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Definition: Overturn |
OverturnNoun1. The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed". 2. An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath". Verb1. Turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned". 2. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase". 3. Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill". 4. Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class". 5. Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence". 6. Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overturn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Business | The value of the output of a business for a specified period; as turnover:the amount of business transacted during a given period of time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | One complete cycle of top to bottom mixing of previously stratified water masses. This phenomenon may occur in spring or fall, or after storms, and results in uniformity of chemical and physical properties of water at all depths. (references) |
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Synonyms: OverturnSynonyms: turnover (n), upset (n), annul (v), bowl over (v), bring down (v), countermand (v), knock over (v), lift (v), override (v), overrule (v), overthrow (v), repeal (v), rescind (v), reverse (v), revoke (v), revolutionise (v), revolutionize (v), subvert (v), tip over (v), turn over (v), vacate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Confutation | Verb: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break; (destroy); overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip. |
Depression | Overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears. |
Overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation. | |
Destruction | Destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume. |
Inversion | Overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset; culbute; revulsion; pirouette. |
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Crosswords: Overturn |
| English words defined with "overturn": a machine ♦ bowl over ♦ knock over ♦ Overset, Overtilt, Overturning ♦ tip over, To fling down, To reverse an engine, To tip over, To turn over, turn over ♦ upset. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overturn": autumn overturn ♦ wedge theory, Whale. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "overturn": Catastrophe. (references) |
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Books | |
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C. Simmons | Agitation, under pretence of reform, with a view to overturn revealed truth and order, is the worst kind of mischief. |
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John Locke | 1690 | May the commands then of a prince be opposed? May he be resisted as often as any one shall find himself aggrieved, and but imagine he has not right done him? This will unhinge and overturn all polities, and, instead of government and order, leave nothing but anarchy and confusion. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The whole of this wretched interior bore the traces of recent overturn. |
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Civil Liberties | Belarus | Local courts have refused to hear appeals made by the BOAC to overturn the Lukashenka regime's decision not to register their churches. (references) |
Belarus | At year's end, the Pentecostal church was fighting a court battle to overturn the denial of the Ukrainian pastor's permission to preach. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | On November 9, Parliament rejected by one vote an amendment to the Penal Code to overturn the law that prohibits "defaming the head of the state", the Parliament, the Constitutional Court, and the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Mexico | The committee may overturn a panel decision, in which case a new panel is established. (references) |
Oman | General legal opinion believes the Court will not overturn international arbitration clauses written into contracts. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | No court may overturn such a decision. (references) |
Political Economy | Kuwait | However, the elected National Assembly has demonstrated the ability at times to influence or overturn decisions of the Government. (references) |
Syria | The People's Assembly itself does not initiate or overturn legislation; it votes on and rarely modifies laws proposed by the executive branch. (references) | |
Swaziland | The judiciary's independence was challenged occasionally by individuals in high positions, who have made attempts to influence or overturn some court decisions. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kuwait | The Constitution empowers the National Assembly to overturn any Amiri decrees made during its dissolution, and the Assembly has done so in some cases. (references) |
