different between dean vs loser

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?n/
• IPA^(key): [d??n], enPR: d?n (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophone: dene

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman deen, from Old French deien (which became doyen in modern French), from Latin dec?nus. Doublet of doyen.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

1. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
2. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
3. The senior member of some group of people.

   dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador

   dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature

   • 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 67:

     All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected […]

Synonyms

• (Head of cathedral chapter): provost

Derived terms

• dean and chapter
• deanery
• deaness

Related terms

• decanal
• doyen

Translations

Verb

dean (third-person singular simple present deans, present participle deaning, simple past and past participle deaned)

1. (intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
2. (transitive, rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

Etymology 2

Related to den.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

1. (Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.

Anagrams

• Aden, Dane, Dena, Edna, Enda, aden-, ande, eDNA, nade

Basque

Noun

dean

1. inessive singular of de

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin dec?nus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Compare Italian decano, Venetian degàn, French doyen.

Noun

dean m (plural deans)

1. (religion) dean
2. doyen

Related terms

• dîs

Galician

Verb

dean

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of dar

English

Etymology

From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose +? -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?z?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /luz?/
• Rhymes: -u?z?(?)

Noun

loser (plural losers)

1. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

   Antonym: winner

2. Something of poor quality.
3. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.

   Synonym: failure

4. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.

   Synonyms: crumb, (archaic) losel, louse; see also Thesaurus:worthless person
5. One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
6. (slang) A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.

Derived terms

Related terms

• losel

Translations

Anagrams

• Osler, Rosel, Soler, eorls, lo-res, lores, orles, relos, roles, rôles, slore, soler, sorel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English loser.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo?ser

Noun

loser m (plural losers, diminutive losertje n)

1. loser

Synonyms

• mislukkeling

French

Alternative forms

• looser, looseur, louseur

Etymology

From English loser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.zœ?/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /lu.z?/

Noun

loser m (plural losers)

1. (colloquial) loser

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?z?/

Adjective

loser

1. comparative degree of lose
2. inflection of lose:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

loser m

1. indefinite plural of los