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air
English
Alternative forms
- aire, ayre, eyr (obsolete)
- ayr (especially when referring to the form of music)
Etymology
From Middle English air, eir (“gas, atmosphere”), from Anglo-Norman aeir, eyer, Old French aire, eir, from Latin ??r, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r, “wind, atmosphere”). Displaced native Middle English luft, lift (“air”) (from Old English lyft (“air, atmosphere”)), Middle English loft (“air, upper region”) (from Old Norse lopt (“air, sky, loft”)). More at lift, loft.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???/, /???/
- (General American) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /????/, /???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)
Noun
air (countable and uncountable, plural airs)
- (uncountable, meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (historical, medicine) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
- (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- A feeling or sense.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation, then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 4:
- "He is very plain, undoubtedly—remarkably plain:—but that is nothing compared with his entire want of gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally without air. I had imagined him, I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility."
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 4:
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18:
- "If I," said Mr. Collins, "were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman […] "
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18:
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.
- (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.
- (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
- A television or radio signal.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
Synonyms
- atmosphere
- aura
- lift
- nimbus
- gas
Derived terms
Pages starting with “air”.
Related terms
- aerate
- aero-
- aria
Translations
See air/translations § Noun.
Verb
air (third-person singular simple present airs, present participle airing, simple past and past participle aired)
- To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.
- It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it.
- To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.
- 1917, National Geographic, v.31, March 1917:
- Thus, in spite of all opposition, the rural and urban assemblies retained the germ of local government, and in spite of the dual control, as the result of which much of their influence was nullified, they did have a certain value in airing abuses and suggesting improvements.
- 1917, National Geographic, v.31, March 1917:
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
- This game show first aired in the 1990s and is still going today.
- (Britain, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- Why is this girl airing me?
Derived terms
- air out
- aired
- aired-out
Translations
Anagrams
- ARI, Ari, IAR, IRA, Ira, RIA, Rai, rai, raï, ria
Cornish
Alternative forms
- ayr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e??]
Noun
air m
- air
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French air, from Middle French air, from Old French air, from Latin ??r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r/
- Hyphenation: aie
- Rhymes: -??r
Noun
air m (plural airs, diminutive airtje n)
- air, pretension or pretentious attitude
- tune, melody
Descendants
- Afrikaans: air
French
Etymology
From Old French air, aire, from Latin ??r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??/
- Homophones: aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers, haire, haires, hère, hères
Noun
air m (plural airs)
- air (gases of the atmosphere)
- tune, aria
- appearance
- air (pretension)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “air” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ira
- rai
Gothic
Romanization
air
- Romanization of ????????????
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay air, from Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.??r/
Noun
air (first-person possessive airku, second-person possessive airmu, third-person possessive airnya)
- water
- clear liquid H?O
- mineral water
- one of the four elements in alchemy
- one of the five basic elements in some other theories
- (colloquial) a cockfight round which started by spraying water to the cock.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “air” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish airid (“ploughs, tills”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??/
Verb
air (present analytic aireann, future analytic airfidh, verbal noun ar, past participle airthe)
- (literary, transitive, intransitive) plough
Conjugation
Noun
air m
- genitive singular of ar
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (stressed) /???/, (unstressed) /???/
Pronoun
air (emphatic airsean)
- third-person singular masculine of ar (on him, on it m)
Mutation
References
- "air" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 airid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Kedah Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ä.jäq/
Noun
air
- water.
- Air manis
- Sweet water
- Air manis
Kein
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?/
Noun
air
- woman
Further reading
- Bemal Organized Phonology Data
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *airo.
Noun
air
- oar
Malay
Alternative forms
- ?????
Etymology
First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ae(r)/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /a?(r)/
- Rhymes: -ae(r), -e(r)
Noun
air (Jawi spelling ?????, informal 1st possessive airku, impolite 2nd possessive airmu, 3rd possessive airnya)
- water (liquid H2O)
- 2012, Faridah Abdul Rashid, Research on the Early Malay Doctors : 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore [2]
- loji rawatan air
- water treatment plant
- loji rawatan air
- 2012, Faridah Abdul Rashid, Research on the Early Malay Doctors : 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore [2]
Derived terms
- air bah / ???? ???
- air mata / ???? ????
Descendants
- Indonesian: air
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Norman
Etymology
From Latin ??r.
Noun
air m (plural airs)
- air (mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere)
Related terms
- atmosphère, atmosphéthe
Old French
Alternative forms
- aer, aïr, ar, eir, aeir, eyer, aire
Etymology
From Latin ??r.
Noun
air m (oblique plural airs, nominative singular airs, nominative plural air)
- air (mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere)
Descendants
- French: air
- Norman: air
- ? Middle English: air, eir
- English: air
- Scots: air
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- ar
Etymology
From the same root as ar (“for”, preposition).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?/
Conjunction
air
- for (because, since)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55d11
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 159a2
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 159a3
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55d11
Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?jir/
Verb
air
- (transitive) to strip off, as when stripping insulation off a wire
- (transitive) to wipe off a ropelike object by drawing it through one's hand or fingers
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish for. Cognates include Irish ar and Manx er.
