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dwarf
English
Etymology
From Middle English dwerf, dwergh, dwerw, dwer?, from Old English dweorh, dweorg (“dwarf”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Cognate with Scots dwerch; Old High German twerc (German Zwerg); Old Norse dvergr (Swedish dvärg); Old Frisian dwirg (West Frisian dwerch); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg, Dwarch); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg).
The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: dwôrf, IPA(key): /dw??f/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dw??f/
- Rhymes: -??(?)f
Noun
dwarf (plural dwarfs or dwarves)
- (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
- (now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- Synonyms: midget, pygmy (imprecise)
- Antonyms: ettin, giant
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
- Synonym: runt
- (astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
Usage notes
At first, dwarfs was the common plural in English. After J. R. R. Tolkien used dwarves in his works, that form became the standard for the plural of the mythological beings. For a non-mythological dwarf (people with dwarfism, small plants, animals, planets, stars, etc.), dwarfs has remained the preferred plural form. The use of dwarf to describe people with short statures is presently considered to be offensive.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
dwarf (comparative dwarfer, superlative dwarfest)
- (especially in botany) Miniature.
Translations
Verb
dwarf (third-person singular simple present dwarfs, present participle dwarfing, simple past and past participle dwarfed)
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- Synonyms: miniaturize, shrink
- (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
- (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
- Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip
- (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
- Synonym: shrink
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk - into a race of beauties that seems almost another species
- 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry
Translations
Further reading
- Dwarf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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dachshund
English
Alternative forms
- dachshunde, dachshound
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) +? Hund (“dog”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??ks.?h?nd/, /?dæks.?h?nd/, /?dæk.s?nd/
- (US) enPR: /däks?-ho?ont'/, /d?ks?-ho?ond'/, IPA(key): /?d?ks.?h?nt/, /?dæks.?h?nd/, /?d?k.s?nd/
Noun
dachshund (plural dachshunds or dachshunde)
- A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
Synonyms
- sausage dog
- wiener dog
Translations
See also
- chondrodystrophic
- dwarf
- degenerative disk disease
Portuguese
Noun
dachshund m, f (plural dachshunds)
- dachshund (breed of dog)
- Synonym: bassê
Spanish
Noun
dachshund m (plural dachshunds)
- dachshund
dachshund From the web:
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- what dachshunds are bred for
- what dachshunds can't eat
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