Moldova | The Communist Party therefore gained sufficient votes in Parliament to elect the president, pass laws, overturn presidential vetoes, and change the Constitution. (references) | |
Russia | In early December, the same court had ruled Shtyrov's candidacy invalid; however, before Shtyrov filed a formal complaint, the CEC intervened to overturn the court's decision. (references) | |
Women | Guyana | The courts may overturn a husband's will in the event that it does not provide for his wife, as long as she was dependent on him for financial support. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Because of the inability of local employment agencies to provide benefits or to absorb laid-off employees from some factory towns, local governors and mayors often overturn the enterprises' decisions to lay off workers who are not really working. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Some GOP Sacrificed First Amendment for Political Gain: Republicans in Congress think this is a safe vote, and probably some Democrats do too, because they figure the Supreme Court will overturn this bill or the President will veto it. |
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| "Overturn" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Overturn" is used about 192 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 91.67% | 176 | 23,410 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.25% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.08% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 192 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "overturn": autumn overturn. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
overturn | 9 |
overturn roe vs wade | 4 |
overturn roe v wade | 3 |
overturn tank | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "overturn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhduk (bump off, conceal, disperse, efface, eradicate, hide, kill, obliterate, Rob, stave off, steal, wipe, wipe out), përmbysje (dislocation, fall, subversion, tumbling, upheaval, upset), përmbys (bring about, capsize, dislocate, keel, overbear, overset, overthrow, prone, pull over, topsy turvy, uncrown, upset, upturn), kthesë rrënjësore (revolution), kthej përmbyt, gremis (capsize, tumble, turn head over heels), disfatë (bad luck, baffle, defeat, defection, discomfiture, licking, loss, reverse, rout), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, finish off, frustrate, liquidate, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قلب (alter, bring down, capricious, capsize, center, centre, change, convert, core, essence, flip, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, reversal, reverse, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn around, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical), سقوط (chute, descent, downfall, drop, falling, fallout, incidence, jolt, overthrow, plunge, spilling, tumble), إنقلاب المركب, إنقلاب السيارة أو الطائرة, إنقلب (be inverted, capsize, change over, recoil, swing, tip over, topple, toss, turn over, turn turtle, upset), إسقاط (dropping, omission, overthrow, parachuting, projection, tumbling), أسقط (bring down, discount, dump, head off, kill, knock over, lay low, leave out, let down, let fall, lodge, mow, omit, overthrow, parachute, project, push down, push over, screw off, shed, toss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сваляне (downthrow, landing, rush, subversion), свалям от власт, обръщам (bring about, cant, convert, heave, invert, jib, jibe, notice, overset, pay, prong, reflect, reverse, revert, set, slew, slue, tip, tip over, turn, turn around, turn aside, turn over, turn round, twist, upset), оборот (cycle, revolution, turnover), опровергавам (belie, confute, contradict, deflate, deny, disprove, impugn, negative, rebut, refute), прекатурвам (blow over, overbalance, overset, overthrow, push over, tumble, tumble down, upset), поражение (backdown, baffle, beating, defeat, failure, injury, knockout, lesion, repulse, reverse, smash, walloping, whipping), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 翻转 (Flipped, Flipping, Overturned, Overturning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zvrátit (disgorge, overrule, reverse, set back, upset), zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), znièit (annihilate, blast, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, do for, do in, eat up, expunge, infringe, Mar, overthrow, ruin, smite, spoil, take out, wreck), skácet (cut down, hack down, hew, upset), porazit (bear down, beat, best, butcher, chop down, conquer, cut down, defeat, fell, hack down, hew, hew down, kill, knock down, overthrow, run down, smite, stick, strike down, stump, tumble, vanquish), převrhnout (capsize, overset, overthrow, tilt, upset), převrat (coup d'etat, overthrow, putsch, revolution), převrátit (bend over, invert, overthrow, pervert, turn over, turn up, Upend, upset), převrácení (perversion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | omsaetning (sales, turnover), salg (sale), afsaetning (deposition, disposal, sales, turnover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | omzet (demand, sale, turnover), verkopen (dispose of, sell, transact money, vend), debiet (capacity, dielectric flow rate, discharge, flow, flow rate, fluid yield, rate of flow, run-off, sales, throughput, turnover, water renewal, yield), afzet (demand, sale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مضمحل کردن (Overthrow, Overwhelm), چپه کردن یاشدن , واژگونی (Reversal, Upset), واژگون کردن (Reverse, Topple, Upset), برانداختن (Abolish, Exterminate, Overthrow, Subvert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liikevaihto (turnover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | renversement (overthrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | umstürzen (destroy, overthrow, to overturn, topple, turn, turn over, turn upside down, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναποδογυρίζω (invert, keel, tip over, topple, turn inside out, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למ'ר (cast down, defeat, knife, knock out, overthrow, rout), ל"פיל (bring down, cast, down, drop, fell, knock down, lay low, tackle, throw down), ל"פוך פ יו (turn round). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legyõz (bear down, conquer, defeat, down, get the best of, get the better of, master, outmatch, overcome, overmatch, overplay, overpower, overrule, overtake, rout, subject, tide over, vanquish, worst), feldönt (overbalance, to blow over, to bowl over, to bowl over skittles, to knock over, to push over, to tilt, to topple, to tumble down, to tumble over, topple, tumble down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | volume d'affari (sales, total revenue, turnover), vendite (sales, turnover), rovesciare (capsize, down, Evert, knock over, overset, overthrow, pour, reverse, shower, slop, spill, spill out, tip, topple, tumble, turn, turn inside out, turn over, upset), ribaltarsi (somersault, tip, tip up), ribaltare (capsize), ribaltamento (overturning), capovolgere (be reversed, capsize, invert, keel, overset, reverse, tilt, tip, turn upside down, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 顛覆 (overthrow, turning over, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"ぷく (capsizing, heavenly blessing, overthrow, turning over, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tuittym harrish (outfall, tip over), cleddal (overthrow), ceau harrish (tip over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overturnay volume de negócios (volume of business), transtorno (derangement, moil, nuisance, trouble), ruína (breakdown, cloud-burst, collapse, confusion, crash, curse, decay, destruction, deterioration, devastation, dilapidation, disreputable, doom, downfall, lurch, overthrow, perdu, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, shipwreck, smash, undoing, upset, waste, wrack, wreck), reviravolta (about face, reverse, revulsion, volte-face), proposta de casamento (propose), perturbar (agitate, break, cloud, commove, confound, confuse, depolarise, derange, disarray, disquiet, disquieting, disturb, fear, flush, fluster, harass, incommode, mess, perturb, pothole, pull down, puzzle, ruffle, shake, throw out, toss, trouble, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset), pôr de pernas para o ar (pull down), derrubar (down, fell, floor, grass, hew, hew down, knock, knock down, lay, overset, overthrow, prostrate, pull down, put down, shoot down, subvert, throw, tumble, unbuild, upset), contrariedade (annoyance, chagrin, contrariety, contrariness, inconvenience, misadventure, mishap, obstacle, pull back, setback, vexation). (various references) se rãsturna (cant, capsize, tumble, turn), ruina (bankrupt, blast, blight, crock, destroy, dilapidate, impair, Mar, ravage, ruin, sink, undo), rãsturna planuri (disconcert), rãsturna (capsize, coup, invert, lay low, overthrow, reverse, rummage, scatter, snooker, spill, subvert, throw down, tilt, topple, tumble, turn, upset), distruge (abolish, annihilate, blast, blight, confound, crash, crock, cut, cut to pieces, cut up, dash, decay, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disrupt, eat into, eat through, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, lay waste, make havoc of, Mar, obliterate, overwhelm, perish, play the deuce with, play the devil with, quash, ravage, raze, reduce, ruin, scathe, scatter, scotch, shatter, shipwreck, sink, spoil, squelch, strafe, subvert, tear, undo, unmake, wreck), da peste cap (bedevil, disarrange, dish, rummage, scamp, snooker, turn smth. inside out). (various references) опрокидывать (capsize, dump, fall over, keel over, overset, overthrew, overthrow, overthrown, pull down, tilt, trip, upend, upset, upturn). (various references) obrt (locution, turn, turn over, turnover), oboriti (bowl over, bring