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Definition: Clash |
ClashNoun1. A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells". 2. A state of conflict between persons. 3. A minor short-term fight. Verb1. Crash together with violent impact: "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed". 2. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash". 3. Disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: ClashSynonyms: brush (n), clang (n), clangor (n), clangoring (n), clangour (n), clank (n), crash (n), encounter (n), friction (n), skirmish (n), collide (v), jar (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Shindy; fracas; (discord); clash of arms; tussle, scuffle, broil, fray; affray, affrayment; velitation; colluctation, luctation; brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting. |
Counteraction | Verb: counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose; traverse; withstand; (resist); hinder; repress; (restrain); react; (recoil). |
Disagreement | Verb: disagree; clash, jar; (discord); interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam. |
Discord | Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with. |
Noun: disagreement; discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling; Verb: screw loose. | |
Impulse | Percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge; (attack); beating; (punishment). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clash |
| English words defined with "clash": battle ♦ Clashed, conflict, contretemps ♦ Hardhead ♦ Justle ♦ metal, metallic ♦ Occursion ♦ shrilling, struggle ♦ violent ♦ wild. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "clash": As well as ♦ But ♦ City Council, context clash ♦ Nor ♦ Or ♦ Save ♦ Zel. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Clash" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (conflict, disagreement), Manx (channel, cleft, gorge, groove, hollow, open furrow, race, rubbish tip, trench, vale). |
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Screenplays | Say, have you seen that movie Clash of the Titans? (Orgazmo; writing credit: Trey Parker) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Clash by Night (1964) The Middle East: The Clash of History (1985) Clash (1983) | |
Song Titles | Rock The Casbah (performing artist: The Clash) | |
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 | Just one clash after another. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol, center, visiting the Ein-Gev settlement on the Sea of Galilee, April 8, 1967, to inspect damage from the previous day's border clash between Israel and Syria. At left is Gen. Yitzhak Rabin; Israeli chief of staff Brig. David E. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Bang; clang; crash; clash; rumble; rumbling; slam; smash; thud; thunder; wham . | | Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; . |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with clash antagonisms. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | None of these clash with the general interest of a world agreement, or a world organization; on the contrary they help it. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The clash of passions and of ignorances is different from the shock of progress. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | From the house came the clash of a lid on the stove and the wail of a child. |
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Business | During the clash, the police called in a state police helicopter for support. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | Riot police interceded to prevent a violent clash between the two groups. (references) |
Sri Lanka | On April 30 a violent clash between the Sinhalese and Muslim communities occurred in Mawanella. (references) | |
Bangladesh | The Awami League's youth front then announced a rally at the same venue at the same time, leading to a clash between activists. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | However, his rule over Syria ended after only a few months, following the clash between his Syrian Arab forces and regular French forces at the battle of Maysalun. (references) |
Peru | Following a clash between Peru and Ecuador in 1941, the Rio Protocol--of which the United States is one of four guarantors--sought to establish the boundary between the two countries. (references) | |
Vanuatu | In 1825, trader Peter Dillon's discovery of sandalwood on the island of Erromango began a rush that ended in 1830 after a clash between immigrant Polynesian workers and indigenous Melanesians. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | Taliban security forces intervened, and a clash ensued. (references) |
Somalia | On May 11, 80 persons were killed during a clash between clan militiamen loyal to the TNG and forces of warlord Hussein Aideed. (references) | |
