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Definition: Weaned |
WeanedAdjective1. Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "weaned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Antonym: unweaned (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Weaned |
| English words defined with "weaned": Suckling ♦ unweaned ♦ Weanedness, Weanling. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "weaned": Gamul ♦ Head month ♦ wean away/tp. (references) |
| "Weaned" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 80.95% of the time. "Weaned" is used about 63 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 80.95% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 9.52% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.52% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
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 |
weaned | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "weaned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفطوم, المفطوم حديثا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 断绝 (Wean, Weaning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fravaennet pattegris (weaned pig, weaner), fravaennet kalv (weaned off calf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gespeende big (weaned pig, weaner), gespeend kalf (weaned off calf), afgewend kalf (weaned off calf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vieroitettu vasikka (weaned off calf), vieroitettu porsas (weaned pig, weaner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sevré. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entwöhnte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποκομμένο γουρουνάκι (weaned pig, weaner), απογαλακτισμένο μοσχάρι (weaned off calf), απογαλακτισμένο χοιρίδιο (weaned pig, weaner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sapihan (child that has been weaned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vitello svezzato (weaned off calf), porcellino slattato (weaned pig, weaner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이유하는. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | charbaait (diminished, separated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eanedway vitelo desmamado (weaned off calf), leitão desmamado (weaned pig, weaner). (various references) отлучать отлученный. (various references) ternero destetado (weaned off calf), cochinillo destetado (weaned pig, weaner), cerdito de destete (weaned pig, weaner). (various references) nötkreatur (cattle, creature), avvand smågris (weaned pig, weaner), avvand kalv (weaned off calf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 21, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai huxhqh to paidion kai apegalaktisqh kai epoihsen abraam dochn megalhn h hmera apegalaktisqh isaak o uioV autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Crevit igitur puer et ablactatus est fecitque Abraham grande convivium in die ablactationis eius |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þæt cild soðlice weox ond wearð gewened, ond Abraham worhte, swa swa heora gewuna wæs, miclene gebeorscipte to blisse his mannum on þone dæg, þe man þæt cild fram gesoce ateah. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thanne the child growide and was don awey fro sowkyng; and Abraham made a greet feest, in the day of the wanyng of hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The childe grewe and was wened and Abraham made a great feast the same daye that Isaac was wened. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 21, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug mitubo ang bata ug gilutas siya; ug gibuhat ni Abraham ang usa ka dakung kombira niadtong adlawa sa paglutas kang Isaac. |
| Chinese | 孩 子 漸 長 、 就 斷 了 奶 ． 以 撒 斷 奶 的 日 子 、 亞 伯 拉 罕 設 擺 豐 盛 的 筵 席 。 |
| Croatian | Dijete je raslo i bilo od sise odbijeno. A u dan u koji Izak bijaše od sise odbijen Abraham priredi veliku gozbu. |
| Danish | Drengen voksede til og blev vænnet fra, og Abraham gjorde et stort Gæstebud, den dag Isak blev vænnet fra. |
| Dutch | En het kind werd groot, en werd gespeend; toen maakte Abraham een groten maaltijd op den dag, als Izak gespeend werd. |
| Finnish | Ja poika kasvoi, ja hänet vieroitettiin. Ja Aabraham laittoi suuret pidot siksi päiväksi, jona Iisak vieroitettiin. |
| German | Und das Kind wuchs und ward entwöhnt; und Abraham machte ein großes Mahl am Tage, da Isaak entwöhnt ward. |
| Haitian Creole | Ti gason an grandi, li sevre. Jou yo sevre l' la, Abraram fè yon gwo fèt. |
| Hungarian | És felnevekedék a gyermek, és elválasztaték; Ábrahám pedig nagy vendégséget szerze azon a napon, a melyen Izsák elválasztaték. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anak itu bertambah besar, dan pada hari ia mulai disapih, Abraham mengadakan pesta meriah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kanak-kanak itupun makinlah besar, lalu saraklah susu. Maka tatkala Ishak itu cerai susu diperbuatlah oleh Ibrahim suatu perjamuan besar. |
| Italian | Il bambino crebbe e fu svezzato e Abramo fece un grande banchetto quando Isacco fu svezzato. |
| Maori | Na ka tupu te tamaiti ra, a ka whakamutua tana kai u: na ka tukua e Aperahama tetahi hakari nui i te ra i whakamutua ai te ngote u a Ihaka. |
| Norwegian | Og gutten vokste op og blev avvent; og Abraham gjorde et stort gjestebud den dag Isak blev avvent. |
| Portuguese | cresceu o menino, e foi desmamado; e Abraão fez um grande banquete no dia em que Isaque foi desmamado. |
| Rumanian | Copilul s`a fqcut mare, wi a fost knyercat. Avraam a fqcut un ospqy mare kn ziua cknd a fost knyercat Isaac. |
| Swedish | Och barnet växte upp och blev avvant; och den dag då Isak avvandes gjorde Abraham ett stort gästabud. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "weaned": unweaned. (additional references) | |
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"Weaned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jeaned, weaked, weaner, weanet, weani, weaqe, weene, weened, weine, weined, wenden, wenid, wiane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "weaned" (pronounced wē"nd) |
| 3 | -ē" n d | careened, cleaned, convened, demeaned, fiend, gleaned, greened, intervened, leaned, machined, preened, reconvened, screened. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: deewan. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-w" | |
-1 letter: awned, dawen, dewan, waned. | |
-2 letters: anew, awed, awee, dawn, dean, dene, need, wade, wand, wane, wean, weed, ween, wend. | |
-3 letters: and, ane, awe, awn, daw, dee, den, dew, end, ewe, nae, naw, nee, new, wad, wae, wan, wed, wee, wen. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, an, aw, de, ed, en, na, ne, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-w" | |
+1 letter: deewans, wakened. | |
+2 letters: answered, antiweed, awakened, daneweed, inweaved, knapweed, snapweed, unweaned, wandered, wanderer, weakened, weaponed. | |
+3 letters: daneweeds, enswathed, enwrapped, handwheel, knapweeds, prewarned, rewakened, snakeweed, snapweeds, underwear, unwearied, wanderers. | |
+4 letters: alderwomen, dewatering, dinnerware, enwreathed, forewarned, freedwoman, greensward, handwheels, heavenward, newfangled, newsdealer, newsreader, planetwide, reawakened, snakeweeds, unanswered, unawakened, underwater, unrewarded, unwreathed, wardenries, woodenhead, woodenware. | |
+5 letters: acknowledge, bawdinesses, breadwinner, candlepower, dinnerwares, downhearted, dwarfnesses, grandnephew, greenswards, heavenwards, interweaved, needlewoman, newsdealers, newspapered, newsreaders, stonewalled, stonewashed, unweariedly, unweathered, windbreaker, woodenheads, woodenwares, wrongheaded. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 65 61 6E 65 64 |
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