byword

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

proverbe

dicton

scie

sentence

adage

Synonymes

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

Traductions

proverbio

provérbio

proverbio

spreekwoord

Sprichwort

dicho

darbımesel

atasözü

spotnaam

Schlagwort

adágio

refrán

παροιμιώδης έκφραση

παρατσούκλι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: byword

Appartenant à latin: proverbium

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: pīwurti

Appartenant à ancien anglais: bīspel

Appartenant à néerlandais: 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”).