whig

See also: Whig

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hwĭg, IPA^(key): /ʍɪɡ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophones: Whig; wig (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) To urge forward; drive briskly.
2. (intransitive) To jog along; move or work briskly.
3. (transitive) To weird out or disturb someone.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English whig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiɡ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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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

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	whig	whigul
genitive-dative	whig	whigului
vocative	whigule