Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive)To translate, adapt or render into English.

  2. (archaic, rare, transitive)To make English; to claim for England.

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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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

Englishes, Englishing, Englished, Englished
Base formEnglish · to English
3rd person singularEnglishes
Present participleEnglishing
Past simpleEnglished
Past participleEnglished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyEnglish
he, she, itEnglishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsEnglished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave Englished
he, she, ithas Englished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill English

Word family

1 related words
Derivedenglishite

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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