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woord

Definitions of woord
  1. noun
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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    types:
    anagram, letterkeer
    a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    lettergreepraadsel, woordraadsel
    a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
    diminutief, verkleiningsvorm, verkleinvorm, verkleinwoord
    a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    vorm
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    drieletterwoord, schuttingwoord
    any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    functiewoord
    a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
    heteroniem
    two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
    homoniem
    two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
    hyperoniem
    a word that is more generic than a given word
    hyponiem
    a word that is more specific than a given word
    bastaardwoord, leenwoord, lening
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    monosyllabe
    a word or utterance of one syllable
    munterij, muntslag, neologisme, nieuwvorming
    a newly invented word or phrase
    hapax
    a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
    anagram, kreeftdicht, letterkeer, omkeerwoord, palindroom, retrograde, spiegelwoord
    a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
    subst., substantief
    any word or group of words functioning as a noun
    synoniem
    two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
    naamregister, namenregister, nomenclator
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    meervoud, meervoudsvorm, mv., pl., pluralis, pluralisvorm
    the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    enk., enkelvoud, simplex, sing., singularis
    the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
    spookwoord
    a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
    grondbetekenis
    a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
    naamwoord, nomen
    a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
    verbum, werkwoord
    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
    bepaling
    a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
    prepositie, voorz., voorzetsel
    a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
    pronomen, vnw., voornaamwoord
    a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
    conjunctie, conjunctief, koppelwoord, voegwoord
    an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
    partikel
    a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
    gallicisme
    a word or phrase borrowed from French
    abbreviatie, abbreviatuur, afk., afko, afkorting, breviatuur, verkorting
    a shortened form of a word or phrase
    acroniem, initiaalwoord, letterwoord
    a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
    homograaf
    two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
    homofoon
    two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
    type of:
    taal, taaluiting
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  2. noun
    a promise
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    type of:
    belofte, gelofte, toezegging
    a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
  3. noun
    a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
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    type of:
    arcanum, geheim, geheimpje, secreta
    information known only to a special group
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