Word

Word

See also: word and worð

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wɝd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɜːd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: word

Etymology 1

Semantic loan from Koine Greek λόγος (lógos).

Noun

Word (uncountable)

1. Scripture; The Bible.
   • 2010, Bush, George W., Decision Points‎, →ISBN, OCLC 1089496474, OL 24416755M, 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.

Translations

Scripture

Finnish: sana (fi), jumalansana Hungarian: ige (hu) Spanish: Verbo (es) m

Creative word of God

Albanian: Fjala Arabic: كلمة الله‎ Armenian: Old Armenian: Բան (Ban) Burmese: နှုတ်ကပတ်တော်သည် (hnutka.pattausany) Chinese: Mandarin: 道 (zh) (Dào) Danish: Ordet Dutch: Woord n Finnish: Sana French: Parole 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 Maore Comorian: kalima class 9 Oriya: ବାକ୍ୟ (or) (bakyô) Persian: کلمه‎ (fa) (kalame) Punjabi: ਸ਼ਬਦ (pa) m (śabad) Serbo-Croatian: Reč, Riječ Sinhalese: වාක්‍යයාණෝ (wākyayāṇō) Spanish: Verbo (es) m Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Urdu: کلام‎ (ur) m (kalām) Vietnamese: Thiên Ngôn

Etymology 2

Shortening of Microsoft Word.

Proper noun

Word

1. (software) Microsoft Word, word processor software developed by Microsoft.

   You have to type that up in Word.

Anagrams

• drow

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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