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entry
English
Alternative forms
- entery (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intr?re, present active infinitive of intr?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n?tr?, IPA(key): /??nt?i/
- Rhymes: -?nt?i
- Hyphenation: en?try
Noun
entry (countable and uncountable, plural entries)
- The act of entering.
- (uncountable) Permission to enter.
- Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- (law) The act of taking possession.
- (insurance) The start of an insurance contract.
- (Midlands) A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
- (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
- The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- (music) The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- (hunting) The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory (page 311)
- Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would have fulfilled the late Earl Bathurst's dictum that breeders should always breed from hounds rather larger than those which they expect to put on.
- 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory (page 311)
Usage notes
Ambiguity Prevention
Synonyms
- (act of entering): access, enter, entrance
- (permission to enter): access, admission
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): entrance, ingang, way in (British)
- (passageway between terraced houses): See Thesaurus:alley
- (room just inside the front door of a building): See Thesaurus:entrance hall
- (group within a church):
- (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia): article, lemma, lexeme
- (record in a log): record
- (term in a matrix): element
- (item of data in a database):
Antonyms
- (act of entering): departure, exit, exiting, leaving
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): exit, way out (British)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Tyner, yrent
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arch
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ärch, IPA(key): /??t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??t??/
- (by analogy to arc, nonstandard) IPA(key): ((General American)) /???k/, ((Received Pronunciation)) /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”) (French arche), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- An inverted U shape.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- to pass into the arch of a bridge
- (archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- (anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “arch”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Verb
arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched)
- To form into an arch shape
- The cat arched its back
- To cover with an arch or arches.
Translations
Etymology 2
From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.
Adjective
arch (comparative archer, superlative archest)
- Knowing, clever, mischievous.
- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
- July 4, 1710, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 193
- [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
- Lassiter ended there with dry humor, yet behind that was meaning. Jane blushed and made arch eyes at him.
- Principal; primary.
Derived terms
- archly
- archness
Translations
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- (obsolete) A chief.
Related terms
- arc
Further reading
- arch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Char, Rach, char, rach
Czech
Noun
arch m inan
- sheet (in printing)
Declension
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Adjective
arch
- bad, depraved
- wrong, evil
- shameful
- bad, worthless, of low quality
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- erch
Derived terms
- argeren
Descendants
- Dutch: arg, erg
Etymology 2
Substantive form of the adjective arch.
Noun
arch n
- evil
- disaster, misfortune
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “arch (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “arch (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “arch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “arch (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arche
Etymology
From Old French arche.
Noun
arch (plural arches)
- arch
- arc
Descendants
- English: arch
References
- “arch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Welsh
Etymology
From the root of erchi (“to request”), from Proto-Celtic *?arsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pre?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?/
Noun
arch f
- request
Verb
arch
- second-person singular imperative of erchi
Mutation
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?/
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh arch, from Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca.
Noun
arch f (plural eirch)
- (obsolete) chest, coffer
- coffin (box for the dead)
- ark (large boat with a flat bottom)
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 6:13, 14:
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 6:13, 14:
Derived terms
- arch Noa (“Noah's Ark”)
- arch y Cyfamod (“Ark of the Covenant”)
- bwa'r arch (“rainbow”)
Etymology 2
Back-formation from erchi (“to seek, to ask for”).
Noun
arch f (plural eirchion)
- request, command
Derived terms
- archeb (“order”)
Etymology 3
Inflected form of erchi (“to seek, to ask for”).
Verb
arch
- second-person singular imperative of erchi
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “arch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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