That is, Englishmen use forms of a certain distinct type, viz. , cohu, coho, coffao, coffe, copha, coffee, which differ from the more correct transliteration of foreigners. — from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
[12] Camisene, Chamath, Chamane, Choma, Chom, Cuma, Camæ, Camelis, Cambalidus, Comopolis, Comara, &c. All these are either names of places, where the Amonians settled; or are terms, which have a reference to their religion and worship. — from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant
cōmere cōmpsī cōmptus Compound
With the present stem in -o | e- ( 829 ). carpō , nibble , pluck carpere carpsī carptus Compounds have e for a : as, dē-cerpō , dē-cerpere , dē-cerpsī , dē-cerptus . com-būrō , burn up com-būrere com-bussī com-būstus cōmō , put up cōmere cōmpsī cōmptus Compound of com- and emō ( 937 , 823 ). — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
cherubim cherubs crisis crises
Some of the commonest are included in the following list: 12 Singular Plural alumna (feminine) alumnæ alumnus (masculine) alumni amanuensis amanuenses analysis analyses animalculum animalcula 13 antithesis antitheses appendix appendices appendixes axis axes bacillus bacilli bacterium bacteria bandit banditti bandits basis bases beau beaux beaus candelabrum candelabra cumulus cumuli cherub cherubim cherubs crisis crises curriculum curricula datum data ellipsis ellipses erratum errata formula formulæ formulas genius genii geniuses genus genera gymnasium gymnasia gymnasiums hippopotamus hippopotami hypothesis hypotheses larva larvæ memorandum memoranda memorandums nebula nebulæ oasis oases parenthesis parentheses phenomenon phenomena radius radii seraph seraphim seraphs species species stratum strata synopsis synopses tableau tableaux tempo tempi terminus termini thesis theses trousseau trousseaux vertebra vertebræ The two plurals sometimes differ in meaning: as,— Michael Angelo and Raphael were geniuses . — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge
cônfirmô cônfîrmâre cônfîrmâvî cônfîrmâtus
LESSON XLI, § 239 calamitâs, calamitâtis , f., loss, disaster, defeat (calamity) caput, capitis , n., head (capital) flûmen, flûminis , n., river (flume) labor, labôris , m., labor, toil opus, operis , n., work, task ôrâtor, ôrâtôris , m., orator rîpa, -ae , f., bank (of a stream) tempus, temporis , n., time (temporal) terror, terrôris , m., terror, fear victor, victôris , m., victor accipiô, accipere, accêpî, acceptus , receive, accept cônfirmô, cônfîrmâre, cônfîrmâvî, cônfîrmâtus , strengthen, establish, encourage (confirm) — from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
Environmental Modification Mozambique party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Namibia party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Nauru party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Nepal party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation Netherlands party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling New Zealand party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Antarctic Seals, Marine Life Conservation Nicaragua party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification Niger party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Nigeria party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Niue party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Norway party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Oman party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Pakistan party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation Palau party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Panama party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: — from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
cupful chopped candied citron
Christmas Dinner December 25 Oysters Mangoes Celery Stuffed Olives Tomato Soup Roast Turkey, Cranberry Jelly Roast Sweet Potatoes Mashed Turnips Brussels Sprouts Orange and Celery Salad Vanilla Blanc-mange *English Plum Pudding Fruit Coffee * English Plum Pudding —1 cupful breadcrumbs, 1 cupful flour, 1 cupful brown sugar, 1/2 cupful Crisco, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful mixed spices, 3 eggs, 1 cupful milk, 1/2 cupful seeded raisins, 1/2 cupful chopped candied citron peel, 1 cupful currants, 1/2 cupful chopped preserved ginger, 1/4 cupful brandy, 1/2 cupful chopped English walnut meats. — from The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil
commandress conductor conductress creator
