wid

See also: wið, wi'd, and wįð

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wĭd, IPA(key): /wɪd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Preposition

wid

  1. (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!

Anagrams

Belizean Creole

Alternative forms

Preposition

wid

  1. with

References

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 372.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English with.

Preposition

wid

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /wiːd/

Adjective

wīd

  1. wide, far
    wīdcūþwidely known, famous
    wīdfæþmeample, far-reaching, extensive
    wīdmǣrsianto publish, widely proclaim

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: wid, wyd

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

  • IPA(key): /vit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: wid
  • Homophone: Wit

Noun

wid m animal

  1. (obsolete) apparition, phantom, spectre
    Synonyms: widmo, widziadło, zjawa, zwid

Declension

Noun

wid m inan

  1. (obsolete) appearance (the way something looks; personal presence)
    Synonyms: aparycja, powierzchowność, wygląd

Declension

Derived terms

adverb
  • w pijackim widzie
phrase
  • ani widu ani słychu
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • wid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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