somersets somersetting somerseting somersetted somerseted

Etymology

From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".

Synonyms

Somersetshire

Derived words

Bath and North East Somerset Mummerset North Somerset Somerset County Somersetian Somerset Island Somersetshire Somerset West and Taunton South Somerset West Somerset

Translations

Arabic: سومرست Breton: Bro an Hañv Cornish: Gwlas an Hav Old French: Sormersete Lao: ສໍເມີເສັດ Latin: Somersetia Macedonian: Со́мерсет Old English: Sumorsǣte Thai: สอเมอร์เส็ต Northern Thai: ᩈᩬᩴᨾᩮᩬᩥᩈᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ Ukrainian: Сомерсет Welsh: Gwlad yr Haf
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