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Buttonhole

Definition: Buttonhole

Buttonhole

Noun

1. A hole through which buttons are pushed.

Verb

1. Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.

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

Date "buttonhole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)


Synonyms: Buttonhole

Synonyms: button hole (n), lobby (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Buttonhole

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

Weariness

Verb: weary; tire; (fatigue); bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Buttonhole

English words defined with "buttonhole": blanket stitch, boutonniere, Button hook, buttonhole stitch, buttonhookcutworkneedlepointpoint laceTo hold by the button. (references)
Specialty definitions using "buttonhole": BUTTONHOLE MAKER, BUTTONHOLE-MACHINE OPERATORSEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SEMIAUTOMATIC. (references)
Etymologies containing "buttonhole": Boutonniere. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Buttonhole

DomainTitle

Books

  • Buttonhole Stitch Applique (reference)

  • Learning & Remembering from Text: Buttonhole Your Buddy (reference)

  • Willowood: Further Adventures in Buttonhole Stitch Applique (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Usage Frequency: Buttonhole

"Buttonhole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Buttonhole" is used about 59 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 (singular)100%5944,010

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

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Expressions: Buttonhole

Expressions using "buttonhole": buttonhole flower buttonhole stitch. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Buttonhole

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

buttonhole

21

buttonhole stitch

4

bound buttonhole making

3

buttonhole make

2

buttonhole sew

2

buttonhole stitching thrtead

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Buttonhole

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

Albanian

  

vrimë e kopsës, thile (loop, stitch), lule në vrimën e kopsës, ilik (mesh, noose, shank, stitch, tab, tag), gojë e bukur. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قطبة العروة, ‏عروة في السترة. (various references)

   

Basque

  

botontzulo. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

цвете в бутониера (buttonhole flower), шия илици, бутониера, илик. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zdržovat (distract, hinder, hold off, impede, obstruct, restrain), kytièka do klopy, knoflíková dírka. (various references)

   

Danish

  

knaphulsbuket, knaphul. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tuiltje, knoopsgat. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مزاحم شدن (Annoy, Disturb, Obtrude, Perturb), مادگی (Pistil, Vigilance, Vulva), سوراخ دکمه . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

napinreikä. (various references)

   

French

  

boutonnière. (various references)

   

German

  

knopfloch. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουμπότρυπα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לולא" (bow, hitch, loop, noose, tab), אביק (dusty, pipe, powdery, tube). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gomblyuk, gomblyukba tűzött virág. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sosok (body, eye, figure, form, noose, shape), lubang kancing. (various references)

   

Italian

  

occhiello (eye, eyelet, loop). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ボクシングの試合 (Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, boss, bossa nova, Boston, botulinus, box, box calf, box seat, box store, boxing bout, button, button down, button lock, socket spanner, socket wrench, vocoder). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ボタンホール . (various references)

   

Manx

  

giarrey beg (trim). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

botonièra. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uttonholebay

   

Portuguese

  

botoeira, lapela (lapidary, lappet), floreira, deter (abstract, arrest, dam up, detain, deter, hold back, intercept, refrain, resist, restrain, retain, stop, suspend), casa de botão, alamar (gin, point, tab), agarrar pelo casaco, abrir casas. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

butonierã, coase butoniere la, cheotoare (eyelet, loop), ţine de vorbã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

петля (ansa, hinge, hitch, kink, loop, mesh, noose, self-loop, stitch, tag). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zadržati nekog u razgovoru, rupica (dimple, eyelet). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ojal (grommet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

knapphål (button hole, button-hole). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yakasına yapışmak (collar, get hold of, take smb. by the scruff of the neck), ilik açmak, ilik (eye, frog, grummet, loop, marrow, medulla, pith, warm), iliğe takılan çiçek, düğme dikmek. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

rhwyllyn (aperture), rhwyll (aperture). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Buttonhole

Derivations

Words beginning with "buttonhole": buttonholed, buttonholer, buttonholers, buttonholes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Buttonhole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Batahola, butanole. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Buttonhole"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "buttonhole" (pronounced bu"tunhō'l)
5-u n h ō' lpigeonhole.
4-n h ō' lmanhole, pinhole.
3-h ō' lcubbyhole, foxhole, keyhole, loophole, posthole, pothole, sinkhole.

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

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Anagrams: Buttonhole

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-h-l-n-o-o-t-t-u"

-4 letters: blotto, bottle, bouton, button, nutlet, outlet, tenuto, tonlet, tootle, unbelt, unbolt.

-5 letters: beton, bhoot, blent, bluet, blunt, booth, botel, boule, buteo, butle, butte, helot, hotel, lento, lotte, lotto, lunet, noble, obole, tenth, thole, tooth, unlet.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-h-l-n-o-o-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: buttonholed, buttonholer, buttonholes.

 

+2 letters: buttonholers.

 

+5 letters: troubleshooting.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Buttonhole


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

42 75 74 74 6F 6E 68 6F 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)

01000010 01110101 01110100 01110100 01101111 01101110 01101000 01101111 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#116 &#116 &#111 &#110 &#104 &#111 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0074 0074 006F 006E 0068 006F 006C 0065

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

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

36878686818074817871

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Buttonhole"

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

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

Basque

‏واحد من الباسكيين, ‏الباسكي, жакетче, баскски език, баскски, баска, Basque, baskisch, baske, baszk, basco, バスに乗る , バスク , Bascish, Bascagh, баскский, баск, baskijski jezik, baskijski, baskijac, vascuence, vasco, bask'lar veya bask dili ile ilgili, bask kabilesinden kimse

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

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

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

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

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

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, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , 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, Ffrengig

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, Almaenwr

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, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, Groegwr

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, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

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

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya

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

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca

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

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

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

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça

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, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

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

Welsh

geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiadshkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, waleský, waleština, Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, Cymreig

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, Saesneg
 


INDEX

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


  

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