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Definition: Guppy |
GuppyNoun1. Small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies; often kept in aquariums. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: GuppySynonym: rainbow fish (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Guppy |
| Specialty definitions using "guppy": Cyprinodontiformes ♦ Poecilia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Guppy" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Guppy), Swedish (Guppy). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Look its the gentlemen guppy. (Waterworld; writing credit: Peter Rader; David Twohy) Flounder, don't be such a guppy. (The Little Mermaid; writing credit: Roger Allers; Hans Christian Andersen) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Photographed on 22 August 1960, off New London, Connecticut. A "GUPPY" type submarine is faintly visible in the distance, just beyond the forward tip of Scorpion's "sail". Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Guppy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.64% of the time. "Guppy" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.64% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.36% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "guppy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Guppy | Last name | 130 | 56,884 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "guppy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Малка Тропическа ибка, 'ид Бърза Подводница. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | guppy, missionarisvisje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | guppy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Millionenfisch, Guppy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρωματιστό Ψαράκι, λεβιστής ο δικτυωτός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lebiste reticolato(pesce milione), lebiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | グアノシン三燐酸 (good, good design mark, good idea, good looks, Good luck, good timing, good will, good-looking, goods, Goodyear, GTP, Guam, guanosine triphosphate, guava, Gucci, promotional items). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | グッ"ー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppygay гуппия. (various references) Guppy. (various references) ปลาน้ำจื"ตัวเล็กจำพวก Poecilia reticulata นิยมเลี้ยงในตู้ปลา. (various references) Lebistes, Þnorkelli Denizaltı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lebistes reticulatus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Guppy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: buppie, cuppy, Gepp, gipey, gippo, gipy, gopey, gopi, gpi, grupp, Gruppi, guappo, Gubay, gulpy, gumpy, gup, gupe, gupi, gupp, guppie, Gupps, gupy, gyppy, jeppy, uppy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "guppy" (pronounced gu"pē) |
| 3 | -u" p ē | cuppy, puppy, yuppie. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-p-p-u-y" | |
-2 letters: guy, gyp, pug, pup, yup. | |
-3 letters: up. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-p-p-u-y" | |
+4 letters: supplying. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 75 70 70 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. ..- .--. .--. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110101 01110000 01110000 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G u p p y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0075 0070 0070 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4187828291 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, голландский, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , французский, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", греческий, грек, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | японски език, японци, японски, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | японски език, японци, японски, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, たい", thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, английский, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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