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Definition: BURNET |
BURNETNoun1. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. |
Date "BURNET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
Etymology: Burnet \Bur"net\, noun. [from Old English expression burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perhaps being named from its color), from French brunet, diminutive of brun brown; compare to Old French brunete sort of flower. See Brunette.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: BURNET |
| English words defined with "BURNET": burnet bloodwort, Burnet moth, Burnet saxifrage ♦ Canadian burnet, Commendatory prayer ♦ Leasing making ♦ Pimpinel ♦ salad burnet, Sheep pest ♦ To dispose of, To set up. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BURNET": Balak ♦ Lilli-Burlero ♦ Oaks Famous in Story. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Burnet, Texas."
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Gilbert Burnet. / J. Riley J. Rogers. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Thos. Campbell Esqr. / Sir Thos. Lawrence, P.R.A. pinxt. Jno. Burnet, sculpt. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | John Gordon M.D. F.R.S.E. / W.J.Thompson pinxit. John Burnet sculpsit. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Burnet House and Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Burnet House ; Hôtel Burnet, Cincinnati, Ohio / A. Forbriger, Lith. ; Onken's Lithography, Cincinnati. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A man must be indifferent to the sneers of modern English men, to mention in their company the names of Sidney, Harrington, Locke, Milton, Nedham, Neville, Burnet, and Hoadly. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "BURNET" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 59.38% of the time. "BURNET" is used about 32 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 (proper) | 59.38% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (singular) | 40.63% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BURNET" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burnet | Last name | 100 | 87,179 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Burnet, TX (city, FIPS 11464) |
Expressions using "BURNET": burnet bloodwort ♦ Burnet County ♦ Burnet moth ♦ Burnet saxifrage ♦ Canadian burnet ♦ Great burnet ♦ salad burnet ♦ wild burnet. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BURNET": burnet-leaved. | |
| 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 "BURNET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | азваленка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Burnet-test (Burnet test), bibernelle (garden burnet, great burnet), Q-feber (Australian fever, Coxiella burnetii infection, Derrick-Burnet disease, Queensland fever, Queensland tick fever, Queensland tick typhus, query fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kleine pimpernel (salad burnet, small burnet), grote pimpernel (garden burnet, great burnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rohtoluppio (garden burnet, great burnet), pikkuluppio (salad burnet, small burnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sanguisorbe officinale (garden burnet, great burnet), réaction d'hémagglutination de Burnet (Burnet test), pimprenelle sanguisorbe (salad burnet, small burnet), petite pimprenelle (salad burnet, small burnet), grande pimprenelle (garden burnet, great burnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Burnet Test (Burnet test), Bibernell (salad burnet, small burnet), kleiner Wiesenknopf (salad burnet, small burnet), grosser Wiesenknopf (garden burnet, great burnet), grosse Bibernelle (garden burnet, great burnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σαγκουισόρβον το ελάσσσον (salad burnet, small burnet), σαγκουισόρβο το φαρμακευτικό (garden burnet, great burnet), δοκιμασία Burnet (Burnet test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sorbastrella (salad burnet, small burnet), salvastrella maggiore (garden burnet, great burnet), salvastrella (salad burnet, small burnet), febbre Q (Australian fever, Coxiella burnetii infection, Derrick-Burnet disease, Q fever, Queensland fever, Queensland tick fever, Queensland tick typhus, query fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 吾木香 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | われも"う. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus yn aile (pyrethrum, salad burnet), drine drughaig (burnet rose, dog rose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urnetbay teste de Burnet (Burnet test). (various references) Pimpinela. (various references) blodtopp (garden burnet, great burnet), pimpinell (salad burnet, small burnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pimpinella major, Pimpinella saxifraga, Sanguisorba minor Scop., Sanguisorba officinalis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BURNET": burnets. (additional references) | |
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"BURNET" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baugniet, Berent, Bernat, bernest, Bernet, birzeit, Bornat, Bornatt, Bornet, brunel, brunett, brunnet, Brunot, bunet, bunnet, Burdet, buret, burett, Burnant, burne, burnesh, burnetii, burnetti, burret, gurnet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BURNET" (pronounced ber"net) |
| 3 | -n e t | Genet, signet, sonnet. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: brunet, bunter. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: brent, brunt, brute, buret, burnt, rebut, tuber, tuner. | |
-2 letters: bent, bren, brut, bunt, burn, bute, rent, rube, rune, runt, tern, true, tube, tune, turn, unbe. | |
-3 letters: ben, bet, bun, bur, but, ern, neb, net, nub, nut, reb, ret, rub, rue, run, rut, ten, tub, tun, urb, urn. | |
-4 letters: be, en, er, et, ne, nu. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: blunter, brunets, bunters, burnets, burthen, subrent, tribune, turbine. | |
+2 letters: arbutean, braunite, breadnut, brunette, burgonet, burstone, burthens, buttoner, rebutton, subentry, subrents, subtrend, tribunes, trueborn, turbaned, turbines, turnable, unbitter, urbanest, urbanite. | |
+3 letters: banqueter, blueprint, braunites, breadnuts, brunettes, buhrstone, burgonets, burrstone, burstones, burthened, buttering, butternut, buttoners, curbstone, debenture, embruting, exuberant, heartburn, interclub, outburned, outnumber, overburnt, rebutting, rebuttons, recumbent, subaltern, subcenter, subtrends, sunbather, tenebrous, tenurable, tribunate, turbanned, turbinate, turbulent, turntable, unstabler, urbanites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 4E 45 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. -. . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01001110 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R N E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 004E 0045 0054 |
| 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)365552483954 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, búlgaro, bulgar |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | фински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, 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 , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
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 | японски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonés, japansk |
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 | японски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonés, japansk |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
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