down, chop, fell, kill, knock down, lay low, override, overthrow, roll over, send down, subvert, throw down, topple, trample down, upend, vail), rušenje (collapse, demolition, destruction, pulling down, ruination), promet (movement, traffic, turn over, turnover), pripev (burden, chorus, refrain, undersong), prevrtanje (capsize, nose over, turnover, upset), prevrnuti (capsize, roll over, tip over, upset, upturn), prevrat (upthrow), preturiti (capsize, ferret about, overset, tip over), pad (collapse, come down, decline, downfall, drop, fall, hang, spill, tumble). (various references) volcar (capsize, go over, knock over, overthrow, pull over, push over, tip over, tip up, topple, turn over, upset), trastornar la cabeza (disrupt, subvert, tumble, unhinge, upset), revocar a, derrumbar (crash, overthrow), derrocar (bring down, lay low, overthrow, pull down, topple, tumble), dar una vuelta de campana (turn over), capotar (turn over), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, avoid, cancel, countermand, defeat, destroy, discontinue, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, quash, remit, repudiate, rescind, revoke, ring finger, scrub, set aside, undo, void, write off). (various references) omstörtning (cataclysm, subversion, upheaval), omsättning (sale, turnover), vurpa (fall), välta omkull (turn over), stjälpning (overturning, tilting), stjälpa omkull (overture, topple, turn over), stjälpa (cant, knock over, topple, torpedo, turn over, upset), kantring (overturning, tilting), kantra (capsize, keel over, turn over, upset). (various references) tersini çevirmek (invert, reverse, turn out), ters dönmek (capsize, turn, turn down, turn turtle, turn upside down), ters çevirme (inversion, reversing, turning inside out), devrilmek (fall, fall from, fall over, overset, tilt over, tip, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over, tumble, tumble down, turn over, turn turtle, upset), devrilme (being overturned, turn over, upset), devirmek (capsize, chop down, crumple, cut down, defeat, down, give smth. a tip, knock, knock back, knock down, knock over, overset, overthrow, quaff off, revolutionize, shift, strike down, subvert, take down, tilt, tip, topple, topple over, upset), devirme (knock down, overturning, turn over, upset), altüst etmek (agitate, bedevil, clutter, clutter up, depolarise, disappoint, disorganize, disturb, knock galley-west, make havoc of, overset, play havoc with, play the deuce with, ransack, run upside down, screw up, turn about, turn around, turn under, Upend, upset, upturn, work havoc), alabora olmak (capsize, keel over, overset, turn over, turn turtle). (various references) цwrьliюik (revolution), зцwrьlmek (turn inside out, turn over), agdarmak (push over). (various references) скинути (cashier, cast, overthrow, prostrate, slip off, whip off), скинення (overthrow), спростовувати (confute, demolish, deny, disapprove, disprove, negate, negative, nill, rebut, refute, repulse), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), знищувати (abolish, annihilate, annul, blast, consume, crush, delete, demolish, efface, exterminate, extinguish, kill, kill off, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, outroot, overthrow, pull up, quell, root out, root up, rub out, scotch, sweep away, take off, torpedo, wear off, wither), повалення (downfall, labefaction, overthrow, precipitation, subversion), повалити (cashier, lay, overthrow, prostrate), перекидатися (bandy, battledore, fall over, keel over, overset, somersault, tipple, trip, tumble, upset), перекидати (capsize, kick about, overrun, overset, overthrow, push over, tip over, trip, upset), переворот (catastrophe, revolution, take over, upheaval), перевертатися (cant, overset, tip, turn over), перевертати (cant, invert, overcast, overset, reverse, tip, turn over, upturn). (various references) sự lật đổ (overthrew, overthrow, overthrown, subversion, upset), sự đảo lộn (perturbation, reversal, topsyturvy). (various references) ymchwelyd (return, turn), dadymchwel (overthrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eversos, eversus, evertam, evertant, evertat, evertens, evertent, evertentes, evertere, everterent, everteret, evertet, evertimus, evertisti, evertit, everto, perverto, perverto perverti perversum, subversa, subversae, subversarum, subversas, subversio, subversione, subversionem, subversis, subversores, subversum, subversus, subvertam, subvertat, subvertens, subvertent, subvertentem, subvertentes, subvertentur, subverterat, subvertere, subverteret, subverteretis, subverterit, subverterunt, subvertet, subverti, subvertisset, subvertit, subvertite, subvertitis, subvertunt. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | rivoltare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 12, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean kwlush to wdwr xhranei thn ghn ean de epafh apwlesen authn katastreyaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur et si emiserit eas subvertent terram |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Also if he sle me, in hym I shal hope; nerthelatere my weies in his siyte I shal vndernyme. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned. |
