English

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to England.
• English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
• Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
• Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
• Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
• Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.

Noun

• The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
• The non-Amish; non-Amish people.
• Ability to employ the English language correctly or idiomatically.
• The English-language term or expression for something.
• Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.
• A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
• Plain or readily understandable English language.
• Literature studies as a school subject.
• Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.

Proper Noun

• The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
• A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
• English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
• originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
• A male given name
• town, county seat Crawford County (county) Indiana (state) ; named for Indiana statesman {{w William Hayden English}}.

Verb

• To translate, adapt or render into English.

Related

Similar words

• Mittel, Augustin

Narrower meaning words

• Anglish

Broader meaning words

• Anglo-Saxon; language

Origin

• From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ ("of the Angles; English"), from Engle, a Germanic tribe -isċ; equal to Angle + -ish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ("narrow") (compare Sanskrit अंहु ("narrow"), अंहस्, Latin angustus ("narrow"), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ ("narrow")).