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drove
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d???v/
- Rhymes: -??v
- (General American) IPA: /d?o?v/
- (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) IPA(key): /d??o?v/ (Used in some regions of the US, particularly the Midwest)
Etymology 1
From Middle English drove, drof, draf, from Old English dr?f (“action of driving; a driving out, expulsion; drove, herd, band; company, band; road along which cattle are driven”), from Proto-Germanic *draib? (“a drive, push, movement, drove”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reyb?- (“to drive, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to support”). Cognate with Scots drave, dreef (“drove, crowd”), Dutch dreef (“a walkway, wide road with trees, drove”), Middle High German treip (“a drove”), Swedish drev (“a drive, drove”), Icelandic dreif (“a scattering, distribution”). More at drive.
Noun
drove (plural droves)
- A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- (usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
Derived terms
- in droves
Translations
Etymology 2
From earlier drave, from Middle English drave, draf, from Old English dr?f, first and third person singular indicative preterite of dr?fan (“to drive”).
Verb
drove
- simple past tense of drive
drove (third-person singular simple present droves, present participle droving, simple past and past participle droved)
- To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Devor, Dover, Dovre, Voder, roved, vedro, vored
Middle English
Adjective
drove
- Alternative form of drof
drove From the web:
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legion
English
Etymology
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legi?, legionem, from leg? (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.
Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d??n/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Adjective
legion (not comparable)
- Numerous; vast; very great in number
- Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous
Translations
Noun
legion (plural legions)
- (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
- Meronyms: cohort, maniple, century
- (military, obsolete) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
- Coordinate terms: combat team, regimental combat team, brigade combat team
- (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
- (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
- A large number of people; a multitude.
- Synonyms: host, mass, multitude, sea, throng
- (often plural) A great number.
- (dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
Coordinate terms
- (military unit): fireteam, section, troop, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, corps, wing, army, army group
Related terms
- legionary
- legionnaire
Derived terms
- superlegion
- sublegion
- infralegion
Translations
Verb
legion (third-person singular simple present legions, present participle legioning, simple past and past participle legioned)
- (transitive) To form into legions.
Quotations
Further reading
- Roman legion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (taxonomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (demons) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion in popular culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- eloign, longie, ogle-in
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c (singular definite legionen, plural indefinite legioner)
- legion
Declension
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??ion/
- Hyphenation: le?gi?on
- Rhymes: -ion
Noun
legion
- accusative singular of legio
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??jõ?/
Noun
legion f (plural legions)
- (military) legion
Descendants
- French: légion
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legioner, definite plural legionene)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legionar, definite plural legionane)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???.j?n/
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
legion m inan
- legion
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c
- legion
Declension
Anagrams
- logien
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