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English

Alternative forms

• Napoleon

Etymology

Borrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??p??l??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n??po?li.?n/, /n??po?ljn/, /n??po?lj?n/

  Rhymes: -??li?n

Noun

napoleon (plural napoleons)

1. (historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon.
2. (historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (Norton 2005 p.67)

     We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France.

3. (usually admiringly derogatory) A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability.
   • 1894, Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 260:

     He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.

   • 1896, J.S. Ogilvie, The Life and Speeches of William McKinley:

     He [sc. McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.

   • 1997, Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief.
4. (fashion, obsolete) Clipping of Napoleon boot: a form of topboot worn by officers during the Napoleonic Wars.
5. (historical weaponry) Clipping of Napoleon gun: a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.
6. (card games, uncountable) A 19th-century five-card trick-taking game simplified from euchre.
7. (card games, uncountable) Clipping of double napoleon: a form of patience.
8. (rare Britain horse racing slang, obsolete) Alternative form of nap: a horse to go nap on, a sure thing, a certain winner; a prediction of such a horse; a bet on such a horse.
9. Clipping of Napoleon bigarreau: a variety of the white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a variety of cherry tree bearing such fruit.
10. (food, originally US slang) Clipping of Napoleon cake: another name for a millefeuille pastry.
11. (alcoholic beverages, rare) Clipping of Napoleon brandy: any excellent brandy; a serving of such a brandy.
12. (pastries) A multi-layered stacked pastry

Synonyms

• (gold coin): louis, louis d'or, franc germinal
• (pastry): custard slice, vanilla slice, mille-feuille, millefeuille

Hyponyms

(stacked pastry):

• strawberry napoleon
• raspberry napoleon
• berry napoleon

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French napoléon. Named after Napoleon Bonaparte, whose image the coins originally bore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??po?.le?.?n/, /na??po?.li.?n/
• Hyphenation: na?po?le?on

Noun

napoleon m (plural napoleons)

1. (historical, numismatics) The 20-franc gold coin, the franc germinal, originally issued under Napoleon, but also used of subsequent gold coins of the same denomination.

Romanian

Etymology

From French napoléon

Noun

napoleon m (plural napoleoni)

1. napoleon (coin)

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ana

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (anna, “food, grain”), ??? (?n?), from Sanskrit ???? (anna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?/

  Rhymes: -æn?

Noun

anna (plural annas)

1. A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ¹?₁₆ rupee.

Translations

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Nana, anan, na-na, naan, nana

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n?/

Noun

anná f 

1. aunt

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Finnish

(index an)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n???/, [??n??(?)]
• Rhymes: -?n??
• Syllabification: an?na

Verb

anna

1. Indicative present connegative form of antaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of antaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of antaa.

Anagrams

• Nana, naan

Gothic

Romanization

anna

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/
• Rhymes: -an?a

Verb

anna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to manage, be able to do
2. (reflexive, with dative) to care for, see to

Conjugation

Related terms

• umönnun
• önn

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/

Verb

anna

1. indicative present connegative of antaa
2. second-person singular imperative present of antaa

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2]

Japanese

Romanization

anna

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Verb

ann?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ann?

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

anna

1. feminine singular of annen
2. neuter singular of annen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

anna

1. feminine singular of annan
2. neuter singular of annan

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ann-a

Verb

anna

1. to be able to do
2. to bring to completion

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ?nn

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ???? (anna, “food”)

Noun

anna n

1. food, especially boiled rice

Declension

Etymology 2

See ann?

Noun

anna

1. vocative singular of ann? (“mummy”)

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji anaa and Hadiyya anna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/

Noun

anna m (plural annuuwa f)

1. father

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82

Turkmen

Etymology

From Persian ????? âdine > adna > anna.

Noun

anna (definite accusative annany, plural annalar)

1. Friday