different between abc vs manure

Danish

Alternative forms

• ABC

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abese?/, [æb?e?se??]

Noun

abc c (singular definite abc'en, plural indefinite abc'er)

1. ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading; the rudiments of any subject)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

After the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.be??se?/

Noun

abc n (uncountable)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: alfabet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.se/

Noun

abc m (plural abc)

1. ABC, basics, fundamentals, rudiments

Anagrams

• bac

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

abc m (invariable)

1. ABC, alphabet

   Synonym: abbiccì

Anagrams

• cab

Middle English

Noun

abc

1. Alternative form of abece

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ABC

Etymology 1

The first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet, A, B and C.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b??se?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Hyphenation: a?b?c
• Homophone: ABC

Noun

abc f or m (definite singular abc-a or abc-en, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)

1. an ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading and spelling)

   Synonyms: abc-bok, stavebok

2. (figuratively) basic knowledge of a subject

   vitenskapens og politikkens abc

   the ABC's of science and politics

3. a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject

   Synonyms: grunnbok, lærebok

4. (rare) alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)

Usage notes

Most often capitalised, except for the inflected endings.

Etymology 2

The first letter of each term; atom, biologisk and kjemisk, borrowed from English English atomic, biological and chemical.

Adjective

abc

1. (weaponry) Initialism of atom-, biologisk and kjemisk: ("atomic, biological and chemical") the three main categories of weapons of mass destruction.

Derived terms

References

• “abc” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abc” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ABC

Noun

abc f (definite singular abc-a, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)

1. ABC (often in book form)
2. alphabet

Usage notes

Often capitalised, except for the inflected part.

References

• “abc” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b?.t?s?/

Noun

abc n (indeclinable)

1. 101 (basic knowledge)

   Synonym: podstawa

Further reading

• abc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abecê, á-bê-cê

Noun

abc m (plural abcs)

1. ABC (alphabet)
2. ABC (rudiments)

Spanish

Noun

abc m (plural abcs)

1. Alternative form of abecé

Further reading

• “abc” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver), from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin man? (“by hand”) + oper?r? (“to work”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??nj??/, /m??nj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??n(j)??/
• Hyphenation: ma?nure
• Hyphenation: ma?nu?re
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

manure (third-person singular simple present manures, present participle manuring, simple past and past participle manured)

1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
   • 1633, John Donne, Epistle to Mr. Rowland Woodward

     Manure thyself then; to thyself be approved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved.

2. To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

Derived terms

• manurable

Translations

See also

• to fertilize

Noun

manure (countable and uncountable, plural manures)

1. Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
2. Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
   • a. 1813, Sir Humphry Davy, "Lecture VI" in Elements of Agricultural Chemistry (1840 reprint):

     Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain. I have never made any experiment upon this manure; but there is great reason to suppose it must contain saccharine matter; and this will account for its powerful effects.

3. (euphemistic) Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
   • 2005, Ginny Aiken, Design on a Crime (page 217)

     “You know the police think I killed Marge, don't you?”
     “What a load of manure! I couldn't believe it when I read the paper.”

Derived terms

• humanure

Translations

See also

• fertilizer
• muck