Honduras | On August 13, a gang clash in Tegucigalpa caused the Government to authorize police and military patrols to quell the violence. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | On April 4, 1 person died and 10 were injured in a clash between Khasis and Bengalis in a land dispute in Moulavibazar. (references) |
Indonesia | When indigenous people clash with those promoting private sector development projects, the developers almost always prevail. (references) | |
Minorities | Ghana | The police were sent to Bimbagu to maintain order during the clash. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | In December 1999, police injured five persons in a clash in northwest Khartoum over an Episcopal Church school. (references) |
South Africa | In both areas, supporters of the ANC continue to clash with supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the United Democratic Movement (UDM). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Deepak Chopra | Well, I think we have a clash right now between two paradigms. The first paradigm says, you know, it's based on Christian theology which says, I'm a sinner, I must atone for my sins. I must pray for forgiveness. I must seek redemption. |
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| "Clash" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.97% of the time. "Clash" is used about 1,057 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.97% | 898 | 7,958 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.07% | 96 | 33,456 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.48% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.19% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,057 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "clash": Clash gear ♦ clash of civilization ♦ clash of ideas ♦ clash of interests ♦ clash with ♦ context clash ♦ personality clash. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "clash": clash-version. | |
Ending with "clash": anti-clash, culture-clash, Euro-clash, ex-clash, non-clash, register-clash. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "clash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përplasje (bang, bump, clap, collision, crash, encounter, flap, fling, impact, slam), përplasem (bump, bump into, cannon, cannon into, collide, crash, dash, foul, hurtle, jar, pound, run into, splash, wash), përplas (bash, crash, flap, fling, grind, knock, slam), ndeshje (collision, combat, competition, encounter, fight, fighting, jarring, match, play), ndeshem (collide, fall in, fight, meet, occur, spar), mospërputhje (discrepancy, gap, incongruity, inconsistency, variance), krismë (bang, crack, crash, rattle, scratch, smash, snap), konflikt (collision, conflict, contravention, dispute, strife), koincidoj, kërcitje (clack, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, scratch, screech, snap, splutter, squeak), kërcas (click, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, crunch, Gride, grit one's teeth, jar, scratch, scroop, snap, squeak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مناوشة (brush, fight, scrimmage, skirmish, velitation), معركة (action, battle, combat, conflict, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray), قعقعة (clang, clank, clatter, rattle, rumble), قعقع (clang, clank, clatter, clink, rattle, rumble), تعارض (collide, collision, conflict, contradict, disagree, disagreement, discrepancy, fly in the face of, incongruity, interfere, repugnance, run against smth.), تضارب (collide, collision, conflict, contrariety, disagree, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, inconsistency, interfere, interference, jar, quarrel), تصادم (collide, collision, impact, interfere, jar, jostle, meet, shock), صليل (clank, rattle), خلاف (conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, friction, odds, quarrel, question, strife, variance), جعله يصل, إصطدم (barge into, bump up against, crash, impact, impinge, jostle, knock against smb., run down, run into), إصطدام (shock, smash), إشتباك (engagement, fisticuffs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съвпадам (concur, dovetail, register, tally, work in), схватка (encounter, rencontre, rencounter, scuffle, skirmish), удрям се шумно един в друг, удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), сблъсквам се (collide, dash, foul, jar, shock), сбивам се (pack, tangle), тръшвам (cast, fling down, slam, throw down), трясък (bang, chunking, crash, din, hurtle, peal, rattle, slam, smash, thunder), в конфликт съм, несъгласие (discord, discrepancy, disharmony, dissent, jar, non-compliance, odds, rent, split, unwillingness, variance), несъвместим съм, не си подхождам, противоречие (antilogy, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, discrepancy, incongruity, repugnance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 豗 (grunting of pigs), 碰' (Bumped, Bumping, Collide, Collision, Crashed, Crashing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zaznít (speak), zařinèet, zařinèení, tlouct se (jar), třesknout (crack, pop), třesk (boom, crash, smash), srážka (collision, crash, deduction, impact, impingement, melee), spor (argument, conflict, contention, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, fight, fray, litigation, quarrel, strife, wrangle), nehodit se k sobì, kolize, kolidovat (coincide, collide), disharmonie (discord, disharmony, dissonance), řinkot (clatter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تصادم شدیدکردن , تصادم (Collission, Concussion, Shock, Smash), برخورد (Address, Affect, Conflict, Confliction, Contact, Contiguity, Encounter, Greet, Incidence, Reception, Smash, Strike, Tilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhteenotto (confrontation, encounter), törmätä vastakkain, tärähtää (shake), tärähdys (concussion, crack, shock), selkkaus (conflict, difficulty, tangle, trouble), ottaa yhteen (come to blows, join battle with), mellakka (agitation, disturbance, riot, street violence, tumult), iskeä yhteen (collide, come to blows, crash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | combat, collision (clashing), claquement (clack, clapping, click), choc, s'heurter, s'entrechoquer, incompatibilité, heurt, faire résonner (clink), accrochage, être incompatible, être en désaccord, échauffourée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zusammenstoß (brush, collision, conflict, crash, crunch, encounter, impingement, skirmish, smash), klirren (chink, clang, clank, clink, crackle, crunch, jangle, jingle, rattle, rattling, ring, tinkle, to chink, to clank, to clash, to clink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλαγγή (clang, clank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ת 'ש (barge in, bump into, draw near, impinge), "תרוצצות (collision, fuss, hustle, legwork, running about, rushing around), "ת 'שות (collision, conflict, crash, dash, encounter, skirmish, smash), "ת צחות (altercation, collision, conflict, fray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összecsapás (collision, cope, encounter, rencontre, rencounter, scrimmage, scrum, set-to, shock), összeütközés (bump, clashing, collision, concourse, conflict, confrontation, cope, dash, hurtling, impact, impingement), visszhangzás (clashing, reverberation, sonority), terefere (chit-chat, gossiping, tattle), recsegés-ropogás (clashing, crackling, crash, crush), pletyka (gossip, gup, scuttlebut, scuttlebutt, tittle-tattle, whisper, whispering), nézeteltérés (clash of views, disagreement, dissension, dissent, dissidence, jarring, misunderstanding), kardcsörgés (clashing), fecsegés (babble, blab, blat, blatter, cackle, chaffering, chat, chatter, clack, driveling, drivelling, gab, gabble, gossiping, jabber, jangle, lip, loquacity, palaver, piffle, prattle, small talk, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle), csapás (adversity, affliction, attack, bane, calamity, chop, dent, disaster, follow-up attack, hack, hit, ills, misfortune, plague, raid, runway, slap, sorrow, strike, striking, stroke, thrust, track, tribulation, whack), csörömpölés (clashing, clink, jangle), összekoccanás (clashing, miff), összeütődés (clashing, hit, hurtling), érdekellentét. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perselisihan (discord, discordance, dissension, dissidence, odds, words), perbenturan (difference), bentrok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cozzo, cozzare (bang against, bump, butt, collide, crash into, dash, ram), collisione (bump, collision, crash, impact, interference, shock), urto (bump, collision, crash, dash, dig, hit, impact, jar, knock, push, shake, shock, shove), urtarsi, urtare (annoy, buffet, bump, butt, irritate, knock, poke, push, shock, strike, thrust), stridere (creak, grate, jangle, jar, screech, squeak, squeal, yell), stonare (be out of place, be out of tune), scontro (collision, conflict, confrontation, crash, disagreement, encounter, engagement, smash, smash up), scontrarsi (collide, crash, run into, shock), rumore metallico, opposizione (confrontation, crossing, flak, objection, opponency, opposition, outs), forte rumore, discordare (be discordant, differ, disagree, dissent, jar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 激突 (crash into). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がち" , 'きとつ (crash into). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 충돌 (Collision, Conflict, crash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tharmane (alarm, atmospherics, blow, boom, boom noise, concussion, confusion, continual noise, crash, crash of noise, din, report, rumble, rumbling, smacking, tumult), tharmanaghey (clashing, crack, crack of thunder, crash, rumble), meechordail, caggey (battle, campaign, combat, fight, scrap, war), bwoalley feiyr ass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashclay conflito (chunking, collision, concurrence, conflict, encounter, skirmish, strife, war), colidir (bump, bump into, cannon, collide, conflict, crash, dash, impinge, run into, strike), choque (affection, bump, chunking, collision, concussion, conflict, crash, dash, foul, impact, impious, knock, shake, shock, smash, smashup, strain), som