Word

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb

English

Etymology

Indo-European werə- , to speak.

Pronunciation

• /wɜː(r)d/, /w3:(r)d/

Noun

word (words)

1. (linguistics) A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
2. Something promised.

   I give you my word that I will be there on time

3. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.
4. (theology) God (see [1])
5. In hip hop slang, an exclamation, often not spoken in exclamatory voice, indicating deep and complete agreement. This use originates from the Five Percenters' mantra that "Word is Bond"; an earlier form was word up. The use of the term "word" as a sign of agreement and solidarity has come into common use outside of hip hop circles.

Synonyms

• (something promised): promise
• (God): God, Logos, word of God

Derived terms

• wordy
• word processor
• wordsmith
• the hard word
• buzzword

Translations

unit of language

Arabic: كلمة (kalima) f Basque: hitz , berba Breton: ger m -ioù plural Bulgarian: дума f Catalan: paraula f, mot m CJKV Characters: 詞, 词 Chinese: 詞, 词 (cí) Czech: slovo m Danish: ord Dutch: woord n Esperanto: vorto Estonian: sõna Finnish: sana French: mot m, parole f Frisian: wurd German: Wort n Greek: λέξη (lexi) Hebrew: מִלָּה f Hungarian: szó

Icelandic: orð Ido: vorto Indonesian: kata Interlingua: parola , vocabulo Italian: parola f, vocabolo m, termine m Japanese: 言葉 (ことば, kotoba) Korean: 낱말 (natmal) Latin: vocabulum n, verbum n Lithuanian: žodis m ord Persian: کَلَمِه (kælæme), واژِه (vāže) Polish: słowo n Portuguese: palavra , vocábulo Romanian: cuvânt n слово Slovak: slovo n, pl. slová , G. pl. slov Slovene: beseda f Spanish: palabra f Swedish: ord n Tahitian: parau Welsh: gair Yiddish: װאָרט

something promised

Breton: ger m -ioù plural Dutch: Erewoord n Finnish: sana French: parole f German: Ehrenwort n Interlingua: parola Italian: parola f

Lithuanian: žodis m Persian: قول (qowl) Portuguese: palavra Slovak: čestné slovo n Slovene: častna beseda f, beseda f Swedish: ord n

computing sense

Finnish: sana French: mot m Interlingua: parola Italian: word m Japanese: 言葉 (ことば, kotoba)

Persian: واژِه (vāže) Portuguese: palavra Slovak: slovo n Swedish: ord n

word of God

Finnish: sana French: bonne parole f German: Wort n Interlingua: parola , verbo Italian: parola f, verbo m

Persian: گفتار (goftār) Polish: słowo boże Portuguese: verbo Romanian: cuvânt n Slovak: slovo božie , božie slovo

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the correct table(s) above.

• Korean: 단어 (daneo), 말 (mal)

See also

• idiom
• lexeme
• listeme
• morpheme
• phrase
• set phrase
• syllable
• term
• Wikipedia article on words

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Dutch

Verb

word

1. (first-person present singular of worden) becomes
2. (second-person present singular of worden, if verb precedes pronoun (word jij) become
3. (imperative of worden) become