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symbol
English
Etymology
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from ???????? (sumbáll?, “I throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from ??? (sún, “with, together”) + ????? (báll?, “I throw, put”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
- Hyphenation: sym?bol
- Homophone: cymbal
Noun
symbol (plural symbols)
- A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.
- (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
- A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- (obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- They do their work in the days of peace […] and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- (obsolete) Share; allotment.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- The persons who are to be judged […] shall all appear to receive their symbol.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- (programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
- (telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
Derived terms
- status symbol
- typographical symbol
Related terms
- symbolic
- symbolize
- symbolism
Translations
Verb
symbol (third-person singular simple present symbols, present participle symboling or symbolling, simple past and past participle symboled or symbolled)
- To symbolize.
Translations
See also
- punctuation
Further reading
- symbol in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- symbol in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Noun
symbol m
- symbol
Declension
Related terms
- symbolický
- symbolismus
Further reading
- symbol in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- symbol in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /symbo?l/, [sym?b?o??l]
- Rhymes: -o?l
Noun
symbol n (singular definite symbolet, plural indefinite symboler)
- symbol
Inflection
Derived terms
- statussymbol
Related terms
- symbolik
- symbolisere
- symbolisme
- symbolist
- symbolsk
Further reading
- symbol on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmbolon)
Noun
symbol n (definite singular symbolet, indefinite plural symbol or symboler, definite plural symbola or symbolene)
- a symbol
Derived terms
- statussymbol
- symbolisme
Related terms
- symbolisere
- symbolsk
References
- “symbol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súmbolon)
Noun
symbol n (definite singular symbolet, indefinite plural symbol, definite plural symbola)
- a symbol
Derived terms
- statussymbol
- symbolisme
Related terms
- symbolsk
References
- “symbol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French symbole, from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (súmbolon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m.b?l/
Noun
symbol m inan
- symbol
Declension
Derived terms
- (nouns) symbolika, symbolizm
- (adjective) symboliczny
- (verb) symbolizowa?
Further reading
- symbol in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- symbol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin symbolum, cognate with English symbol.
Pronunciation
Noun
symbol c
- symbol
Declension
Derived terms
References
- symbol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- symbol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
Alternative forms
- sumbol
Etymology
From English symbol, from French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?s??mb?l/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?s?mb?l/
Usage notes
Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in symbol is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sumbol. Nevertheless, symbol is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, synthesis/sunthesis, system/sustem for similar examples.
Noun
symbol m (plural symbolau, not mutable)
- symbol
Derived terms
- symbolaeth (“symbolism”)
- symbolaidd (“symbolic”)
- symboleiddio (“symbolise”)
- symbolwr (“symbolist”)
- symbolydd (“symbolist”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “symbol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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proof
English
Etymology
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.
Pronunciation
- (UK, Canada) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?u?f/
- (US) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?uf/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p???f/
- Rhymes: -u?f
Noun
proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- But the false Fox most kindly played his part,
- For whatsoever mother-wit or art
- Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,
- No counterpoint of cunning policy,
- No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.
- But he the same did to his purpose wring.
- c. 1633, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice, Act 1, Scene 1,
- France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,
- Yourself for horsemanship much famed; and there
- You shall have many proofs to shew your skill.
- 1831, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, Volume 2,
- A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- I'll have some proof.
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-Soul in Essays: First Series,
- It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence."
- 1990 October 16, Paul Simon, "Proof" in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.,
- Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun
- But proof, yes
- Proof is the bottom line for everyone
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (obsolete) Experience of something.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
Hyponyms
- artist's proof
- conditional proof
- printer's proof
- proof reader
- working proof
Derived terms
- burden of proof
- proof of concept
- prooflike
Related terms
- probe
- prove
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???? (pruf), ?????? (prúfy)
- ? Russian: ????????? (pruflínk, literally “proof + link”)
Translations
Adjective
proof (comparative more proof, superlative most proof)
- Used in proving or testing.
- Firm or successful in resisting.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- This was a good, ?tout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philo?ophick ?ynod.
- quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event
- The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proof (third-person singular simple present proofs, present participle proofing, simple past and past participle proofed)
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
- (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
Translations
Derived terms
- overproof
- proofing
- underproof
Further reading
- proof in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- proof in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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