different between english vs bevis

English

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle

Danish

Etymology

be- +? vis

Noun

bevis n (singular definite beviset, plural indefinite beviser)

1. proof

Declension

Derived terms

• bevisførelse
• bevismateriale

Related terms

• bevise

Verb

bevis

1. imperative of bevise

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Beweis

Noun

bevis n (definite singular beviset, indefinite plural bevis or beviser, definite plural bevisa or bevisene)

1. evidence, proof

Related terms

• bevise

Etymology 2

Verb

bevis

1. imperative of bevise

References

• “bevis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Beweis, via Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bevis n (definite singular beviset, indefinite plural bevis, definite plural bevisa)

1. evidence, proof

Synonyms

• prov

References

• “bevis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

bevis n

1. a proof (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth)

Declension