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door
English
Etymology
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?w?r, from *d?wer- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish and Norwegian dør (“door”), Icelandic dyr (“door”), Latin foris and foras, Ancient Greek ???? (thúra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Central Kurdish ?????? (derge), derî, Persian ??? (dar), Russian ????? (dver?), Hindi ????? (dv?r) / ????? (dv?r), Armenian ???? (du?), Irish doras, Lithuanian durys.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dô, IPA(key): /d??/
- (General American) enPR: dôr, IPA(key): /d??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: d?r?, IPA(key): /do(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /do?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: daw (non-rhotic with caught-court merger (most of England, Australia, New York))
- Homophone: dour (cure-force merger; one pronunciation)
- Homophone: dough (non-rhotic with dough-door merger (AAVE, non-rhotic Southern accents))
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
door (plural doors)
- A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- (immigration) An entry point.
- (figuratively) A means of approach or access.
- Learning is the door to wisdom.
- (figuratively) A barrier.
- (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
Meronyms
- handle
- latch
- lock
Hyponyms
- front door
- sliding door
Derived terms
Related terms
Meronyms
Translations
See also
- gate
Verb
door (third-person singular simple present doors, present participle dooring, simple past and past participle doored)
- (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
Translations
Anagrams
- Rood, odor, ordo, rood
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do?r/
- Hyphenation: door
- Rhymes: -o?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch d?re, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.
Preposition
door
- through
- Hij schoot de bal door het raam.
- He kicked the ball through the window.
- Hij schoot de bal door het raam.
- across, around (within a certain space)
- Dolenthousiast rende het hondje door de kamer.
- Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.
- Dolenthousiast rende het hondje door de kamer.
- because of, due to
- Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen.
- Because of traffic jams I'm unable to arrive on time.
- Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen.
- by, by means of
- Hij vermeed een confrontatie door de andere kant op te lopen.
- He avoided a confrontation by walking the other way.
- Hij vermeed een confrontatie door de andere kant op te lopen.
Inflection
Synonyms
(because of):
- vanwege
Derived terms
Related terms
- door-
- door middel van
Descendants
- Afrikaans: deur
Adverb
door
- through
- forward, on
- Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest toch door.
- Despite bad weather, the party went on anyway.
- Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest toch door.
- (postpositional, directional) through (implying motion)
- Ik rijd nu de stad door.
- I'm now driving through the city.
- Ik rijd nu de stad door.
- (postpositional, spatial) across, around (within a certain space)
- Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamer door.
- Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.
- Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamer door.
- (postpositional, temporal) throughout, round (occurring all the time – constantly or frequently – within a certain time period)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: deur
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch dôre. Cognate to German Tor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
door m (plural doren)
- (now Southern, archaic) fool, moron
- 1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.), De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.
- Past ook op uwe ooren / Beter dan de doren!
- Synonyms: dwaas, nar, zot
- 1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.), De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.
Related terms
- dwaas
Anagrams
- oord, rood
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin dolor (“pain”), dol?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.?o?/
Noun
door f (plural doores)
- pain
- 13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:
- ? untou lle b? a chaga / ? perdeu Log a door. / ? po?? el a ?ua mão. / ben firme en ?eu logar
- And anointed well the wound / and soon the pain was gone. / And put his hand / very firmly in its place.
- ? untou lle b? a chaga / ? perdeu Log a door. / ? po?? el a ?ua mão. / ben firme en ?eu logar
- 13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:
Related terms
- doorida, doorido
- doorosa
Descendants
- Galician: dor
- Portuguese: dor
- Kabuverdianu: dór
Scots
Alternative forms
- dour
Etymology
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?w?r, from *d?wer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [du?r]
Noun
door (plural doors)
- door
Further reading
- “door” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Somali
Verb
door
- to choose
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arch
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ärch, IPA(key): /??t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??t??/
- (by analogy to arc, nonstandard) IPA(key): ((General American)) /???k/, ((Received Pronunciation)) /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”) (French arche), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- An inverted U shape.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- to pass into the arch of a bridge
- (archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- (anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “arch”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Verb
arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched)
- To form into an arch shape
- The cat arched its back
- To cover with an arch or arches.
Translations
Etymology 2
From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.
Adjective
arch (comparative archer, superlative archest)
- Knowing, clever, mischievous.
- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
- July 4, 1710, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 193
- [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
- Lassiter ended there with dry humor, yet behind that was meaning. Jane blushed and made arch eyes at him.
- Principal; primary.
Derived terms
- archly
- archness
Translations
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- (obsolete) A chief.
Related terms
- arc
Further reading
- arch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Char, Rach, char, rach
Czech
Noun
arch m inan
- sheet (in printing)
Declension
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Adjective
arch
- bad, depraved
- wrong, evil
- shameful
- bad, worthless, of low quality
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- erch
Derived terms
- argeren
Descendants
- Dutch: arg, erg
Etymology 2
Substantive form of the adjective arch.
Noun
arch n
- evil
- disaster, misfortune
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “arch (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “arch (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “arch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “arch (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arche
Etymology
From Old French arche.
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- arch
- arc
Descendants
- English: arch
References
- “arch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Welsh
Etymology
From the root of erchi (“to request”), from Proto-Celtic *?arsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pre?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?/
Noun
arch f
- request
Verb
arch
- second-person singular imperative of erchi
Mutation
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?/
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh arch, from Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca.
Noun
arch f (plural eirch)
- (obsolete) chest, coffer
- coffin (box for the dead)
- ark (large boat with a flat bottom)
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 6:13, 14:
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 6:13, 14:
Derived terms
- arch Noa (“Noah's Ark”)
- arch y Cyfamod (“Ark of the Covenant”)
- bwa'r arch (“rainbow”)
Etymology 2
Back-formation from erchi (“to seek, to ask for”).
Noun
arch f (plural eirchion)
- request, command
Derived terms
- archeb (“order”)
Etymology 3
Inflected form of erchi (“to seek, to ask for”).
Verb
arch
- second-person singular imperative of erchi
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “arch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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