different between verruca vs wart

English

Etymology

From Latin verr?ca.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v???u?k?/, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v???u?k?/
• Rhymes: -u?k?

Noun

verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)

1. (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
2. (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
3. (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Latin verruca.

Noun

verruca f (plural verruche)

1. (medicine) verruca

Anagrams

• curvare, curverà

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic ????? (vr?x?, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ???? (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?er?ru?.ka/, [u??r?ru?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver?ru.ka/, [v?r?ru?k?]

Noun

verr?ca f (genitive verr?cae); first declension

1. a steep place, height
2. A wart on the human body.
3. An excrescence on precious stones.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• verrucaria
• verrucosus
• verrucula

Descendants

References

• verruca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verruca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wart?, from Proto-Germanic *wart?. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /w??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

wart (plural warts)

1. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
3. (computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
   • 1998, "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation (on newsgroup microsoft.public.vc.language)

     Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.

   • 2002, "Linonut", Computer Science (on newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy)

     Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• verruca

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?rt/, [va??t], [va???t], [va?t], [?-]

Verb

wart

1. second-person plural preterite of sein

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vart/, [va?t], [va??t], [va?t], [?-]

Verb

wart

1. (chiefly colloquial) second-person singular imperative of warten
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten

Middle Dutch

Verb

wart

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of werden

Middle English

Noun

wart

1. Alternative form of warte

Polish

Etymology

From German wert, from Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vart/

Adjective

wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart)

1. worth

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) warto
• (noun) warto??
• (adjective) warty

Related terms

• (verb) warto?ciowa?
• (noun) warto?ciowo??
• (adjectives) warto?ciowy, warto?ciowo?ciowy, warto?ciuj?cy
• (adverbs) warto?ciowo, warto?ciuj?co

Further reading

• wart in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• wart in Polish dictionaries at PWN