Word

See also: word and worð

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɜːd/
• (General American) enPR: wûrd, IPA^(key): /wɝd/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /wəɹd/, [wɚ(ɹ)d]
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /wʌrd/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /wøːd/
• (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /weːd/
• (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /wɛːd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophones: word; whirred (wine–whine merger); wared (fair–fur merger)

Etymology 1

Semantic loan from Koine Greek λόγος (lógos).

Proper noun

the Word

1. Scripture; the Bible.
   • 2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 428:

     In one of our first meetings, I explained to President Jiang that faith was a vital part of my life and that I studied the Word every day. I told him I planned to raise freedom of worship in our conversations. "I read the Bible," he replied, "but I don’t trust what it says."

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: Omega (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Gozu District:

     Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it!
     Mad Prophet: For the blight that is humanity stains all within its path, and the only chance at redemption lies in the Word!

2. The creative word of God; Logos.
   • John 1.1

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 56:

     And so the Word had breath, and wrought
     ⁠With human hands the creed of creeds
     ⁠In loveliness of perfect deeds,
     More strong than all poetic thought; […]

Related terms

• Word of God

Translations

Scripture

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖言 / 圣言 (sing³ jin⁴)

  Mandarin: 聖言 / 圣言 (shèngyán)

• Czech: Slovo n
• Finnish: sana (fi), jumalansana
• Hungarian: ige (hu)
• Polish: Słowo Boże n
• Spanish: Verbo (es) m

Creative word of God

• Albanian: Fjala
• Arabic: كلمة الله
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Բան (Ban)

• Burmese: နှုတ်ကပတ်တော်သည် (hnutka.pattausany)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道 (yue) (dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 道 (zh) (Dào)

• Comorian:

  Maore Comorian: kalima class 9

• Czech: Slovo n
• Danish: Ordet
• Dutch: Woord n
• Finnish: Sana
• French: Parole (fr) f, Verbe (fr) m
• German: Wort (de) n
• Haitian Creole: Pawòl
• Hindi: शब्द (hi) m (śabd)
• Hungarian: Ige
• Icelandic: orðið n
• Indonesian: Firman
• Italian: Verbo (it) m
• Japanese: 言 (ja) (kotoba)
• Korean: 말씀 (ko) (malsseum)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وشەکە (wşeke)

• Latin: Verbum (la) n
• Mwera: Lilobhe
• Navajo: Saad
• Odia: ବାକ୍ୟ (or) (bākya)
• Pa'o Karen: ငဝ်းဖြုံႏ
• Persian: کلمه (fa) (kalame)
• Polish: Słowo Boże n
• Portuguese: Verbo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਬਦ (pa) m (śabad)
• Serbo-Croatian: Reč, Riječ
• Sinhalese: වාක්‍යයාණෝ (wākyayāṇō)
• Spanish: Verbo (es) m
• Swedish: Ord n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tumbuka: Mazgu class 1
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: کلام (ur) m (kalām)
• Vietnamese: Thiên Ngôn
• Yao (Africa): Liloŵe class 5

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Microsoft Word; from word.

Proper noun

Word

2. (software) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Microsoft Word, word processor software developed by Microsoft.

   You have to type that up in Word.

Anagrams

• drow

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vœrt/, [vœɐ̯t], [vœʁt], [ʋ-], /vœːt/, /w-/

Proper noun

Word n (proper noun, strong, genitive Words)

1. Word (Microsoft program)

Declension

Declension of Word [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Word
genitive	eines	des	Words
dative	einem	dem	Word
accusative	ein	das	Word