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Definition: DAINTIES |
DAINTIESPlural1. Of Dainty |
Date "DAINTIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: DAINTIES |
| English words defined with "DAINTIES": Cates. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DAINTIES": Jelly Pardons ♦ Potato-talk ♦ White Ladies. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "DAINTIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DAINTIES" 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
dainties | 2 |
dainties lobster | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DAINTIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 美味 (Dainty, flavorful, flavourful, Palatable, relish, savory, savoury, yummy). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ עמים (delicatessen). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aintiesday.(various references) | |
Romanian | dulceaţã (jam, mildness, softness, sweetness, sweets, voluptuousness), bunãtate (benignity, bounty, feeling, goodness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, virtue). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ashr piwn autou o artoV kai autoV dwsei trufhn arcousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aser pinguis panis eius et praebebit delicias regibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Aser, the fat breed of hym, and he shal yeue delices to kyngis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Off Asser cometh fatt breed and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 20 |
| Bulgarian | Хлябът от Асира ще бъде изряден; И той ще доставя царски сладкиши. |
| Cebuano | Gikan kang Aser ang iyang tinapay nga matambok, Ug siya magahatag sa mga malami nga pagkaon nga harianon. |
| Chinese | 亞 設 之 地 必 出 肥 美 的 糧 食 、 " 出 君 王 的 美 味 。 |
| Croatian | U Ašera bit æe hrane, poslastica za kraljeve. |
| Danish | Aser, hans Føde er fed, Lækkerier for Konger har han at give. |
| Dutch | Van Aser, zijn brood zal vet zijn; en hij zal koninklijke lekkernijen leveren. |
| Finnish | Asserista tulee lihavuus, hänen leipänsä, hän tarjoaa kuninkaan herkkuja. |
| French | Aser produit une nourriture excellente; Il fournira les mets délicats des rois. |
| German | Von Asser kommt sein fettes Brot, und er wird den Königen leckere Speise geben. |
| Haitian Creole | Peyi Asè a ap bay bon manje k'ap bay fòs. L'ap donnen manje ki gou nan bouch wa yo. |
| Hungarian | Ásernek kenyere kövér, királyi csemegét szolgáltat. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Asyer, makananmu limpah mewah, kau akan menyediakan makanan bagi raja-raja. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka makanan Asyer itu akan lemak adanya, dibawanya masuk santapan raja yang sedap-sedap. |
| Italian | Aser, il suo pane è pingue: egli fornisce delizie da re. |
| Korean | 아 셀 에 게 서 나 " 식 물 은 기 름 진 것 이 라 그 가 왕 의 진 수 를 공 궤 하 리 로 다 |
| Maori | Ko ta Ahera, ka momona tana taro, a he kai kingi ona hua. |
| Modern Greek | Του Ασηρ ο αρτος θελει εισθαι παχυς· και αυτος θελει διδει βασιλικας τρυφας. |
| Norwegian | Fra Aser kommer fedmen, hans mat, og lekre retter som for konger har han å gi. |
| Portuguese | De Aser, o seu pão será gordo; ele produzirá delícias reais. |
| Rumanian | Awer dq o hranq minunatq; El va da bucate alese kmpqrayilor. |
| Russian | дМС бУЙТБ--УМЙЫЛПН ФХЮЕО ИМЕ' ЕЗП, Й ПО 'Х"ЕФ "ПУФБЧМСФШ "БТУЛЙЕ СУФЧБ. |
| Spanish | "Aser: Sus alimentos son suculentos; él producirá manjares dignos de un rey. |
| Swedish | Från Aser kommer fetma, honom till mat; konungsliga läckerheter har han att giva. |
| Thai | อาหารบริบูร"์จะเกิ"จากอาเชอร์ และเขาจะผลิ"เครื่องเสวยสำหรับกษัตริย์ |
| Ukrainian | Асир його хліб буде ситий, і він буде давати присмаки царські. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DAINTIES": daintiest. (additional references) | |
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"DAINTIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dainis, Daintree, dauntiess, dauties. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: adenitis. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: destain, detains, distain, indites, inedita, instead, isatine, sainted, stained, tineids. | |
-2 letters: detain, indies, indite, inside, isatin, sained, seniti, staned, teiids, teinds, tenias, tidies, tineas, tineid, tisane. | |
-3 letters: adits, aides, anise, anted, antes, antis, aside, dates, deans, deist, dents, diets, dines, dints, ditas, dites, edits, entia, etnas, ideas, indie, inset, intis, nates, neats, neist, nides, nisei, nites, nitid, saint, saned, sated, satin, sedan, senti, sited, snide, stade, staid, stain, stand, stane, stead, stein, stied, tains, teiid, teind, tends, tenia, tides, tinea, tined, tines, tsade, tsadi. | |
-4 letters: adit, aide, aids, ains, aits, ands, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ates, dais, date, dean, deni, dens, dent, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, dita, dite, dits, east, eats, edit, ends, etas, etna, idea, ides, inia, inti, neat, nest, nets, nide, nidi, nisi, nite, nits, sade, sadi, said, sain, sand, sane, sate, sati, seat, send, sent, seta, side, sine, site, sned, snit, tads, tain, tans, teas, teds, tend, tens, tide, tied, ties, tine, tins. | |
-5 letters: ads, aid, ain, ais, ait, and, ane, ani, ant, ate, den, die, din, dis, dit, eat, eds, end, ens, eta, ids, ins, its, nae, net, nit, sad, sae, sat, sea, sei, sen, set, sin, sit, tad, tae, tan, tas, tea, ted, ten, tie, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: actinides, andesitic, daintiest, disentail, distained, dittanies, ideations, indicates, iodinates, sanitised, sanitized. | |
+2 letters: adenitises, administer, antibodies, banditries, daintiness, destaining, deviations, dieticians, dietitians, disentails, disseating, distrained, distrainer, insinuated, instigated, irridentas, mediastina, mediations, mispainted, mistrained, nodalities, sanctified, vindicates. | |
+3 letters: acetanilids, administers, adventitias, advertising, antimonides, antisuicide, decimations, dedications, depilations, derivations, desiccating, desiccation, designating, designation, designative, destination, dignitaries, dilatancies, disentailed, disrelation, disseminate, distrainers, drivetrains, equidistant, gadolinites, inaptitudes, incidentals, indexations, indicatives, inseminated, inspissated, interisland, intimidates, invalidates, italianised, mediastinal, mediastinum, medications, meditations, mendacities, mundanities, nematicides, ordinariest, rancidities, residential, stipendiary, unsatisfied, vaginitides, vineyardist. | |
+4 letters: acetanilides, administered, administrate, adventitious, advertisings, antispending, appendicitis, attitudinise, daintinesses, deaminations, declinations, defibrinates, defoliations, deifications, delineations, denigrations, deoxidations, depositional, deprivations, desalinating, desalination, desiccations, desiderating, desideration, designations, despoliation, destinations, deviationism, deviationist, diamagnetism, dictionaries, dilatoriness, dilettantish, dilettantism, disaffecting, disaffection, disappointed, discriminate, disentailing, disinfectant, disinfestant, disintegrate, disorientate, dispensation, disrelations, disseminated, disseminates, disseminator, dissertating, dissertation, distrainable, ditransitive, doctrinaires, dominatrices, dominatrixes, edifications, educationist, elucidations, endocarditis, epoxidations, eradications, ethionamides, extraditions, indentations, indisputable, individuates, infanticides, ingratitudes, insecticidal, instantiated, internalised, interstadial, invalidities, investigated, laryngitides, maledictions, meanspirited, miscaptioned, miseducating, miseducation, mountainside, nationalised, nondiabetics, pentamidines, predications, presidential, rationalised, remediations, reoxidations, repudiations, reradiations, romanticised, scintillated, semidominant, sidetracking, trepidations, tyrannicides, unstratified, valedictions, veratridines, vineyardists. | |
+5 letters: administering, administrable, administrated, administrates, adventuristic, antediluvians, antiacademics, antidesiccant, antidiabetics, antimodernist, antipesticide, attitudinised, attitudinises, attitudinizes, cardinalities, clandestinity, consideration, containerised, coresidential, credentialism, deactivations, debilitations, decapitations, deglaciations, deionizations, delaminations, deliberations, delimitations, demonizations, deniabilities, denominations, denominatives, densification, denunciations, depreciations, deputizations, deracinations, desalinations, desiderations, despoliations, destabilizing, determinacies, detoxications, deviationisms, deviationists, dialecticians, diamagnetisms, diaphaneities, dieselization, differentials, dilettantisms, dimerizations, disaffections, discretionary, discriminated, discriminates, disenchanting, disentangling, disheartening, disinfectants, disinfestants, disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrator, disintoxicate, disorientated, disorientates, dispassionate, dispensations, disquantitied, disquantities, disseminating, dissemination, disseminators, dissertations, ditransitives, domesticating, domestication, educationists, endoparasitic, equidistantly, essentialized, eudaemonistic, fictionalised, grandiosities, granodiorites, guanethidines, hereditarians, idealizations, identicalness, idiomaticness, immediateness, immoderations, inconsiderate, indoctrinates, indomethacins, industrialise, industrialize, inexactitudes, insubordinate, intermediates, interstadials, isoantibodies, lymphadenitis, maladminister, masterminding, miseducations, modernisation, mountainsides, nicotinamides, nonvalidities, pedestrianism, pediatricians, pentaploidies, pharyngitides, preindustrial, presanctified, radiationless, rededications, repristinated, residentially, revalidations, sectarianized, sedimentation, stipendiaries, subordinative, superaddition, thioridazines, traditionless, transactinide, unassimilated, undissociated, unparasitized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 49 4E 54 49 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- .. -. - .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A I N T I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 0049 004E 0054 0049 0045 0053 |
| 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)3835434854433953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Bible Trace 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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