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put
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *p?tian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-Germanic *put?n? (“to stick, stab”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”). Compare also related Old English p?tan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”). Outside of Germanic possibly comparable to Sanskrit ????? (bundá, “arrow”).
Alternative forms
- putt (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: po?ot, IPA(key): /p?t/, [p???t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
put (third-person singular simple present puts, present participle putting, simple past put, past participle put or (UK dialectal) putten)
- To place something somewhere.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- (finance) To exercise a put option.
- To express something in a certain manner.
- 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter
- All this is ingeniously and ably put.
- 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter
- (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
- To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- To attach or attribute; to assign.
- (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- 1708-1710, George Berkeley, Philosophical Commentaries or Common-Place Book
- Put the perceptions and you put the mind.
- Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back. When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say.
- 1708-1710, George Berkeley, Philosophical Commentaries or Common-Place Book
- (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- 1722, Jonathan Swift, The Last Speech of Ebenezer Elliston
- These wretches put us upon all mischief.
- 1722, Jonathan Swift, The Last Speech of Ebenezer Elliston
- (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- putten
Noun
put (countable and uncountable, plural puts)
- (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
- c. 1900, Universal Cyclopaedia Entry for Stock-Exchange
- A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.
- c. 1900, Universal Cyclopaedia Entry for Stock-Exchange
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- (uncountable) An old card game.
Translations
See also
- Stock option on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- call
- option
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt, itself possibly borrowed from English butt (“stub, thicker end”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?t/
- Homophone: putt
Noun
put (plural puts)
- (obsolete) A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.
- 1733, James Bramston, "The Man of Taste":
- Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign,
- And of lost hospitality complain.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 244:
- The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 11:
- The Captain has a hearty contempt for his father, I can see, and calls him an old put, an old snob, an old chaw-bacon, and numberless other pretty names.
- 1870, Frederic Harrison, "The Romance of the Peerage: Lothair," Fortnightly Review:
- Any number of varlet to be had for a few ducats and what droll puts the citizens seem in it all!
- 1733, James Bramston, "The Man of Taste":
Etymology 3
Old French pute.
Noun
put (plural puts)
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
References
Anagrams
- PTU, TPU, UTP, tup
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch put, from Middle Dutch put, from Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus.
Noun
put (plural putte)
- well; pit
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?put/
- Rhymes: -ut
Verb
put
- third-person singular present indicative form of pudir
- second-person singular imperative form of pudir
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
- IPA(key): /?p?t/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch put, from Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus.
Noun
put m (plural putten, diminutive putje n)
- pit, well
- drain
Derived terms
- afvoerput
- beerput
- opvangput
- putjesschepper
- putlucht
- regenput
- waterput
Descendants
- Afrikaans: put
- ? Sranan Tongo: peti
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
put
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of putten
- imperative of putten
Finnish
Interjection
put
- (onomatopoeia) putt, imitating the sound of a low speed internal combustion engine, usually repeated at least twice: put, put.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py/
- Homophones: pu, pue, pues, puent, pus, pût
Verb
put
- third-person singular past historic of pouvoir
Kalasha
Noun
put
- Alternative spelling of putr
Latvian
Verb
put
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of put?t
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of put?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of put?t
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of put?t
Romanian
Verb
put
- first-person singular present indicative of pu?i
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pu?i
- third-person plural present indicative of pu?i
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Scots put (“push”). Ultimately from the root of English put.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?u?t?/
Verb
put (past phut, future putaidh, verbal noun putadh, past participle pute)
- push, shove
- jostle
- press
Derived terms
- put ann
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scots pout, from Middle English pulet (“a pullet”).
Noun
put m (genitive singular puta, plural putan)
- young grouse, pout (Lagopus lagopus)
Mutation
Etymology 3
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *p?to (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”), see also Sanskrit ??????? (budbuda, “bubble”).
Noun
put m (genitive singular puta, plural putan)
- (nautical) large buoy, float (generally of sheepskin, inflated)
- corpulent person; any bulging thing
- shovelful, sod, spadeful
- (medicine) bruised swelling
Mutation
References
- “put” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “put”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 284
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *p?t?, from Proto-Indo-European *ponth?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pû?t/
Noun
p?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- road
- way
- path
- trip, journey
- (figurative and idiomatic senses) method, means
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *pl?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pût/
Noun
p?t f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- complexion, skin hue, tan
- body as a totality of physical properties and sensitivities
Declension
Etymology 3
From p?t (“road, path, way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pû?t/
Preposition
p?t (Cyrillic spelling ????) (+ genitive case)
- to, toward
Etymology 4
From p?t (“road, path, way”).
Alternative forms
- (genitive plural) pút?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pû?t/
Adverb
p?t (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- time (with adjectives, ordinals and demonstratives indicating order in the sequence of actions or occurrences)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English foot.
Noun
put
- foot
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quarter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k(w)??t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k(w)??.t?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?ko?.t?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.
Noun
quarter (countable and uncountable, plural quarters)
- A fourth part of something.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. [from 14th c.]
- A quarter of an hour.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. [from 13th c.]
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. [from 14th c.]
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark 6:48
- And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark 6:48
- (now chiefly financial) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. [from 14th c.]
- A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. [from 15th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight. [from 15th c.]
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. [from 15th c.]
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. [from 19th c.]
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. [from 14th c.]
- Place or position.
- A region or place. [from 13th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- I am to haste, / And all who under me thir Banners wave, / Homeward with flying march where we possess / The Quarters of the North […] .
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. [from 14th c.]
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) Relations between people. [17th c.]
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning
- I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, […] and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. [from 17th c.]
- A region or place. [from 13th c.]
- Technical or specialized senses.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. [from 16th c.]
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. [from 16th c.]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80:
- I was one morning walking the deck, when Rogers, whose watch it was, sitting upon the quarter, called to me in his usual style, ‘Come here, Bill.’
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80:
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. [from 16th c.]
- Short forms.
- (now rare, rugby, American football) A quarterback. [from 19th c.]
- (military slang, now rare) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant. [from 20th c.]
- A quarterfinal. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
- (one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part, ¼
- (period of three consecutive months): trimester, cour
- (section of a town): district; ward; neighborhood; ghetto (pejorative); borough (New York City); capitoulate (Toulouse, historical)
Derived terms
Related terms
- quart
Translations
References
Adjective
quarter (not comparable)
- Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
- (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1?4, 25%).
- (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Antonyms
- quadruple
Usage notes
Often used in a combining form quarter-.
Derived terms
Verb
quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered)
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
Synonyms
- (to have a temporary residence): stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn
Antonyms
- quadruple (multiply by four)
Translations
See also
- draw and quarter
References
- Adjective
- "quarter" at Merriam-Webster
- "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 761
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French cartayer.
Verb
quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered)
- (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quartus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kw???te/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kw?r?te/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kwa??te?/
Noun
quarter m (plural quarters)
- fourth
- quarter
Synonyms
- quart
Derived terms
- esquarterar
Further reading
- “quarter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quarter” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “quarter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quarter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa?.t??/
Noun
quarter m (plural quarters)
- quarter (old measure of corn)
Further reading
- “quarter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- traquer
Middle English
Alternative forms
- quartre, quartier, wharter, quatere, quatter
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quarter.
Noun
quarter (plural quarters)
- quarter
Descendants
- English: quarter
- Yola: curthere, cortere
References
- “quart???r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
- quartier (chiefly mainland Europe)
Noun
quarter m (oblique plural quarters, nominative singular quarters, nominative plural quarter)
- (chiefly Anglo-Norman) quarter (one fourth)
References
- quarter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quartier, supplement)
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