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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate.

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  • IPA: /ˈɪndɛks/
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index (plural indexes or indices)

  1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
  2. The index finger, the forefinger, or other pointer.
  3. A sign; an indication; a token.
    His son's empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.
  4. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
  5. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
  6. (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
  7. (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
  8. (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
  9. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

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alphabetical listing
linguistics: type of noun
index finger — see forefinger
sign, indication, token
economics: single number calculated from an array of prices or quantities
science: number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient
mathematics: raised suffix indicating a power.
programming: key indicating location of data
data structure

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index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

  1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
  2. To inventory, to take stock.

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to arrange an index
to take stock — see inventory

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index m.

  1. index (economics)

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index m. (plural indexen or indices, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. index

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From Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), from indicō (“point out, show”).

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index m. (plural index)

  1. index
  2. forefinger
  3. The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php

[edit] Latin

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From indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

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index (genitive indicis); m, f, third declension

  1. A pointer, indicator.
  2. The index finger, forefinger.
  3. A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
  4. An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
  5. (of books) A title, superscription.
  6. (of books) An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
  7. (of paintings or statues) An inscription.

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Number Singular Plural
nominative index indicēs
genitive indicis indicum
dative indicī indicibus
accusative indicem indicēs
ablative indice indicibus
vocative index indicēs

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  • index in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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[edit] Noun

index n.

  1. an index

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Declension of index
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative index indexet index indexen
genitive index indexets index indexens
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