Meaning

8 senses

  1. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.

    The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.

    Engländer

    англича́нинangličánin, англича́нкаangličánka, англича́неangličáne

    англі́єцьanhlíjecʹ, англі́йкаanhlíjka, англі́йціanhlíjci

    the people of England

  2. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.

  3. (uncountable)Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.

    Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.

    the discipline that studies the English language and literature

  4. A particular instance of the English language, including:

    (countable, uncountable)The English term or expression for some thing or idea.

    What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?

  5. (countable, uncountable)The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.

    The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.

    Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.

    I loved reading until 7th grade English.

  8. (countable, dated, uncountable)A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

    Mittel

Examples

5248 sentences

  1. Your English has improved a lot.

    Твоя англійська сильно покращилася. — deniko

    ruТвой английский стал намного лучше. — Wezel

    deIhr Englisch hat sich sehr verbessert. — BraveSentry

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  2. It is written in simple English.

    Це пишеться простою англійською. — rmdas

    deEs ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben. — Tamy

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  3. Is it hard to speak English?

    Англійською важко розмовляти? — deniko

    ruТрудно ли говорить по-английски? — Wayawa

    deIst es schwierig, Englisch zu sprechen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I wish I could speak English.

    Я би хотів уміти говорити англійською. — deniko

    ruЖаль, что я не говорю по-английски. — sharptoothed

    deIch wünschte, ich könnte Englisch sprechen. — Esperantostern

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  5. I am able to read English.

    Я можу читати англійською. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ могу читать по-английски. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch bin in der Lage, Texte auf Englisch zu lesen. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
people from England:
Русский
By meaning 1
people from England:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
people from England:
14-point type:

Origin

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; E

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Forms

plural: English / Englishes

Synonyms

7 synonyms
language arts
type size; German contexts:Mittel
type size; French contexts:Augustin
English people:southrons
Close in meaning
  • an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries:English language
  • (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist:side
  • the people of England:English people

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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