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tradition
English
Etymology
From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin tr?diti?, from the verb tr?d?. Doublet of treason.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?-dish?(?)n, IPA(key): /t???d???n/, /t???d??n?/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
tradition (countable and uncountable, plural traditions)
- A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
- A commonly held system. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
- A deed takes effect only from this tradition or delivery; for, if the date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it.
Synonyms
- (a commonly held system): doctrine
Derived terms
- traditional
- traditionally
- traditionalism
- traditionarily
- traditionary
Translations
Verb
tradition (third-person singular simple present traditions, present participle traditioning, simple past and past participle traditioned)
- (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
- The following story is […] traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
Further reading
- tradition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tradition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "tradition" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 318.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tradi?sjo?n/, [t???d?i??on?]
Noun
tradition c (singular definite traditionen, plural indefinite traditioner)
- tradition
Inflection
Related terms
- traditionel
Further reading
- “tradition” in Den Danske Ordbog
- tradition on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Noun
tradition
- Genitive singular form of traditio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French tradition, from Old French, borrowed from Latin tr?diti?, tr?diti?nem, from the verb tr?dere. Compare trahison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a.di.sj??/
- Homophone: traditions
- Hyphenation: tra?di?tion
Noun
tradition f (plural traditions)
- tradition
- A type of baguette or French stick
Synonyms
- coutume
Derived terms
- traditionnel
Related terms
- traditionalisme
- traditionaliste
Further reading
- “tradition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Alternative forms
- tradicion
Etymology
From Old French tradicion (“delivery”), a borrowing from Latin.
Noun
tradition f (plural traditions)
- delivery
- treason
- fable; oral narrative
- custom
- tradition
Descendants
- French: tradition
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tradicion)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tradition, supplement)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
tradition c
- tradition
Declension
Related terms
- tradera
- traditionell
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handwavy
English
Alternative forms
- hand-wavy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hænd?we?vi/
Adjective
handwavy (comparative more handwavy, superlative most handwavy)
- (informal, of a demonstration, proof, or explanation) Missing important details or logical steps, perhaps instead appealing to laymen, common sense, tradition, intuition, or examples.
Related terms
- handwave
handwavy From the web:
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