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Emile

Definition: Emile

Emile

Noun

1. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Emile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

"Emile" is a common misspelling or typo for: exile, milled.

 

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Crosswords: Emile

English words defined with "Emile": Emile Durkheim, Emile Gaboriau, Emile Herzog, Emile ZolaHenri Emile Benoit MatisseJules Emile Frederic MassenetMaximilien Paul Emile LittreZolaesque. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Emile": Jenny l'Ouvrieere. (references)

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Modern Usage: Emile

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Back in the 1870s, Emile Berliner invented something, and without it, I wouldn't be able to do my job. What was it? (The Hollywood Squares; writing credit: Gary Johnson)

Lyrics

Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air ("Seasons in the Sun"; performing artist: Kingston Trio)

Movie/TV Titles

Emile Verhaeren (1954)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Emile (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Emile

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Music

  

Consumer Goods

  • Emile Henry Couleurs Lion's Head Soup Bowl, Set of 2, White (reference)

  • Emile Henry Le Potier 13-by-10-Inch Lasagna Baker, Blue (reference)

  • Emile Henry Couleurs Lion's Head Soup Bowl, Set of 2, Cobalt (reference)

  • Emile Henry Le Potier 6-Ounce Ramekins, Set of 4, Green (reference)

  • Emile Henry Couleurs 2-Quart Souffle Dish, White (reference)

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Image Slideshow: Emile

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Photo Album: Emile

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Figure 3. Brouardel's luxmeter. This instrument was constructed in 1956 at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco by Jean Brouardel and Emile Rinck for their studies on the primary production in the Mediterranean Sea according to the methods of Steeman Nielsen. It was especially designed for photoelectric measurements in deep ocean water.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Cathédrale de Chartres. Vie de N.S. Jésus-Christ depuis son incarnation jusqu'à son entrée à Jérusalem / Emile Beau delt. et chromolith. ; Lassus dirext. ; imp. chromolith. Hangard-Maugé.Credit: Library of Congress.

Emile Berliner, with the model of the first phonograph machine which he invented.Credit: Library of Congress.

La figure, etudes lithographiées par Emile Lassalle doux sommeil = sweet sleeping / / Emile Lassalle ; peint par Holfeld ; imp. Lemercier à Paris.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Emile

AuthorQuotation

Emile Durkheim

Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them.

Emile Zola

I am an artist… I am here to live out loud.
Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

Francois Emile

The moment has arrived for founding the Republic of Equals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Emile

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Economic History

Lebanon

After the election of then-commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Emile Lahoud in 1998 following Hrawi's extended term as President, Salim al-Hoss again served as Prime Minister. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Security forces arrested former Minister of State for the Interior and eventual PDCI presidential candidate, Emile Constant Bombet, following the December 2000 overthrow of Bedie and detained him for 1 month without charge. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

General Coulibaly was released from Agban camp on August 1. On June 26, Belgian NGO Genocide Prevention entered more than 150 complaints in a Brussels court against President Gbagbo, former President Guei, Minister of Defense Moise Lida Kouassi, and Minister of Interior Emile Boga Doudou for crimes against humanity. (references)

Political Economy

Lebanon

President Emile Lahoud took office in 1998 after an election by Parliament that was heavily influenced by Syria. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

In addition to Guei, 18 others declared their candidacy, including former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara and former Minister of the Interior Emile Constant Bombet, who were considered the two favorites. (references)

Political Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Emile Constant Bombet, PDCI candidate and former Minister of State for Interior and Decentralization, was disqualified because he faced outstanding charges of abuse of office from when he was Minister. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Emile

"Emile" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.89% of the time. "Emile" is used about 76 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)82.89%6342,364
Adjective (general or positive)17.11%1397,576
                    Total100.00%76N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Emile

The following table summarizes the usage of "Emile" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
EmileFirst name Male6,000862
EmileLast name13057,425
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Emile

