different between remnant vs obelisk

English

Alternative forms

• remnaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remane?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mn?nt/
• Hyphenation: rem?nant

Noun

remnant (plural remnants)

1. The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
2. The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.

   Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.

3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Synonyms

• (small remaining portion): relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• (unsold end of piece goods): remains

Derived terms

• nova remnant
• supernova remnant

Related terms

• remain
• remanent

Translations

Adjective

remnant (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Remaining; still left.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.

   • 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure

     And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

Further reading

• remnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• remnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• remnant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• manrent

English

Etymology

From Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (obelískos), diminutive of ?????? (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b?l?sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l?sk/, /??b?l?sk/

Noun

obelisk (plural obelisks)

1. (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]
2. (typography) Synonym of obelus
   1. (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ? or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
   2. A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.

Usage notes

Regarding sense 2, obelus was used in Middle English, but thereafter was displaced by obelisk until the 19th century when both words began to be used with equal regularity.

Alternative forms

• obelisc

Synonyms

• (architecture): aguilla, pylon, stela

Hypernyms

• (architecture): needle

Meronyms

• (architecture): pyramidion

Derived terms

• obeliscal
• obeliscoid, obeliskoid
• obelisklike

Translations

See also

• menhir
• pillar

Verb

obelisk (third-person singular simple present obelisks, present participle obelisking, simple past and past participle obelisked)

1. (entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.

References

Polish

Etymology

From French obélisque, from Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (obelískos), diminutive of ?????? (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?.l?isk/

Noun

obelisk m inan

1. (architecture) obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) obeliskowy

Further reading

• obelisk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• obelisk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob?lisk/
• Hyphenation: o?be?lisk

Noun

obèlisk m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. obelisk

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob?l?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

obelisk c

1. obelisk

Declension