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bachelor

English

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccal?rius, from Late Latin baccal?ris (compare Tuscan baccalare (squire)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?(?)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?/, /?bæt?.l?/
  • Hyphenation: ba?che?lor

Noun

bachelor (plural bachelors)

  1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
    • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
    • 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:
      I shall die a bachelor.
  2. The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
  3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
  4. (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
  5. (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
    • A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
      And keep you not alone without a husband
  6. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
  7. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
  8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Alternative forms

  • bachelour (obsolete)
  • batcheler
  • batchelor

Synonyms

  • (academic degree): baccalaureate

Antonyms

  • (unmarried person): wedder, bachelorette

Derived terms

  • confirmed bachelor
  • bachelor's degree
  • bachelordom
  • bachelorette (North America)
  • bachelorhood
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Science
  • bachelor pad
  • bachelor party
  • bachelorship
  • bachelor's button
  • bachelor's fare

Translations

See also

  • spinster
  • divorcé
  • widower

Further reading

  • bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • crabhole

Danish

Etymology

From English bachelor

Noun

bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)

  1. bachelor's degree

Declension

Synonyms

  • bachelorgrad

References

  • “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From English bachelor

Noun

bachelor m (plural bachelors)

  1. bachelor (degree)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)

  1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
  2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

  • bachelorgrad

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)

  1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
  2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

  • bachelorgrad

References

  • “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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cooking

English

Etymology

From cook +? -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /?k?.k??/
  • Rhymes: -?k??

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

  1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
  2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
  3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
    1. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
      My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
      I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
    2. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
      What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

Synonyms

  • (skill or style of food preparation): See culinary art

Derived terms

  • cooking oil

Translations

Adjective

cooking (not comparable)

  1. (informal) In progress, happening.
    The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.

Verb

cooking

  1. present participle of cook

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