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occasion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasionem (accusative of occasio), noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: oc?ca?sion
Noun
occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- The time when something happens.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
- Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]
- Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- after we have served ourselves and our own occasions
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- when my occasions took me into France
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A special event or function. [from 19th c.]
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Derived terms
- occasional
- on occasion
- rise to the occasion
Translations
Verb
occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)
- (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce
- it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occ?si?nem (accusative of occ?si?). Compare the inherited Old French ochoison, achaison (the latter being influenced by Latin acc?s?ti?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.ka.zj??/
Noun
occasion f (plural occasions)
- occasion, opportunity
- cause
- bargain, good deal
- secondhand or used item
Derived terms
Further reading
- “occasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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billet
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?b?l?t/
- Rhymes: -?l?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille +? -ette, from Latin bulla (“document”).
Noun
billet (plural billets)
- A short informal letter.
- A written order to quarter soldiers.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above.
Noun
billet (plural billets)
- A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
- 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 9 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- 17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults’ holiday home as officers’ billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940.
- 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 9 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
- (figuratively) Berth; position.
- 1897, Pall Mall Magazine
- His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.
- 1897, Pall Mall Magazine
Verb
billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or billetted)
- (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
- Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.
- (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
- (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English billet, bylet, belet, billette, from Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)).
Noun
billet (plural billets)
- (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
- A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
- (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
- (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
- (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
- A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
billet (plural billets)
- Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”)
Anagrams
- LIBlet, Litbel
Danish
Etymology
From French billet.
Noun
billet c (singular definite billetten, plural indefinite billetter)
- ticket (admission to entertainment, pass for transportation)
Inflection
Further reading
- “billet” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French billette, from Latin bulla. See French boulette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.j?/
Noun
billet m (plural billets)
- ticket
- note, a brief message
- (short for billet de banque) banknote
Derived terms
- distributeur de billets
Related terms
- billet de banque (bank note)
- billet-doux
- billette
- billetterie
- billetiste
Descendants
Further reading
- “billet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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