Expressions using "Emile": Emile Durkheim Emile Gaboriau Emile Herzog Emile Zola Henri Emile Benoit Matisse Jules Emile Frederic Massenet Maximilien Paul Emile Littre. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Emile": Etienne-emile, jacques-emile, Jean-emile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Emile

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

emile hirsch

159

emile durkheim

136

emile zola

89

emile writer

77

emile

74

emile henry

47

emile nelligan

23

bellet emile

22

emile griffith

17

emile robershaw

15

emile galle

15

emile hirsch picture

14

emile gruppe

14

emile coue

14

emile pandolfi

11

becat emile

10

emile hirsh

9

emile rousseau

8

berliner emile

8

emile mpenza

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Emile

Derivations

Words containing "Emile": semilegendary, semilethal, semilethals. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Emile

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: elemi.

Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-m"

-1 letter: lime, mile.

-2 letters: eel, elm, eme, lee, lei, lie, mel, mil.

-3 letters: el, em, li, me, mi.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-m"
 

+1 letter: delime, elemis, elmier, mealie, meikle.

 

+2 letters: beslime, besmile, delimed, delimes, elmiest, emailed, gemlike, hemline, lexemic, limeade, linemen, mealier, mealies, micelle, mileage, myeline, vermeil.

 

+3 letters: beamlike, bedimple, bemingle, bepimple, beslimed, beslimes, besmiled, besmiles, comelier, demilune, domelike, eglomise, embolies, emulsive, endemial, filename, flextime, fumelike, gamelike, gelsemia, gimleted, gleamier, hemlines, hemplike, homelier, homelike, ilmenite, imbecile, impelled, impeller, impledge, lemurine, leucemia, leucemic, leukemia, leukemic, liegeman, liegemen, lifetime, limbered, limberer, limeades, limeless, limonene, linesmen, materiel, mazelike, mealiest, mealtime, measlier, medflies, medieval, melamine, melanite, melanize, melilite, melinite, melodies, melodise, melodize, metalise, metalize, micellae, micelles, mildened, mildewed, mileages, milkweed, milleped, millieme, mineable, miquelet, myelines, pemoline, periblem, polemize, realtime, refilmed, relumine, remailed, remedial, riflemen, seamlike, seemlier, selenium, semplice, shlemiel, smellier, stemlike, telefilm, timeless, timelier, timeline, vermeils.

 

+4 letters: alchemies, alchemize, alimented, alinement, altimeter, bedimpled, bedimples, bedlamite, belemnite, bemingled, bemingles, bepimpled, bepimples, berkelium, blemished, blemishes, comeliest, crimeless, declaimed, declaimer, delimited, delimiter, demential, demilunes, devilment, dishelmed, dissemble, dreamlike, eliminate, embellish, embleming, embrittle, embroiled, eminently, emollient, emotively, emulative, enameling, enamelist, epidermal, estimable, exclaimed, exclaimer, exemplify, filenames, flemished, flemishes, flexitime, flextimes, gelsemium, gleamiest, glimmered, gnomelike, greenmail, guillemet, helmeting, hemicycle, homeliest, ilmenites, imbeciles, immensely, impaneled, impearled, impellers, imperiled, impleaded, impledged, impledges, implement, inclement, intermale, kilometer, leucemias, leukaemia, leukemias, leukemics, leukemoid, lifetimes, limberest, limestone, limewater, limonenes, lineament, lithesome, liverymen, luminesce, lysimeter, madeleine, madrilene, marbleise, marbleize, materiels, mealtimes, meanwhile, measliest, meclizine, mediaeval, mediately, medicable, medievals, melamines, melanites, melanized, melanizes, melilites, melinites, meliorate, melodised, melodises, melodized, melodizer, melodizes, meningeal, merciless, mescaline, messaline, metalised, metalises, metalized, metalizes, metallize, metheglin, middlemen, midweekly, milestone, milkweeds, millepeds, millerite, milliemes, millipede, minefield, minelayer, miquelets, misbelief, miserable, misleader, misleared, misrelate, misrelied, misrelies, missileer, mistletoe, pemolines, periblems, phlegmier, piecemeal, pimpernel, polemized, polemizes, policemen, reclaimed, recompile, relumined, relumines, remelting, schlemiel, seemingly, seemliest, seleniums, semimetal, semivowel, shlemiehl, shlemiels, simplexes, smelliest, smileless, smokelike, solemnize, sommelier, teemingly, telefilms, tillermen, tiltmeter, timeliest, timelines, timescale, timetable, tremblier, tremolite, willemite.

 

+5 letters: alchemized, alchemizes, alinements, altimeters, ameliorate, amerciable, antifemale, assemblies, bedlamites, belemnites, berkeliums, blithesome, bloomeries, caramelise, caramelize, ceilometer, centesimal, ceremonial, clematises, clemencies, clinometer, clomiphene, colemanite, comeliness, comestible, completive, decemviral, decimalize, declaimers, defilement, delaminate, delimiters, demobilize, demoiselle, demolished, demolisher, demolishes, demoralize, derailment, devilments, disembowel, dissembled, dissembler, dissembles, ecumenical, eliminated, eliminates, emalangeni, embezzling, emblematic, emboweling, embrittled, embrittles, emetically, emollients, empaneling, emulsified, emulsifier, emulsifies, enamelists, enamelling, enlistment, entailment, epidemical, epithelium, eremitical, evangelism, examinable, exclaimers, federalism, femininely, filmsetter, flexitimes, flummeries, gelsemiums, gemologies, genteelism, greenmails, guillemets, heliometer, helmetlike, hemiacetal, hemicycles, hemihedral, hemiplegia, hemiplegic, hermetical, homeliness, imboldened, immersible, immortelle, impalement, impanelled, impeccable, imperilled, implements, inclemency, incomplete, irremeable, kilometers, kimberlite, lamaseries, lambencies, legitimate, legitimise, legitimize, lemniscate, leukaemias, limberness, limestones, limewaters, liminesses, limpnesses, lineaments, littermate, luminesced, luminesces, lysimeters, madeleines, madrilenes, maledicted, maleficent, malingered, malingerer, manchineel, marbleised, marbleises, marbleized, marbleizes, meanwhiles, meclizines, mediaevals, medievally, meliorated, meliorates, melodizers, menologies, mercantile, mescalines, mesnalties, mesothelia, messalines, metabolite, metabolize, metallized, metallizes, metheglins, midfielder, mildnesses, milestones, millefleur, millerites, millimeter, millipedes, minefields, minelayers, mineralise, mineralize, misaltered, misbeliefs, misbelieve, misdevelop, miserables, misfielded, mislabeled, misleaders, mislearned, mispleaded, misrelated, misrelates, missileers, missilemen, misspelled, mistletoes, mongrelize, motiveless, mousseline, mulberries, multilevel, multipiece, multisense, multispeed, myelinated, myelitides, neorealism, neurilemma, nimbleness, overmilked, oversimple, pedimental, permillage, phlegmiest, pimpernels, planimeter, plumberies, polemicize, polymerise, polymerize, polysemies, prelimited, premedical, recompiled, recompiles, regimental, remediable, remedially, remediless, remissible, remittable, remobilize, remodeling, resembling, resmelting, revilement, schlemiels, seamanlike, seemliness, semeiology, semestrial, semicircle, semifeudal, semilethal, semimetals, semivowels, semiweekly, semiyearly, shlemiehls, simpleness, slimnesses, smelteries, solemnized, solemnizes, sommeliers, streamline, summerlike, telemetric, teleonomic, terminable, thermalize, thermopile, tiltmeters, timberline, timbrelled, timelessly, timeliness, timescales, timetables, tiresomely, trembliest, tremolites, umbellifer, unlimbered, unseemlier, untimelier, ureotelism, vermicelli, wilderment, willemites, zombielike.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Emile


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6D 69 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    --    ..    .-..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101101 01101001 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#109 &#105 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006D 0069 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3979757871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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