different between lynx vs zenith

English

Etymology

From Middle English lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Replaced Old English lox as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ngks, IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Homophone: links
• Rhymes: -??ks

Noun

lynx (plural lynxes or lynx)

1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Hyphenation: lynx
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: links

Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

1. lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears.

Synonyms

• los (dated)

Derived terms

• Canadese lynx
• Europese lynx
• Iberische lynx
• pardellynx
• rode lynx
• Spaanse lynx
• woestijnlynx

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/

Noun

lynx m (plural lynx)

1. a lynx

Synonyms

• loup-cervier

Derived terms

• œil de lynx

Further reading

• “lynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lynks/, [l??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /links/, [li?ks]

Noun

lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension

1. A lynx

   Colla lyncum.

   The necks of the lynxes.

   • Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)

     Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens

     dulci laborem decipitur sono

     nec curat Orion leones

     aut timidos agitare lyncas

     Prometheus too and Pelops' sire

     In listening lose the sense of woe;

     Orion hearkens to the lyre,

     And lets the lynx and lion go.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Alternative forms

• linx, lenx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /links/, [li?ks]

Noun

lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)

1. lynx

Descendants

• English: lynx
• Scots: lynx (obsolete)

References

• “linx, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.

English

Etymology

From Middle English cenyth, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic ?????? (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form ????? ?????????? (samt ar-ra?s, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?z?n.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?zi.n??/

Noun

zenith (plural zeniths)

1. (astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

   Antonyms: nadir, perigee

   • 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique

   • 1671–1693: Rev. Thomas Jolly, private notebook; printed in: 1895, Henry Fishwick (editor), The Note Book of the Rev. Thomas Jolly: A.D. 1671–1693. Extracts from the Church Books of Altham and Wymondhouses, 1649–1725. And an Account of the Jolly Family of Standish, Gorton, and Altham, page 44

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XI, p. 180, [1]

2. (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
   • 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter II:

3. (by extension) Highest point or state; peak.

   Synonyms: acme, apogee, culmination, pinnacle

Antonyms

• antizenith

Derived terms

Related terms

• azimuth, nadir

Translations

Further reading

• zenith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Heintz, Hintze