2. In other instances, the termination is changed, and there is no increase of syllables: as, abbot, abbess; actor, actress; adulator, adulatress; adulterer, adulteress; adventurer, adventuress; advoutrer, advoutress; ambassador, ambassadress; anchorite, anchoress ; or, anachoret, anachoress; arbiter, arbitress; auditor, auditress; benefactor, benefactress; caterer, cateress; chanter, chantress; cloisterer, cloisteress; commander, commandress; conductor, conductress; creator, creatress; demander, demandress; detractor, detractress; eagle, eagless; editor, editress; elector, electress; emperor, emperess , or empress; emulator, emulatress; enchanter, enchantress; exactor, exactress; fautor, fautress; fornicator, fornicatress; fosterer, fosteress , or fostress; founder, foundress; governor, governess; huckster, huckstress ; or, hucksterer, hucksteress; idolater, idolatress; inhabiter, inhabitress; instructor, instructress; inventor, inventress; launderer, launderess , or laundress; minister, ministress; monitor, monitress; murderer, murderess; negro, negress; offender, offendress; ogre, ogress; porter, portress; progenitor, progenitress; protector, protectress; proprietor, proprietress; pythonist, pythoness; seamster, seamstress; solicitor, solicitress; songster, songstress; sorcerer, sorceress; suitor, suitress; tiger, tigress; traitor, traitress; victor, victress; votary, votaress . — from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
compassion compatible compatible compatri
cf. slang , show-off, swell, showy gent compañero , companion compañía , company comparación , comparison comparado , -a , comparative comparar , to compare compartir , to share compasión , compassion compatible , compatible compatri — from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López
ayear , to cry out ¡ay! , moan ayer , yesterday ayudante , helper, aide-de-camp ayudar , to help ayuno , -a , fasting; lacking; ignorant, unacquainted azar , chance, hazard; al —— , at haphazard azorar , to excite, stir azotar , to strike, beat azote , m. , blow, lash azotea , roof azul , blue B bache , m. , hole, rut Bahía , seaport of Brazil to the north of Río Janeiro bahía , bay baile , m. , dance bailoteo , awkward dancing bajá , m. , pasha bajar , to lower, let down; to descend, go down bajío , shoal bajo , -a , low bajo , under; underneath bala , bullet baladro , bellowing, cry balanza , scales balazo , shot balbucear , to mutter, stammer balcón , m. , balcony Báltico , Baltic Sea baluarte , m. , bulwark, fort banco , bench; bank; shoal bandera , banner, flag; party bandido , bandit bando , faction, party; band bandolero , highwayman, thief banquero , banker banquete , m. , banquet bañar , to bathe, suffuse baqueano , V. baquiano baquía , also written vaquía , dexterity, expertness baquiano , Arg. , guide, path-finder; also spelt baqueano báquico , -a , bacchic barba , beard, chin barbarie , f. , savagery bárbaro , -a , savage, fierce barbirrucio , -a , graybearded barca , boat, barge barco , boat bardo , bard, singer barège , barège, fabric of worsted and silk barra , bar, gallery barranca , ravine, cliff barranco , V. barranca barrer , to sweep, clear barrial , m. , puddle barrio , quarter of a city, district barro , mud basalto , basalt, name of a species of marble base , f. , base bastante , enough, rather bastar , to suffice bastión , m. , bastion batalla , battle, encounter batear , Arg. , to roast whole, barbecue batir , to fashion, beat; ——se , to fight; —— en brecha , to batter a breach bayeta , flannel; cloak worn by students in the Middle Ages bayoneta , bayonet beber , to drink Belial , Belial, one of the fallen angels in Milton’s Paradise Lost bélico , -a , warlike belicoso , -a , bellicose belleza , beauty bellísimo , -a , very beautiful bello , -a , handsome, beautiful bendición , blessing, benediction bendito , -a , blest beneficiar , to benefit beneficio , benefit benéfico , -a , beneficent benévolo , -a , benevolent benignidad , kindness, benignity bergantín , m. , brig besar, to kiss beso , kiss bestia , beast, animal bíblico , -a , biblical bibliografía , bibliography bien , well; no —— , as soon as; si —— , although; antes —— , rather, on the contrary bien , m. , property, possession, treasure; —— público , public weal bienestar , m. , well-being bienhechor , benefactor bienvenido , -a , welcome bifurcar , to branch off, bifurcate biografía , biography bípedo , biped bizarro , -a , gallant, brave, bizarre bizco , -a , cross-eyed blanco , -a , white blancura , whiteness blandengue , soldier, armed with lance, who policed province of Buenos Aires blandir , to brandish blanquear , to whiten; appear white blanquecino , -a , whitish blanquizco , -a , whitish blasonar , to boast bloqueo , blockade boca , mouth bocacalle , f. , outlet, entrance to a street bocado , tit-bit, mouthful bocina , horn; —— de meleadas , horn used in honey-gathering boda , wedding bofetada , slap; dar de ——s , to slap boina , cap worn in Navarra and Biscay bolear , to bring down with bolas ; cf. note, 64, 5 boliche , Arg. , small store bolsillo , pocket bombardeo , bombardment bonaerense , pertaining to Buenos Aires bonanza , clear weather, prosperity bondad , kindness bondadoso , -a , kind bonito , -a , pretty borda , gunwale, rail borde , m. , edge, border bordo , board; a —— , on board borlón , m. , tassel borracho , -a , drunk, intoxicated borrar , to erase, do away with bosque , m. , wood bosquecillo , small wood bota , boot; —— de potro , horsehide boot bote , m. , boat botijilla , little bottle, flask boya , buoy Brasil , Brazil brasileño , -a , Brazilian bravío , -a , wild, unpolished bravo , -a , brave, courageous