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English
Etymology
Variant of with.
Pronunciation
Preposition
wid
- (regional) Pronunciation spelling of with.
- 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”
- 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape,
- Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
- 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed.
- Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home
- Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,
- Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!
- 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
- What's wid you, wise guy?
- 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Related terms
- See with
Anagrams
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Belizean Creole
Alternative forms
Preposition
wid
References
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 372.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Preposition
wid
- with
- 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:
- Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself ar wid ada piipl.
- Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
- (literally, “Everybody have the right to own property by themselves or with other people.”)
Further reading
- wid at majstro.com
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīd, Old Saxon wīdo and Old Dutch wīdo, Old High German wīt, Old Norse víðr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wīd
- wide, far
- wīdcūþ ― widely known, famous
- wīdfæþme ― ample, far-reaching, extensive
- wīdmǣrsian ― to publish, widely proclaim
Declension
Declension of wīd — Strong
Declension of wīd — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȋdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-o-s, from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognate to Czech vid, Russian вид (vid) and Lithuanian véidas.
Pronunciation
Noun
wid m animal
Declension
Declension of wid
Noun
wid m inan
- (obsolete) appearance (the way something looks; personal presence)
- Synonyms: aparycja, powierzchowność, wygląd
- (Far Masovian, chiefly in set phrases) sight (information of someone's pressence detected by the eye)
- Coordinate term: słych
- Ani widu, ani slychu. ― (I) haven't seen or heard (it).
Declension
Declension of wid
Derived terms
adverb
- w pijackim widzie
phrase
- ani widu ani słychu
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