different between hedonist vs knut

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”) +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (United Kingdom) enPR: h?d?n?st, IPA^(key): /?h?d?n?st/
• (North America) enPR: h?d?n?st, IPA^(key): /?hi?d?n?st/
• Hyphenation: he?don?ist

Noun

hedonist (plural hedonists)

1. Someone devoted to hedonism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sensualist

Antonyms

• hedonophobe

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism, probably from French, English or German; ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”) +? -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.do??n?st/
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedonisten)

1. hedonist, adept and/or practitioner of hedonism, either the pursuit of pleasure or philosophical hedonism.

Derived terms

• hedonistisch

Related terms

• hedonisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French hédoniste

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedoni?ti)

1. hedonist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): hedònista

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xed?nist/
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist

Noun

hedònist m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. hedonist

Declension

References

• “hedonist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédoniste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hedonist]
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist

Noun

hedonist (definite accusative hedonisti, plural hedonistler)

1. hedonist

Declension

Synonyms

• hazc?

English

Noun

knut (plural knuts)

1. (archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town

   Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
   For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts...

Synonyms

• playboy
• hedonist

References

Anagrams

• tunk

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

knut f or m (plural knutten, diminutive knutje n)

1. gnat

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

knut m (definite singular knuten, indefinite plural knuter, definite plural knutene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by knute

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

knut m (definite singular knuten, indefinite plural knutar, definite plural knutane)

1. alternative form of knute

Polish

Etymology

From Russian ???? (knut), from Old East Slavic ????? (knut?), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knut/

Noun

knut m inan

1. knout (leather scourge)

   Synonyms: harap, nahajka

Declension

Derived terms

• knutowa?
• knutowy

Further reading

• knut in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• knut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Knute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knût/

Noun

kn?t m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. knout

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kn?ter from Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kn??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

knut c

1. knot; a looping of a piece of string
2. an exterior corner of a building

Usage notes

corner

In particular used about log cabins, but also generalized to small and medium sized buildings

Declension

Related terms

• knyta

References

• knut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)