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bye
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: bi, buy, by
Etymology 1
Variant form of by, from Old English b? (being near).
Noun
bye (plural byes)
- The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
- Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
- (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
- (obsolete) A dwelling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gibson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.
- The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England.
- (card games) A pass.
Derived terms
- (cricket): leg bye
Etymology 2
Shortened form of goodbye.
Interjection
bye
- (colloquial) Goodbye.
Derived terms
- tatty bye
Descendants
- ? Greenlandic: baj
- ? Faroese: bei
Translations
Etymology 3
Alternative forms.
Preposition
bye
- Obsolete spelling of by
Noun
bye
- Obsolete spelling of bee
Anagrams
- Bey, Eby, bey
Afrikaans
Noun
bye
- plural of by
French
Etymology
From English bye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj/
Interjection
bye !
- bye
- Allez bye ! À la revoyure.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From English bye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj/
Interjection
bye
- bye, goodbye
Synonyms
- alvida
- orevwar
Middle English
Noun
bye
- A ring or torque; a bracelet.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- And Kynge Arthure gaff hir a ryche bye of golde; and so she departed.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²by?.?/
Noun
bye f or m (definite singular bya or byen, indefinite plural byer, definite plural byene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by byge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- bya, bøya, bøye
Etymology
From Dutch bui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²by?.?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
bye f (definite singular bya, indefinite plural byer, definite plural byene)
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Derived terms
References
- “bye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Yola
Alternative forms
- buye
Etymology
From Middle English boye.
Noun
bye
- boy
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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welfare
English
Etymology
From Middle English welfare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Old Norse velferð, Swedish välfärd, German Wohlfahrt and Dutch welvaart.) Equivalent to well +? fare.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?l?f??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?l?f??/
Noun
welfare (usually uncountable, plural welfares)
- (uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
- (uncountable, chiefly US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of welfare assistance).
- Synonyms: income support, public assistance, social security
- (chiefly US) Such payment.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
welfare (third-person singular simple present welfares, present participle welfaring, simple past and past participle welfared)
- (transitive) To provide with welfare or aid.
- welfaring the poor
See also
Further reading
- welfare at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "welfare" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 332.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
welfare m (invariable)
- welfare state
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- what welfare office is open today
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