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figure
English
Etymology
From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin fig?ra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fing? (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ey??- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (teîkhos), Sanskrit ?????? (degdhi), Old English d?g (“dough”). More at dough. Doublet of figura.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??j?/, /?f???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f???/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?f???/, /?f??j?/
- Rhymes: -???(?), -??j?(?)
- Hyphenation: fig?ure
Noun
figure (plural figures)
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
- I made some figure there.
- 1770, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- gentlemen of the best figure in the county
- (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- that he may live in figure and indulgence
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A number, an amount.
- A shape.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- The muslin was of a pretty figure.
- Any complex dance moveW.
- A figure of speech.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- 1888, George Grove, Beethoven's Nine Symphonies: Analytical Essays
- Here, Beethoven limits the syncopations and modifications of rhythm which are so prominent in the first and third movements, and employs a rapid, busy, and most melodious figure in the Violins, which is irresistible in its gay and brilliant effect […]
- 1888, George Grove, Beethoven's Nine Symphonies: Analytical Essays
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
Derived terms
Related terms
- figurine
- figurative
- figuratively
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (figyua)
Translations
Verb
figure (third-person singular simple present figures, present participle figuring, simple past and past participle figured)
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
- 1698 , John Dryden, Epitaph of Mary Frampton
- As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen.
- 1698 , John Dryden, Epitaph of Mary Frampton
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- (music) To embellish.
Derived terms
- go figure
- prefigure
- figure on
- figure out (US)
Translations
Further reading
- figure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- figure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fig?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.?y?/
Noun
figure f (plural figures)
- face
- figure
Synonyms
- visage
Derived terms
Further reading
- “figure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
figure f
- plural of figura
Portuguese
Verb
figure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of figurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of figurar
- third-person singular negative imperative of figurar
- third-person singular imperative of figurar
Spanish
Verb
figure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of figurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of figurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of figurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of figurar.
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system
English
Etymology
From Middle French sisteme, systeme (modern French système (“system”)), or directly from its etymon Late Latin syst?ma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from ???- (sun-, prefix meaning ‘with, together’) + ?????? (híst?mi, “to stand”) (from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)) + -?? (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is cognate with Dutch systema, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?st?m/
- (General American) enPR: s?s?t?m, IPA(key): /?s?st?m/
- Hyphenation: sys?tem
Noun
system (plural systems)
- A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members. [from early 17th c.]
- Synonyms: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
- (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple (“the individual with multiple personalities due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder”) who contains them.
- (astronomy) A planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system
- A method or way of organizing or planning.
Usage notes
In attributive use, especially relating to computer systems, the plural is more common than the singular; one normally speaks of a systems engineer and not a system engineer.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shisutemu)
Translations
See also
- network
References
Further reading
- system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- stymes
Danish
Etymology
From late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “organised whole, body”), from ??? (sún, “with, together”) + ?????? (híst?mi, “I stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syste?m/, [sy?sd?e??m]
Noun
system n (singular definite systemet, plural indefinite systemer)
- system
Declension
See also
- system on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
- “system” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From English system
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sis.t?m/
- Homophone: système
Noun
system m (plural systems)
- Word used in star system.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)
Noun
system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system or systemer, definite plural systema or systemene)
- a system
Derived terms
References
- “system” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)
Noun
system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system, definite plural systema)
- a system
Derived terms
References
- “system” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French système, from Late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.st?m/
Noun
system m inan
- system (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)
- Synonym: uk?ad
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) systemowy
Related terms
- (noun) systematyczno??
- (adjective) systematyczny
- (adverbs) systematycznie, systemowo
Further reading
- system in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- system in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
system n
- a system, a way or method of organizing items and knowledge
- a computer system (primarily its hardware)
- a system of restricted sales of alcohol, including state-owned monopoly shops
Declension
Derived terms
References
- system in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- mysets
Welsh
Alternative forms
- sustem
Etymology
From English system.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?s??sd?m/, [?s??st?m]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?s?sd?m/, [?s?st?m]
Usage notes
Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in system is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sustem. Nevertheless, system is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, synthesis/sunthesis for similar examples.
Noun
system f (plural systemau, not mutable)
- system
- Synonym: cyfundrefn
Derived terms
- systematig (“systematic”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “system”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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