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thwart
English
Etymology
The adjective is derived from Early Middle English thwert, thwerte, thuart, thurt, thurte, thwart, thwarte, twart, twarte, twhart, twhert, twort, þuert, þwerrt, þwert, þwerte, ðwert (“crosswise, transverse; counter, opposing; contrary, obstinate”), borrowed from Old Norse þvert (“across, athwart”), originally the neuter form of þverr (“across, transverse”), from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross; adverse”) (altered or influenced by Proto-Germanic *þweran? (“to stir; to swirl; to turn”)), from Proto-Germanic *þerh-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *terk?- (“to spin; to turn”).
The English adjective is cognate with Danish tvær (“sullen, sulky”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (þwairs, “angry”), Middle Dutch dwers, dwars (modern Dutch dwars (“crosswise, transverse; slantwise, askew; stubbornly disobedient”)), Norwegian tvert, tvært, Old Frisian þweres, dwers (Saterland Frisian twars, West Frisian dwers, dwerz (“across, to the other side of; beyond”)), Middle Low German dwers, dwars (Low German dwars (“contrary; cross-grained”)), Old English þweorh (“transverse; perverse; angry, cross”), Old High German twer (Middle High German twer, quer, modern German quer (“crosswise; cross”)), Swedish tvär (“across, transverse; of a curve: sharp; immediate, sudden; grumpy, stubborn”). It is related to queer.
The adverb is derived from Middle English thwert, ywerte (“crosswise; across the grain”); the Middle English Dictionary suggests the adverb was derived from the adjective, while the Oxford English Dictionary notes that the adverb is attested earlier than the adjective.
The verb is derived from Middle English thwerten, thwert, thwarten, þwerten (“to lie across; to oppose, to thwart”), and further from the adverb and perhaps also the adjective.
Noun sense 1 (“a seat across a boat on which a rower may sit”) may be derived from the adverb or adjective, from the position of the seat across the length of the boat, while noun sense 3 (“(rare) an act of thwarting”) is derived from the verb. Compare Middle English thwert (“in in thwert: crosswise”), from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??t/
- (General American) enPR: thwôrt, IPA(key): /?w?(?)?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Adjective
thwart (comparative more thwart, superlative most thwart)
- Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
- (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
- Synonyms: cross-grained, froward; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- (figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
- Synonyms: unpropitious, untoward; see also Thesaurus:unlucky
Derived terms
- athwart
- athwartship, athwartships
Related terms
- overthwart
- overthwartly
- overthwartness
Translations
Adverb
thwart (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
Translations
Preposition
thwart
- (archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.
Verb
thwart (third-person singular simple present thwarts, present participle thwarting, simple past and past participle thwarted)
- (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
- Synonyms: balk, foil, spoil
- Antonym: promote
- (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- thwarter
- thwartsome
Translations
Noun
thwart (plural thwarts)
- (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- Synonyms: thaught, thawt, (Britain, dialectal) thoft
- (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
- (rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
Translations
References
Further reading
- thwart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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rot
English
Etymology
From Middle English rotten, roten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-Germanic *rut?n? (“to rot”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): [??t]
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: wrought (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Verb
rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past and past participle rotted)
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Book of Snobs
- Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
Synonyms
- putrefy
Derived terms
- brown rot
- potter's rot
Translations
Noun
rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
Synonyms
- (nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Translations
Anagrams
- ORT, OTR, RTO, TOR, TRO, Tor, ort, tor
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rot, dialectal form of rat.
Noun
rot (plural rotte)
- rat
See also
- muis
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- rout, ruat, ròt, röts
Etymology
From Middle High German r?t (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German r?t (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
Adjective
rot
- (Formazza) red
References
- “rot” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ructus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ot
Noun
rot m (plural rots)
- belch
Related terms
- rotar
Further reading
- “rot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
See rotten
Adjective
rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)
- rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
- rotten, tedious, unkind, mean
Inflection
Noun
rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- rot, something rotten, something rotting
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch rotte.
Noun
rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- (dialectal, Northern) Alternative form of rat.
Derived terms
- oude rot
- landrot
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch rote.
Noun
rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- (military) a file (of men)
- (obsolete) multitude, band, throng
- Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare
Anagrams
- tor
French
Etymology
From Latin ructus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o/
- Homophones: rhô, ros, rôt
Noun
rot m (plural rots)
- (colloquial) belch, burp
Synonyms
- renvoi
Related terms
- roter
Further reading
- “rot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin ruptus.
Adjective
rot (feminine rote)
- broken
Derived terms
- rote
Related terms
- rompi
- roture
German
Alternative forms
- roth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German r?t (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German r?t (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós, from *h?rewd?-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?t/, [?o?t(?)], [ro?t]
- Rhymes: -o?t
Adjective
rot (comparative röter or roter, superlative am rötesten or am rotesten)
- red (colour)
- (politics) red; pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense; social democratic; socialist; communist
- (politics, Germany, in particular) pertaining to the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
- (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
- (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian
Declension
Synonyms
- (red-haired): rothaarig
- (redskin): rothäutig
Derived terms
Related terms
- Rot
Further reading
- “rot” in Duden online
German Low German
Adjective
rot
- Alternative spelling of root
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Etymology 1
Noun
rot n (genitive singular rots, no plural)
- unconsciousness, insensibility
Declension
Related terms
- rota
Etymology 2
See rotna
Noun
rot n (genitive singular rots, nominative plural rot)
- rot, decay, putrefaction
Declension
Related terms
- rotna
- rotinn
- rota
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
rot
- Alternative form of rote (“root”)
Etymology 2
Verb
rot
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Etymology 3
A back-formation from roten (“to rot”).
Alternative forms
- rote, root, rotte, rott
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/, /r??t/
Noun
rot (uncountable)
- Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
- Any disease which causes decaying and decomposition in humans.
- A disease that afflicts sheep; footrot, the rot.
Descendants
- English: rot
References
- “r??t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-24.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds.
Noun
rot m or f (definite singular rota or roten, indefinite plural røtter, definite plural røttene)
- root (part of a plant normally below ground level)
- root (of a tooth)
- root (of a hair)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
rot
- imperative of rote
References
- “rot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?t/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds. Akin to English root.
Noun
rot f (definite singular rota, indefinite plural røter, definite plural røtene)
- root (of a plant)
- root (of a tooth)
- root (of a hair)
Inflection
Derived terms
- gulrot
- kvadratrot
- kålrot
- rotfrukt
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rót.
Noun
rot n (definite singular rotet, uncountable)
- a mess, untidiness, chaos
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
- The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.
- Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.
- When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
References
- “rot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ort, Tor, tor, tro
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *raud.
Adjective
r?t
- red
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: rôot
- Dutch: rood
- Afrikaans: rooi
- Limburgish: roead
- Dutch: rood
Further reading
- “r?t”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós, from *h?rewd?-.
Adjective
r?t
- red
Descendants
- Middle High German: r?t
- Alemannic German: rot, rout, ruat, ròt, röts (Italian Walser)
- German: rot
- Hunsrik: rod
- Luxembourgish: rout
- Mòcheno: roat
- Pennsylvania German: rot
- Vilamovian: rut
- Yiddish: ????? (royt)
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts.
Noun
r?t f
- root
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: rot
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German r?t, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Compare German rot, Dutch rood, English red.
Adjective
rot
- red
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/
Noun
rot f
- genitive plural of rota
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish r?t, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?t/
Noun
rot c
- root; the part of a plant under the surface.
- the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
- source; an underlying cause
- (mathematics) of a number n, a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
- (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
- (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
- (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
- (computing) root directory
- (linguistics) a word from which another word is derived.
Declension
Synonyms
- källa (3)
- nollställe (5)
Related terms
- ört
See also
- rötter
- rota (sig)
Anagrams
- Tor, ort, tro
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English road.
Noun
rot
- road, street
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- Many little roads exist on this island.
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
References
Tok Pisin texts: from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine. / John Benjamins Publishing Company / Copyright 2003 / ?ISBN / page 106
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Italian rata (“installment”)
Pronunciation
Noun
r?t f (plural rota)
- installment (a kind of payment)
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