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Date "ISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Noun. Source: Ish probably originated from the word "shit". Definition: 1 - It could be something or anything that you are too lazy to say the name of or just want to down cast it. 2 - Feces. Context: Can be used to replace just about any word. Social Source: Westchester Heights, Bronx, NY 10461. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Adjective. Source: I've heard that it actually came from the word, "rubbish", but i'm not for sure on that. . Definition: There's no dictionary meaning for it. Context: Ish is used when they are describing something . Social Source: Break Dancers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ISH | English | International Seamen and Harbour Workers | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ISH |
| Non-English Usage: "ISH" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (ex, old, onetime), Manx (her, herself, she). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | And she shakin that thang like who's da ish (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO) See ya shakin that thang like who's da ish (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ish HaHashmal (2003) Ha- Ish She Ba Lakahat (1981) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Greek businessmen frequently visit major international air conditioning and refrigeration shows, such as the International Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Exposition organized by ASHRAE in the United States, ISH in Frankfurt, Germany and Mostra Convegna in Milan, Italy. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ISH" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 62.07% of the time. "ISH" is used about 29 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 62.07% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20.69% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Unclassified Items | 6.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Interjection | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ISH": Ish-bosheth, ish-kay-nay, Ish-pan, Ish-tob. | |
Ending with "ISH": five-ish, nine-ish. | |
| 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 |
ish | 83 |
america ish north | 7 |
ish kabibble | 5 |
ish na.com | 5 |
baby ish name | 4 |
ish vein | 3 |
ish triple | 3 |
ish network | 3 |
energy ish | 3 |
ah al arah aynah betulah chadah eh ha ish lo mar od tovat vata vatemale vatered ve vehana yeda | 2 |
2003 ish | 2 |
cole gmbh ish | 2 |
40 ish | 2 |
inc ish | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | imsi (like), -imtrak. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 59 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai oude outwV ish hn h marturia autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et non erat conveniens testimonium illorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & heore cydnysse næs þas-gelic. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the witnessyng `of hem was not couenable. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But their witnes agreed not to geder. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But neither so did their witness agree together. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But neither so did their testimony agree together. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And even so their witness was not in agreement. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 59 |
| Cebuano | Ngani, bisan pa niini, ang ilang pagpamatuod wala magkatukma. |
| Croatian | Ali ni u tom im svjedoèanstvo ne bijaše složno. |
| Danish | Og end ikke således stemte deres Vidnesbyrd overens. |
| Dutch | En ook alzo was hun getuigenis niet eenparig. |
| Finnish | Mutta eivät näinkään heidän todistuksensa olleet yhtäpitäviä. |
| French | Même sur ce point-l leur témoignage ne s`accordait pas. |
| Gaelic | Is cha robh an teisteanas acasan a cordadh. |
| German | Aber ihr Zeugnis stimmte noch nicht überein. |
| Hungarian | De még így sem vala egyezõ az õ bizonyságtételük. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kesaksian orang-orang itu pun bertentangan satu sama lain. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Walaupun demikian, maka kesaksian mereka itu tiada juga bersetuju. |
| Italian | Ma nemmeno su questo punto la loro testimonianza era concorde. |
| Korean | 오 히 그 증 거 도 서 로 합 하 지 않 " 라 |
| Maori | A ahakoa tera kihai a ratou korero i riterite. |
| Norwegian | Og enda stemte ikke deres vidnesbyrd overens. |
| Portuguese | E nem assim concordava o seu testemunho. |
| Rumanian | Nici chiar kn privinya aceasta nu se potrivea mqrturisirea lor. |
| Russian | оП Й ФБЛПЕ УЧЙ"ЕФЕМШУФЧП ЙИ ОЕ 'ЩМП "ПУФБФПЮОП. |
| Shuar | Tura tuke Yapajiáwar tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero ni aun así concordaba el testimonio de ellos. |
| Swahili | Lakini hata hivyo, ushahidi wao haukupatana. |
| Swedish | Men icke ens i det stycket stämde deras vittnesbörd överens. |
| Uma | Hiaa' posabi' -ra toe, uma wo'o-wadi hibalia. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ISH": abolish, accomplish, actorish, admonish, aguish, amateurish, angelfish, anglerfish, anguish, antitarnish, apish, archerfish, aspish, astonish, babyish, bairnish, bakshish, baldish, banish, batfish, beamish, bearish, beauish, biggish, billfish, bitterish, blackfish, blackish, blandish, bleakish, blemish, blimpish, blindfish, blockish, blondish, blowfish, bluefish, blueish, bluish, boarfish, boarish, boggish, bonefish, boobish, bookish, boorish, bounderish, boxfish, boyish, brackish, brainish. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ISH": abolishable, abolished, abolisher, abolishers, abolishes, abolishing, abolishment, abolishments, accomplishable, accomplished, accomplisher, accomplishers, accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplishment, accomplishments, admonished, admonisher, admonishers, admonishes, admonishing, admonishingly, admonishment, admonishments, aguishly, amateurishly, amateurishness, amateurishnesses, angelfishes, anglerfishes, anguished, anguishes, anguishing, antiestablishment, antishark, antiship, antishock, antishoplifting, apishly, apishness, apishnesses, archbishop, archbishopric, archbishoprics, archbishops, archerfishes, astonished, astonishes, astonishing, astonishingly, astonishment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: his. | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-s" | |
-1 letter: hi, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-s" | |
+1 letter: chis, dish, fish, ghis, hies, hins, hips, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, ichs, khis, phis, pish, shim, shin, ship, shit, shiv, shri, sigh, sinh, sith, this, wish. | |
+2 letters: aphis, apish, chias, chics, chins, chips, chits, cuish, dashi, dishy, fishy, girsh, hafis, haiks, hails, hairs, hajis, heils, heirs, heist, hicks, hides, highs, hikes, hills, hilts, hilus, hinds, hints, hires, hissy, hists, hives, hoise, hoist, kiths, knish, nighs, ohias, piths, rishi, sahib, saith, sheik, shied, shiel, shier, shies, shift, shill, shily, shims, shine, shins, shiny, ships, shire, shirk, shirr, shirt, shist, shits, shiva, shive, shivs, shoji, shris, shtik, sighs, sight, sinhs, sixth, smith, spahi, stich, sushi, swish, swith, thins, whids, whigs, whims, whins, whips, whirs, whish, whisk, whist, whits, wisha. | |
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