Preposition
air (+ dative)
- on, upon
- of, concerning
- for, on account of
- by
Inflection
Usage notes
- The word air and its derivates are used in many idioms:
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish for. Cognates include Irish air and Manx er.
Pronoun
air
- third-person singular masculine of air: on him, on it
Inflection
References
- “air” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *airo.
Noun
air
- oar
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai?r/
Noun
air
- Soft mutation of gair.
Mutation
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face
English
Etymology
From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faci?s (“form, appearance”), from facere (“to make, do”).
Displaced native Middle English onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ans?en (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hl?or), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?s, IPA(key): /fe?s/
- Hyphenation: face
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
face (plural faces)
- (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- One's facial expression.
- (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- The public image; outward appearance.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- The directed force of something.
- Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works
- This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, Preface to The Works
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
- (slang) The mouth.
- (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- (metonymically) A person.
- (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- (typography) A typeface.
- Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
Synonyms
- (part of head): countenance, visage, phiz (obsolete), phizog (obsolete), see also Thesaurus:countenance
- (facial expression): countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage, see also Thesaurus:facial expression
- (the front or outer surface): foreside
- (public image): image, public image, reputation
- (of a polyhedron): facet (different specialised meaning in mathematical use), surface (not in mathematical use)
- (slang: mouth): cakehole, gob, mush, piehole, trap, see also Thesaurus:mouth
- (slang: wrestling): good guy, hero
Antonyms
- (baby face): heel
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: fjæs
- ? Norwegian: fjes
- ? Swedish: fjäs
Translations
See face/translations § Noun.
Verb
face (third-person singular simple present faces, present participle facing, simple past and past participle faced)
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
- (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!
- 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
- (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- (transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
- (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
- (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
- (transitive, retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
Synonyms
- (position oneself/itself towards):
- (have its front closest to):
- (deal with): confront, deal with
Derived terms
- in-your-face
Related terms
Translations
See also
- Face on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (hieroglyph) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (mining) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Face (sociological concept) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- MathWorld article on geometrical faces
- Faces in programming
- JavaServer Faces
- face on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- face on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- CAFE, cafe, café
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???e/
Verb
facé
- (transitive) boil
Conjugation
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 280
French
Etymology
From Middle French and Old French face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faci?s (“face, shape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fas/
- Homophones: faces, fasce, fasse, fassent, fasses
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
face f (plural faces)
- (anatomy) face
- surface, side
- (geometry) face
- head (of a coin)
Derived terms
See also
- aspect
- figure
- surface
- tête
- visage
Further reading
- “face” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- café
Friulian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faci?s (“face, shape”).
Noun
face f (plural facis)
- face
Interlingua
Verb
face
- present of facer
- imperative of facer
Italian
Verb
face
- (archaic) third-person singular indicative present of fare
Latin
Noun
face
- ablative singular of fax
Verb
face
- second-person singular present imperative active of faci?
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Classical Latin faci?s.
Noun
face (plural faces)
- (anatomy) face
- 14th C., Chaucer, General Prologue
- Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
- Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.
- Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
- 14th C., Chaucer, General Prologue
Synonyms
- visage
Descendants
- English: face (see there for further descendants)
- Northumbrian: fyess
- Scots: face
- Yola: faace
References
- “f?ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English fæs.
Noun
face
- Alternative form of fass
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faci?s (“face, shape”).
Noun
face f (oblique plural faces, nominative singular face, nominative plural faces)
- (anatomy) face
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Le chief li desarme et la face.
- He exposed his head and his face.
- Le chief li desarme et la face.
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Synonyms
- vis (more common)
- visage
- volt
Descendants
- Middle French: face
- French: face
- Norman: fache, fach
- ? Middle English: face
- English: face (see there for further descendants)
- Northumbrian: fyess
- Scots: face
- Yola: faace
- English: face (see there for further descendants)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese façe, faz, from Latin faci?s.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?fa.s?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?fa.si/
- Hyphenation: fa?ce
Noun
face f (plural faces)
- (anatomy, geometry) face
- Synonyms: cara, rosto
- (anatomy) the cheek
- Synonym: bochecha
References
- “façe” in Dicionario de dicionarios do galego medieval.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faci?, from Proto-Italic *faki?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”). The verb's original past participle was fapt, from factum, but was changed and replaced several centuries ago. An alternative third-person simple perfect, fece, from fecit, was also found in some dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fat??e]
Verb
a face (third-person singular present face, past participle f?cut) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) do, make
- (reflexive) to be made, to be done
Conjugation
Derived terms
- afacere
- facere
- f?c?tor
Related terms
- desface
- fapt
See also
- înf?ptui
- face dragoste
References
- face in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?fa?e/, [?fa.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?fase/, [?fa.se]
Verb
face
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of facer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of facer.
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