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kind
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?nd, IPA(key): /ka?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English kynde, kunde, cunde, icunde, from Old English cynd (“generation, kind, nature, race”), ?ecynd, from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, *gakundiz, related to *kunj?. Cognate with Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.
Alternative forms
- kinde, kynd, kynde (obsolete)
Noun
kind (plural kinds)
- A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
- (archaic) Family, lineage.
- (archaic) Manner.
- Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
- 1691, John Dryden, Prologue to King Arthur
- Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, / Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.
- 1691, John Dryden, Prologue to King Arthur
- Equivalent means used as response to an action.
- (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
Usage notes
In sense “goods or services” or “equivalent means”, used almost exclusively with “in” in expression in kind.
Synonyms
- genre
- sort
- type
- derivative
(1) and/or (2)
- generation
- offspring
- child
- See also Thesaurus:class
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English kinde, kunde, kende, from Old English cynde, ?ecynde (“innate, natural, native”), from Old English cynd, ?ecynd (“nature, kind”).
Alternative forms
- kinde (obsolete)
Adjective
kind (comparative kinder, superlative kindest)
- Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
- Affectionate.
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
- Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, / The love he bore to learning was in fault.
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
- Favorable.
- Mild, gentle, forgiving
- Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
- (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- ?et haue I no kynde knowing quod I · ?et mote ?e kenne me better.
- it becommeth sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind tast.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Kind in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- DINK, dink
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kind, from Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-Germanic *kind? (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?tóm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?nt/
Noun
kind (plural kinders)
- child
Anagrams
- dink
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énu- (“cheek”). Compare Swedish kind, Norwegian and Icelandic kinn, Low German and German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ken/, [k?en?]
Noun
kind c (singular definite kinden, plural indefinite kinder)
- cheek
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“offspring”), from Proto-Germanic *kind? (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), related to *?n?h?tós (“produced, given birth”), from *?enh?- (“to produce, to give birth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?nt/
- Hyphenation: kind
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
kind n (plural kinderen or kinders, diminutive kindje n or kindertje n or kindeken n or kindelijn n)
- child, kid, non-adult human
- descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age
- In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten
- In certain patriarchal traditions, children remain subject to unconditional paternal authority for life, as originally in Ancient Rome, in other ones a son ceases to be a child by founding his own family
- Synonyms: afstammeling, telg
- In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten
- (figuratively) product of influence, breeding etc.
Usage notes
- The normal plural is kinderen. The form kinders is heard colloquially, often also humorously.
- In compounds, the word can take the form kinder- or kind- as a tail. The former is used more often, however.
- The dimunitive kindelijn is now archaic, but can still be found in some fossilized songs and religious texts.
Derived terms
See also
- dochter
- zoon
- blaag
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kind
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, cognate with Latin g?ns (“clan, tribe”). The sense of “sheep” is derived from the compound sauðkind, literally “sheep-kind”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /c??nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
kind f
- (obsolete) race, kind, kin
- a sheep (especially a ewe)
- (dated) used as a term of disparagement for a girl (or woman)
Declension
Synonyms
- (sheep): rolla, sauðkind
Derived terms
- kindarlegur
- mannkind
- sauðkind
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kind f, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis. Akin to English kind.
Noun
kind m (definite singular kinden, indefinite plural kindar, definite plural kindane)
kind n (definite singular kindet, indefinite plural kind, definite plural kinda)
- a child in a cradle
References
- “kind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kinþiz. Compare Latin g?ns (“clan, tribe”).
Noun
kind f (genitive kindar, plural kindir or kindr)
- race, kind, kin
- creature, being
Declension
Derived terms
- mannkind
- sauðkind
Descendants
- Icelandic: kind f
References
- kind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kind (“child”).
Noun
kind n
- child
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: kind, kint, kynd
- Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
- German Low German: Kind
- ? Old Frisian: kind
- West Frisian: kyn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énu- (“cheek”). Compare Danish kind, Norwegian and Icelandic kinn, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd/
Noun
kind c
- (anatomy) cheek; a part of the face.
Declension
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kint
Noun
kind n (plural kinders)
- child
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model
English
Alternative forms
- modell
Etymology
From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/, [?m?.??]
- Homophone: mottle
- Hyphenation: mod?el
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Noun
model (plural models)
- A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- You have here the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
- A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
- A style, type, or design.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:model
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: model
Adjective
model (not comparable)
- Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
- 1932, Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
- 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
- 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
- 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
- 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
- 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
- It is as model as you can get.
- 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
- 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
- Synonym: ideal
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
Translations
Verb
model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (UK) modelling or (US) modeling, simple past and past participle (UK) modelled or (US) modeled)
- (transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model
- (transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model
- (transitive) to make a miniature model of
- (transitive) to create from a substance such as clay
- (intransitive) to make a model or models
- (intransitive) to be a model of any kind
Synonyms
- modelise, US modelize
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- model in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- model in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- model on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- LModE, molde
Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).
Noun
model m (indefinite plural modele, definite singular modeli, definite plural modelet)
- pattern
- example
- Synonyms: shembull, mostër
Declension
Derived terms
- modeloj
- modelim
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?d?l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?d?l/
Noun
model m (plural models)
- model
model m or f (plural models)
- model (person)
Related terms
- modelar
Further reading
- “model” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “model” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “model” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “model” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”),
Noun
model
- fashion model
- model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
- framework
- example
Verb
model
- to model
- to become or work as a fashion model
- to pose
Synonyms
- modelo
Etymology 2
From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).
Noun
model
- (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.
Usage notes
- Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From French modèle (“model”).
Noun
model
- model
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
Noun
model f
- genitive plural of modla
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo??d?l/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)
- model (type, design)
- model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
- model (simplified representation)
- model (miniature)
- model (prototype)
- shape, the proper arrangement of something
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: model
- ? Indonesian: model
- ? West Frisian: model
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
- Hyphenation: mo?dèl
Noun
model or modèl
- model,
- a style, type, or design.
- a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- a person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- (psychology) role model, a person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others
Affixations
Further reading
- “model” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
From French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, from Latin modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.d?l/
Noun
model m inan (diminutive modelik)
- model (miniature)
- Synonym: makieta
- model (simplified representation)
- model (style)
- Synonyms: fason, typ
- model (structural design)
- Synonyms: paradygmat, szablon, wzorzec, wzór
Declension
Noun
model m pers (feminine modelka)
- model (person who serves as a subject for artwork)
- model (person who serves as a subject for fashion)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) modelowa?, wymodelowa?
- (noun) modelownia
- (adjective) modelowy
Related terms
- (noun) modeling
- (adverb) modelowo
Further reading
- model in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- model in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Rhymes: -el
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model n (plural modele)
- a template
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Modell or French modèle, from Italian modello, from Latin modellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
mòdel m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
References
- “model” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French modèle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model (definite accusative modeli, plural modeller)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
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