different between china vs soon
china
English
Alternative forms
- China (generally dated)
- (dialectal): chiney, cheny, cheney, chenea, chainy, chaney, chany, chaynee, chayney, cheenie, cheeny, chainé
Etymology
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of china-ware and via this sense of Persian ???? (ch?n?) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?a?n?/
- (UK, obsolete) IPA(key): /?t?e?n?/, /?t?i?n?/
- Rhymes: -a?n?
Noun
china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)
- (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
- (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.
- 1653, Henry Cogan translating Fernão Mendes Pinto as The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, p. 206:
- ...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
Is to bless us with China so tight...
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China).
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of friend.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- ‘Now, then, my china-plate...’ This is essentially a brick~layer's phrase. If for ‘china-plate’ you substitute ‘mate’,... the puzzle is revealed.
- 1925, Edward Fraser & al., Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, p. 53:
- China, or Old China: chum.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- Tea... Finest China, Plain (Moning).
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
- China cymbals are a type of short sound cymbal. [Brand X] makes chinas with really short sounds.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
Derived terms
- bone china, bull in a china shop, china-blue, china-closet, china doll, china eye, china-fancier, china-glaze, china-house, china-hunter, china-like, china mark, china money, china-oven, china-painting, china-paints, china-shell, china-shop, china-stone, china-tipper, china token, china wedding
Translations
References
- “China, n.¹ and adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889
- “china”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Anich, Chain, Chian, chain
French
Verb
china
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
Anagrams
- nicha
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective form.
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Etymology 2
From the verb chinare.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- slope, decline, descent
- Synonyms: pendio, declivio, discesa
Related terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish quina, quinaquina, from Quechua.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- cinchona (tree)
Related terms
Etymology 4
From Portuguese China, namely "ink of China".
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- Indian ink
Etymology 5
Verb form.
Verb
china
- third-person singular present of chinare
- second-person singular imperative of chinare
Japanese
Romanization
china
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kalasha
Adjective
china
- Alternative spelling of ?hína
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??i.n?/
- Homophone: China
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent
Etymology 2
From China.
Noun
china m, f (plural chinas)
- (dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China
- Synonym: chinês
Quechua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/
Noun
china
- female (of humans or animals)
- a woman of low social status
- servant, slavegirl
Declension
References
- “china” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/, [?t??i.na]
Etymology 1
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
- (Venezuela) slingshot
Derived terms
- tirachinas
Related terms
- chin
Etymology 2
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”)
See also
- tinta china
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (derogatory, South America) female servant in a hacienda
- (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) babysitter
- Synonym: niñera
Etymology 4
Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
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soon
English
Etymology
From Middle English soone, sone, from Old English s?na (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *s?n(?), from Proto-Germanic *s?na, *s?nô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German s?n, son (“soon, then”), Old High German s?r (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic ???????????????? (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: so?on, IPA(key): /su?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Adjective
soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
- Short in length of time from the present.
- I need the soonest date you have available.
- (US, dialect) early
- 1992, W. H. Andrews: A Paul Green Reader, p 129:
- Late in the evening we arrived at Quincy where we bivouacked for the night and taken a soon start the next morning to march to the arsenal.
- 1997, Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, Taliaferro Leslie Samuel: The Samuell/Samuel Families of Tidewater Virginia, p 148:
- Got up pretty early, ate a soon breakfast, had the sulky and was about to start to Newtown when it commenced raining..
- 2000, Laurence G. Avery: A Paul Green Reader, p 220:
- They were different from colored folks who had to be out to get a soon start.
- 1992, W. H. Andrews: A Paul Green Reader, p 129:
Adverb
soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
- (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
- Within a short time; quickly.
- (now dialectal) Early.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 2:18,[1]
- How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, 1978, Chapter 6, p. 87,[2]
- “Been huntin’ fuh mah mule. Anybody seen ’im?” he asked.
- “Seen ’im soon dis mornin’ over behind de school-house,” Lum said. “’’Bout ten o’clock or so. He musta been out all night tuh be way over dere dat early.”
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 2:18,[1]
- Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian No. 101
- I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian No. 101
Derived terms
Translations
References
- soon at OneLook Dictionary Search
- soon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- noos, noso-, onos, oons, sono-
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- sogn (Sappada, Sauris)
Etymology
From Old High German sag?n, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek?-.
Compare Low German seggen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Danish sige, Swedish säga.
Verb
soon
- (Timau) to say
References
- “soon” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sooni, from Proto-Uralic *sëne. Cognates include with Finnish suoni, Mansi ???? (t?n) andHungarian ín (“sinew”).
Noun
soon (genitive soone, partitive soont)
- vein, blood vessel
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Wolof
Etymology
From French jaune.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??n/
Verb
soon
- to be yellow
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