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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Interjection 1.5.1 Related terms 1.6 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
does	Gutenberg	best	#245: word	light	felt	since

[ Etymology

From Middle English < Old English word < Proto-Germanic *wurða- < Proto-Indo-European base *werə- (“‘to speak’”).

[ Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /wɜːd/, SAMPA: /w3:d/
• (US) enPR: wûrd, IPA: /wɝd/, SAMPA: /w3`d/

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d

[ Noun

Singular word

Plural words

word (plural words)

1. (linguistics) A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II.ii

     Polonius: What do you read, my lord?

     Hamlet: Words, words, words.

2. A distinct unit of language which is approved by some authority.
   • 1896, Israel Zangwill, Without Prejudice, p21

     “Ain’t! How often am I to tell you ain’t ain’t a word?”

   • 1999, Linda Greenlaw, The Hungry Ocean, Hyperion, p11

     Fisherwoman isn’t even a word. It’s not in the dictionary.

3. Something promised.

   I give you my word that I will be there on time.

4. News; tidings.

   Have you had any word from John yet?

5. A discussion.

   I want to have a word with you.

6. (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
7. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.
8. (group theory) The written product of group elements and their inverses.
9. (computer science) A finite string which is not a command or operator.
10. (theology, sometimes ‘Word’) God.
    • See Bible, King James, John 1
11. (theology, sometimes ‘Word’) The Bible.

[ Usage notes

• (distinct unit of language): In English and other space-delimited languages, it is customary to treat "word" as referring to any sequence of characters delimited by spaces. However, this is not applicable to languages such as Chinese and Japanese, which are normally written without spaces, or to languages such as Vietnamese, which are written with a space between each syllable.

[ Synonyms

• (distinct unit of language): vocabulary
• (something promised): promise
• (God): God, Logos
• (Bible): word of God, Bible

[ Derived terms

Derived terms

buzzword catchword codeword dirty word dword empty word fighting word foreword the hard word headword in so many words keyword mince words oword password qword reword

stopword watchword word-building word for word word game wordless word order word of god word of mouth word processor wordsmith word up word wrap word-wheeling wordy

[ Translations

unit of language

Afrikaans: woord Albanian: fjalë f., llaf m. Amuzgo: jñ'o Arabic: كلمة ar(ar) (kálima) f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܠܬܐ (melthā, meltho) c. Hebrew: מלתא (melthā, meltho) c. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Aromanian: zbor Basque: hitz, berba Bengali: please add this translation if you can Breton: ger m., gerioù pl. Bulgarian: дума bg(bg) (duma) f. Burmese: please add this translation if you can Catalan: paraula ca(ca) f., mot ca(ca) m. Chinese: CJKV Characters: 字 (ji/ja/cì/dziH/chữ) Mandarin: 詞 cmn(cmn) (cí), 词 cmn(cmn) (cí), 單詞 cmn(cmn) (dāncí), 单词 cmn(cmn) (dāncí) Croatian: riječ hr(hr) m. Czech: slovo cs(cs) n. Danish: ord da(da) n. Dutch: woord nl(nl) n. Erzya: вал (val) Esperanto: vorto eo(eo) Estonian: sõna et(et) Faroese: orð fo(fo) Finnish: sana fi(fi) French: mot fr(fr) m. Georgian: სიტყვა (sitq‘va) German: Wort de(de) n. Greek: λέξη el(el) (léxē) f., κουβέντα el(el) (kouvénta) f., λόγος el(el) (lógos) m. Hawaiian: hua ʻōlelo Hebrew: מִלָּה he(he) (mîllá) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: szó hu(hu) Icelandic: orð is(is) Ido: vorto Ilocano: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: kata id(id) Interlingua: parola ia(ia), vocabulo ia(ia) Irish: focal ga(ga) Italian: parola it(it) f., vocabolo it(it) m., termine it(it) m. Japanese: 言葉 ja(ja) (kotoba), 単語 ja(ja) (tango) Kannada: please add this translation if you can

Khmer: ពាក្យ (bpīək), ពាក្យសំដី (bpīək somdēi) Korean: 말 ko(ko) (mal), 낱말 ko(ko) (natmal), 단어 ko(ko) (dan-eo) Kurdish: وشه‌ Lao: ຄໍາ (kham) Latin: vocabulum la(la) n., verbum la(la) n. Latvian: vārds m. Lithuanian: žodis lt(lt) m. Lower Sorbian: słowo n. Macedonian: збор Malay: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: വാക്ക് (vaakku) Maltese: kelma mt(mt) Maori: please add this translation if you can Mari: мут Nauruan: dorer na(na) Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: ord no(no) n. Oriya: please add this translation if you can Persian: کَلَمِه (kælæme), واژِه (vâže) Polish: słowo pl(pl) n. Portuguese: palavra pt(pt) f., vocábulo pt(pt) m. Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Romanian: cuvânt ro(ro) n. Russian: слово ru(ru) (slóvo) n. Samoan: please add this translation if you can Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: facal m., briathar m. Serbian: please add this translation if you can Sinhala: please add this translation if you can Slovak: slovo sk(sk) n. Slovene: beseda sl(sl) f. Spanish: palabra es(es) f. Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: ord sv(sv) n. Tagalog: salita Tahitian: parau Tamil: வார்த்தை (vaarththai), சொல் (col) Telugu: పదము te(te) (padamu) Thai: คำ (kam) Tongan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: sözcük tr(tr), kelime tr(tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gair cy(cy) West Frisian: wurd fy(fy) n. Yiddish: װאָרט (vort) n.

something promised

Albanian: sharje f. Breton: ger m., gerioù pl. Czech: slovo cs(cs) n. Dutch: erewoord nl(nl) n. Finnish: sana fi(fi) French: parole fr(fr) f. German: Ehrenwort de(de) n. Greek: λόγος el(el) (lógos) m. Hungarian: szó hu(hu) Interlingua: parola Italian: parola it(it) f. Japanese: 言質 ja(ja) (genchi)

Korean: 말 ko(ko) (mal) Lithuanian: žodis lt(lt) m. Malayalam: വാക്ക് (vaakku) Norwegian: ord no(no) n. Persian: قول (ghûl) Portuguese: palavra pt(pt) Russian: слово ru(ru) (slóvo) n. Slovak: čestné slovo sk(sk) n. Slovene: častna beseda sl(sl) f., beseda sl(sl) f. Swedish: ord sv(sv) n. Telugu: మాట te(te) (māṭa)

computing sense

Finnish: sana fi(fi) French: mot fr(fr) m. Interlingua: parola Italian: word it(it) m. Japanese: 言語 ja(ja) (gengo) Norwegian: ord no(no) n.

Persian: واژِه (vâže) Portuguese: palavra pt(pt) f. Russian: слово ru(ru) (slóvo) n. Slovak: slovo sk(sk) n. Swedish: ord sv(sv) n.

God

French: verbe fr(fr) m.

thee word of God

Finnish: sana fi(fi) French: parole fr(fr) f. German: Wort de(de) n. Greek: Λόγος el(el) (lógos) m. Interlingua: parola ia(ia), verbo GFDL. This site was used times.