different between compassion vs kayak

English

Etymology

From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ?.?n/
• Rhymes: -æ??n

Noun

compassion (usually uncountable, plural compassions)

1. Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
   • 1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)

     Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.

Synonyms

• (deep awareness of another's suffering): empathy, mercy, ruth, pity, sorrow, tenderheartedness
• (desire to relieve another's suffering): kindness, heart, mercy, ruth, tenderheartedness

Derived terms

• compassionable
• compassionate
• compassion fatigue

Related terms

• compatible
• passion

Translations

Verb

compassion (third-person singular simple present compassions, present participle compassioning, simple past and past participle compassioned)

1. (obsolete) To pity.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, IV. i. 124:

     O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?

   • 1830, The Last of the Supernaturalists, in James Fraser (editor), Fraser's Magazine, Volume 1, page 226,

     Both wanted in early life the one thing essential to every individual, of whatever nature or degree of intellect, a kind, compassioning adviser; - a true friend; […] .

Further reading

• compassion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• compassion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin compassi?, compassi?nem, from Latin compatior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.sj??/

Noun

compassion f (plural compassions)

1. compassion, pity

Related terms

• compatir
• passion

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

compassion

1. Alternative form of compassioun

English

Alternative forms

• kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak, qayaq, kayack, qajaq

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ka??æk/

Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

Translations

See also

• canoe
• umiak

Verb

kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)

1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

Derived terms

• kayaker
• kayakist

Translations

Anagrams

• yakka

Cebuano

Etymology

From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak

1. a kayak

Noun

kayak

1. to ride a kayak

Cornish

Noun

kayak

1. kayak

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

French

Alternative forms

• kayac (rare)

Etymology

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jak/
• Homophone: kayaks
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Betawi kayak, from Javanese ?? (kaya, “like, such as”), from Pali ??? (k?ya), from Sanskrit ? (ka, “similarity (suffix)”).

Alternative forms

• kaya
• kek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka.ja?]
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Adverb

kayak

1. (colloquial) like, such as

Synonyms

• sebagai
• seperti

Etymology 2

From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka.jak]
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak (first-person possessive kayakku, second-person possessive kayakmu, third-person possessive kayaknya)

1. (sports) kayak

Further reading

• “kayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• cayac, caiaco (rare)

Etymology

Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?jak/
• Hyphenation: ka?yàk

Noun

kayak m (invariable)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English kayak.

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. (Jersey) kayak

Spanish

Alternative forms

• kayac, cayac

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

From kaymak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak (definite accusative kaya??, plural kayaklar)

1. ski

Declension

Volapük

Noun

kayak (nominative plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Declension