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chan
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
Clipping of channel.
Noun
chan (plural chans)
- (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
- 1997, "Dominic Donegan", Is there a #nethack chan on IRC? (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
- I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something?
- 1999, "Jonny Durango", IMPORTANT NEWS FOR AHM IRC CHAN!!! (on newsgroup alt.hackers.malicious)
- If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.
- 1997, "Dominic Donegan", Is there a #nethack chan on IRC? (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
Derived terms
- chanop
Etymology 2
From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.
Noun
chan (plural chans)
- (Internet, informal) An imageboard.
Anagrams
- Cahn
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French champ.
Noun
chan
- free space; open land
Ch'orti'
Noun
chan
- snake
Galician
Alternative forms
- chá, chao
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese chão, from Latin pl?num. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??a?/
Noun
chan m (plural chans)
- floor
- Synonym: solo
- ground
- Synonym: solo
- (geography) plateau
Adjective
chan m (feminine singular chá, masculine plural chans, feminine plural chás)
- level; flat
- plain
Derived terms
- Chá
- Chan
- Chao
- Chaodarcas
- Chaos
Related terms
- chaira
- chaela
- chancela
- chanzo
- chelo
- Chelo
- Chenlo
References
- “chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “chão” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “chan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “chan” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.
Pronunciation
- (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu) IPA(key): [xan??]
- (before e, i, fhe, fhi) IPA(key): [xan?]
Particle
chan
- (Ulster) not
Usage notes
Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.
Synonyms
- ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)
Related terms
- cha (used before a consonant)
- char (used with the past tense)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xan??]
Verb
chan
- past analytic of can
Related terms
- chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
- chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
- chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
- chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
- chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
- canadh (autonomous)
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “chan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN
Japanese
Romanization
chan
- R?maji transcription of ???
Ladino
Noun
chan m (Latin spelling)
- bell
Mandarin
Romanization
chan
- Nonstandard spelling of ch?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of chán.
- Nonstandard spelling of ch?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of chàn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Min Nan
Nafaanra
Noun
chan
- vagina
References
- Nafaanra Dictionary
Old Occitan
Etymology
Deverbal of chantar.
Noun
chan m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural chan)
- song
Related terms
- chantador
- chantar
- chanso
- chansoneta
- enchantar
- enchantamen
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *cha?n-. Compare Classical Nahuatl ch?ntli (“home”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /t??a?/
Relational
-chan
- at or to one's home or house
Declension
Polish
Etymology
From Turkish kan (“prince, lord”)/kh?n, contraction of khaqan (“sovereign, ruler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xan/
Noun
chan m pers
- khan (ruler)
Declension
Further reading
- chan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- chan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English chan.
Noun
chan m (plural chans)
- (Internet) chan, imageboard
Related terms
- channer
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) chaun
- (Sursilvan) tgaun
- (Sutsilvan) tgàn
- (Surmiran) tgang
Etymology
From Latin canis, canem.
Noun
chan m (plural chans)
- (Vallader) (male) dog
Coordinate terms
- (sex): chagna
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xan?]
Particle
chan
- not
Usage notes
- Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
- This is the form used before a vowel, including before words like fhaca since lenitied /f/ is silent. Otherwise use cha.
- In older Gaelic this is spelled cha'n.
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “cha, cha’n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 81
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl chian, obsolete spelling of chiyan (“chia”). This is the same source as chía, which lost the final n in Mexican dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??an/, [?t??ãn]
Noun
chan m (plural chanes)
- (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Alternative form of chía
Further reading
- “chan” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
- Ayerca, Ricardo & Coates, Wayne (2005: Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs, p. 64
Tzeltal
Noun
chan
- snake
Tzotzil
Verb
chan
- (transitive) to learn
References
- Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [t??a?n??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [t??a????]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ca????]
Verb
chan
- to pour sauce, soup or broth over solid food
Welsh
Noun
chan
- Aspirate mutation of can.
Mutation
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baby
English
Etymology
From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe +? -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare babble).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: b?'b?, IPA(key): /?be?bi/
- Rhymes: -e?bi
Noun
baby (plural babies)
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.
- Unborn young; a fetus.
- A person who is immature, infantile or feeble.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
- (informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
- A pet project or responsibility.
- 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2015, p. 902:
- Sovnarkom was Lenin's baby, it was where he focused all his energies […].
- 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2015, p. 902:
- An affectionate term for anything.
- (archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.
Synonyms
- (young human being): babe, babby, babbie, infant, see also Thesaurus:baby
- (young animal): see Thesaurus:youngling
- (immature or infantile person): big baby
- (term of endearment): love, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
Translations
See also
- gamete, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, fetus
Adjective
baby (comparative babier or babyer, superlative babiest or babyest)
- (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).
- Newest (overall, or in some group or state), most inexperienced.
- 1894, Marion Harland, The Royal Road, Or, Taking Him at His Word, page 136:
- Mrs. Paull held out her hand to the babyest of the quartette, as they tiptoed up to the bed. “Lift her up, please, Marie!” she said, motioning to the place enclosed by her arm. When the rosy cheek touched hers upon the pillow, she asked ...
- 1910, Marion Harland, Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life, page 408:
- That evening, we grouped about the fire in the parlor, a wide circle that left room for the babyest of the party to disport themselves upon the rug, in the glow of the grate piled with cannel coal.
