General language

General language

Use this category for general terms related to languages.

Industry: Language

Add a new term

Contributors in General language

Become a Contributors

General language

Lark

Language; General language

An informal word that refers either to a carefee and spirited adventure, or to a harmless prank. The verb 'to lark' is simlar to the verb 'to frolic',which means 'to have a good time by frolicking'.

Theoretical

Language; General language

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

Thug in common modern day usage means a common criminal, but the word itself is of Indian origin. A thug, thuggee, or tuggee was an organised group of professional assasssins that travelled across ...

Proto-elamite script

History; General language

Proto-elamite script is the world's oldest undeciphered writing system from Iran.It was used during the Early Bronze Age over a brief period of time (ca.3100-2900 BC) and is thought to have developed ...

Elamite language

History; Ancient history

The elamite language is an extinct language that was spoken in the ancient Elamite Empire (Elam)which spanned present-day Iran from 2800-550 BCE. It is a language isolate (although it is possibly ...

Hullabaloo

Language; General language

Great noise or excitement;a clamorous disturbance; an uproar. It is thought to be an amalgamtion of the interjection 'hallo' and the Scots word for lullaby, 'baloo'.

Tetun

Language; General language

Tetum (or Tetun) is an Austronesian language. It is one of the two official languages in Timor Leste. Tetun has been influenced by the vocabulary of Portuguese, the other official language of Timor ...