English
Syllabification: (Eng·lish)
Pronunciation: /ˈiNG(g)liSH/
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Definition of English
noun
- 3North American spin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
English is the principal language of Great Britain, the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. There are some 400 million native speakers, and it is the medium of communication for many millions more; it is the most widely used second language in the world. It belongs to the West Germanic group of Indo-European languages though its vocabulary has been much influenced by Old Norse, Norman French, and Latin
adjective
Origin:
Old English Englisc (see Angle, -ish1). The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes), or their language (now called Old English)