- 2006, Marion Halligan, The Apricot Colonel, Allen & Unwin (?ISBN)
- Of when I was a baby editor. Very baby, it was actually a kind of work experience, I was still at university but I knew what I wanted. With a small independent publisher, good reputation, did some marvellous books, […]
- 2020, Hannah Abigail Clarke, The Scapegracers, Erewhon (?ISBN), page 391:
- […] party for Halloween proper? Just the four of us and some goofy, spooky kids' movies, you know? Some cute pumpkin-shaped cupcakes? I could make my dog a little costume. He could be a baby witch. The babyest Scapegracer.” I blinked.
- 1894, Marion Harland, The Royal Road, Or, Taking Him at His Word, page 136:
- (in the comparative or superlative) Like or pertaining to a baby, in size or youth; small, young.
- 1888, Monthly Packet, page 170:
- Spider. Here let us begin at the beginning, at the babyest of books for Edith's nursery.
- 1894, Edith E. Cuthell, Two Little Children and Ching, page 107:
- She let it drop out of her sleeve, and it was two Chings — the dearest, littlest, babyest, tiny Chings — little balls of fur! And she ran away, and daddy's father picked them up, and put them in his pockets, and brought them home, […]
- 1908, Marion Harland, Housekeeper's Guide and Family Physician, page 98:
- Lemon-juice for ink spots: Not many weeks ago the babyest member of our household - perhaps moved by a hereditary tendency toward ink - slinging - divided the contents of an ink bottle impartially between the tiles of the bath-room floor ...
- 1908, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Crossriggs, page 25:
- "There's a babier baby than Mike," she said. "But you will see her to-morrow. Aren't we rich? Come in and see Matilda - you won't find her much changed. It's so absurd to see her with all these children."
- 1936, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs, To Promote the National Defense by Stengthening the Air Reserve, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4348, 12241, Feb 27, April 22, 1936, page 31:
- Now, we all believe in national defense, but we also believe in peacetime activity, and my personal idea about aviation is that it is still in its absolute “babyest” type of infancy, that it is nothing even approaching what it will be even 10 years [from now].
- 1888, Monthly Packet, page 170:
Further reading
- 1987, Raphael Sappan, The Rhetorical-logical Classification of Semantic Changes, volume 5, page 58:
- Baby. In its attributive uses, the word has the meaning 'small, tiny'. In the following sentence it is a metonym, still preserving its relation to the original meaning: “There is a babier baby than M.” (in the entry baby of the first volume of […]
Verb
baby (third-person singular simple present babies, present participle babying, simple past and past participle babied)
- (transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter, [2]
- […] though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [3]
- Then the man effected measles and stayed off the job for six weeks, babying himself at home, though he lived just round the corner from my half-built house.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter, [2]
- (transitive) To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
- 1967, "Mr. Mac and His Team," Time, 31 March, 1967, [4]
- In the past 27 years, "Mr. Mac," as he is known to his 46,000 teammates, has built and babied his McDonnell Co. from nothing into a $1 billion-a-year corporation.
- 1912, Linda Craig, interviewed by Theresa Forte, "Tree and Twig farm — a treasure chest of heirloom tomatoes," Welland Tribune, 25 May, 2012, [5]
- I have grown them for years and although some years are better than others, I have always had loads of tomatoes by not babying them, going easy on the water, and fertilizing with compost in the planting hole.
- 1967, "Mr. Mac and His Team," Time, 31 March, 1967, [4]
Translations
Derived terms
Pages starting with “baby”.
Related terms
- babe
See also
- child
- infant
- toddler
References
Anagrams
- Abby
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English baby.
Noun
baby c (singular definite babyen, plural indefinite babyer)
- A baby, an infant.
- (slang) An attractive young female.
Inflection
Synonyms
- spædbarn
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English baby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?bi/
- Hyphenation: ba?by
Noun
baby m (plural baby's or babies, diminutive baby'tje n)
- baby (infant)
- Synonym: zuigeling
Derived terms
- babyboom
- babyface
- babyfoon
- babykleding
- babykleren
- babyluier
- babypoeder
- babyshampoo
Finnish
Alternative forms
- beibi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bei?bi/, [?be?i?bi]
- IPA(key): /?b?by/, [?b?by] (rare)
Noun
baby
- baby (term of endearment)
- baby (very young human)
Declension
This spelling should preferably be used in nominative only as it does not fit into any standard inflection scheme.
Synonyms
- (very young human) vauva
- (term of endearment) kulta
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bi/
Noun
baby m (plural babys)
- table soccer, table football
- baby, darling, sweetheart
Further reading
- “baby” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
baby
- baby
Synonyms
- bebe
Italian
Etymology
From English baby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be.bi/
Noun
baby m (invariable)
- child, baby, neonate
- a small shot of whisky
- tripod for a film camera
Adjective
baby (invariant)
- For use by young children
- Very young
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bab?/
Noun
baby
- inflection of baba:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English baby
Noun
baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyer, definite plural babyene)
- a baby
Synonyms
- spedbarn
Derived terms
- babymat
- babyolje
References
- “baby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English baby
Noun
baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyar, definite plural babyane)
- a baby
Synonyms
- spedbarn
Derived terms
- babymat
- babyolje
References
- “baby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba.b?/
Noun
baby f
- inflection of baba:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?babi]
Noun
baby
- inflection of baba:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Spanish
Noun
baby m (plural babys)
- baby
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