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ordinary
English
Alternative forms
- ordinarie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ?rdin?rius (“regular, orderly”), from ?rd? (“order”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???d?n??i/, /???d?n?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /???d?n??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???d?n?(?)?i/
- Hyphenation: or?di?na?ry, or?din?ary
Noun
ordinary (plural ordinaries)
- A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
- (ecclesiastical, law) A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct. [15th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post. [16th–19th c.]
- 1819, Lord Byron, Letter, 15 May:
- I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Letter, 15 May:
- (Christianity) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass. [from 16th c.]
- (law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation. [from 17th c.]
- (now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 811:
- ‘He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him.’
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 811:
- Something ordinary or regular.
- (obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance. [15th–19th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment. [from 16th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:
- In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […] .
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 169:
- Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:
- (now archaic, historical) A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. [from 16th c.]
- , II.2.4, 1847, page 315,
- We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad? […] as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue, The Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 2, page 288,
- Thus furnished, they come up to town, reckon all their errors for accomplishments, borrow the newest set of phrases ; and if they take a pen into their hands, all the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as flowers of style.
- 1899, Bancroft, Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (editors), The Universal Anthology, page 320,
- He enjoyed a perpetual port duty of fourteen pence a ton, on vessels not owned in the province, yielding not far from five thousand dollars a year; and he exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p.1,
- it hath been usual with the honest and well-meaning host to provide a bill of fare which all persons may peruse at their first entrance into the house; and having thence acquainted themselves with the entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other ordinary better accommodated to their taste.
- , II.2.4, 1847, page 315,
- (heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. [from 16th c.]
- An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace. [from 16th c.]
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- Spain had no other wars save those of the Low Countries, which were grown into an ordinary
- water-buckets, waggons, cart-wheels, plough-socks, shuttles, candlesticks, and other ordinaries
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (now Scotland, Ireland) The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action. [from 16th c.]
- 1622, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5, 1800, The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8, page 287,
- I ?ee no more in you than in the ordinary / Of nature's ?alework.
- 1622, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5, 1800, The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8, page 287,
- (now historical) A penny-farthing bicycle. [from 19th c.]
Translations
Adjective
ordinary (comparative more ordinary, superlative most ordinary)
- (law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
- a. 1719, Joseph Addison, 1741, The Works of the Late Honourable Joseph Addison, E?q., Volume 3, page 545,
- Method is not le?s requi?ite in ordinary conver?ation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make him?elf under?tood.
- a. 1719, Joseph Addison, 1741, The Works of the Late Honourable Joseph Addison, E?q., Volume 3, page 545,
- Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
- a. 1859, Thomas Macaulay, "Samuel Johnson," in 1871, Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan, editor), The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 7, page 325,
- An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way: but much that was dull to ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel.
- a. 1859, Thomas Macaulay, "Samuel Johnson," in 1871, Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan, editor), The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 7, page 325,
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.
- 1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480,
- It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.
- 1961, Joanna White, quoted in 2005, A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Ten Pound Poms: Australia?s Invisible Migrants, page 80,
- For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I?d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn?t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.
- 2007, Chris Viner-Smith, Australia?s Forgotten Frontier: The Unsung Police Who Held Our PNG Front Line, page 28,
- Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on.
- 2010, Mal Bryce, Australia's First Online Community Ipswich Queensland, page 125,
- Since the general public gained access to the Internet in 1993-4, firstly by narrowband dial-up access and since 1998 by very ordinary, so-called broadband speeds (generally less than 1 Mbps), a social and cultural revolution has been underway.
- 1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480,
Antonyms
- (having no special characteristics): extraordinary, special
Derived terms
- ordinarily, ordinariness
- ordinary differential equation, ordinary number, ordinary seaman
- in ordinary
- out of the ordinary
Translations
Further reading
- "ordinary" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 225.
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slang
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sl?ng, IPA(key): /slæ?/
- (US, pre-/?/ tensing) enPR: sl?ng, IPA(key): /sle??/
- Rhymes: -æ?, -e??
Etymology 1
1756, meaning "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves", origin unknown. Possibly derived from a North Germanic source, related to Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”), slengja kjeften (“to abuse verbally”, literally “to sling one's jaw”), related to Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”), Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”). Not believed to be connected with language or lingo.
