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christen
English
Alternative forms
- kersen (dialectal)
- christian
Etymology
From Middle English cristenen, cristnien, from Old English cristnian (“to christen, baptise”), from cristen (“Christen, Christian”) +? -nian. Cognate with Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”) Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??s?n/
- Rhymes: -?s?n
Verb
christen (third-person singular simple present christens, present participle christening, simple past and past participle christened)
- (transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
- The new baby was christened at the village church.
- (transitive, by extension) To name.
- I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- Christen the thing what you will.
- (obsolete) To Christianize.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
- (colloquial) To use for the first time.
- I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.
- (informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
- 2002: Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
- I christened the facilities, shrugged into my windbreaker, and met Dolan at his door.
- 2002: Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Translations
Anagrams
- Nichters, Strichen, Tinchers, centrish, chinrest, citherns, cithrens, snitcher
Dutch
Alternative forms
- kersten (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cristen, variant of kersten, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin Christi?nus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (Khr?sti?nós). The current Dutch spelling has been influenced by the Latin and subsequently also the Greek words.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kr?s.t?n/
- (some orthodox Protestants) IPA(key): /?xr?s.t?n/
- Hyphenation: chris?ten
- Rhymes: -?st?n
Noun
christen m (plural christenen, diminutive christentje n, feminine christin)
- Christian
Derived terms
- christendemocraat
- christendemocratie
- christin
- gristen
- jodenchristen
- ontchristenen
Related terms
- christendom
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label
English
Alternative forms
- labell (non-standard)
Etymology
From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lapp? (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lapp?, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?le?b?l/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Noun
label (plural labels)
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- Synonyms: sign, tag, ticket
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- Synonyms: category, pigeonhole
- (music) A company that sells records.
- Synonym: record label
- (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- Synonym: lambel
- (obsolete) A tassel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
- the arms or escutcheon of France , hanging by a label on an oak
- A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)
- (graphical user interface) A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
Derived terms
- designer label
- record label
Descendants
Translations
Verb
label (third-person singular simple present labels, present participle (UK) labelling or (US) labeling, simple past and past participle (UK) labelled or (US) labeled)
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
- (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
- (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
- 2015, "Protein binder woes" (editorial), Nature Methods, 12(5) (May): 373.
- They may be used to label and image a protein within tissue, to isolate cells on the basis of marker expression, or to physically capture a protein from a complex biological mixture....
- 2015, "Protein binder woes" (editorial), Nature Methods, 12(5) (May): 373.
Synonyms
- (put a ticket or sign on): tag, price
- (give a label to in order to categorise): categorise, compartmentalise, peg, pigeonhole; see also Thesaurus:classify
Translations
References
- label in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- label in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- (projecting moulding in architecture): Dictionary of Architecture (Architectural Publication Society of London)
Anagrams
- Abell, Beall, Bella, be-all
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English label.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?b?l/
Noun
label n (plural labels, diminutive labeltje n)
- quality label
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-tradelabel.
- Max Havelaar is the most well-known fair-trade label.
- Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-tradelabel.
- music label
Anagrams
- balle
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English label, itself from Old French label, lambel (“fringe, strip”), 1899.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.b?l/
Noun
label m (plural labels)
- quality label
- (music) record label
Derived terms
- labelliser
Further reading
- “label” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- balle
Old French
Alternative forms
- lambeau
- lambel
Noun
label m (oblique plural labeaus or labeax or labiaus or labiax or labels, nominative singular labeaus or labeax or labiaus or labiax or labels, nominative plural label)
- strip of fabric
- badge; insignia
- Les armes son pere a label portoit
- His weapons bore the insignia of his father
- Les armes son pere a label portoit
Descendants
- ? English: label
- ? French: label
- French: lambeau
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English label.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?j.b?l/
Noun
label m inan
- music label
Declension
Synonyms
- wytwórnia
- wytwórnia p?ytowa
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