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Definition: Samite |
SamiteNoun1. A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "samite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Samite \Sa"mite\, adjective. [Old French expression samit, Late Latin expression samitum, examitum, from LGr., woven with six threads; Greek six thread. See Six, and compare to Dimity.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Silk cloth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Artificially produced silicon carbide or carborundum. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Samite |
| English words defined with "samite": Samette. (references) |
| "Samite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Samite" is used about 3 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
samite | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "samite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | златотъкан брокат. (various references) | |
Czech | hedvábná látka (faille, grenadine, marquisette). (various references) | |
Danish | samite. (various references) | |
French | samite. (various references) | |
German | Samite. (various references) | |
Greek | χρυσοΰφαντο μεταξωτό ύφασμα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ezüsttel (to damascene), arannyal átszõtt, arannyal átszőtt nehéz brokátselyem, átszőtt nehéz brokátselyem. (various references) | |
Italian | samite. (various references) | |
Manx | sameet. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amitesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | samito, samite. (various references) | |
Russian | тяжелый шелк. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | brokat (brocade). (various references) | |
Spanish | samite, brocado de seda. (various references) | |
Turkish | ipekli kalın kumaş. (various references) | |
Ukranian | венеціанська парча. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gấm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | hexamitos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "samite": samites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "samite" (pronounced 'Sa"mite'): Ammite, Bismite, Chromite, Domite, gummite, Ichthyophthalmite, Ophthalmite, osmite, Palmite, Pandermite, Podophthalmite, Protosomite, Psammite, Sclerodermite, somite, stalagmite, termite, Thomite, Zamite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: misate, miseat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amies, emits, items, maist, mates, meats, metis, mites, satem, smite, steam, stime, tames, tamis, teams, times. | |
-2 letters: aims, aits, amie, amis, ates, east, eats, emit, etas, item, maes, mast, mate, mats, meat, mesa, meta, mise, mist, mite, same, sate, sati, seam, seat, semi, seta, sima, site, smit, stem, tame, tams, team, teas, ties, time. | |
-3 letters: aim, ais, ait, ami, ate, eat, ems, eta, ism, its, mae, mas, mat, met, mis, sae, sat, sea, sei, set, sim, sit, tae, tam, tas, tea, tie, tis. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, am, as, at, em, es, et, is, it, ma, me, mi, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: amities, amosite, atheism, atomies, atomise, diastem, etamins, etatism, gamiest, imarets, impaste, inmates, maestri, maziest, mestiza, misdate, miseats, mismate, misrate, misseat, mistake, pastime, samites, sematic, semimat, sigmate, smartie, tameins, tamises, tammies. | |
+2 letters: adamsite, ailments, airtimes, aliments, ambients, amentias, amirates, amitoses, amnestic, amniotes, amortise, amosites, animates, asterism, atheisms, atomised, atomiser, atomises, atomizes, autecism, balmiest, barmiest, beamiest, bimetals, campiest, campsite, casteism, ceramist, clematis, climates, daytimes, diastema, diastems, emeritas, emirates, estimate, etamines, etatisms, flamiest, foamiest, gammiest, hammiest, hematics, hematins, imamates, imitates, impasted, impastes, jammiest, lambiest, lamister, loamiest, magister, majestic, malmiest, maltiest, mangiest, manifest, manliest, mannites, mantises, marliest, marlites, marmites, massiest, mastiche, mastixes, mastlike, mateship, matinees, matiness, matrices, matrixes, mealiest, meatiest, medalist, mediants, mediates, megabits, megahits, melanist, mestizas, metalise, metalist, meticais, meticals, migrates, minarets, mintages, misacted, misagent, misalter, misatone, misdated, misdates, misdealt, miseaten, mismated, mismates, misrated, misrates, misseats, misstate, mistaken, mistaker, mistakes, misteach, mistrace, mistreat, muriates, palmiest, pastimes, primates, psammite, ragtimes, raiments, rammiest, readmits, scimetar, seamiest, semantic, semimatt, seriatim, shipmate, simulate, smaltine, smaltite, smarties, steamier, steamily, steaming, sterigma, tachisme, taleysim, teatimes, teratism, timbales, toxemias, vitamers, wartimes. | |
+3 letters: acetamids, adamsites, admitters, airstream, alchemist, ambiverts, amenities, aminities, amitroles, ammonites, amnestied, amnesties, amortised, amortises, amortizes, anatomies, anatomise, animaters, antimeres, antiserum, antismoke, armistice, artemisia, asterisms, atomisers, atomizers, autecisms, autoecism, azotemias, bailments, calamites, campsites, casteisms, catamites, catechism, ceramists, clammiest, coinmates, creamiest, decimates, defeatism, demasting, dementias, demitasse, diamantes, diameters, dismalest, dismantle, dismasted, dominates, dramatise, dreamiest, dynamites, emaciates, emigrants, emigrates, empathies, empathise, enamelist, encomiast, estaminet, estimable, estimably, estimated, estimates, estimator, filaments, fumigates, geminates, gleamiest, haematics, haematins, halftimes, haulmiest, hemateins, hematines, hematites, histamine, immatures, immolates, impacters, imparters, impastoed, impatiens, intimates, isogamete, kamacites, laminates, lamisters, ligaments, lithemias, magisters, magnesite, magnetics, magnetise, magnetism, mainsheet, majesties, makeshift, maledicts, malemiuts, manifesto, manifests, mannerist, marbliest, marcasite, marinates, marshiest, martinets, martyries, masteries, mastering, masticate, mastiches, materials, materiels, mateships, maximites, mealtimes, meantimes, measliest, meatiness, mechanist, medalists, medallist, mediators, medicates, meditates, megaliths, melanists, melanites, melismata, mentalism, mentalist, metalised, metalises, metalists, metalizes, metallics, metatarsi, midstream, militates, ministate, misagents, misalters, misatoned, misatones, miscreant, miscreate, miseating, mishanter, mislearnt, mislocate, misparted, misrelate, misseated, misstated, misstates, mistakers, mistraced, mistraces, mistreats, mitigates, monazites, motivates, mutilates, nizamates, nominates, osmeteria, pantheism, playtimes, preadmits, psammites, ptomaines, qualmiest, rebaptism, remittals, rolamites, ruminates, sawtimber, schematic, scimetars, semantics, semimatte, semimetal, semitonal, septarium, shipmates, simulated, simulates, smaltines, smaltites, smarmiest, smeariest, spearmint, spermatia, spermatic, spermatid, staminate, steamiest, steamship, stemmatic, sterigmas, stimulate, streamier, streaming, sublimate, summative, swampiest, tachismes, teratisms, terminals, thematics, thiamines, tidemarks, timecards, timesaver, timescale, toxaemias, tramlines, tribesman, tympanies, tyramines, ultimates, umangites, vitamines, wambliest. | |
+4 letters: abominates, abstemious, acclimates, acetamides, administer, admixtures, advisement, aeronomist, affixments, aftertimes, airstreams, alchemists, alignments, alinements, almandites, altimeters, aluminates, amateurish, amateurism, amazonites, ametropias, amiantuses, ammoniates, amnestying, amplitudes, anamnestic, anatomised, anatomises, anatomizes, antimonies, antinomies, antiserums, antismoker, antonymies, aposematic, armistices, aromatizes, artemisias, asceticism, assignment, assimilate, assoilment, assumptive, asymmetric, autoecisms, autogamies, autonomies, autotomies, banishment, bedlamites, bombinates, brambliest, brominates, cacomistle, calamities, calmatives, catechisms, centesimal, centigrams, centralism, ceramicist, chemotaxis, clematises, collimates, costmaries, cremations, criminates, culminates, cysteamine, deaminates, defeatisms, demantoids, demitasses, dentaliums, dermatitis, dermatosis, diastemata, diatomites, diplomates, disbarment, dismantled, dismantles, dogmatizes, dramatised, dramatises, dramatizes, dreamtimes, dynamiters, eliminates, emanations, emittances, empathised, empathises, empathizes, emulations, enamelists, encomiasts, enthusiasm, erraticism, estaminets, estimating, estimation, estimative, estimators, examinants, famishment, firmaments, formatives, frameshift, fulminates, fumatories, gemmations, germinates, glutamines, haematites, hardiments, heathenism, hematinics, hematurias, hemostasis, hemostatic, hermitages, histamines, humanities, humiliates, imbricates, immigrates, imparities, imperators, impetrates, implanters, implicates, imprecates, inseminate, instalment, intimacies, intimaters, ironmaster, isogametes, isogametic, isothermal, kinematics, lemniscate, limewaters, lineaments, literalism, machinates, magistrate, magnesites, magnetised, magnetises, magnetisms, magnetites, magnetizes, magnitudes, mainsheets, mainstream, maisonette, majorities, makeshifts, malachites, mammitides, manganites, manifested, manifester, manifestly, manifestos, mannerists, manticores, marcasites, margarites, marginates, marketings, marquisate, martensite, martyrizes, masseteric, mastermind, mastership, masticated, masticates, mastitides, matinesses, matricides, maturities, maumetries, mechanists, medallists, mediastina, mediations, meditators, megacities, melanistic, melatonins, meliorates, melismatic, mendicants, mentalisms, mentalists, mentations, mesnalties, mesothelia, metabolism, metaethics, metalising, metallizes, metalloids, metalsmith, metamerism, metaphysic, metaplasia, metastasis, metastatic, metathesis, microstate, micturates, midstreams, midwatches, militances, militaries, militarise, millstream, minacities, mincemeats, miniatures, ministates, misadapted, misaltered, miscreants, miscreated, miscreates, miseducate, misgrafted, mishanters, mislocated, mislocates, mismatched, mismatches, mispainted, mispatched, mispatches, misplanted, misrelated, misrelates, misseating, misstarted, mistakable, mistakenly, misteaches, mistrained, mistreated, mizzenmast, modalities, molalities, molarities, monetarism, monetarist, moralities, morganites, mortuaries, multiphase, multistage, multistate, mutualizes, myasthenia, myasthenic, myopathies, negativism, neutralism, nightmares, palimpsest, palmitates, pantheisms, pantomimes, peacetimes, pegmatites, penultimas, protamines, psalterium, quizmaster, ramosities, ravishment, reanimates, rebaptisms, reestimate, reimplants, relativism, remediates, restamping, retransmit, rheumatics, rheumatism, ringmaster, samarskite, sawtimbers, schematics, schematism, schematize, semantical, semestrial, semilethal, semimetals, seminarist, semipostal, separatism, septicemia, shipmaster, shirtmaker, shmaltzier, sidestream, signalment, simulative, slipstream, smaragdite, smartening, smattering, spearmints, spermaceti, spermatial, spermatids, spermatium, stalagmite, stammering, stampeding, steamering, steaminess, steamships, stepfamily, sterigmata, stigmatize, stimulated, stimulates, stramonies, streamiest, streamings, streamline, streamside, sublimated, sublimates, submediant, subprimate, sympathies, sympathise, sympathize, sympatries, systematic, tamoxifens, taximeters, taxonomies, terminates, terrariums, thiaminase, thimerosal, timesavers, timesaving, timescales, timetables, trapeziums, traumatise, treadmills, tularemias, tympanites, ultimacies, unmanliest, vagotomies, vasotomies, womanliest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6D 69 74 65 |
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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 01100001 01101101 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a m i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006D 0069 0074 0065 |
| 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)536779758671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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