different between informal vs doorstop
informal
English
Etymology
From in- +? formal.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?f??m(?)l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??m(?)l/
- Hyphenation: in?for?mal
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?l
Adjective
informal (comparative more informal, superlative most informal)
- Not formal or ceremonious.
- Not in accord with the usual regulations.
- Suited for everyday use.
- (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
- (horticulture) Not organized; not structured or planned.
Synonyms
- (not formal or ceremonious): casual
- (not in accord with the usual regulations): unofficial
- (suited for everyday use): casual
- (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage): colloquial
Antonyms
- formal
Derived terms
- informality
- informally
- semi-informal
Translations
Anagrams
- formalin
Catalan
Etymology
in- +? formal
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /im.fo??mal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.fur?mal/
Adjective
informal (masculine and feminine plural informals)
- informal
Derived terms
- informalment
Further reading
- “informal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Adjective
informal m or f (plural informais)
- informal
Antonyms
- formal
Derived terms
- informalmente
Further reading
- “informal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Adjective
informal m or f (plural informais, comparable)
- informal (not formal or ceremonious)
Further reading
- “informal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /info??mal/, [??.fo??mal]
Adjective
informal (plural informales)
- informal
- Antonym: formal
Derived terms
- falacia formal
- informalidad
- informalmente
Further reading
- “informal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
informal From the web:
- what informal means
- what informal qualifications exist for senators
- what informal language mean
- what informal speech
- what informal assessment
- what informal qualifications to be president
- what informal holiday is today
- what informal letter
doorstop
English
Alternative forms
- doorstopper
Etymology
door +? stop
Pronunciation
Noun
doorstop (plural doorstops)
- Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
- (humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
- 2010, Jack Hitt, Is Sarah Palin Porn?, Laura Flanders (editor), At The Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously, page 206,
- Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill.
- 2010, Jack Hitt, Is Sarah Palin Porn?, Laura Flanders (editor), At The Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously, page 206,
- (Britain) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
- (Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
- 2010, Anne Tiernan, Patrick Weller, Learning to Be a Minister: Heroic Expectations, Practical Realities, page 218,
- It was estimated, for example, that Treasurer Wayne Swan had given more than 250 interviews and doorstops by the end of his first year in office.
- 2010, Anne Tiernan, Patrick Weller, Learning to Be a Minister: Heroic Expectations, Practical Realities, page 218,
Translations
Anagrams
- doorpost
doorstop From the web:
- doorstep means
- what does doorstep mean
- doorstep bread
- what's a doorstop sandwich
- doorstep toast
- what are door stops filled with
- what does door stopper mean
- doorstep lending
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- informal vs doorstop
- politician vs doorstop
- interview vs doorstop
- sandwich vs doorstop
- book vs doorstop
- wall vs doorstop
- nonspiced vs nonsliced
- nonsliced vs nonspliced
- unsliced vs nonsliced
- derp vs twerp
- terp vs twerp
- twerp vs twerpy
- twerp vs twerpish
- twerp vs coot
- tragedized vs tragedizes
- fleck vs sleck
- pleck vs sleck
- sneck vs sleck
- slock vs sleck
- cleck vs sleck