ELECTROLIER

  

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ELECTROLIER

Definition: ELECTROLIER

ELECTROLIER

Noun

1. A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Electrolier \E*lec`tro*lier"\, noun. [Formed from electric in imitation of chandelier.]. (Websters 1913)

Usage Frequency: ELECTROLIER

"ELECTROLIER" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ELECTROLIER" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (comparative)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ELECTROLIER

Language Translations for "ELECTROLIER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

llambadar tavani. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

електрически полилей. (various references)

   

Czech

  

elektrický lustr. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ηλεκτρικόσ πολυέλαιοσ, ηλεκτροπήγιο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

villanyégõs csillár. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

electrolieray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

eletroencefalógrafo. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

candelabru electric. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

люстра (chandelier, lustre). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

araña (chandelier, prostitute, resourceful person, spider, spotted weever). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

elektrik avizesi. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

електрична люстра, електричний ліхтар. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

chùm đèn điện. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ELECTROLIER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-l-o-r-r-t"

-3 letters: erectile, loiterer, recoiler.

-4 letters: collier, coterie, elector, electro, erecter, erector, leerier, reciter, reelect, reerect, reticle, retiree, tiercel, triller, troller.

-5 letters: ceiler, cerite, citole, coiler, collet, collie, colter, corrie, creole, eelier, eerier, erotic, etoile, lector, lictor, loiter, ocelli, orrice, recite, recoil, rector, reeler, relict, relier, reroll, retell, retile, retire, retore, rillet, rioter, roller, teller, tercel, tierce, tiller, toiler, toller.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ELECTROLIER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4C 45 43 54 52 4F 4C 49 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#76 &#73 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0052 004F 004C 0049 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3946393754524946433952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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