wild

See also Wild

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English wilde, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Compare West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wīld, IPA: /waɪld/, X-SAMPA: /waIld/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪld

Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)

1. Untamed; not domesticated.

   The island of Chincoteague is famous for its wild horses.

2. Unrestrained or uninhibited.

   I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.

3. Raucous, unruly, or licentious.

   The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.

4. Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.

   Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.

   • 2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:

     City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.

5. Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.

   After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.

6. Enthusiastic.

   I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.

7. Inaccurate.

   The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.

8. (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Antonyms

• (mathematics): tame

Derived terms

in the wild wild and woolly wild animal wild blueberry wild boar wild card wildcard wildcarrot wild cat wildcat wildcat strike wildcatter wild cherry wild child wildcrafting wildebeest

wilden wilder wilderness wildest wild-eyed wildfire wildflower wildfowl wild geranium wild ginger wild goose wild goose chase wild-goose chase wild hyacinth wilding wildish

wild land wildlife wildly wild mustard wildness wild oat wild pitch wild purslane wild rice wild rye wild strawberry wildstyle wild turkey wild vanilla Wild West wildwood

Translations

not domesticated or tamed

• Arabic: متوحش (ar) (mutawáḥḥiš)
• Armenian: վայրի (hy) (vayri)
• Aromanian: ayru (rup), aghru (rup)
• Azeri: vəhşi (az)
• Belarusian: дзікі (be) (dzíki)
• Bulgarian: див (bg) (div) m
• Catalan: salvatge (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野生的 (cmn) (yěshēng de), 野的 (cmn) (yě de)

• Czech: divoký (cs) m
• Danish: vild (da)
• Dutch: wild (nl)
• Estonian: metsik (et)
• Finnish: villi (fi), kesytön (fi)
• French: sauvage (fr)
• Georgian: ველური (ka) (veluri)
• German: wild (de)
• Greek: άγριος (el) (ágrios) m

  Ancient: ἄγριος (agrios)

• Hungarian: vad (hu)
• Italian: selvaggio (it), selvatico (it)
• Japanese: 野生の (ja) (やせいの, yasei no)
• Kazakh: жабайы (kk) (jabayı)
• Korean: 야생의 (ko) (yasaeng-ui)

• Lao: ປ່າ (lo) (paa)
• Latin: ferōx (la), ferus (la), silvestris (la)
• Luxembourgish: wëll (lb)
• Macedonian: див (mk) (div)
• Malay: liar (ms)
• Norwegian: vill (no)
• Old English: wōd (ang)
• Persian: وحشی (fa) (vahši)
• Polish: dziki (pl)
• Portuguese: selvagem (pt), silvestre (pt)
• Romanian: sălbatic (ro)
• Russian: дикий (ru) (díkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: allaidh (gd), fiadhaich (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дивљи (sh), дивљачки (sh), диваљ (sh), необуздан (sh)

  Roman: divlji (sh), divljački (sh), divalj (sh), neobuzdan (sh)

• Slovak: divoký (sk), divý (sk)
• Slovene: divji (sl)
• Spanish: salvaje (es), montaraz (es)
• Swedish: vild (sv)
• Thai: ป่า (th) (ป่า)
• Turkish: vahşi (tr)
• Ukrainian: дикий (uk) (dýkyj)

raucous, unruly, and savage

• Armenian: վայրենի (hy) (vayreni)
• Catalan: salvatge (ca)
• Chamicuro: matitu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野狂 (cmn)

• Danish: vild (da)
• Esperanto: sovaĝa (eo)
• French: sauvage (fr) m and f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄγριος (agrios)

• Irish: fiáin (ga)
• Latin: ferus (la), saevus (la), crudelis (la), immanis (la)
• Macedonian: разузден (mk) (rázuzden), раздивен (mk) (rázdiven)
• Norwegian: vill (no)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: диваљ (sh), разуздан (sh)

  Roman: divalj (sh), razuzdan (sh)

• Spanish: salvaje (es), fiero (es) m

Adverb

wild (comparative more wild, superlative most wild)

1. Inaccurately; not on target.

   The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

Noun

wild (plural wilds)

1. The undomesticated state of a wild animal

   After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild

2. (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness
   • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

     Thus every good his native wilds impart

     Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;

     And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise

     Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies.

