Quantcast
 
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Nearby Words

g.

 - 10 dictionary results
Mercedes Pricing & Info
G-Class Information, Photos, More! Get Secret Dealer Invoice Prices
www.Mercedes-Benz.Edmunds.com
G is a Hold
7000+ U.S. stocks ranked based on fundamental analysis. Check it out!
SuperStockScreener.com

G.

 
1. German.
2. gourde; gourdes.
3. (specific) gravity.
4. Gulf.
Mercedes Pricing & Info
G-Class Information, Photos, More! Get Secret Dealer Invoice Prices
www.Mercedes-Benz.Edmunds.com
G is a Hold
7000+ U.S. stocks ranked based on fundamental analysis. Check it out!
SuperStockScreener.com

g.

 
1. gauge.
2. gender.
3. general.
4. generally.
5. genitive.
6. going back to.
7. gold.
8. grain; grains.
9. gram; grams.
10. Football. guard.
11. British. guinea.
12. gun.

Ger⋅man

  [jur-muhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Germany, its inhabitants, or their language.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Germany.
3. a descendant of a native of Germany.
4. Also called High German. an Indo-European language that is based on a High German dialect, is official in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and is also widely used as an international language for scholarship and science. Abbreviation: G, G.
5. Linguistics. any variety of West Germanic speech native to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
6. (usually lowercase) an elaborate social dance resembling a cotillion.
7. (lowercase) New England and South Atlantic States. a dancing party featuring the german.
Origin:
1520–30; < L Germānus German; c. Gk Germanoí (pl.)

gourde

  [Fr. goord; Eng. goord]
–noun, plural gourdes  [Fr. goord; Eng. goordz] .
a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
Origin:
1855–60; < F, n. use of fem. of gourd dull, slow, heavy < L gurdus dull, obtuse
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
Cite This Source Link To g.
G.  
abbr.  gulf
guin·ea   (gĭn'ē)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. g.

    1. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.

    2. The sum of one pound and one shilling.

  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.


[After the Guinea coast of Africa, the source of the gold from which it was first made.]
gulf   (gŭlf)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. G. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.

  2. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.

  3. A wide gap, as in understanding: "the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own" (Babette Deutsch).

  4. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.

tr.v.   gulfed, gulf·ing, gulfs
To engulf.

[Middle English goulf, from Old French golfe, from Old Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Greek kolpos, bosom, gulf.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

German  (2)
"Teuton," 1530, from L. Germanus, first attested in writings of Julius Caesar, who used Germani to designate a group of tribes in northeastern Gaul, origin unknown, probably the name of an individual tribe. It is perhaps of Gaulish (Celtic) origin, perhaps originally meaning "noisy" (cf. O.Ir. garim "to shout") or "neighbor" (cf. O.Ir. gair "neighbor"). The earlier Eng. word was Almain or Dutch. Their name for themselves was the root word of modern Ger. Deutsch (see Dutch). Roman writers also used Teutoni as a German tribal name, and Latin writers after about 875 commonly refer to the German language as teutonicus. See also Alemanni. The German shepherd (dog) (1922) translates Ger. deutscher Schäferhund
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Abbreviations & Acronyms
g.

  1. gender

  2. gourde

  3. guilder

  4. guinea

G.
gulf
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see g. on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way