different between quotidian vs equinox

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cott?di?nus, qu?t?di?nus (“happening every day”), from adverb cott?di?, qu?t?di? (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of di?s (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kw??t?d??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kw??t?d??n/

Adjective

quotidian (comparative more quotidian, superlative most quotidian)

1. (medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc). [from 14th c.]
2. Happening every day; daily. [from 15th c.]
3. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary, mundane. [from 15th c.]

Translations

Noun

quotidian (plural quotidians)

1. (medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.]
2. (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. [from 16th c.]
3. (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Interlingua

Adjective

quotidian (comparative plus quotidian, superlative le plus quotidian)

1. daily

Derived terms

• quotidianmente

English

Alternative forms

• æquinox (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French equinoce (French équinoxe), from Medieval Latin equinoxium, from Latin aequinoctium, from aequus (“equal”) + nox (“night”). Replaced Old English efenniht (Modern English evennight).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kw??noks/, /?i?kw??n?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?kw??n??ks/

Noun

equinox (plural equinoxes or equinoctes)

1. (astronomy) The intersection of the apparent path of the sun in the sky (the ecliptic) with the celestial equator.
2. One of the two days on which this intersection occurs each year: (for the Northern hemisphere) March 20 or 21 in the spring and September 22 or 23 in the autumn.

Hyponyms

• autumn equinox
• autumnal equinox
• March equinox
• September equinox
• spring equinox
• vernal equinox

Coordinate terms

• solstice

Derived terms

• (adj, archaic) equinoxial
• northward equinox
• precession of the equinoxes
• southward equinox

Related terms

• (adj) equinoctial, equinoctal
• interequinoctial

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French équinoxe, from Latin aequinoctium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.k(?)i?n?ks/
• Hyphenation: equi?nox
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

equinox m (plural equinoxen)

1. equinox

   Synonyms: dag-en-nachtevening, equinoctium, nachtevening

Derived terms

• equinoxiaal