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dika
English
Etymology
Native West African name.
Noun
dika (uncountable)
- A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
Anagrams
- kadi, kaid
Esperanto
Etymology
From German dick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dika/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
- Rhymes: -ika
Adjective
dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)
- thick
- fat
Antonyms
- maldika
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.ka/
Adjective
dika
- thick
Antonyms
- dina
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Perhaps Latin (bene)dicti? (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
díka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- pride
- fame, glory, honor
- (obsolete) darling
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
dìka f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Alternative form of dìkka
Declension
Etymology 3
From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
d?ka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
References
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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dike
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
Verb
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
- {quote-journal|en|date=1996 September 27|author=Michael Miner|url=https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1996/960927/HOTTYPE%7Ctitle=WVON Won't Take the Bait|work=The Chicago Reader|text=Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.}}
- {quote-book|en|date=2001 November 16, Karen F. Schmidt|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/294/5546/1444%7Cdoi=10.1126/science.294.5546.1444%7Ctitle=Ecology: A True-Blue Vision for the Danube|work=Science|volume=294|issue=5546|pages=1444-1447|text=In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.}}
Etymology 2
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
Verb
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
Derived terms
- diked out
- diked up
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
Derived terms
- out on a dike
Etymology 3
See dyke.
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
- Alternative form of dyke: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".
Anagrams
- IDEK, idek
Esperanto
Adverb
dike
- thickly
Lindu
Noun
dike
- dog
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *d?kij?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- (whence also English ditch).
Noun
dike n
- ditch; a small canal, for irrigation or drainage
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
- He went off the road with (ditched) his new car.
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
Usage notes
- The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.
Declension
Related terms
- dika
- dika ut
- dikesgrävning
- dikeskant
- dikeskörning
- dikesren
- dikning
- köra i diket
- täckdike
- utdikning
References
- dike in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
dike From the web:
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