different between woo vs cater
woo
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo?o, IPA(key): /wu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Middle English wowen, wo?en, from Old English w?gian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English w?g, w?h (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanh? (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
Alternative forms
- wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)
Verb
woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)
- (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.
- (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
- a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
- a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind
Synonyms
- (to solicit in love): court; see also Thesaurus:woo
Derived terms
- wooer
Translations
Etymology 2
Interjection
woo
- (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"
Etymology 3
Adjective
woo (comparative more woo, superlative most woo)
- Alternative form of woo woo
Noun
woo
- Alternative form of woo woo
Anagrams
- OWO
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wo?/
Determiner
wóo
- that, those (masculine)
See also
References
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wo, wa
Etymology
From Old English w?, w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
woo (plural woos)
- woe, torment, anguish
Synonyms
- angwissh
- we
Descendants
- English: woe
- Scots: wa, wae
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cater
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ke?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ke?d?/, /?ke?t?/, [?k?e????]
- Rhymes: -e?t?(r)
Verb
cater (third-person singular simple present caters, present participle catering, simple past and past participle catered)
- To provide, particularly:
- a. 1635, Thomas Randolph, Poems, p. 4:
- Noe widdowes curse caters a dish of mine.
- (transitive, intransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
- a. 1616, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Sc. iii, ll. 45 ff.:
- He that doth the Rauens feede,
Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow.
- He that doth the Rauens feede,
- I catered for her bat mitzvah.
- His company catered our wedding.
- a. 1616, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Sc. iii, ll. 45 ff.:
- (intransitive, figuratively, with 'to') To provide anything required or desired, often (derogatory) to pander.
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Paris Sketch Book, Vol. II, p. 16:
- Art... was... catering to the national taste and vanity.
- I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Paris Sketch Book, Vol. II, p. 16:
- a. 1635, Thomas Randolph, Poems, p. 4:
Derived terms
- caterer
Translations
Noun
cater (plural caters)
- (obsolete) Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
- c. 1400, "Gamelyn", ll. 321 ff.:
- I am oure Catour and bere oure Alther purse.
- 1512, Account Book of the Hospital of St. John, Canterbury (1510–1556):
- Rec. for iij calvys off þe cater of Crystis Cherche.
- c. 1400, "Gamelyn", ll. 321 ff.:
- (obsolete) Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
- c. 1430, John Lydgate translating Giovanni Boccaccio as The Fall of Princes, Bk. VII, Ch. x, l. 161:
- Of his diete catour was scarsite...
- c. 1430, John Lydgate translating Giovanni Boccaccio as The Fall of Princes, Bk. VII, Ch. x, l. 161:
- (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greenes Mourning Garment, p. 28:
- The eye is loues Cator.
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greenes Mourning Garment, p. 28:
Alternative forms
- catour, cator, kater, chator (obsolete)
Etymology 2
Probably ultimately from French quatre (“four”), possibly via cater (“change-ringing”), although Liberman argues for a derivation from a North Germanic prefix meaning "crooked, angled, clumsy" from which he also derives cater-cousin and, via Norse, Old Irish cittach (“left-handed, awkward”). He finds this more likely than extension of the dice and change-ringing term cater as an adverb, given the likely cognates in other Germanic languages. Caterpillar and caterwaul are unrelated, being derived from cognates to cat, but may have influenced the pronunciation of Liberman's proposed earlier *cate- or undergone similar sound changes.
Verb
cater (third-person singular simple present caters, present participle catering, simple past and past participle catered)
- (Britain dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.
- 1577, Barnaby Googe transl. Conrad Heresbach as Foure Bookes of Husbandry, Bk. II, fol. 69v:
- The trees are set checkerwise, and so catred [Latin: partim in quincuncem directis], as looke which way ye wyl, they lye leuel.
- 1873, Silverland, p. 129:
- ‘Cater’ across the rails ever so cleverly, you cannot escape jolt and jar.
- 1577, Barnaby Googe transl. Conrad Heresbach as Foure Bookes of Husbandry, Bk. II, fol. 69v:
Adverb
cater (not comparable)
- (Britain dialect, US) Diagonally.
- 1881, Sebastian Evans, Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs, s.v. "Cater and Cater-cornered":
- Cater and Cater-cornered, diagonal; diagonally. To ‘cut cater’ in the case of velvet, cloth, etc., is... ‘cut on the cross’. Cater-snozzle, to make an angle; to ‘mitre’.
- 1881, Sebastian Evans, Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs, s.v. "Cater and Cater-cornered":
Derived terms
- cater-corner, catercross, cater-snozzle, caterways, caterwise, cut cater
Etymology 3
From French quatre (“four”). Doublet of cuatro.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ke?t?/, /?kat?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ke?t??/
Noun
cater (plural caters)
- (rare, obsolete) Four.
- 1553, Thomas Wilson, The Arte of Rhetorique..., p. 86:
- The auditour... cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d.
- 1553, Thomas Wilson, The Arte of Rhetorique..., p. 86:
- (card games, dice games, obsolete) The four of cards or dice.
- 1519, William Horman, Vulgaria, fol. 280v:
- Cater is a very good caste.
- 1519, William Horman, Vulgaria, fol. 280v:
- (music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.
- 1872, Henry Thomas Ellacombe, The Bells of Church, p. 29:
- The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging... caters, cinques, etc.
- 1878, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, s.v. "Cater":
- Cater... The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing.
- 1872, Henry Thomas Ellacombe, The Bells of Church, p. 29:
Alternative forms
- catre, quatre
Derived terms
- cater-point, cater-trey
Related terms
- ace, deuce, trey, cinque, sice
Translations
References
- “† 'cater, n¹.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889
- “cater, n²., adv., v¹., and v².”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889
- “cater”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- cater in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "Kitty-corner" in Anatoly Liberman's Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008, ?ISBN, pp. 133–135.
Anagrams
- Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin quattuor.
Adjective
cater
- four
Noun
cater m (uncountable)
- four
Middle Dutch
Etymology
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Noun
c?ter m
- tomcat
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: kater
- Limburgish: kater
Further reading
- “cater”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “cater (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
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