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Definitions: Filbert |
FilbertNoun1. Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe. 2. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Filbert" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an abundant brightness". |
Date "filbert" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | This is a favorable dream, denoting a peaceful and harmonious domestic life and profitable business ventures. To dream of eating them, signifies to the young, delightful associations and many true friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Fruit of Corylus maxima. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FilbertSynonyms: cob (n), cobnut (n), hazelnut (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Filbert |
| English words defined with "filbert": Filbert gall ♦ Wood nut. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "filbert": Lanbert's filbert. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "filbert": Avellane ♦ Bonduc. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Filbert" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.13% of the time. "Filbert" is used about 46 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) | 89.13% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.87% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "filbert" 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 |
| Filbert | Last name | 130 | 64,122 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Filbert" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an abundant brightness". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Filbert." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Filbert | Male | N/A | Filibert |
| Filibert | Male | N/A | N/A |
| Fulbert | Male | N/A | Filibert |
| Philibert | Male | French | Filibert |
| Filiberto | Male | Italian | Filibert |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "filbert": Filbert gall ♦ filbert tree ♦ Lanbert's filbert. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
filbert | 33 |
contorted filbert | 19 |
filbert tree | 14 |
filbert nut | 9 |
filbert fledgling | 4 |
contorted filbert tree | 3 |
filbert fledgeling | 3 |
filbert steps | 2 |
filbert fledgling gamez | 2 |
charles filbert geoffrey | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "filbert"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Lajthi (cobnut, hazelnut, nit, nut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شجر البندق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Леска (Hazel), Цариградски Лешник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 欧洲榛 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Ořech (earth-nut, knob, nut, nut tree, walnut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stor hasselnød (Lanbert's filbert), lambertsnød (Lanbert's filbert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Lambertsnoot (Lanbert's filbert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Aveline (Lanbert's filbert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lambertsnuss (Lanbert's filbert), Haselnuss (cob, hazelnut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λεπτοκαρύο, Λεπτοκαρυά (Hazel), Φουντούκι (Hazel), aveline (Lanbert's filbert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ְ'וז. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Mogyoró (cob-nut, hazel, hazelnut, nit, peanut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nocciola di Dalmazia (Lanbert's filbert), Avellana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cro sharroo, cro couyll. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilbertfay Fibroso (desmoid, fibred, fibril, fibrous, fibula, sinewy, stringy, thready), avelã superior (Lanbert's filbert), Avelã (hazelnut, nut). (various references) Alunã (Hazel, hazel nut, nut). (various references) Лещина. (various references) vrsta oraha (candleberry, candlenut). (various references) avellana napolitana (Lanbert's filbert), avellana de lambert (Lanbert's filbert), Avellana (hazelnut, nutwood). (various references) Filbertnöt. (various references) ผลไม้ยุโรปจำพวก Corylus avellana. (various references) Fındık Ağacı (Hazel), Fındık (hazelnut). (various references) Фундук, Ліщина (Hazel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "filbert": filberts. (additional references) | |
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"Filbert" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ciliberto, dilbert, Eilberg, Faubert, Feldberg, fibet, fibette, fiblet, Fimblett, Flobert, Folberth, Forbert, Fulber, Sibert, Vibert. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "filbert" (pronounced fi"lbert) |
| 5 | -i" l b er t | Gilbert. |
| 4 | -l b er t | Halbert. |
| 3 | -b er t | Lambert, Sherbert. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-i-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: filter, lifter, riblet, trifle. | |
-2 letters: befit, birle, biter, blite, brief, fiber, fibre, filer, filet, flier, flirt, flite, liber, lifer, liter, litre, refit, relit, rifle, tiler, tribe. | |
-3 letters: belt, bier, bile, birl, bite, blet, brie, brit, felt, file, fire, flit, fret, frit, left, lief, lier, life, lift, lire, lite, reft, reif, riel, rife, rift. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-f-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: filberts. | |
+2 letters: filtrable. | |
+3 letters: clofibrate, fibrillate, filibuster, filterable, profitable. | |
+4 letters: beautifuler, bullfighter, butterflied, butterflies, certifiable, certifiably, clofibrates, fibrillated, fibrillates, filibusters, forfeitable, irrefutable, irrefutably, perfectible, rectifiable, trafficable, vitrifiable. | |
+5 letters: bullfighters, butterflying, defibrillate, fertilizable, filibustered, filibusterer, forgeability, friabilities, transfusible, unprofitable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6C 62 65 72 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. .-.. -... . .-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101100 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i l b e r t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006C 0062 0065 0072 0074 |
| 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)40757868718486 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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