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horde
English
Etymology
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian ???? (orda, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar ???? (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian ??? (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”), Kalmyk ???? (orda) and English Urdu.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?rd, IPA(key): /ho(?)?d/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophones: hoard, whored
Noun
horde (plural hordes)
- A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
- A large number of people or things.
- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, page Chapter IV
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)
- to travel en masse, to flock
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with hoard.
Anagrams
- Herod, Rhode, Rohde
Danish
Etymology
From German Horde.
Noun
horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)
- horde
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???rd?/
- Hyphenation: hor?de
- Rhymes: -?rd?
Etymology 1
Noun
horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)
- A horde
- A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs
Etymology 2
Noun
horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)
- A gross sieve
- A hurdle
Derived terms
- hordeloop
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
horde f (plural hordes)
- A horde
Further reading
- “horde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hord.
Noun
horde
- Alternative form of hord
Etymology 2
From Old English hordian.
Verb
horde
- Alternative form of horden
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Horde
Noun
horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)
- a horde
References
- “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Upper Sorbian
Adjective
horde
- inflection of hordy:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
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meeting
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?t??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mit??/, [?mi???]
- Rhymes: -i?t??
- Homophone: meting
Etymology 1
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English m?ting, ?em?ting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet +? -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.
Noun
meeting (countable and uncountable, plural meetings)
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- We need to have a meeting about that soon.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
- In a meeting with government officials, Moon noted that China was “much more advanced” than South Korea in rain-making technologies, his spokesman said.
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- What has the meeting decided.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
- (rural US, dated) A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 20:
- You use ta give a good meetin'. I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, p. 20:
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.
Usage notes
- When "meeting" is used to mean a Quaker administrative group, it is often qualified by an indication of how often the group holds regular business meetings, such as "monthly meeting", "quarterly meeting", or "yearly meeting". When the qualifier is omitted, the term is assumed to mean monthly meeting.
Synonyms
- assembly
- convocation
- gathering
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English metynge, metinde, metand, from Old English m?tende, *?em?tende, from Proto-Germanic *m?tijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *m?tijan? (“to meet”), equivalent to meet +? -ing.
Verb
meeting
- present participle of meet
Anagrams
- teeming
Czech
Alternative forms
- mítink
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mi?t??k]
Noun
meeting m
- meeting
Further reading
- meeting in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- meeting in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ti?/
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- large, public gathering (not used in other senses of "meeting")
- un meeting aérien
- an air show
- un meeting aérien
Further reading
- “meeting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi.tin?/, /?mi.tin/
- Hyphenation: mee?ting
Noun
meeting m (invariable)
- meeting (gathering of people for a purpose)
- Synonym: riunione
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mítingue (prescriptive)
Etymology
Borrowed from English meeting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Portugal) /?mi.t?.?(?)/, [?mi.t?.?(?)]
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.)
- Synonym: conferência
- meeting, gathering (a gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.)
- Synonym: encontro
- meet (a sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.)
- Synonym: prova
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mitin/, [?mi.t??n]
Noun
meeting m (plural meetings)
- meeting
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