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savage
English
Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sæv?d?/
- Rhymes: -æv?d?
- Hyphenation: sav?age
Adjective
savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)
- Wild; not cultivated.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- Fierce and ferocious.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- - I'll see you in detention.
- Ah, savage!
- - I'll see you in detention.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Synonyms: wicked; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- (heraldry) Nude; naked.
Related terms
- sylvan (see for more terms)
Translations
Noun
savage (plural savages)
- (derogatory) A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
- (figuratively) A defiant person.
Alternative forms
- salvage
Translations
Verb
savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
- (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
- Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Translations
Anagrams
- agaves
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sauvage, saveage, salvage
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French savage, from Late Latin salv?ticus, from Latin silv?ticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?va?d?(?)/, /sa?vau?d?(?)/
Adjective
savage
- savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive
- wild, untamed, harsh
- mighty, strong, powerful
- ferocious, angry, attacking, opposed
- (rare) demented, crazy, insane
- (rare) ill-thought, ill-advised
Derived terms
- savagyne
Descendants
- English: savage
- Scots: savage
References
- “sav??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.
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alien
English
Alternative forms
- alyaunte (15th-16th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus (“belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos. Related to English else.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.li.?n/
Noun
alien (plural aliens)
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- A foreigner residing in a country.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
Synonyms
- (person, etc. from outside): fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal), guest, stranger
- (foreigner): outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
- (life form of extraterrestrial origin): See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- An alien sound of melancholy.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.
Synonyms
- allotrious
Translations
Verb
alien (third-person singular simple present aliens, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened)
- (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
- (law) To transfer the ownership of something.
Alternative forms
- aliene
Anagrams
- A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, aline, anile, elain, laine, liane, linea
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??li.?n/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?li.en/
Verb
alien
- third-person plural present indicative form of aliar
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin ali?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.li.?n/
- Hyphenation: ali?en
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- An alien, an extraterrestrial.
- Synonym: ruimtewezen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lj?n/
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- alien (extraterrestrial)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus. Some forms (chiefly nominal) show assimilation to the suffix -ant.
Alternative forms
- alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?li???n/, /?a?li?n/, /?a?li?n/
- (with assimilation) IPA(key): /?a?liant/, /?a?liau?nt/
Noun
alien (plural aliens)
- An outsider or foreign person, especially if resident in one's nation.
- One who is alien in some other way (e.g. religion, family)
- (rare) An unlawful occupier or possessor of land.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
References
- “?li??n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
Adjective
alien (plural and weak singular aliene)
- Outside, alien, foreign; from or relating to another nation.
- Religiously outside; heretical, erring; of false religion or morals.
- Distant, isolated, secure, away (from something)
- (rare) Under the authority of other nation's religious institutions.
- (rare) Not relating to or of oneself; not natural (to one's body).
- (rare) Bizarre, weird, exotic.
Descendants
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
References
- “?li?n, ?lien, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
Etymology 2
From Old French alier.
Verb
alien
- Alternative form of allien
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ali?nus.
Adjective
alien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aliene)
- alien; foreign; non-native
- 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525
- alienes terres
- foreign lands
- alienes terres
- 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525
Declension
Noun
alien m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien)
- alien (a non-native)
Declension
Descendants
- ? Middle English: alien, alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
Portuguese
Etymology
From English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”), from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus (“foreign”), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos. Doublet of alheio.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?a.li.?j?/
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- alien; extraterrestrial life form
- Synonyms: alienígena, ET, extraterrestre
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