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Definition: Lieutenancy |
LieutenancyNoun1. The position of a lieutenant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lieutenancy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references) |
Crosswords: Lieutenancy |
| English words defined with "lieutenancy": Lieutenantry, Lieutenantship. (references) |
| "Lieutenancy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lieutenancy" is used about 13 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) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "lieutenancy": lord-lieutenancy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lieutenancy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rang togeri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منصب الملازم الأول. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чин на лейтенант, звание на лейтенант. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poruènictví (custody, guardianship, tutelage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lieutenance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leutnantsrang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπολοχανία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ס' ות (deputyship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | helytartóság (eparchy, exarchate), helytartói méltóság, helytartói állás, helyettesi állás, hadnagyi rendfokozat, hadnagyi rang, főhadnagyság, főhadnagyi rendfokozat, főhadnagyi rang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | luogotenenza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ynnydaght, aachaptanys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ieutenancylay tenência, em lugar de (else, for, in place of, vice). (various references) gradul de locotenent. (various references) чин лейтенанта. (various references) namesništvo (governorship, proconsulate, vicarage), čin poručnika. (various references) yüzbaşılık (captaincy, captainship), teğmenlik. (various references) chức trung uý chức đại uý hải quân. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "lieutenancy" (pronounced 'Lieu*ten"an*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: anciently, enunciate. | |
-3 letters: innately, leniency, nucleate, uncinate. | |
-4 letters: acutely, alunite, ancient, annuity, annulet, anticly, cannily, canteen, cauline, cayenne, centile, cuneate, cutline, cyanine, cyanite, encinal, eucaine, inanely, latency, lenient, leucine, leucite, licente, lineate, linecut, lunatic, lyncean, nuclein, tenancy, tunicae, tunicle, uncinal, unclean, uneaten. | |
-5 letters: acetin, acetyl, acuity, aculei, annuli, atelic, auntie, auntly, canine, cannel, cannie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-u-y" | |
+4 letters: consequentially, unexceptionably. | |
+5 letters: consequentiality, neurasthenically, unaffectionately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 65 75 74 65 6E 61 6E 63 79 |
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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)01001100 01101001 01100101 01110101 01110100 01100101 01101110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i e u t e n a n c y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0065 0075 0074 0065 006E 0061 006E 0063 0079 |
| 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)4675718786718067806991 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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