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paragon
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman paragone, peragone, Middle French paragon, from Italian paragone (“comparison”) or Spanish parangón, from paragonare, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parakoná?, “I sharpen, whet”), from ???? (pará) +? ????? (akón?, “whetstone”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæ????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pæ?????n/, /?pæ?????n/, /?pæ????n/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
Noun
paragon (plural paragons)
- A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model
- 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal. [16th–19th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Comparison; competition. [16th–17th c.]
- (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]
- A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
Translations
Verb
paragon (third-person singular simple present paragons, present participle paragoning, simple past and past participle paragoned)
- To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
- To compare with; to equal; to rival.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- 1787, Richard Glover, The Athenaid
- To serve as a model for; to surpass.
- To be equal; to hold comparison.
Translations
Further reading
- paragon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- paragon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- paragon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?para?on]
Noun
paragon m
- A receipt, sales slip.
Synonyms
- stvrzenka
- ú?tenka
Further reading
- paragon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- paragon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Polish
Etymology
Mid 16th century: from obsolete French paragon, from Italian paragone (“touchstone to try good (gold) from bad”), from Byzantine Greek ???????? (parakón?, “whetstone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?ra.??n/
Noun
paragon m inan
- receipt (written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received)
Declension
Further reading
- paragon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- paragon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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criterion
English
Alternative forms
- criteria (nonstandard)
- criterium
Etymology
From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion, “a test, a means of judging”), from ?????? (krit?s, “judge”), from ????? (krín?, “to judge”); see critic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a??t???i.?n/, /k???t???i.?n/
- Rhymes: -??i?n
Noun
criterion (plural criteria)
- A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
Usage notes
- The plural form criterions also exists, but is much less common.
- The form criteria is sometimes used as a nonstandard singular form (as in a criteria, this criteria, and so on), with corresponding plural form criterias. In this use, it sometimes means “a single criterion”, sometimes “a set of criteria”.
Related terms
- criterial
- crisis
- critic
- criticize
- critical
Translations
Further reading
- criterion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- criterion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tricerion
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k???t???i?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k?i?t????i?n]
Noun
criterion n (genitive criteri?); second declension
- criterion
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Descendants
- ? Catalan: criteri
- ? Dutch: criterium
- ? English: criterion
- ? German: Kriterium
- ? Italian: criterio
- ? Spanish: criterio
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