This is a list of dictionaries considered authoritative or complete by approximate number of total words, or headwords, included.These figures do not take account of entries with senses for different word classes (such as noun and adjective) and homographs.Although it is possible to count the number of entries in a dictionary, it is not possible to count the number of words in …

Arabic is a Semitic language and English is an Indo-European language.The following words have been acquired either directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance languages, before entering English.. To qualify for this list, a word must be reported in etymology dictionaries as …

The origin of the medieval Latin name is obscure. A parent in Arabic has been speculatively suggested by a number of dictionaries. A parent in Byzantine Greek is also speculated. ... About half of the loan-words on the list have their earliest record in a Western language in the 12th or 13th century. Some additional, unquantified number of ...

The use of acronyms to create new words was nearly non-existent in English until the middle of the 20th century. Nearly all older words were formed in other ways. "Chav": see under "Other" Coma: Some falsely believe that the word coma originates from "cessation of motor activity". Although this describes the condition of coma, this is not the ...

This is the List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L.For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z.. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as …

Qi is the most commonly played word in Scrabble tournaments, and was added to the official North American word list in 2006. Other words listed in this article, such as suq, umiaq or qiviut, are also acceptable, but since these contain a u, they are less likely to be useful in the situation described. List of dictionaries cited

A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of …

Letter frequency is the number of times letters of the alphabet appear on average in written language.Letter frequency analysis dates back to the Arab mathematician Al-Kindi (c. 801–873 AD), who formally developed the method to break ciphers.Letter frequency analysis gained importance in Europe with the development of movable type in 1450 AD, where one must …

Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture, but some are actually words of Chinese origin that were first exposed to English via Japan.The words on this page are an incomplete list of words which are listed in major English dictionaries and whose …

French, used in the plural "les keufs", as slang for the police. This word is more derogatory than "les flics", even though it means the same thing. The word is derived from the pronunciation of "flic" as "FLEE-KUH". In verlan slang, words are reversed, thus making the word "kuhflee". In turn, "lee" was dropped from the word, leaving "keuf ...