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stimulus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?st?m.j?.l?s/
Noun
stimulus (plural stimuluses or stimuli)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Any external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon.
- an economic stimulus
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Anything that induces a person to take action.
Synonyms
- (anything that may have an impact or influence): influence
- (anything that induces a person to take action): impetus, impulse, spur
Translations
Esperanto
Verb
stimulus
- conditional of stimuli
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti.my.lys/
Noun
stimulus m (plural stimulus or stimuli)
- stimulus
Further reading
- “stimulus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (stíz?, “I mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?s?t??m????s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?st?i?mulus]
Noun
stimulus m (genitive stimul?); second declension
- a goad, prick
- a sting
- (figuratively) stimulus, incentive
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- stimul?ti?
- stimul?
Descendants
References
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stimulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stimulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- stimulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli, definite plural stimuliene)
- a stimulus
Related terms
- stimulere
References
- “stimulus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli or stimulusar, definite plural stimuliane or stimulusane)
- a stimulus
References
- “stimulus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
stimulus From the web:
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affront
English
Etymology
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + fr?ns (“forehead”) (English front).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f??nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
affront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affronting, simple past and past participle affronted)
- To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- To meet defiantly; to confront.
- to affront death
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 436:
- Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted.
- (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Translations
Noun
affront (plural affronts)
- An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
- (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offense
Related terms
- effrontery
Translations
References
- “affront”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
French
Etymology
From Old French afront. Synchronically analysable as a deverbal of affronter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f???/
Noun
affront m (plural affronts)
- affront, insult, snub
Derived terms
- afront
Descendants
- ? Polish: afront
- ? Romanian: afront
Further reading
- “affront” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- offrant
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fr?nt/
Verb
affront (third-person singular present affronts, present participle affrontin, past affrontit, past participle affrontit)
- to affront; cause to feel ashamed; cause to blush; to humiliate (in front of others), to offend (not necessarily with intention)
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
affront From the web:
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