list

Signification

Noun

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.
3. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
4. The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
5. The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
6. A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
7. A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
8. A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
9. A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
10. The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
11. (obsolete) A stripe.
12. (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.

Verb

1. To create or recite a list.
2. To place in listings.
3. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
4. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
5. To plough and plant with a lister.
6. To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
7. To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
8. To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
9. (obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
10. (obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
11. To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
12. To trade on a particular stock exchange.

Verb

1. To listen.
2. To listen to.

Verb

1. To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
2. To be pleasing to.

Verb

1. To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
2. To tilt to one side.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɪst/

Étymologie

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From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ (“band, strip; hem, selvage; border, edge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
cognates
* Saterland Frisian Lieste (“margin, strip, list”)
*Dutch lijst (“picture frame, list”)
* German Low German Liest (“edging, border”)
* German Leiste (“strip, rail, ledge; (heraldry) bar”)
* Swedish lista (“list”)
* Icelandic lista listi (“list”)
* Italian lista (“list; strip”)
* Portuguese lista (“list”)
* Spanish lista (“list, roll; stripe”)
* Galician lista (“band, strip; list”)
* Finnish lista (“(informal) list; batten”).

Phrases

I'm next on the list , sir .

Je suis le prochain sur la liste, monsieur.

The list below substantially overlaps with his .

La liste ci-dessous chevauche considérablement le sien.