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ogle
English
Alternative forms
- oggle
- augle (Northern England)
Etymology
Probably from
- Dutch, from Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen (“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen (“to look at”), from oge (“eye”),
- or from Low German oegeln, frequentative of oegen (“to look at”), from Oog (“eye”).
Compare German äugeln (“to ogle”). More at eye, -le.
Pronunciation
- (UK): enPR: ??g?l, IPA(key): /?????l/ or (nonstandard, perhaps by analogy with goggle) enPR: ?g??l, IPA(key): /????l/
- (US): enPR: ??g?l, IPA(key): /?o???l/, /????l/
- Rhymes: -????l, -???l
Verb
ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
Translations
Noun
ogle (plural ogles)
- An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- Goel, LEGO, Lego, Loge, goel, lego, loge
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal forms) oglis
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *an?glís, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l? (“coal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ùo?l?]
Noun
ogle f (5th declension)
- charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)
- (syn. akme?ogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)
Declension
Derived terms
- akme?ogle
- ogleklis
References
Slovene
Noun
ógle
- accusative plural of ogel
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observe
English
Etymology
From Middle French observer, from Old French [Term?], from Latin observare (“to watch, note, mark, heed, guard, keep, pay attention to, regard, comply with, etc.”), from ob (“before”) + servare (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serw- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????? (sarwa, “weapons, armour”), Old English searu (“device, design, contrivance, art, cunning, craft, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, ambush, treachery, plot, trick, snare, ambuscade, cleverness, machine, engine, fabric, armor, equipment, arms”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??v/, (rare) /?b?z??v/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: ?b-zûrv?, IPA(key): /?b?z?v/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
- Hyphenation: ob?serve
Verb
observe (third-person singular simple present observes, present participle observing, simple past and past participle observed)
- (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- “One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
- (transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
- Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
- 2020 (March 7), Jackie Dunham, "Daylight time: How to get enough sleep when the clocks spring forward, CTV News:
- On Sunday, most of Canada will observe daylight time and spring forward an hour in order to reflect the increasing sunlight.
- (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Synonyms
- (follow a custom): celebrate
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- observe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- observe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- obverse, verbose
French
Verb
observe
- first-person singular present indicative of observer
- third-person singular present indicative of observer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of observer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observer
- second-person singular imperative of observer
Portuguese
Verb
observe
- first-person singular present subjunctive of observar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observar
- first-person singular imperative of observar
- third-person singular imperative of observar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ob?serve]
Verb
observe
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observa
- third-person plural present subjunctive of observa
Spanish
Verb
observe
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of observar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of observar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of observar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of observar.
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