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| Language | Job Chapter 12, Verse 15 |
| Albanian | Në rast se i ndal ujërat, çdo gjë thahet; po t'i lërë të lira, përmbytin tokën. |
| Cebuano | Ania karon, siya magapugong sa katubigan, ug sila mamala; Ipagula na usab niya, ug ang kalibutan matuali tungod kanila. |
| Croatian | Ustavi li vodu, suša nastaje; pusti li je, svu zemlju ispremetne. |
| Danish | han dæmmer for Vandet, og Tørke kommer, han slipper det løs, og det omvælter Jorden. |
| Dutch | Ziet, Hij houdt de wateren op, en zij drogen uit; ook laat Hij ze uit, en zij keren de aarde om. |
| Finnish | Katso, hän salpaa vedet, ja syntyy kuivuus; hän laskee ne irti, ja ne mullistavat maan. |
| French | Il retient les eaux et tout se dessèche; Il les lâche, et la terre en est dévastée. |
| German | Siehe, wenn er das Wasser verschließt, so wird alles dürr; und wenn er's ausläßt, so kehrt es das Land um. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè li pa bay lapli, sèk tonbe sou latè. Lè li bay lapli, dlo fè dega toupatou. |
| Hungarian | Ímé, ha a vizeket elfogja, kiszáradnak; ha kibocsátja õket, felforgatják a földet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia membendung air, maka kering dan tandus semuanya; Ia melepaskannya mengalir, maka banjir melanda! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwasanya Ia menahankan air, maka semuanya kekeringanlah; Ia melepaskan dia pula, maka tanahpun dibalikkannya. |
| Italian | Se trattiene le acque, tutto si secca, se le lascia andare, devastano la terra. |
| Maori | Nana, e unuhia atu ana e ia nga wai, a kua maroke; e tukua mai ana ano e ia, a ka hurihia te whenua. |
| Norwegian | Han demmer for vannene, og de tørker bort, og han slipper dem løs, og de velter om jorden. |
| Portuguese | Ele retém as águas, e elas secam; solta-as, e elas inundam a terra. |
| Rumanian | El oprewte apele wi totul se usucq; El le dq drumul, wi pustiesc pqmkntul. |
| Russian | пУФБОПЧЙФ ЧП"Щ, Й ЧУЕ ЧЩУПИОЕФ; ХУФЙФ ЙИ, Й ТЕЧТБФСФ ЪЕНМА. |
| Spanish | Si él detiene las aguas, se secan; y si las deja ir, trastornan la tierra. |
| Swedish | Han håller vattnen tillbaka -- se, se då bliver där torrt, han släpper dem lösa, då fördärva de landet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overturn": overturned, overturning, overturns. (additional references) | |
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"Overturn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Obertauern, obertor, Overtown, Overtura. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "overturn" (pronounced ō"verter'n) |
| 3 | -t er' n | downturn, taciturn. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: turnover. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-r-r-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: overrun, runover. | |
-2 letters: retorn, return, router, tenour, tourer, trover, turner, unrove. | |
-3 letters: noter, outer, outre, overt, rerun, retro, rouen, route, roven, rover, tenor, toner, trone, trove, truer, tuner, vertu, voter. | |
-4 letters: euro, note, oven, over, rent, rote, roue, rout, rove, ruer, rune, runt, tern, tone, tore, torn, torr, tour, true, tune, turn, unto, vent. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r-r-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: overburnt, overturns, turnovers. | |
+2 letters: overstrung, overturing, overturned. | |
+3 letters: enterovirus, overturning, rejuvenator. | |
+4 letters: overtrumping, rejuvenators. | |
+5 letters: arteriovenous, enteroviruses, overconstruct, overexuberant, overnutrition, prerevolution, proventriculi, revolutionary. | |
| 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)4F 76 65 72 74 75 72 6E |
| 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)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r t u r n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0074 0075 0072 006E |
| 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)4988718486878480 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, 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 , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
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 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
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 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Turkmen | Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier | |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, تهرب من دفع الرهان, الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , waleský, waleština, Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
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