Sifter

  

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Sifter

Definition: Sifter

Sifter

Noun

1. A household sieve (as for flour).

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

Date "sifter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Sifter

DomainDefinitions

Occupations

Sifts residue from tablet processing machines to salvage usable tablets and powder for reprocessing: Selects sieve according to size tablet being processed. Dumps residue from pail into sieve and picks out foreign matter and usable tablets. Places tablets in container and discards foreign matter. Shakes sieve to sift powder onto paper and pours powder into container. Weighs residue and records weight and identifying information on worksheet. (references)

Personal Care & Hotels

A sieve with a mechanism for forcing flour or other powders through the mesh. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: Sifter

Specialty definitions using "sifter": BROTH MIXER, broth settercentrifugal sifter, control-panel operatorDOUGH-MIXER OPERATORfiller sifter, machinemalted-milk mixer, MILK-POWDER GRINDER, MILLER, WOOD FLOURPULVERIZING-AND-SIFTING OPERATORROUGE SIFTER AND MILLERsifter and miller, sifter operator, spice blender, SPICE MIXER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sifter

DomainUsage

Tongue Twisters

Theopholus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter, successfully sifted some thistles. (references; author: unknown)

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

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Commercial Usage: Sifter

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Hunter sifter cook book : a facsimile reprint of the 1884 publication, complete with recipes, household advice, and advertisements (reference)

  • The Sand Sifter (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Usage Frequency: Sifter

"Sifter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sifter" is used about 2 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%2245,945

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

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Expression: Sifter

Expression using "sifter": centrifugal sifter. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sifter

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

sifter

31

flour sifter

14

soil sifter

7

dirt sifter

4

sand sifter

4

fossil sifter

4

box sifter

3

abrasive screen sifter

3

jar sifter

3

electric sifter

2

electric flour sifter

2

stainless sifter

2

sifter screen

2

compost sifter

2
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Modern Translations: Sifter

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

Bulgarian 

  

сито (bolt, cribble, griddle, rose, screen, separator, sieve), решето (colander, cullender, riddle, screen, separator, sieve). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

过滤器 (filter, strainer). (various references)

   

Czech

  

sypátko (Castor), sítko. (various references)

   

Danish

  

renseblæser (winnower), melsigte (winnower). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zeefmachine (winnower), builmachine (winnower). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

الک کننده , بوجار. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sirotelusikka. (various references)

   

French

  

séparateur (side-shake mill), tamiseur (hand sieve for cinders), tamis farine, machine bluter, cribleur, bluteuse. (various references)

   

German

  

Sieb (colander, filter, riddle, screen, sieve, strainer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κόσκινο (dredge, riddle, screen, sieve), κοσκινιστήσ, σήτα (winnower), εξετάζων λεπτομερώσ, διαχωριστική μηχανή (winnower). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מכו ת פוי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szitáló (drizzly, garbler), szűrő (colander, cullender, filter, screen, sieve, strainer), rostáló, rosta (cribble, jig, purifier, screen, sieve). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ayak (sieve). (various references)

   

Italian

  

setacciatore, vaglio (canvass, examination, riddle, screen, sifting), vagliatore (classifier), macchina selezionatrice (winnower), buratto (cheesecloth). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(sieve). (various references)

   

Manx

  

reealleyder (riddler), creeareyder (riddler, screener). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iftersay

   

Portuguese

  

peneira centrífuga (centrifugal sifter, reel), crivagem por ar (wind sifter). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ciur (Bolter, griddle, riddle, screen, sieve, strainer, Tammy). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сито (cribble, sieve, strainer). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sito (screen, sieve). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cernedor (sieve). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

såll (Bolter, screen, sieve). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

delikli kap, ağzı delikli kap. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

сито, грохот (sieve). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người s ng, người rây máy s ng, máy rây. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

nithiwr (winnower). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sifter

Derivations

Words beginning with "sifter": sifters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sifter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gifter, isfet, Safdar, safter, sifei, siferth, siffer, Siffert, Siffre, sifte, Sifton, siter, syter, yifter. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Sifter"

Words rhyming with "sifter" (pronounced 'Sift"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Sifter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: refits, resift, rifest, strife.

Words within the letters "e-f-i-r-s-t"

-1 letter: feist, fires, first, frets, fries, frise, frits, refit, reifs, rifts, rites, serif, tiers, tires, tries.

-2 letters: efts, erst, fets, fire, firs, fist, fits, fret, frit, ires, refs, reft, reif, reis, rest, rets, rife, rifs, rift, rise, rite, seif, serf, sift, sire, site, stir, tier, ties, tire, tref.

-3 letters: efs, eft, ers, fer, fet.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: fairest, filters, firmest, fitters, forties, frisket, fritzes, fustier, lifters, presift, resifts, shifter, sifters, snifter, stiffer, stifler, strifes, surfeit, swifter, titfers, trifles.

 

+2 letters: briefest, drifters, esterify, fainters, feistier, ferities, ferniest, ferrites, fewtrils, fiercest, fieriest, fighters, filberts, filister, firepots, fixtures, flirters, flitters, flytiers, forfeits, forkiest, frailest, freights, fremitus, frigates, frisette, friskets, fritters, frostier, fruiters, furriest, furziest, grifters, infester, outfires, pieforts, postfire, presifts, ratifies, redshift, reefiest, refights, resifted, riftless, rotifers, setiform, shifters, shiftier, snifters, spitfire, stiflers, stuffier, surfeits, surfiest, swifters, trefoils, triflers, turfiest.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Sifter


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

53 69 66 74 65 72

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)

01010011 01101001 01100110 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#105 &#102 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0069 0066 0074 0065 0072

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

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

537572867184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Sifter"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překladчешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseдатски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieхоландски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", 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, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosфински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionфренски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, "랑스, 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, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקиврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Indonesian

индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Korean

사 , 의, 번역корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanština, 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, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireрумънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення乌克兰

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchвиетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

Welsh

geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiadуелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , 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, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg
 


INDEX

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


  

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