wart

Significado (English)

1. A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
3. (informal) Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
4. (slang) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

Synonyms

verruca

mole

corn

🌽

boil

callus

pimple

knot

🪢

flaw

tumor

welt

knob

excrescence

pustule

furuncle

hole

🕳️

imperfection

lack

leek

lump

need

neediness

nodule

outgrowth

plump

privation

shortage

shortcoming

shortness

sore

struma

sty

surfeited

swelling

tubercle

tuberosity

tumour

wale

want

wrinkle

malaria

common wart

juvenile wart

sycoma

birthmark

verruga

blemish

blotch

bud

carbuncle

chill

cold

🥶

dearth

deficiency

demerit

deprivation

destitution

eminence

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wɔːt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: warte

Inherited from inglês arcaico: wearte

Cognate with holandês: wrat

Cognate with alemão: Warze

Cognate with Hunsrik: Waarz

Cognate with sueco: vårta

In summary

From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta.