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texas
English
Etymology
From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?k.s?s/
- Rhymes: -?ks?s
- Hyphenation: tex?as
Noun
texas (plural texases)
- The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
- 1866, New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)
- She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers.
- 1866, New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)
Anagrams
- taxes
Ido
Verb
texas
- present of texar
Latin
Verb
tex?s
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of tex?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English Texas.
Noun
texas
- (slang) crazy, wild.
- 2017, Jean-Louis Adorsen, Høstmørke, adorsen (e-publ.), ?ISBN.
- 2017, Jean-Louis Adorsen, Høstmørke, adorsen (e-publ.), ?ISBN.
Usage notes
Often used in the phrase det var helt texas, meaning "it was totally/absolutely/completely crazy/wild".
References
- “texas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “texas” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English Texas.
Noun
texas
- (slang) crazy, wild.
References
- “texas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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chico
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish chico.
Noun
chico (plural chicos)
- (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.
Noun
chico (plural chicos)
- The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influded by chico.
Noun
chico (plural chicos)
- (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
Portuguese
Noun
chico m (plural chicos)
- (Brazil, regional, slang) ass (the anus)
- (Brazil, regional, slang) period (menstruation)
Spanish
Etymology 1
Indirectly related to Latin ciccum (“insignificant thing; trifle”); found in several Romance languages as an expressive creation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??iko/, [?t??i.ko]
- Hyphenation: chi?co
Adjective
chico (feminine chica, masculine plural chicos, feminine plural chicas)
- small
- Synonym: pequeño
Descendants
- ? Papiamentu: chikí, chikitu
Noun
chico m (plural chicos, feminine chica, feminine plural chicas)
- boy; kid
- Synonyms: cabro, chamaco, chaval, chavo, muchacho, niño
Usage notes
The noun chico is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chico” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chi?ik.
Noun
chico m (plural chicos)
- (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica)
- (Mexico) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
References
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna?[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583
Tagalog
Noun
chico
- sapodilla fruit
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