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proverb
English
Etymology
From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??v??b/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???v??b/
Noun
proverb (plural proverbs)
- A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
- A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
- His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
- A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
- Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations.
- A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Synonyms
- (phrase expressing a basic truth): adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, saying, sententia
- See also Thesaurus:saying
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proverb (third-person singular simple present proverbs, present participle proverbing, simple past and past participle proverbed)
- To write or utter proverbs.
- To name in, or as, a proverb.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205:
- Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205:
- To provide with a proverb.
See also
- Category:English proverbs
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin proverbium, French proverbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro?verb/
Noun
proverb n (plural proverbe)
- saying, proverb, maxim
- (dated) proverb (drama exemplifying a proverb)
Declension
Synonyms
- (saying): parimie, zical?, zic?toare
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preverb
English
Etymology
pre- +? verb
Noun
preverb (plural preverbs)
- (grammar) Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.
- (grammar) A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages.
- (grammar) In the context of Indo-European languages, this term is usually used for separable verb prefixes.
Translations
See also
- coverb
Anagrams
- perverb
Romanian
Etymology
From French préverbe.
Noun
preverb n (plural preverbe)
- preverb
Declension
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