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Information about easytrans
This web page has been named with a reason, the idea was to make a dictionary as easy and functional as possible. Therefore the name easytrans. You don't need to indicate what language you want to search from or to, simply write the word in the search box in English, Spanish, Swedish or Norwegian, and hit enter! Then our secretary, which by the way work really fast, looks up the word in four dictionaries at the same time! The best part is if the same word has different meanings in the different languages, well guess what, we display them all.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the dictionary on this site and a short explications with examples.
| # |
Abbreviation for |
Explications |
| [f] |
Feminine |
Determine the gramatical feminine gender (nouns) Examples: la casa, la mesa, la comida |
| [m] |
Masculine |
Determine the gramatical masculine gender (nouns)
Examples: el coche, el cielo, el bocadillo. |
| [fp] |
Feminine plural |
Determine a feminine word in plural. |
| [mp] |
Masculine plural |
Determine a masculine word in plural. |
| [a] |
Adjective |
A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
Examples: big, heavy, rich, lovely. |
| [v] |
Verb |
A word that indicates an action, an event, or a state. You can always put "to" infront of english verbs.
Examples: To eat, to run, to sleep, to look. |
| [n] |
Neutrum |
Neutrum is a grammatical gender that exist in many languages. It is one of three original gender in Germanic languages. The other two are femininum and maskulinum. |
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Noun |
Noun is a word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness.
Examples: table, dog, teacher, America etc. |
| [o] |
Other |
Other (not adjectiv/noun/verb but referable as praeposition/pronoun/etc) |
| [u] |
Utrum/Uter |
Used in languages Where there are two grammatical genders. A newer construction to the older/classical words of feminine/masculine/neuter where there isn't any reference to feminin, masculine or nautrum like in Spain. |
| [formal] |
Formal |
Formal is a spoken and written language adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms. |
| [informal] |
Informal |
Informal is a not officially recognized or controlled language and can also have a coherence with slang. |
| [literature] |
Literature |
Literature is broadly defined as any written or spoken material, but the term most often refers to creative works. |
| [slang] |
Slang |
Slang is a nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture, or language used in casual conversations among friends. It is inappropriate for use in formal writing unless it is placed in quotation marks and introduced for a specific rhetorical purpose. |
| [trademark] |
Trademark |
Trademark is a word, name, device, sign or symbol used by manufacturers to distinguish their products from similar products made by others. |
| [arch.] |
Archaic |
Refers to words that are very, very old and outdated |
| [pej.] |
Pejorative |
A pejorative, as a noun, is a word or phrase that implies disapproval or contempt and is meant to be insulting, impolite, or unkind. |
| [invariable] |
Invariable |
A word (n. & adj.) that does not vary in form (i.e. by inflection). |
Terms in dictionary
Some categories and numbers of terms in the dictionary
1298
Medical terms |
461
Musical terms |
58
Ichthyological terms |
701
Sports terms |
643
Culinaric terms |
570
Zoological terms |
376
Professions |
546
Military terms |
347
Nautical terms |
245
Geographical terms |
151
Metorological terms |
325
Chemistry terms |
175
Historical terms |
246
Agricultural terms |
143
Biological terms |
744
Law terms |
675
Political terms |
258
Scientifical terms |
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