Noun
slang (countable and uncountable, plural slangs)
- Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
- Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
- The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
- (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
- (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
Synonyms
- (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, dialect, cant
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Dutch: slang
- ? Hebrew: ???????? (sleng)
Translations
Verb
slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)
- (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2007, p. 26,
- Also, he had to keep his temper when he was slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 130]:
- Stephen feared that he would yell louder, and was hostile. But they made friends and treated each other, and slanged the proprietor and ragged the pretty girls …
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2007, p. 26,
See also
- Category:English slang
Etymology 2
Verb
slang
- (archaic) simple past tense of sling
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- slanket
Noun
slang (plural slangs)
- (Britain, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
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Etymology 4
Compare sling.
Noun
slang (plural slangs)
- (Britain, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
- (Britain, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.
- (Britain, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
- (Britain, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.
- (Britain, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.
Further reading
- slang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- slang in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- slang at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 5
The same as sling which is also used in this sense. The vowel exhibits the lowering of /?/ before /?/ distinguishing for African American Vernacular English, as in thang for thing, but the word has spread with this pronunciation outside the accents that exhibit this feature.
Verb
slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
Anagrams
- glans, langs
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch slang (“snake, serpent”), from Middle Dutch slange (“snake, serpent”), from Old Dutch slango (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sl??]
Noun
slang (plural slange)
- snake; serpent
- 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:
- Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin.
- The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.
- Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin.
- 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:
Related terms
- grootslang
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English slang. A misnomer.
Noun
slang
- (colloquial, informal) twang, foreign accent
Adjective
slang
- (colloquial, informal) (usually of English speakers) Having a regional or foreign accent.
Czech
Noun
slang m
- slang
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English slang.
Noun
slang c (singular definite slangen or slanget, not used in plural form)
- Language outside of conventional usage, slang.
Inflection
Derived terms
- slangord
- slangordbog
- slangudtryk
Etymology 2
See slange.
Verb
slang
- imperative of slange
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl??/
- Hyphenation: slang
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
slang f (plural slangen, diminutive slangetje n)
- snake, squamate of the suborder Serpentes
- Synonym: serpent
- Hypernym: reptiel
- hose (flexible tube)
Hyponyms
- adder
- boa
- boomslang
- cobra
- gifslang
- python
- ratelslang
- wurgslang
- zeeslang
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: slang
- ? Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl??/
- Hyphenation: slang
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
slang n (plural slangs, diminutive slangetje n)
- language outside the conventional register specific to a social group, slang
Anagrams
- glans, langs
French
Etymology
From English slang
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla??/
Noun
slang m (plural slangs)
- English slang
- Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation.
See also
- argot
Further reading
- “slang” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s(?)la?/
Etymology 1
From Dutch slang (“snake, hose”), from Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Noun
slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)
- hose (flexible tube).
Etymology 2
From English slang.
Noun
slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)
- (linguistic) slang, unconventional language.
Further reading
- “slang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Limburgish
Etymology 1
From Dutch slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sl??(?)]
Noun
slang f
- hose (flexible tube)
Inflection
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from English slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slæ?(?)]
Noun
slang f
- slang
Inflection
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From English slang
Noun
slang m (definite singular slangen)
- slang (non-standard informal language)
Related terms
- sjargong
Etymology 2
Verb
slang
- imperative of slange
References
- “slang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English slang
Noun
slang m (definite singular slangen)
- slang (non-standard informal language)
Related terms
- sjargong
References
- “slang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slank/
Noun
slang m inan
- slang (jargon or cant)
Declension
Derived terms
- slangowy
- slangowo
Further reading
- slang in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slen?/
Noun
slang n (plural slanguri)
- slang
Declension
Synonyms
- argou
Swedish
Noun
slang c
- hose, tube, flexible pipe
- (uncountable) slang (language)
Declension
Anagrams
- glans
Tagalog
Noun
slang
- (colloquial, informal) A thick foreign accent in English.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *slanga, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla?/
Noun
slang c (plural slangen, diminutive slankje)
- snake
Alternative forms
- slange
Further reading
- “slang”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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