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account
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?ka?nt/
- Rhymes: -a?nt
- Hyphenation: ac?count
Etymology 1
From Middle English account, acounte, accounten, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin comput? (“to sum up”).
Noun
account (plural accounts)
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]
- (banking) A bank account.
- 1910, Journal of the American Bankers Association Vol. XI, No. 1, American Bankers Association, page 3:
- The Pueblo bank has advised that the operator opened an account at that bank with currency, and a few days later withdrew the amount.
- 1910, Journal of the American Bankers Association Vol. XI, No. 1, American Bankers Association, page 3:
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- Synonyms: accounting, explanation
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative. [from c. 1610]
- Synonyms: narrative, narration, relation, recital, report, description, explanation
- 1657, James Howell, Londonopolis: An Historical Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London
- A laudible account of the city of London.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- Synonyms: membership, registration
- Meronym: username
- (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
- Profit; advantage.
Usage notes
- Abbreviations: (business): A/C, a/c, acct., acc.
- Account, narrative, narration, recital are all words applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events
- Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; for example, a vivid account of a battle, of a shipwreck, of an anecdote, etc.
- A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; for example, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, the narrative of the film etc.
- Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great.
- Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; such as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc, a piano recital (played without sheet music), a recital of a poem (learned by heart).
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (akaunto)
- ? Swahili: akaunti
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count.
Verb
account (third-person singular simple present accounts, present participle accounting, simple past and past participle accounted)
- To provide explanation.
- (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th-17th c.]
- (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deem
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, III.8:
- The Pagan Hercules, why was he accounted a hero?
- (intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.]
- Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.]
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.]
- To count.
- (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
- neither the motion of the Moon, whereby moneths are computed; nor of the Sun, whereby years are accounted, consisteth of whole numbers, but admits of fractions, and broken parts, as we have already declared concerning the Moon.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
- (obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th-17th c.]
- (obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th-16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- Long worke it were / Here to account the endlesse progeny / Of all the weeds that bud and blossome there [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- accountable
- accountant
Further reading
- account on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- account (bookkeeping) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- account at OneLook Dictionary Search
- account in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English account.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k?u?nt/
- Hyphenation: ac?count
Noun
account n (plural accounts, diminutive accountje n)
- a subscription to an electronic service
Related terms
- accountant
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: akun
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English account. Doublet of conto.
Noun
account m (invariable)
- (computing) account
- Synonym: conto
Further reading
- account in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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sage
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”). The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.
Adjective
sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)
- Wise.
- (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
Synonyms
- (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
- (grave): See Thesaurus:serious
Translations
Noun
sage (plural sages)
- A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
Synonyms
- (wise person): See Thesaurus:sage
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- rishi
- maharishi
Etymology 2
From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.
Noun
sage (uncountable)
- The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
- Any plant in the genus Salvia
- Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- salvia
Further reading
- Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Japanese sage, from Japanese ??? (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.
Pronunciation
- Etymologically /s???/, but often /se?d?/ due to its English homograph.
Interjection
sage
- (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.
Related terms
- age
Verb
sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)
- (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.
Derived terms
- polite sage
Usage notes
- This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value.
Anagrams
- Sega, ages, geas, sega
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- san, son (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German sag?n, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?za???/
Verb
sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)
- (Ripuarian) to say; to tell
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek?-.
Pronunciation
Noun
sage f (plural sagen)
- story of heraldry and valor, a saga.
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.
Adjective
sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat)
- frequent
Declension
French
Etymology
From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Adjective
sage (plural sages)
- (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
- (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
- (of a child) Good, well-behaved, not naughty
Derived terms
- sage comme une image
- sage-femme
Noun
sage m or f (plural sages)
- A person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
- A sage (person)
Further reading
- “sage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ages, âges, âgés
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?za???/
Verb
sage
- inflection of sagen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hausa
Verb
sag? (grade 4)
- to become stiff or paralyzed
Latin
Adjective
s?ge
- vocative masculine singular of s?gus
Noun
sage m
- singular vocative of sagus
Noun
sage n
- singular vocative of sagum
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapi?. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.
Alternative forms
- sauge, sawge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?d?(?)/
Noun
sage (plural sages)
- A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
Descendants
- English: sage
- Scots: sage
References
- “s??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Adjective
sage
- Sage, considered, well thought-out.
- Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.
Descendants
- English: sage
- Scots: sage
References
- “s??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French sauge.
Noun
sage
- Alternative form of sauge
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapi?, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).
Adjective
sage m or f
- (Jersey) wise
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)
- to saw (cut something with a saw)
Related terms
- sag (noun)
References
- “sage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapi?.
Adjective
sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)
- wise (having wisdom)
Descendants
- English: sage
- French: sage
- Italian: saggio
Sathmar Swabian
Etymology
From Old High German sag?n, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan?.
Verb
sage
- to say
References
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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