Below you will find example sentences with "english word". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

English Word in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: word
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.9 words

Words in this phrase

english word

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • english can mean: Of or pertaining to England. Common word
  • word can mean: The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of lan... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

adopt the english word and use 1× an old english word brycg of 1× and the english word ankle 1× and their english word knowledge 1× etymology the english word beaver comes 1× etymology the english word breast derives 1× is no english word 1× no common english word for sushi 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

etymology the english 2× although native speakers 1× as an example 1× etymology and linguistic 1× etymology the oxford 1× for example the 1×

Common sentence endings:

bluot meaning blood 1× english word ankle 1× english word ear 1× english word knowledge 1× german word blao 1× germanic root bebruz 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

old 11× meaning 7× comes 5× etymology 4× same 4× proto 4× germanic 3× related 3× german 3× example 3× use 3× breast 3×

Related phrases

english language english literature latin word british english english speakers modern english spoken word english teacher old english instruction word

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around word:

latin word 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

english teacher english speakers english premier english literature english language england patriots

Just after it in the phrase index:

enhance security enhanced security enormous amount enormous amounts enormous potential enormous pressure

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

english language english literature english speakers english teacher english premier

Same ending:

latin word spoken word instruction word

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "english word" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 28.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as adopt the english word and use, an old english word brycg of, old, meaning and comes stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with english language, english literature, latin word and latin word, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with english word

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Though the word Kami is translated in multiple ways into English, no one English word expresses its full meaning. (19 words)

The English word elf is from the Old English word most often attested as ælf (whose plural would have been *ælfe). (21 words)

Used in this context, the word ‘Good’ carries the same meaning as the original Old English word, in that it means holy. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Although native speakers frequently use an English word for which there is a perfectly good Gaelic equivalent, they will, without thinking, simply adopt the English word and use it, applying the rules of Gaelic grammar, as the situation requires. (39 words)

I also learned that the English word “news” may be related linguistically to the German word, “Neues”… although it’s a bit tricky, because “neues” — with a lower case “n” — can be applied to anything that’s “new”. (38 words)

The Old English word "gingifer" – where we get the modern word ginger – is first recorded in a text dating from the mid-14th century and probably derives from the Ancient Greek word for ginger which is "zingiberis". (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Etymology and linguistic differences The modern English word blue comes from Middle English bleu or blewe, from the Old French bleu, a word of Germanic origin, related to the Old High German word blao.

Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning. citation The word can be traced directly back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēw-.

The word is derived from Middle English, which is derived from the Old English word blôd, which is akin to the Old High German word bluot, meaning blood.

The Old English word "gingifer" – where we get the modern word ginger – is first recorded in a text dating from the mid-14th century and probably derives from the Ancient Greek word for ginger which is "zingiberis".

For example, whereas he had earlier translated the Kwakiutl word numaym as "clan", he now argued that the word is best understood as referring to a bundle of privileges, for which there is no English word.

The word angle comes from the Latin word angulus, meaning "corner"; cognate words are the Greek ἀγκύλος main (ankylοs), meaning "crooked, curved," and the English word " ankle ".

The word virtus in line 20 is the ultimate source of the English word virtue and is related to the Latin word vir (elite man).

Although native speakers frequently use an English word for which there is a perfectly good Gaelic equivalent, they will, without thinking, simply adopt the English word and use it, applying the rules of Gaelic grammar, as the situation requires.

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Etymology The English word "beaver" comes from the Old English word beofor or befer (recorded earlier as bebr), which in turn sprang from the Proto-Germanic root *bebruz.

Etymology The English word breast derives from the Old English word brēost (breast, bosom) from Proto-Germanic breustam (breast), from the Proto-Indo-European base bhreus– (to swell, to sprout).

For example, the last four letters of Ainulindalë represent two syllables, rather than the English word dale, and the first three letters of Eärendil represent two syllables rather than the English word ear.

He would apparently have the word "tenno" be directly taken for English use (just as there is no common English word for "sushi".

The English name "beetle" comes from the Old English word bitela, literally meaning small biter, deriving from the word bitel, which means biting.

The English word elf is from the Old English word most often attested as ælf (whose plural would have been *ælfe).

Though the word Kami is translated in multiple ways into English, no one English word expresses its full meaning.

Used in this context, the word ‘Good’ carries the same meaning as the original Old English word, in that it means holy.

Wordle is a viral puzzle game where players guess the five-letter word in six attempts with no starting hints and their English word knowledge.

I also learned that the English word “news” may be related linguistically to the German word, “Neues”… although it’s a bit tricky, because “neues” — with a lower case “n” — can be applied to anything that’s “new”.

The word concord gives us our English word "symphony," and it speaks of beautiful music that comes when the players are reading the same score and obeying the same leader.

As an example of false cognates, the Spanish word haber sounds and looks similar to the English word have, but are in fact unrelated.

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