different between wand vs virge

English

Etymology

From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse v?ndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (wandus, “rod”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: w?nd, IPA^(key): /w?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

wand (plural wands)

1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
2. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
3. A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 13:

     Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.

4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

Derived terms

• magic wand
• violet wand
• water wand

Translations

Verb

wand (third-person singular simple present wands, present participle wanding, simple past and past participle wanded)

1. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

References

Anagrams

• Dawn, Dwan, dawn

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“wickerwork; barrier, fence”). Cognate with German Wand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt/
• Hyphenation: wand
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: want

Noun

wand m (plural wanden, diminutive wandje n)

1. wall
2. face (as in mountain face)

Derived terms

• binnenwand
• buitenwand
• rotswand
• tussenwand
• wandcontactdoos
• wandtapijt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wand

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

wand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of winden

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?nd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“mole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”).

Noun

wand f

1. mole (animal)

Declension

Derived terms

• wandeweorpe

Etymology 2

From windan.

Verb

wand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of windan

English

Noun

virge (plural virges)

1. (obsolete) A wand.

Anagrams

• Viger, giver

Old French

Adjective

virge m (oblique and nominative feminine singular virge)

1. Alternative form of verge (virgin)