whig
Appearance
See also: Whig
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hwĭg, IPA(key): /ʍɪɡ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡ
- Homophones: Whig; wig (wine–whine merger)
Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.
Noun
[edit]whig (plural whigs)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
- buttermilk
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)
- (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
- (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
- (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]whig m (plural whigs)
Further reading
[edit]- “whig”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English whig.
Adjective
[edit]whig (invariable)
Noun
[edit]whig m (invariable)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Whig.
Noun
[edit]whig m (uncountable)
Declension
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