different between juniper vs algum

English

Etymology

Late Middle English junyper, juniperus, from Latin i?niperus (“juniper-tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/, [?d??un??p?]
• Hyphenation: ju?ni?per

Noun

juniper (countable and uncountable, plural junipers)

1. Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
2. One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
3. (Britain, slang, archaic) Gin.
   • 1834, Young Hearts: A Novel by a Recluse. With a Preface by Miss Jane Porter (page 106)

     […] I said you didn't like them ere strong liquors, but if he warn't particular, I was sure you would pledge him in a glass of juniper, for I had always made you, since we had been man and vife^[sic], take a drop afore you went to market, to keep cold out.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Juniperites

Translations

Further reading

• juniper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

juniper

1. Alternative form of junyper

English

Alternative forms

• almug

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????????????? (algumím).

Noun

algum (uncountable)

1. (biblical) A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11), possibly juniper or red sandalwood.

Translations

Anagrams

• almug, glaum, mulga

Faroese

Noun

algum

1. indefinite dative plural of alga

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alg? (obsolete)
• alghum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese alg?u, from Vulgar Latin *alic?nus, from Latin aliquis + ?nus. Compare Spanish alguno, French aucun, Italian alcuno.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a?.???/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.???/, [ä??.???????]
• Rhymes: -?

Pronoun

algum m (feminine alguma, plural alguns, feminine plural algumas)

1. some, any

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:algum.

See also

• alguém