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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Quotations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.2 Verb 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Verb 1.6.1.1 Derived terms 2 Czech 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Faroese 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Icelandic 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 5.3 See also 6 Lower Sorbian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Old English 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Polish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Declension 8.3.2 Derived terms 9 Serbo-Croatian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Declension 10 Slovak 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 11 Slovene 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪst/, SAMPA: /lIst/
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  Rhymes: -ɪst

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English līste. Cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste, Icelandic lista/listi.

[edit] Noun

list (plural lists)

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton 2005, page 681:

     The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.

3. (in plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English liste (“‘roll of names, contestants in the lists’”) (from lists (“‘place of combat at the boundary of fields’”) from Middle English listes, plural of liste (“‘list’”)) from Old English līste (“‘list, fringe, border’”)

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list (plural lists)

1. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items.
2. (computing) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing.
3. (programming, LISP) A data structure that is fundamental to the LISP language. A list is defined recursively: it may be nil or it may consist of a header (the first element) and a tail (the remainder; the tail may be nil). Both header and tail are lists.

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• See also Wikisaurus:list

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to list (third-person singular simple present lists, present participle listing, simple past and past participle listed)

1. To create or recite a list.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From listen

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to list (third-person singular simple present lists, present participle listing, simple past and past participle list)

1. To listen

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• 1607 — William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra iv 3

  Peace, what noise?
  List, list!
  Hark!
  Music i' the air.

[edit] Etymology 4

Possibly from tilting on lists in jousts.[1]

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list (plural lists)

1. (nautical) a tilting or careening manoeuvre, which causes the ship to roll. Usually used to describe tilting not under a ship's own power.

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to list (third-person singular simple present lists, present participle listing, simple past and past participle listed)

1. (nautical) to carry out such a manoeuvre

[edit] Etymology 5

Old English lystan, from Proto-Germanic *lustjan, from *lustus (“‘pleasure’”). Akin to Old Norse lysta (whence cognate with Danish and Norwegian lyste), Old High German lusten (obsolete German lüsten).

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to list (third-person singular simple present lists, present participle listing, simple past and past participle listed)

1. (archaic, transitive) To be pleasing to.
2. (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
   • 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 413:

     The spirit seemed to blow where it listed among a historically motley collection of Catholic theologians, Puritan zealots and American squires.

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• listless

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[edit] Czech

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From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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list m.

1. leaf
2. letter; a written message
3. sheet (of paper)
4. newspaper

   Polský list Dziennik Gazeta Prawna nejdříve napsal, že polská hlava státu podepíše dokument ve středu. (iDNES)

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[edit] Dutch

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• IPA: /lɪst/

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list f.

1. a cunning plan

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[edit] Faroese

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list f.

1. art

[edit] Declension

f2	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	list	listin	listir	listirnar
Accusative	list	listina	listir	listirnar
Dative	list	listini	listum	listunum
Genitive	listar	listarinnar	lista	listanna

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [lɪst]

  Rhymes: -ɪst

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list f.

1. art
   • Þetta er ekki list!

     That's not art!

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Declension of list
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	list	listin	listir	listirnar
accusative	list	listina	listir	listirnar
dative	list	listinni	listum	listunum
genitive	listar	listarinnar	lista	listanna
Other words with the same declension

[edit] Derived terms

listasafn n. listasaga f. listaverk n. listasalur m. listaskóli m. listsýning f.

[edit] See also

• tónlist
• ljóðlist

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[edit] Lower Sorbian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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list m.

1. letter (a written message)

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *listiz. Cognate with Old Saxon list (Dutch list), Old High German list (German List), Old Norse list (Swedish list).

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• IPA: /list/

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list f.

1. art; cunning, guile, craft

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	Singular	Plural
nominative	list	liste
accusative	liste	liste
genitive	liste	lista
dative	liste	listum

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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• IPA: [list]
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list m.

1. letter (a written message)

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	list	listy
Genitive	listu	listów
Dative	listowi	listom
Accusative	list	listy
Instrumental	listem	listami
Locative	liście	listach
Vocative	liście	listy

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• listonosz

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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lȋst m. (Cyrillic spelling ли̑ст)

1. leaf
2. (computing) leaf
3. sole (fish)
4. letter (written message)
5. sheet of paper
6. calf (leg part)
7. a special purpose certificate, e.g. of birth, ownership etc.

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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list m.

1. letter; a written message

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listъ (“‘leaf’”).

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list m. (plural listi)

1. piece of paper
2. leaf
3. (fish) sole
4. (anatomy) calf (leg part)

[edit] Related terms

• listje (leaves, collective noun)