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eagle
English
Etymology
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i???l/
- Rhymes: -i???l
Noun
eagle (plural eagles)
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- Synonyms: erne, broadwing
- (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
Coordinate terms
(golf):
- buzzard
- bogey
- par
- birdie
- albatross
- condor
- ostrich
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (13th-c. counterfeit coin):
- pollard
- rosary
- mitre
- leonine
- scalding
- crockard
- steeping
Verb
eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
- (golf) To score an eagle.
Translations
Further reading
- Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Aegle, aglee
Danish
Etymology
From English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?i???l]
Noun
eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)
- (golf) eagle (two under par)
References
- “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?l/
Noun
eagle m (plural eagles)
- (golf) eagle
Coordinate terms
- bogey
- birdie
- albatros
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glede
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Etymology 1
From Old English gl?d. More at gleed.
Alternative forms
- gleed
Noun
glede (plural gledes)
- A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface.
- 1937: His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes. — JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water]
- 1955: It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it. — JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond]
Etymology 2
From Old English glida, akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide.
Noun
glede (plural gledes)
- Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
Translations
Anagrams
- degel, edgel, gleed, ledge, leged
Dutch
Verb
glede
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of glijden
Anagrams
- gelde, gleed, legde
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði.
Noun
glede f or m (definite singular gleda or gleden, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
- happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure
References
- “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði.
Noun
glede f (definite singular gleda, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
- happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure
References
- “glede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lêde/
- Hyphenation: gle?de
Adverb
gl?de (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (with genitive) as regards, concerning
glede From the web:
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