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Definition: Side-whiskers |
Side-whiskersNoun1. Beard grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "side-whiskers" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
Synonyms: Side-whiskersSynonyms: burnside (n), mutton chop (n), sideburn (n). (additional references) |
| "Side-whiskers" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Side-whiskers" is used about 8 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 (plural) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "side-whiskers"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Afrikaan | bakkebaard (whiskers), bakbaard (whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 边颊须. (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | kindskæg (whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bakkebaard (whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Esperanto | vangoharoj (whiskers), vangobarbo (whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Backenbart (sideboard, sideburn, sideburns, whisker, whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | baffi (moustache, mustache, whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 측 곳수염. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ide-whiskerssay patillas (chops, deburns, side whiskers, sideboards, sideburns, whiskers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-i-i-k-r-s-s-s-w" | |
-3 letters: shrewdies, whiskered. | |
-4 letters: dieresis, disseise, shrewdie, shrieked, sidewise, swishers, swishier, weirdies, whiskers, whiskies. | |
-5 letters: desires, dishier, dresses, heiress, hissers, hissies, kissers, resides, seisers, shewers, shikses, shirked, shrewed, shrieks, shrikes, sissier, skewers, swished, swisher, swishes, weirdie, whisked, whisker, wishers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 64 65 2D 77 68 69 73 6B 65 72 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01100100 01100101 00101101 01110111 01101000 01101001 01110011 01101011 01100101 01110010 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i d e - w h i s k e r s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0064 0065 002D 0077 0068 0069 0073 006B 0065 0072 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53757071158974758577718485 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Afrikaan | woordeboek, definisie, vertaling | |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | Sjinees, Chinees, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinesisch, cinese, 중국, chino |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | Deens, 丹麦语, dänisch, danese, 덴마크, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | Nederlands, Hollands, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, holländisch, olandese, 네덜란", holandés |
Esperanto | 世界语, esperanton, esperanto | |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, 독일, alemán |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | Italiaans, Italiaan, Italianer, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italienisch, italiano, 이탈리아 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국, coreano |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaanse taal, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, spanisch, spagnolo, 스페인, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Engels, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglan, englisch, inglese, 영국, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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