watchword

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• /ˈwɒt͡ʃwɜː(ɹ)d/
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 CH W ER2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wacche word, wacchworde, morphologically as watch (“guard, sentinel, sentry”) + word.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ло́зунг (lózung) — word used as expressive of a principle
• Czech: heslo — word used as expressive of a principle
• Czech: motto — word used as expressive of a principle
• Czech: hlavní zásada — word used as expressive of a principle
• Finnish: motto — word used as expressive of a principle
• Finnish: tunnus — word used as expressive of a principle
• Finnish: iskulause — word used as expressive of a principle
• French: mot d'ordre — word used as expressive of a principle
• German: Motto — word used as expressive of a principle
• German: Schlagwort — word used as expressive of a principle
• German: Parole — word used as expressive of a principle
• Greek: σύνθημα (sýnthima) — word used as expressive of a principle
• Hebrew: אִמְרַת כָּנָף (imrát kanáf) — word used as expressive of a principle
• Polish: hasło — word used as expressive of a principle
• Polish: zawołanie — word used as expressive of a principle
• Russian: ло́зунг (lózung) — word used as expressive of a principle
• Russian: клич (klič) — word used as expressive of a principle
• Spanish: lema — word used as expressive of a principle
• Spanish: consigna — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: ledord — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: lösen — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: motto — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: slagord — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: valspråk — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: slogan — word used as expressive of a principle
• Swedish: stridsrop — word used as expressive of a principle
• Armenian: նշանաբան (nšanaban) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Armenian: նշանաբառ (nšanabaṙ) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Bulgarian: паро́ла (paróla) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Catalan: sant i senya — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Czech: heslo — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Finnish: tunnussana — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• French: mot d'ordre — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• German: Losung — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• German: Parole — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• German: Kennwort — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Greek: σύνθημα (sýnthima) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Ancient Greek: σύνθημα (súnthēma) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Middle English: wacche word — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Polish: odzew — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Russian: паро́ль (parólʹ) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Russian: о́тзыв (ótzyv) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Russian: о́тклик (ótklik) — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Spanish: contraseña — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Spanish: santo y seña — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Swedish: lösenord — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard
• Swedish: lösen — a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard