name
Meaning 1
An island, the second-largest of the Channel Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Guernsey
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜːnzi/
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US: /ˈɡɝnzi/
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Scotland: /ˈɡɛrnze/
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Scotland: /ˈɡɛrnzɪ/
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Scotland: /ˈɡɛrnzi/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡøːnzi/
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/ˈɡeːnzi/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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/ˈɡɛːnzi/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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General-American: /ˈɡɝnzi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜːnzi/
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CMU ARPABET: G ER1 N Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in California.
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Iowa.
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name
Meaning 4
A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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name
Meaning 5
A town in Wyoming.
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noun
Meaning 6
A cow of a breed of dairy cattle originally bred in Guernsey.
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noun
Meaning 7
A knitted fisherman’s sweater of a type made on the island.
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noun
Meaning 8
A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
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noun
Meaning 9
A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.
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Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 10
Selection or election to a position.
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Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 11
A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
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noun
Meaning 12
The shirt worn by the players.
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Usage: Australia
Qualifier: Australian rules football
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noun
Meaning 13
[receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc
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Usage: Australia, slang
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noun
Meaning 14
breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker
noun
Meaning 15
a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: island of Guernsey
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Broader terms: Channel Island
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old Norse, compound of Grani (“Grani's”) and ey (“island”). Folk etymology points to a dialectal root for green.
From Guernsey.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غِيرنْزِيّ — island
- Asturian: Guernsey — island
- Chinese Mandarin: 根西島 /根西岛 (Gēnxī-dǎo) — island
- Cornish: Gwernenys — island
- Czech: Guernsey — island
- Dutch: Guernsey — island
- Esperanto: Guernsey — island
- Estonian: Guernsey — island
- Finnish: Guernsey — island
- French: Guernesey — island
- German: Guernsey — island
- Greek: Γκέρνσεϊ (Gkérnseï) — island
- Hebrew: גרנסי (Gernsi) — island
- Hungarian: Guernsey — island
- Icelandic: Guernsey — island
- Indonesian: Guernsey — island
- Irish: Geansaí — island
- Italian: Guernsey — island
- Italian: isola di Guernsey — island
- Japanese: ガーンジー島 (Gānji-shimá) — island
- Latin: Lisia — island
- Latin: Lesia — island
- Latin: Sarmia — island
- Limburgish: Guernsey — island
- Macedonian: Ге́рнзи (Gérnzi) — island
- Maltese: Gernesi — island
- Māori: Kōnuiihi — island
- Norman: Dgèrnésy — island
- Norman: Guernési — island
- Norman: Gùernesey — island
- Norwegian: Guernsey — island
- Polish: Guernsey — island
- Portuguese: Guernsey — island
- Russian: Ге́рнси (Gérnsi) — island
- Russian: о́стров Ге́рнси (óstrov Gérnsi) — island
- Scots: Gansey — island
- Scottish Gaelic: Geàrnsaidh — island
- Slovak: Guernsey — island
- Slovene: Guernsey — island
- Spanish: Guernesey — island
- Spanish: isla de Guernesey — island
- Swedish: Guernsey — island
- Ukrainian: Ґе́рнсі (Gérnsi) — island
- Welsh: Guernsey — island
- Irish: geansaí — woollen sweater
- Norman: corset d'oeuvre — woollen sweater
- Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh — woollen sweater
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