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routine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /?u??ti?n/
Noun
routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)
- A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
- Synonym: rut
- A set piece of an entertainer's act.
- (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
- Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine
Derived terms
- routiner
Translations
Adjective
routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)
- According to established procedure.
- Regular; habitual.
- Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
Derived terms
- routinely
Translations
Anagrams
- in route, in utero, tue-iron
French
Etymology
From French route (“road, route”), and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.tin/
Noun
routine f (plural routines)
- routine (all senses)
- (Louisiana, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish) road
Derived terms
- prendre sa routine à volonté
Descendants
Further reading
- “routine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ouïrent
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Noun
routine f (invariable)
- routine
- rut
Derived terms
- routinario
Anagrams
- rutenio, uterino
Further reading
- routine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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involuntary
English
Etymology
From in- +? voluntary, from Late Latin involontarius, from in + volontarius.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?v?l.?n?t?.?i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?v?l.?n.t?i/
- Hyphenation: in?vol?un?ta?ry
Adjective
involuntary (comparative more involuntary, superlative most involuntary)
- Without intention; unintentional.
- Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Synonyms
- (without intention): inadvertent, unintended; see also Thesaurus:unintentional
- (not voluntary): unbewised, unvoluntary; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
Derived terms
- involuntarily
- involuntariness
- involuntary manslaughter
Related terms
- volunteer
Translations
References
- involuntary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- involuntary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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