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Definition: WICH |
WICHNoun1. A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. 2. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. 3. A variant of 1st Wick. |
Date "WICH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Celtic for salt spring; often used in England as the termination of names of places where salt is or has been found; e.g., Droitwich, Nantwich.Syn:wych. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: WICH |
| Specialty definitions using "WICH": fermentation on skins ♦ linear city ♦ ventilated container. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "WICH" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (gave way), Pidgin English (which). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I shall invent an entirely new torture, against wich there is no possible defense (The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu; writing credit: Rudy Dochtermann; Jim Moloney) | |
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Books | |
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| "Train 3" by Max Fossen Commentary: "The dutch railway company has inspiring carriages with nice green and purple sofa's and comfortable light. The green sofa's have a separate head rest, wich makes it possible to look through." | "Obelisque in Hendaye, France 3" by Jon Urtxegi Commentary: "Strange serie, wich it´s taken in Hendaye, South-west part of France, next to Basque Country." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
Expressions using "WICH": every wich way ♦ of wich. 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 |
wich | 25 |
craft wich | 14 |
blair wich project | 8 |
blair wich | 5 |
sabrina teenage wich | 5 |
backstreet boy gay wich | 4 |
computer logged user wich | 3 |
lizze mcguire movie us wich | 3 |
salem trial wich | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WICH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | vaegesmoerer (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
Dutch | smeerpot met lont (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
Finnish | jonka johdosta (as a result of wich). (various references) | |
French | graisseur à mèche (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
German | wes (of wich, whose), Dochtoeler (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
Greek | φιτίλι (fuse, snuff, wick). (various references) | |
Italian | ingrassatore a stoppino (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ichway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lubrificador de mecha (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
Spanish | engrasador de mecha (wich oiler, wick lubricator). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O htoimasaV kata proswpon pantwn twn lawn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | ða þu geearwodest beforan ansyne eallra folca; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wich thou hast prepared before the face of all people. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | sa kaluwasan nga imong giandam diha sa atubangan sa tanang katawhan, |
| Chinese | 就 是 你 在 萬 民 面 前 所 豫 備 的 ． |
| Croatian | koje si pripravio pred licem svih naroda: |
| Danish | som du beredte for alle Folkeslagenes Åsyn, |
| Dutch | Die Gij bereid hebt voor het aangezicht van al de volken: |
| Finnish | jonka sinä olet valmistanut kaikkien kansojen nähdä, |
| French | Salut que tu as préparé devant tous les peuples, |
| German | welchen du bereitest hast vor allen Völkern, |
| Haitian Creole | Ou pare l' mete devan tout pèp yo. |
| Hungarian | A melyet készítettél minden népeknek szeme láttára; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Penyelamat itu Engkau telah siapkan untuk segala bangsa: |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | yang telah Engkau sediakan di hadapan sekalian bangsa; |
| Italian | preparata da te davanti a tutti i popoli, |
| Latvian | Ko Tu esi sataisîjis visu ïauþu vaiga priekðâ: |
| Manx Gaelic | T'ou er chiarail dy ve er ny hoilshaghey fenish dy chooilley phobble; |
| Maori | Ka whakatakotoria nei e koe ki te aroaro o nga iwi katoa; |
| Norwegian | som du har beredt for alle folks åsyn, |
| Portuguese | a qual tu preparaste ante a face de todos os povos; |
| Rumanian | pe care ai pregqtit -o sq fie, knaintea tuturor popoarelor, |
| Russian | ЛПФПТПЕ фЩ ХЗПФПЧБМ РТЕД МЙГЕН ЧУЕИ ОБТПДПЧ, |
| Shuar | Ju Uchi Ashí aents Uwemtikrartá tusam susamna nuna Yamái imia winia jiirujai Wáinkiajai. |
| Spanish | que has preparado en presencia de todos los pueblos: |
| Swahili | ambao umeutayarisha mbele ya watu wote: |
| Swedish | vilken du har berett till att skådas av alla folk: |
| Uma | to nuporodo hi hawe'ea manusia'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WICH": wiches. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "WICH": sandwich. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WICH": sandwiched, sandwiches, sandwiching. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WICH" (pronounced wi"kh) |
| 3 | w i" kh | bewitch, switch, twitch, which, witch. |
| 2 | -i" kh | bitch, ditch, enrich, Fitch, glitch, hitch, ich, itch, kitsch, lich, niche, pitch, rich, snitch, Stich, stitch, unhitch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-w" | |
-1 letter: chi, hic, ich. | |
-2 letters: hi. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-w" | |
+1 letter: which, winch, witch. | |
+2 letters: switch, twitch, wiches, witchy. | |
+3 letters: bewitch, chawing, chewier, chewing, chewink, chowing, cowfish, cowhide, fitchew, twitchy, whicker, winched, wincher, winches, witched, witches. | |
+4 letters: chainsaw, chewiest, chewinks, chowsing, chowtime, clerihew, clownish, cowhided, cowhides, crawfish, fitchews, hawfinch, inchworm, kickshaw, midwatch, richweed, rickshaw, sandwich, switched, switcher, switches, twitched, twitcher, twitches, watching, welching, wenching, whackier, whacking, whickers, whinchat, whipcord, whitecap, whitrack, winchers, winching, witchery, witchier, witching. | |
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