nelson
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg.
Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun[edit]
nelson (plural nelsons)
- (cricket) A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
- (wrestling) A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back. [from late 19th c.]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nelson”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nelson
Declension[edit]
Inflection of nelson (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nelson | nelsonit | ||
genitive | nelsonin | nelsonien nelsoneiden nelsoneitten | ||
partitive | nelsonia | nelsoneita nelsoneja | ||
illative | nelsoniin | nelsoneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nelson | nelsonit | ||
accusative | nom. | nelson | nelsonit | |
gen. | nelsonin | |||
genitive | nelsonin | nelsonien nelsoneiden nelsoneitten | ||
partitive | nelsonia | nelsoneita nelsoneja | ||
inessive | nelsonissa | nelsoneissa | ||
elative | nelsonista | nelsoneista | ||
illative | nelsoniin | nelsoneihin | ||
adessive | nelsonilla | nelsoneilla | ||
ablative | nelsonilta | nelsoneilta | ||
allative | nelsonille | nelsoneille | ||
essive | nelsonina | nelsoneina | ||
translative | nelsoniksi | nelsoneiksi | ||
abessive | nelsonitta | nelsoneitta | ||
instructive | — | nelsonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “nelson”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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