byword

Significat (Anglès)

1. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
2. A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
3. Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
4. An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
5. A nickname or epithet.

Conceptes

proverbi

dita

refrany

adagi

Sinònims

proverb

saying

saw

🪚

adage

motto

dictum

laughingstock

notorious

oration

slogan

sobriquet

soubriquet

standing joke

watchword

well-known person

humorous saying

axiom

catchword

cognomen

flagrant

maxim

nickname

Traduccions

proverbe

proverbio

provérbio

Sprichwort

dicho

spreekwoord

dicton

proverbio

refrán

atasözü

Schlagwort

spotnaam

adágio

darbımesel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: byword

Cognat amb llatí: proverbium

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: pīwurti

Cognat amb anglès antic: bīspel

Cognat amb neerlandès: bijwoord

In summary

From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German pīwurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English bīspel (“proverb, example”), bīcwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).