different between chart vs constitution

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (khárt?s, “papyrus, thin sheet”). See charter, card, carte.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t???t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t
• Homophone: chaat (non-rhotic)

Noun

chart (plural charts)

1. A map.
   1. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
   2. A navigator's map.
2. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
   1. A tabular presentation of data; a table.
   2. A diagram.
   3. A graph.
   4. A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.

   5. A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

3. A written deed; a charter.
4. (topology) A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (ch?to)
• ? Korean: ?? (chateu)
• ? Welsh: siart

Translations

Verb

chart (third-person singular simple present charts, present participle charting, simple past and past participle charted)

1. (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.

2. (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).

3. (transitive) To record systematically.
4. (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.

Derived terms

• chartable
• rechart

Translations

Related terms

• card
• cartography
• cartoon
• cartouche
• charter
• Chartist
• Magna Carta

Anagrams

• ratch, trach

Irish

Verb

chart

1. analytic past indicative of cart

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *x?rt?, cognate with Polish chart, Czech chrt, Ukrainian ???? (xort), Serbo-Croatian h?t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xart]

Noun

chart m

1. greyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing)

Declension

Hypernyms

• pjas m (“dog”)

Further reading

• chart in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• chart in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *x?rt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xart/
• Homophone: hart

Noun

chart m anim (diminutive charcik, feminine charcica)

1. greyhound; sighthound

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) charci

Related terms

• (nouns) charci?, charci?tko, charciczka, charciarz

Further reading

• chart in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

chart m (plural charts)

1. chart

English

Etymology

From Middle English constitucioun, constitucion (“edict, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute; body of laws or rules, or customs; body of fundamental principles; principle or rule (of science); creation”) from Old French constitucion (modern French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin c?nstit?ti?, c?nstit?ti?nem (“character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point in dispute; order, regulation; arrangement, system”), from c?nstitu? (“to establish, set up; to confirm; to decide, resolve”) (from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + statu? (“to set up, station; to establish; to determine, fix”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”))) + -ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions), -ti?nem (accusative singular of -ti?).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nst??tju??(?)n/, /-?t?u?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nst??tu?(?)n/
• Hyphenation: con?sti?tu?tion

Noun

constitution (plural constitutions)

1. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

   Synonyms: configuration, form; see also Thesaurus:composition

   • 1876, John Herschel, Outlines of Astronomy

     the physical constitution of the sun

2. (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
3. (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
4. A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.
   • 1828, Joseph Story, Appeal to the Republic

     Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.
5. (dated) The general health of a person.

Derived terms

• constitutional
• metaconstitution

Related terms

• constitute
• constituent
• constituency
• constitutive

Translations

References

Further reading

• constitution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• constitution (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Old French constitucion, from Latin c?nstit?ti?, c?nstit?ti?nem. Morphologically, from constituer +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.ti.ty.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: constitutions

Noun

constitution f (plural constitutions)

1. constitution

Further reading

• “constitution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Latin c?nstit?ti?, c?nstit?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

Noun

constitution f (plural constitutions)

1. (Jersey) constitution