whig

See also: Whig

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hwĭg, IPA^(key): /ʍɪɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophones: Whig, wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.

Noun

whig (plural whigs)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
2. buttermilk

Etymology 2

Compare frig, jig

Verb

whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)

1. (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
2. (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
3. (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English whig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiɡ/

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Noun

whig m (plural whigs)

1. Whig

Further reading

• “whig”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whig.

Adjective

whig (invariable)

1. (relational) Whig

Noun

whig m (invariable)

1. Whig

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Whig.

Noun

whig m (uncountable)

1. Whig

Declension

declension of whig (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) whig	whigul
genitive/dative	(unui) whig	whigului
vocative	whigule