English

  • 21English — 1. adjective /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ,ˈiŋɡlɪʃ/ a) English language<!hyphenated synonym, please do not delete; of or pertaining to the English language. an English ton b) Of or pertaining to England or its people. 2. noun /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ,ˈiŋɡlɪʃ/ a) The …

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  • 22English — This interesting surname derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century Englisc meaning English and was originally given as a distinguishing name to an Angle as distinct from a Saxon. Both the Angles and Saxons were West German people who invaded… …

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  • 23English — Eng•lish [[t]ˈɪŋ glɪʃ[/t]] or, often, [[t] lɪʃ[/t]] n. 1) peo the West Germanic language of England: the official language of the United Kingdom and an official, standard, or auxiliary language in the U.S. and regions formerly under British or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24English — n. 1) American; Australian; Basic; Black; British; Canadian; Common, World; Indian; Middle; Modern; Old English 2) BBC; broken, fractured; colloquial; idiomatic; the King s, the Queen s; nonstandard; pidgin; Shakespearean; spoken; standard;… …

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  • 25English — {{11}}English (1) people or speech of England, O.E. Englisc, from Engle (pl.) the Angles, the name of one of the Germanic groups that overran the island 5c., supposedly so called because Angul, the land they inhabited on the Jutland coast, was… …

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  • 26English — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plain ▪ You d have no trouble understanding his point if he d written the article in plain English! ▪ spoken, written ▪ conversational ▪ …

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  • 27English — Eng·lish || ɪŋglɪʃ n. English language (spoken in the U.S.A, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries) adj. of or pertaining to England or its people; of or pertaining to the English language n.… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28English — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to England or its people or language. n. 1 the language of England, now used in many varieties in the British Isles, the United States, and most Commonwealth or ex Commonwealth countries, and often internationally. 2 …

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  • 29English — (as used in expressions) English Channel Oxford English Dictionary, The Old English sheepdog …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 30English — [OE] The people and language of England take their name from the Angles, a West Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. They came originally from the Angul district of Schleswig, an area of the Jutland peninsula to …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins