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Definition: SMALLAGE |
SMALLAGENoun1. A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery. |
Date "SMALLAGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
Etymology: Smallage \Small"age\, noun. [Small French ache smallage. See Ach parsley.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Language | Translations for "SMALLAGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | див керевиз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | snitselleri (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bladselderij (celery, soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yrttiselleri (soup celery), leikkoselleri (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | céleri couper. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schnittsellerie (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άπιον το βαρύοσμον ποικ.σικελινόν (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sedanino (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allagesmay aipo de folha (soup celery). (various references) apio pequeno (soup celery), apio para cortar (soup celery). (various references) snittselleri (soup celery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Apium graveolens var.secalinum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SMALLAGE": smallages. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SMALLAGE" (pronounced 'Small"age'): Abusage, Accourage, Adage, Adjustage, Alloyage, Amperage, Appendage, Arrearage, Berthage, Blindage, blockage, Boatage, Bondage, Borage, Bordage, Bossage, Breakage, Brewage, Buoyage, Burgage, Careenage, Cartage, Centage, Checkage, Chiefage, Clearage, Cloudage, Clownage, Coinage, Corage, Cordage, Corkage, Costage, Couage, Courage, Cranage, Crimpage, Cuinage, Encourage, Endamage, Escheatage, Floodage, Floorage, flowage, Foldage, Fraughtage, freightage, Frequentage, frontage, fruitage. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-l-m-s" | |
-2 letters: agleam, galeas, gleams, legals, llamas. | |
-3 letters: agmas, algae, algal, algas, almas, almes, galas, galea, gales, galls, gamas, games, gleam, lamas, lames, legal, llama, mages, males, malls, meals, mells, salal, small, smell. | |
-4 letters: aals, agas, ages, agma, alae, alas, ales, alga, alls, alma, alme, alms, amas, asea, egal, ells, elms, gaes, gala, gale, gall. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-l-m-s" | |
+1 letter: ballgames, plasmagel, smallages. | |
+2 letters: allogamies, gallamines, plasmagels. | |
+3 letters: maquillages, megaloblast. | |
+4 letters: malacologies, megaloblasts. | |
+5 letters: flagellantism, gallimaufries, magisterially, malariologies, megaloblastic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4D 41 4C 4C 41 47 45 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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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)01010011 01001101 01000001 01001100 01001100 01000001 01000111 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S M A L L A G E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004D 0041 004C 004C 0041 0047 0045 |
| 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)5347354646354139 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Translations: Ancient 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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