different between english vs samoa

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

< Samoa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mo?/, [?s??mo??]
• Rhymes: -?mo?
• Syllabification: sa?mo?a

Noun

samoa

1. Samoan (language)

Declension

Synonyms

• samoan kieli

Related terms

• samoalainen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mo??/, [?s??mo??(?)]
• Rhymes: -?mo?
• Syllabification: sa?mo?a

Verb

samoa

1. Indicative present connegative form of samota.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of samota.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of samota.

Anagrams

• Aamos