metálico, ressoar (boom, clang, echoic, peal, rebound, reecho, resonate, resound, reverberate, rumble, sound, whang), não combinar, impedir (arrest, avert, balk, block, clog, cramp, cumber, dam, debar, delay, detain, embarrassed, estop, fetterless, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hinder, hobbledehoy, impede, intercept, interfere, let be, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a stop, resist, restrain, set back, shackle, stop, thwart, trammel, withhold), estrondo (bang, boom, clap, crack, din, flaw, peal, rattle, rumble, smash, thunder), encontro (appointment, chunking, encounter, impact, meeting, rencontre, rencounter, rendezvous), discordar (collide, conflict, contradict, differ, difference, disaccord, disagree, discord), discordância (conflict, disaccord, disagreement, discordance, inconsistency, unconformity). (various references) conflict (collision, conflict, dispute, encounter, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, strife, struggle, war), ciocnire (affair, bump, click, collision, concussion, conflict, contradiction, dash, encounter, foul, hit, impact, jar, jostle, passage, shock), ciocni (break, bump, clink, hob-nob, strike), zãngãnit (chink, clang, clangour, clank, clanking, clatter, rasp), zãngãni (chink, clang, clank, clatter, jingle, rasp, rattle), trãncãni (Bab, babble, cackle, clack, clatter, cosher, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, jangle, Maunder, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, yap), rãsuna (echo, peal, re echo, resound, sound, vibrate, whang), nu fi de acord (disaccord, disagree, divide, part company), lovire (bastinado, impact, jar, percussion, striking), izbi (bash, hit, jar, lash, seize, smash, smite, strike, thrust), fi în opoziţie, încrucişa (criss cross, cross, fold, hybridize). (various references) столкновение (collision, conflict, dash, encounter, impact, jarring, jostle, passage at arms, passage of arms, percussion, smash, warfare), сталкиваться (collide, come into collision, impinge), ударять с грохотом, совпадать во времени, расходиться (break up, divaricate, diverge, drop off, separate), шум (bluster, bobbery, bruit, charivari, chirm, clamor, clamour, clutter, din, dust-up, friction, hubbub, hue, hue and cry, hullabaloo, kick up, kick-up, murmur, noise, noisiness, pother, racket, racquet, rough house, row, ruckus, rumpus, shindy, sound, turmoil, turnup, uproar, whir, whirr), конфликт (conflict, tangle), гул (boom), лязг (chunking, clang, ding-dong), дисгармонировать (disharmonize, jar). (various references) zaplet (plot, ravel, tangle), sukobiti se (come into conflict, fall in with), sukob (affair, brush, conflict, fray, jar, rencontre), sudariti se (collide, crash, rencounter, run against, shock), sudar (brush, collision, crash, impact, shock, smash), okršaj (fray, rencounter, skirmish), obračun (liquidation, payoff, statement). (various references) conflicto (conflict, dispute, struggle, trouble), choque (accident, collision, conflict, crash, hit, jar, jolt, knock, shock, smash), chocarse (barge into, come up against, hurtle), chocar (bang, collide, crash, hit, impinge, jangle, shock, smash), reñirse (feud, row, scuffle, tussle), pelearse (brawl, broil, fall out, scramble, scrap, set to, tussle), fragor (bellow, blare, din), estruendo (blare, bluster, clamor, clamour, clang, clangor, clangour, clatter, confusion, crash, din, noise, ostentation, peal, pomp, racket, roar, smash, thunder, turmoil, uproar), enfrentarse (confront, face), enfrentamiento (confrontation), encuentro (citation, collision, commitment, encounter, far flung, match, meeting, skirmish, smash, tie, treat), encontrarse (be, be found, be located, be situated, collide, come into collision, conflict, convene, crash, cross, dispose, fall in, find oneself, lie, meet, meet each other, occur, stand, touch), disputa larga, desacuerdo (difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, variance), batirse (meet). (various references) skräll (bang, Bray, clap, crash, peal, sensation, turn up, upset). (various references) bindirmek (bump, crash into, embark, foul, Mount, overlay, pile up), çarpışma sesi, çarpışmak (bump, cannon, collide, combat, come into collision, do battle, encounter, knock together, skirmish), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bash, bump, bump into, cannon, clap, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, impinge, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slam, slap, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb), çatışma (battle, brush, coincidence, collision, conflict, disagreement, rencontre, run in, scrimmage, skirmish), çatışmak (be in conflict, coincide, collide, jar, scrap, skirmish), çatırdamak (chatter, clack, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, make a crackling noise, scrunch, snap), çarpışma (action, bump, collision, combat, conflict, encounter, engagement, foul, impact, rencontre, scrimmage, scrum, scrummage, set to, skirmish, smash, smash up), ayrılık (difference, disagreement, dissentient, dissimilarity, divorce, faction, gap, parting, separation, standoff), uyumsuzluk (discord, discordance, disharmony, disparity, dissonance, divided counsel, inadaptability, incompatiblity, inconsistency, inconsonance, maladjustment, mismatch, unconformity), gümbürdemek (boom, grumble, rumble, thump, thunder), gümbürtü (booming sound, clap, plump, roaring, roll, rumble), gitmemek, uymamak (be at variable with, be unsuitable, break, contravene, disagree, disobey, jar, not to fit, not to match), uyuşmamak (be at variable with, disaccord, disagree, diverge), uyuşmazlık (contrariety, disaccord, disagreeableness, disagreement, discrepancy, disunity, divergence, divergency, division, incompatiblity, incongruity, intransigence, rupture, variable), anlaşamamak (differ, disagree). (various references) сутичка (affair, affront, bump, bustle, collision, conflict, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, impingement, jostle, mix in, rencontre, rencounter, scramble, scrimmage, scrummage, shock, skirmish, tilt), суперечити одне одному, стукіт (chatter, clatter, conk, rataplan, smash), стукатися, стикатися (collide, contact, encounter, foul, impinge, impinge on, jostle, meet, osculate, telescope, touch), розбіжність (contrariety, discordance, dissimilarity, disunion, division, jarring, variance), шум (ado, alarm, bobbery, chirm, clamor, clamour, clutter, hoity toity, hubbub, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, oration, pother, racket, racquet, row, ruction, sound, sputter, tumult, uproar), гул (boom, booming, hubbub), заважати одне одному, брязкіт (clang, clangor, clatter, ding-dong, tinkling), брязкання (clank), дзенькіт (clang, clangor, clank, clatter, clink, tinkling). (various references) tiếng loảng xoảng sự xung đột, tiếng chan chát, sự va chạm (dash, hurtle, impact), sự mâu thuẫn (conflict, contradiction, inconsistence, inconsistency, repugnance, repugnancy). (various references) tonc (ring, tinkle), gwrthdaro (collide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | concrepabunt, confligere, conlisionis, increpa, increpabant, increpabat, increpabit, increpabo, increpandum, increpans, increpantibus, increpare, increparet, increpasti, increpat, increpaveris, increpaverunt, increpavit, increpem, increpet, increpueris, increpuerit, increpui, increpuisti, increpuit, incursio. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hnitan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clash": clashed, clasher, clashers, clashes, clashing. (additional references) | |
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"Clash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calesh, Cashu, chash, ciash, Claesz, clas, clase, clasm, clast, clath, claze, clepht, Cliath, clish, Clisham, clishe, cls, Clsa, hclas, Kilcash, Klas, Mccash. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clash" (pronounced kla"sh) |
| 3 | -l a" sh | flash, lash, slash, splash. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-l-s" | |
-1 letter: cash, lacs, lash. | |
-2 letters: als, ash, has, lac, las, sac, sal, sha. | |
-3 letters: ah, al, as, ha, la, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-l-s" | |
+1 letter: calash, chalks, chelas, clachs, laches, laichs, slatch. | |
+2 letters: archils, caliphs, carlish, chablis, chalahs, chalehs, chalets, challas, challis, chapels, chasmal, chimlas, chitals, chlamys, chollas, chorals, clashed, clasher, clashes, clayish, hackles, ischial, klatsch, larches, latches, leaches, loaches, lochans, nuchals, paschal, salchow, satchel, schmalz, scholar, scholia, shackle, shellac. | |
+3 letters: acalephs, acholias, alcahest, alcohols, backlash, bechalks, blackish, blanches, bleaches, calabash, calashes, calathos, calathus, caleches, caliches, calipash, camphols, cashable, cashless, chadless, chalazas, chalcids, chalices, challahs, challies, chalones, chancels, channels, chaplets, charleys, charlies, charnels, chastely, chasuble, chattels, chelates, chiasmal, chiliads, chiliasm, chiliast, chloasma, chlorals, cholates, choleras, chorales, chrismal, clachans, clannish, clashers, clashing, claughts, coalfish, coalshed, cochleas, eschalot, eschewal, ethicals, hacklers, halachas, halcyons, halluces, hatchels, hellcats, klatches, latchets, launches, leachers, mochilas, paschals, pashalic, physical, planches, pleaches, salchows, satchels, schmaltz, schmalzy, scholars, shackled, shackler, shackles, shellack, shellacs, shoelace, slatches, stanchly, trachles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 73 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- ... .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0073 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3778678574 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, تهرب من دفع الرهان, الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , waleský, waleština, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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