different between obelisk vs odalisque

English

Etymology

From Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (obelískos), diminutive of ?????? (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b?l?sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l?sk/, /??b?l?sk/

Noun

obelisk (plural obelisks)

1. (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]
2. (typography) Synonym of obelus
   1. (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ? or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
   2. A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.

Usage notes

Regarding sense 2, obelus was used in Middle English, but thereafter was displaced by obelisk until the 19th century when both words began to be used with equal regularity.

Alternative forms

• obelisc

Synonyms

• (architecture): aguilla, pylon, stela

Hypernyms

• (architecture): needle

Meronyms

• (architecture): pyramidion

Derived terms

• obeliscal
• obeliscoid, obeliskoid
• obelisklike

Translations

See also

• menhir
• pillar

Verb

obelisk (third-person singular simple present obelisks, present participle obelisking, simple past and past participle obelisked)

1. (entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.

References

Polish

Etymology

From French obélisque, from Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (obelískos), diminutive of ?????? (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?.l?isk/

Noun

obelisk m inan

1. (architecture) obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) obeliskowy

Further reading

• obelisk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• obelisk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob?lisk/
• Hyphenation: o?be?lisk

Noun

obèlisk m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. obelisk

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob?l?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

obelisk c

1. obelisk

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• odalisk

Etymology

Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish ???????? (odal?k, “chambermaid”), from ????? (oda, “room”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d(?)l?sk/, /??d(?)l?sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?dl?sk/, /o?dl?isk/

Noun

odalisque (plural odalisques)

1. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
2. A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

Antonyms

• virago

Translations

See also

• sultana

References

Anagrams

• odaliques

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???????? (odal?k, “chambermaid”), from ????? (oda, “room”).

Noun

odalisque f (plural odalisques)

1. (historical) odalisque

Descendants

• ? Catalan: odalisca
• ? Dutch: odalisk
• ? English: odalisque
• ? German: Odaliske
  • ? Hungarian: odaliszk
• ? Icelandic: ódalíska
• ? Italian: odalisca
• ? Portuguese: odalisca
• ? Russian: ????????? (odalíska)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ???????? (odaliska)
• ? Spanish: odalisca

Further reading

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