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English

Noun

humors

1. plural of humor

Verb

humors

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humor

Anagrams

• mohurs

Danish

Noun

humors

1. indefinite genitive singular of humor

Latgalian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin humor, via or akin to Latvian humors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xum?rs/

Noun

humors m

1. humour

Declension

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 12

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin umor (“moisture”), from the ancient theory that the moods and dispositions of the human psyche were related to bodily fluids.

Pronunciation

Noun

humors m (1st declension)

1. humor (good-natured, playful attitude; the capacity to recognize and understand what is funny or comical)

2. humor (that which is funny; a funny situation or anecdote)

Declension

Derived terms

• humorists, humoriste
• humoristisks

Swedish

Noun

humors

1. indefinite genitive singular of humor

Anagrams

• husmor

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin d?r?v?ti?, d?r?v?ti?nem.Morphologically derive +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.???ve?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog