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compact
English
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m?pækt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?m?pækt/
- Adjective:
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?m?pækt/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m?pækt/, /?k?m?pækt/
- Verb:
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /k?m?pækt/
Etymology 1
From Latin compactum (“agreement”).
Noun
compact (plural compacts)
- An agreement or contract.
- Synonyms: agreement, contract, pact, treaty
Translations
Verb
compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)
- (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.
- 2004, Ronan Deazley, On the Origin of the Right to Copy (page 94)
- In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature.
- 2004, Ronan Deazley, On the Origin of the Right to Copy (page 94)
Etymology 2
From Middle French [Term?], from Latin comp?ctus, perfect passive participle of comping? (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pang? (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *pag- (“to fasten”).
Adjective
compact (comparative more compact, superlative most compact)
- Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
- Synonyms: concentrated, crowded, dense, serried; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Hyponym: ultracompact
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
- (topology, not comparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
- Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
- (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
- 1622, Henry Peacham (Junior), The Compleat Gentleman
- a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
- (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
Derived terms
- compact disc
- locally compact
Translations
Noun
compact (plural compacts)
- A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- 2012, BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [2]:
- The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.
- 2012, BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [2]:
Translations
Verb
compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)
- (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
- To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Synonyms
- (make more dense): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress
Translations
See also
- Compact (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- accompt
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French compact, from Latin comp?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?p?kt/
- Hyphenation: com?pact
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
compact (comparative compacter, superlative compactst)
- compact (closely packed), dense
- compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)
Inflection
Derived terms
- compactheid
French
Etymology
From Latin comp?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.pakt/
Adjective
compact (feminine singular compacte, masculine plural compacts, feminine plural compactes)
- compact (closely packed), dense
- compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)
Derived terms
- disque compact
Noun
compact m (plural compacts)
- compact disc
- music center (US), music centre (UK)
- compact camera
Synonyms
- (compact disc): Compact Disc, disque compact
Further reading
- “compact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French compact, from Latin compactus.
Adjective
compact m or n (feminine singular compact?, masculine plural compac?i, feminine and neuter plural compacte)
- compact
Declension
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novelle
English
Etymology
From Italian plural of novella.
Noun
novelle
- plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.
Related terms
- novellas, the plural in the sense of novelette (short novel)
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n????f?.l?/
Noun
novelle (plural novelles)
- a short novel, short story, a novella
Danish
Etymology
From French nouvelle.
Noun
novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)
- short story
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?no??v?.l?/
- Hyphenation: no?vel?le
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)
- a short novel, short story, a novella
- a literary essay on closely related events
Derived terms
- novellenauteur
- novellenbundel
- novellenschrijver
- novellist
- novellistiek
- novellistisch
Descendants
- Afrikaans: novelle
- ? Indonesian: novel
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lle
Adjective
novelle
- feminine plural of novello
Noun
novelle f
- plural of novella
Latin
Adjective
novelle
- vocative masculine singular of novellus
References
- novelle in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novelle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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