bravura , bravery brazo , arm; a —— partido , arm to arm, openly; pl. , hands, employees brecha , breach breña , wild, craggy ground Bretaña , Britain; V. Gran Bretaña breve , brief, short brigada , brigade brillante , brilliant brillar , to shine brillo , luster, splendor brin , m. , duck, sailcloth brincar , to leap, jump brindar , to toast, offer a toast brío , dash, courage, eagerness brioso , -a , spirited, courageous brisa , breeze británico , -a , Britannic broma , joke; en —— , jokingly bromista , droll brotar , to bud; to gush, issue bruja , witch brujo , enchanter, necromancer bruma , haziness, fog brumoso , -a , foggy, gloomy bruscamente , abruptly brusco , -a , brusque bruto , animal, brute bueno , -a , good; a las buenas o las malas , willy-nilly buey , ox búfalo , buffalo buho , owl buitre , m. , vulture bulevar , m. , boulevard bulliciosamente , noisily bullir , to boil buque , m. , vessel, ship burgués , -esa , bourgeois, middle class burla , mockery, fun burlar , to mock, scorn, deceive busca , search buscador , searcher buscar , to look for busto , bust C cabalgador , rider cabalgar , to ride on horseback caballar , equine caballería , cavalry; chivalry caballero , knight, gentleman caballerosidad , magnanimity, chivalry caballo , horse cabaña , hut cabeceante , swaying, nodding cabecear , to sway, nod cabellera , head of hair cabello , hair caber , to be contained in, fit, befall cabeza , head cabildo , town council, town hall cabizbajo , -a , crestfallen, pensive cabo , end; cape; chief, corporal; al —— , finally; —— de guardia , corporal of the guard cacique , cacique, Indian chief cactus , m. , cactus cada , each cadalso , scaffold cadáver , m. , corpse cadena , chain cadencia , cadence cadete , commercial apprentice, cadet caduco , -a , worn out, decrepit caer , to fall, happen café , coffee, café caída , fall Caín , Cain, son of Adam and Eve caja , box, chest, treasury cajetilla , m. , Argentine locution used by a gaucho to show his contempt for a city man; fop, dandy cal , f. , lime calabaza , pumpkin calamidad , calamity calamitoso , -a , calamitous calar , to pierce, fix a bayonet calcular , to calculate cálculo , calculation, estimate caldear , to heat, foment caldera , boiler, kettle calibre , m. , caliber calidad , quality cálido , -a , warm caliente , warm calificación , qualification calificar , to qualify calizo , -a , limy calma , calm calmar , to calm, pacify calor , m. , heat, passion, zest calumniar , to calumniate calurosamente , warmly calzada , causeway, paved road callado , -a , silent callar , to quiet; to keep silence calle , f. , street callejón , m. , lane callejuela , alley cama , bed cámara , chamber, hall camarada , m. , comrade cambiar , to change cambio , change, exchange; en —— , on the other hand caminante , wayfarer, traveler caminar , to walk caminito , byway camino , road; ——s públicos , public highways; —— de encrucijada , crossroad camote , m. , sweet potato campamento , camp campaña , campaign; Arg. , field, country campechano , -a , frank, hearty campeón , m. , champion campesino , -a , a. and s. , rural; farmer campestre , rustic campiña , flat arable land, plain campo , field, country canción , song Candelaria , Candlemas candorosamente , candidly, unwittingly candoroso , -a , frank, candid, naïve canoa , canoe cansancio , fatigue cansar , to tire cantar , to sing cantar , m. , song cántico , hymn cantidad , quantity canto , song cantor , singer, bard cañada , dale cañón , cannon, barrel of a gun, tube; —— de batir , siege gun; —— de diez y ocho , eighteen pounder; —— de chimenea , chimney flue cañonero , -a , gun-bearing; lancha cañonera , gunboat capa , cape, mantle, cloak capacidad , capacity caparazón , m. , caparison, shell capataz , m. , overseer capaz , capable capellán , chaplain capital , f. , capital; m. , money capitalismo , capitalism capitalista , m. , capitalist capitán , captain capítulo , chapter capote , m. , cloak with a cape capricho , caprice, whim capucha , cover cara , face; volver ——s , to face about carácter , m. , character, feature característico , -a , characteristic caracterizar , to characterize carancho , bird of prey, peculiar to Argentina carbón , m. , coal carbonera , coal-bin cárcel , f. , prison carcomido , -a , gnawed, tottering cardal , m. , Arg. — from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López
[8] aide de camp Alma Mater a posteriori a priori à propos attaché bas-relief beau ideal bona fide bric-à-brac café chargé d'affaires chiaroscuro clientèle confrère connoisseur crèche criterion, pl. -a cul-de-sac data débris début décolleté dénouement dépôt (= depository) doctrinaire dramatis personæ éclat élite ennui entrée ex cathedra ex officio exposé façade facsimile fête habeas corpus habitué innuendo levée littérateur litterati massage matinée mêlée menu motif naïve née net névé niche nil nom de plume papier mâché per annum per capita per cent per contra personnel postmortem (n. and adj.) — from The Uses of Italic
A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
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