different between quarterback vs macedonia

English

Etymology

From quarter +? back, in reference to position in front of the halfback position.

Noun

quarterback (plural quarterbacks)

1. (American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
2. (American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
3. (rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.

Translations

Verb

quarterback (third-person singular simple present quarterbacks, present participle quarterbacking, simple past and past participle quarterbacked)

1. (American football) To play the position of quarterback.
2. (by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.

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References

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English quarterback.

Noun

quarterback c (singular definite quarterbacken, plural indefinite quarterbacker or quarterbacks)

1. A quarterback.
   • 2015, Jeppe Dong Abrahamsen, “Super Bowl-vinder scorer kassen med klubskifte”

     et beløb kun de allerbedste quarterbacker kan hamle op med

     a sum with which only the very best quarterbacks can compete

   • 2015, Jeppe Dong Abrahamsen and Marie Louise Balling, “Tom Brady - Super Bowl-ringenes herre”

     Seks andre quarterbacker blev valgt før ham. Seks andre spillere blev valgt af Patriots inden ham.

     Six other quarterbacks were chosen before him. Six other players were chosen by Patriots before him.

   • 2009, Anders Henriksen, Arven efter Bush, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 81

     Cheney var quarterbacken på det lokale amerikanske fodboldhold, som endte med at gifte sig med den populære pige fra skolen, Lynne Vincent. En pige, der var statsmester i 'baton-twirling'.

     Cheney was the quarterback on the local American football team, who ended up marrying the popular girl on the school, Lynne Vincent. A girl, who was a state champion in 'baton-twirling'.

   • 2014, Lee Nichols, Haunting Emma #1: Hjemsøgt, Tellerup A/S ?ISBN

     Se, det er hvad man får ud af næsten at være en slags kærester med quarterbacken. På vej gennem æblehaven reciterede Harry et digt dedikeret til Natalies røv. Helt seriøst. Det var i terza rima, fortalte han os, med parrim.

     See, that's what you get from almost sort of dating the quarterback. Walking through the apple garden, Harry recited a poem dedicated to Natalie's arse. Seriously. It was in terza rima, he told us, with couplets.

   • 2014, Alison Roberts, Laura Iding, Brændende begær/Brud til enlig far, Förlaget Harlequin AB ?ISBN

     Det havde hun sidst gjort, da hun havde været 16 og forelsket i Steven Wade, quarterbacken på skolens fodboldhold, som ikke havde vidst, at skolens største bogorm overhovedet fandtes.

     The last time she had done that, she had been 16 and in love with Steven Wade, the quarterback on the school's football team, who had not known that the greatest bookworm of the school even existed.

   • 2012, Jimmi Willemoes Jensen, “Manning sætter All Star-rekord”

     Specielt når man ser på, hvor mange andre quarterbacker, der har haft store sæsoner i AFC, ...

     Especially when you observe how many other quarterbacks have had large seasons in AFC, ...

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English quarterback.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa?.t??.bak/

Noun

quarterback m (plural quarterbacks)

1. quarterback

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English quarterback.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa?te??bak/, [kwa?.t?e????ak]

Noun

quarterback m (plural quarterbacks)

1. quarterback

English

Noun

macedonia (plural macedonias)

1. (cooking) Alternative form of macédoine
   • 1991, New York Magazine (volume 24, number 50, page 94)

     Try the whole filet mignon, roast duckling, green lasagna, choucroute garni, Cornish hens, and the macedonia of fruit made each day.

Anagrams

• daemoniac, dæmoniac

Italian

Etymology

From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t??e?d?.nja/

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonie)

1. (cooking) fruit salad (often tinned)
2. (figuratively) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; a mishmash, medley

Derived terms

• parola macedonia (“portmanteau word”)

Further reading

• Macedonia di frutta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• demoniaca, emaciando

Spanish

Etymology

The sense “fruit salad” via French macédoine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ma?e?donja/, [ma.?e?ð?o.nja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mase?donja/, [ma.se?ð?o.nja]

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonias)

1. fruit salad
2. female equivalent of macedonio

Adjective

macedonia

1. feminine singular of macedonio

Further reading

• “macedonio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.