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levant
English
Etymology 1
Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??vænt/
Noun
levant (plural levants)
- A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Verb
levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)
- To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 16:
- In a mighty little time their husbands played them false and, taking whatever they could lay hands upon, levanted and left them in the lurch.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- He died of a Tuesday. Got the run. Levanted with the cash of a few ads.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 16:
Translations
Etymology 2
From French levant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?v?nt/
Adjective
levant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
- (law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
- (poetic) Eastern.
Anagrams
- -valent, valent, vental
French
Etymology
Participle adjective of lever (“to raise”). Corresponds to Latin lev?ns, lev?ntem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun; compare Italian levante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.v??/
Adjective
levant (feminine singular levante, masculine plural levants, feminine plural levantes)
- (of the moon, the sun, etc.) rising
Antonyms
- couchant
Noun
levant m (uncountable)
- the east, the orient
- Synonym: orient
- Antonyms: ponant, occident
Verb
levant
- present participle of lever
Derived terms
- Levant
Further reading
- “levant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lavent, valent
Latin
Verb
levant
- third-person plural present active indicative of lev?
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khamaseen
English
Etymology
The name is derived from the Egyptian Arabic ?????????? (?amas?n, “fifties”), from Arabic ?????????? (?am?s?n), plural of Arabic ????????? (?ams?n, “fifty”).
Noun
khamaseen (plural khamaseens)
- A cyclonic-type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
- According to the Turkish Calendar of Storms, a storm of three days, to be expected around February 1.
- An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
Translations
Anagrams
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