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adv
Alternative spelling of when.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
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conj
Alternative spelling of when.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling
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name
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Alternative spelling of when.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
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pron
Alternative spelling of when.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, steatocystoma
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Broader terms: cyst
Narrower terms: chalazion, Meibomian cyst
History
Eye dialect spelling of when.
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.
Inherited from Old English wynn.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
