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Definition: Abyssinian |
AbyssinianNoun1. A small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Abyssinian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1797. (references) |
Synonym: AbyssinianSynonym: Abyssinian cat (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Abyssinian |
| English words defined with "Abyssinian": Abuna, Abyssinian banana, Abyssinian cat, Abyssinian gold ♦ Beden ♦ Ensete, Ethiopic ♦ genus Ensete ♦ Kousso ♦ Sangu. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Abyssinian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.56% of the time. "Abyssinian" is used about 41 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.56% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.44% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 41 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Abyssinian": abyssinian banana ♦ abyssinian cat ♦ Abyssinian gold. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Abyssinian": italo-abyssinian. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abyssinian | 202 |
abyssinian cat | 148 |
abyssinian baptist church | 20 |
abyssinian guinea pig | 15 |
abyssinian kitten | 15 |
abyssinian cat breeders | 12 |
abyssinian rescue | 11 |
abyssinian cat picture | 11 |
abyssinian breeders | 10 |
abyssinian pedigree | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Abyssinian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | Abessinies, Abessiniër. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | етиопски (ethiopian), абисински, абисинец. (various references) | |
Chinese | 阿"西尼亞人 , 埃塞俄"亚 (Ethiopia). (various references) | |
Danish | abyssiner. (various references) | |
Dutch | Abyssinisch, Abessiniër, Abessýns, Abessýn. (various references) | |
Esperanto | abiseno (Ethiopian), abisena (Ethiopian), etiopo (Ethiopian). (various references) | |
Finnish | abessinialainen. (various references) | |
French | abyssin. (various references) | |
German | abessynisch, Abessinier. (various references) | |
Greek | πόα η αβησσυνιακή (Abyssinian lovegrass, teff), αβυσσινιακή μπανάνα (Abyssinian banana, Abyssinian plantain, Bruce's banana). (various references) | |
Hungarian | abesszin, abesszíniai (ethiopian), abesszín személy, abesszín nyelv, abesszín (ethiopian), etiópiai (ethiopian), etióp személy, etióp nyelv, etióp (ethiopian). (various references) | |
Icelandic | Eþíópíumaður. (various references) | |
Italian | abissino. (various references) | |
Korean | 아비시니아. (various references) | |
Manx | Abysseenagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abyssinianay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abissínio. (various references) | |
Romanian | abisinian. (various references) | |
Russian | абиссинец абиссинский. (various references) | |
Spanish | abisinio. (various references) | |
Swedish | abessinier. (various references) | |
Turkish | habeş (ethiopian), etiyopyalı (ethiopian). (various references) | |
Ukranian | абісінійський, абісінець. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Abyssinian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abysinian, abyssinica, Abysssinia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-i-n-n-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: sannyasi. | |
-3 letters: banians, banyans. | |
-4 letters: banian, banyan, basins, sabins. | |
-5 letters: abyss, annas, assai, assay, ayins, banns, basin, basis, bassi, bassy, byssi, isbas, naans, nabis, nanas, sabin, sains, sasin, snibs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 79 73 73 69 6E 69 61 6E |
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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).- -... -.--. ... ... .. -. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01111001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b y s s i n i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0079 0073 0073 0069 006E 0069 0061 006E |
| 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)35689185857580756780 |
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