Verb

wild (third-person singular simple present wilds, present participle wilding, simple past and past participle wilded)

1. To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
   • 1989, David E. Pitt, Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours, New York Times (April 22, 1989), page 1:

     ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".

     "It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: ran · important · mine · #574: wild · front · France · London

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Compare German wild, West Frisian wyld, English wild, Danish vild.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʋɪlt]

Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildst)

1. wild

Declension

Declension of wild

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		wild	wilder
neuter singular	indefinite	wild	wilder
	definite	wilde	wildere	wildste	wildst, wildste
common singular		wilde	wildere	wildste	wildste
plural		wilde	wildere	wildste	wildste
partitive		wilds	wilders

Noun

wild n (uncountable)

1. game (food)

Anagrams

• lidw.

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German

Etymology

From Old High German wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Compare Dutch wild, English wild, Danish vild.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [vɪlt]

• audio (Austria)

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Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative am wildesten)

1. wild

Declension

positive forms of wild

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist wild	sie ist wild	es ist wild	sie sind wild
strong declension (without article)	nominative	wilder	wilde	wildes	wilde
	genitive	wilden	wilder	wilden	wilder
	dative	wildem	wilder	wildem	wilden
	accusative	wilden	wilde	wildes	wilde
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der wilde	die wilde	das wilde	die wilden
	genitive	des wilden	der wilden	des wilden	der wilden
	dative	dem wilden	der wilden	dem wilden	den wilden
	accusative	den wilden	die wilde	das wilde	die wilden
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein wilder	eine wilde	ein wildes	(keine) wilden
	genitive	eines wilden	einer wilden	eines wilden	(keiner) wilden
	dative	einem wilden	einer wilden	einem wilden	(keinen) wilden
	accusative	einen wilden	eine wilde	ein wildes	(keine) wilden

comparative forms of wild

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist wilder	sie ist wilder	es ist wilder	sie sind wilder
strong declension (without article)	nominative	wilderer	wildere	wilderes	wildere
	genitive	wilderen	wilderer	wilderen	wilderer
	dative	wilderem	wilderer	wilderem	wilderen
	accusative	wilderen	wildere	wilderes	wildere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der wildere	die wildere	das wildere	die wilderen
	genitive	des wilderen	der wilderen	des wilderen	der wilderen
	dative	dem wilderen	der wilderen	dem wilderen	den wilderen
	accusative	den wilderen	die wildere	das wildere	die wilderen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein wilderer	eine wildere	ein wilderes	(keine) wilderen
	genitive	eines wilderen	einer wilderen	eines wilderen	(keiner) wilderen
	dative	einem wilderen	einer wilderen	einem wilderen	(keinen) wilderen
	accusative	einen wilderen	eine wildere	ein wilderes	(keine) wilderen

superlative forms of wild

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am wildesten	sie ist am wildesten	es ist am wildesten	sie sind am wildesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	wildester	wildeste	wildestes	wildeste
	genitive	wildesten	wildester	wildesten	wildester
	dative	wildestem	wildester	wildestem	wildesten
	accusative	wildesten	wildeste	wildestes	wildeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der wildeste	die wildeste	das wildeste	die wildesten
	genitive	des wildesten	der wildesten	des wildesten	der wildesten
	dative	dem wildesten	der wildesten	dem wildesten	den wildesten
	accusative	den wildesten	die wildeste	das wildeste	die wildesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein wildester	eine wildeste	ein wildestes	(keine) wildesten
	genitive	eines wildesten	einer wildesten	eines wildesten	(keiner) wildesten
	dative	einem wildesten	einer wildesten	einem wildesten	(keinen) wildesten
	accusative	einen wildesten	eine wildeste	ein wildestes	(keine) wildesten

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ولد (wálada, to give birth).

Noun

wild

1. birth