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Burnish

Definitions: Burnish

Burnish

Noun

1. The property of being smooth and shiny.

Verb

1. Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes".

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

Date "burnish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Burnish

DomainDefinitions

Industry

The action of rouge is to -- rather than to cut. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

To polish or rub to a smoother or glossier surface. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Burnish

Synonyms: gloss (n), glossiness (n), polish (n), buff (v), flush (v), furbish (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Burnish

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beauty

Render beautiful; Adjective: beautify; polish, burnish; gild; (decorate); set out.

Smoothness

Verb: smooth, smoothen; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate; (oil).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Burnish

English words defined with "burnish": BurnishingTo rub up. (references)
Specialty definitions using "burnish": BELL SPINNERedge burnisher, edge kitter, EDGE SETTERFLAT CLOTHIERLABORER, BOOT AND SHOEreeler operator, REELING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Burnish

DomainTitle

Books

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Usage Frequency: Burnish

"Burnish" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "Burnish" is used about 13 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
Adjective (general or positive)46.15%6143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)30.77%4175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)23.08%3202,518
                    Total100.00%13N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Burnish

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

burnish

20

burnish net

2
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Modern Translations: Burnish

Language Translations for "burnish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

lustrim (glazing, polishing, shining, varnishing), lëmoj (civilize, clean, dub, even, finish, grind, pet, polish, smooth), lëmim (finish, polishing, refinement), fërkoj (caress, massage, pet, rasp, rub, rub down, shine). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لمعان (brightness, flash, glisten, glitter, gloss, glossiness, luminosity, luster, radiance, refulgence, sheen, shine, shining), ‏لمع (beam, blaze, buff, coruscate, dazzle, enamel, flare, flash, furbish, gleam, glisten, glitter, polish, radiate, rub up, shine, sparkle), ‏تلميع (polishing), ‏صقل (buff, buffer, burn, cultivate, enamel, furbish, gloss, glossiness, grind, lacquer, perfect, planish, plume, polish, refine, rumble, scour, shine, sleek, smooth, stone), ‏بريق (blaze, brightness, flame, glance, gleam, glimmering, glitter, gloss, loudness, luster, opalescence, refulgence, sheen, shine, spark, twinkle). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

полировка, полирам (abrade, brighten up, buff, face, glaze, gloss, lap, planish, polish, rumble). (various references)

   

Czech

  

leštit (polish, rub, shine, wax). (various references)

   

Danish

  

polere (brightening, planish, polish, sleek, slick), glitte (calender, glaze, press). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bruineren (black finishing, browning, burnishing), polijsten (brightening, finishing, planish, polish, polishing, sleek, sleeking, slick, slicking), gladmaken (make smooth, smooth). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرداخت کردن (Buffer, Disburse, Give, Scour, Spend), صیقل دادن (Gloss, Polish), صیقل (Varnish), جلادادن (Japan, Polish, Surface, Varnish), جلا (Buff, Gloss, Japan, Polish, Varnish). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kiillottaa (polish, wax). (various references)

   

French

  

brunir, polir (buff). (various references)

   

German

  

polieren (brush up, buff, furbish, glaze, gloss, polish, polish up, polishing, rub, rubbing, shine, shining, simonize, slick, to polish, to slick). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στιλβώ (glaze, gloss, polish, shine), στίλβωση (polish, salve), γυαλίζω (glitter, polish, polish 1, polish off, rub up, sandpaper, shine). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"בריק (lustre, polish, shine, sparkle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kifényesít (to brighten, to furbish, to polish, to polish up, to shine), csiszolt (accomplished, chaste, polished, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave), csiszol (skive, to chisel, to emery, to furbish, to polish, to refine, to refit, to smooth, to surface, to touch up). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

berkilauan (glisten), mengupam (polish), mengkilapkan (buff), mengkilap (glossy, vitreous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

brunire (polish, slick). (various references)

   

Manx

  

jannoo sollys (burnishing, illuminate), gloassey (buff, buffing, burnishing). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urnishbay

   

Portuguese

  

polir (Basil, brighten, furbish, glass bottle, gloss, grinder, lap up, make smooth, plank, polish, refine, rub, scour, scrape, sleek, smooth, Spall, varnish). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

bruna oţelul, lustrui (brighten, brush up, clean, furbish, glass, glaze, gloss, polish, polish up, rub up, shine, sleek, surface), luci (glance, gleam, glisten, shine, sparkle), deveni lucios, curãţa (brush, brush up, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

полировать (buff, furbish, lap, polish, slicks). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sjaj (blazon, blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, eclat, effulgence, gloss, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), politura (polish), politirati (polish), izglačati (buff). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bruñir (polish). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

polera (furbish, glaze, lap, polish, rub clean, shine, slick, wax). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

parlatmak (blazon, brighten, clean, furbish, furbish up, give a polish, glaze, gloss, lighten, luster, polish, rub up, satin, shine, sleek), cilalamak (apply polish, blanch, finish, furbish, give a polish, gloss, luster, polish, shine, surface, varnish, veneer, wax), cilâlı olmak. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

чистити (brighten, clean, clean down, cleanse, flay, furbish, scour, scrub, stem), блиск (blaze, brightness, brilliance, coruscation, effulgence, glance, irradiation, luster, lustre, oriency, pomp, resplendence, scintillation, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), блищати (coruscate, glisten, glitter, shine), полірувати (buff, clean, furbish, levigate, polish), поліровка (polish, smoothing), доводити до блиску. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Burnish

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

luminare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Burnish

Derivations

Words beginning with "burnish": burnished, burnisher, burnishers, burnishes, burnishing, burnishings. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Burnish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Behnisch, Bernis, Brunnich, Brunwich, Buringh, burnesh, burnoist, duirnish, gurnish, Urnasch. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Burnish"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "burnish" (pronounced ber"ni'sh)
4-er" n i' shfurnish.
3-n i' shbrownish, clannish, danish, greenish, tarnish.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Burnish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-h-i-n-r-s-u"

-1 letter: bruins, burins, hubris, inrush.

-2 letters: brins, bruin, brush, buhrs, burin, burns, ruins, shrub.

-3 letters: bins, brin, bris, buhr, buns, burn, burs, bush, hins, hisn, hubs, huns, nibs, nubs, rhus, ribs, rins, rubs, ruin, runs, rush, shin, shri, shun, sinh, snib, snub, urbs, urns.

-4 letters: bin, bis, bun, bur, bus, hin, his, hub, hun, ins.

 Words containing the letters "b-h-i-n-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: brushing.

 

+2 letters: burnished, burnisher, burnishes, nailbrush.

 

+3 letters: bounderish, burnishers, burnishing, furbishing, kurbashing, neighbours, paintbrush.

 

+4 letters: airbrushing, beshrouding, brutishness, burnishings, bushranging, husbandries, nailbrushes, nudibranchs, thumbprints, tribuneship.

 

+5 letters: buccaneerish, bunchberries, bushrangings, hummingbirds, paintbrushes, refurbishing, republishing, subarachnoid, thunderbirds, tribuneships.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Burnish


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

42 75 72 6E 69 73 68

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)

01000010 01110101 01110010 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#114 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0072 006E 0069 0073 0068

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

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

36878480758574

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Burnish"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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