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Pronunciation
IPA|/lɪst/
SAMPA|/lIst/
audio|en-us-list.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪst|-ɪst

Etymology 1
Old English liste#Old English|līste. Cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste.

Noun
en-noun

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.

#:*1893: The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers. � Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Naval Treaty� (Norton 2005, p.681)

1. in plural The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.

#:*1819: William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators. � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Etymology 2
From Old (and modern) French liste �strip (of paper)�, probably cognate with Etymology 1, from Germanic.

Noun
en-noun

1. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items.
2. computing A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing.
3. complang (LISP) a data structure made up of cons pair|cons pairs the cdr of which contains either another list or nil.

Derived terms
blacklist
whitelist
comma separated list

Translations
trans-top| a register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items
Czech: seznam m
Dutch: lijst f
Finnish: lista
German: Liste f
Japanese: �覧 (ichiran), ��� (risuto)
trans-mid
Limburgish: lies
Scots: leet
Slovene: seznam m
Spanish: lista f
trans-bottom

trans-top|computing:a codified representation of a list
Czech: seznam m
Dutch: lijst f
Finnish: lista
German: Liste f
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (risuto)
trans-bottom

trans-top|LISP: a data structure made up of cons pairs the cdr of which contains either another list or nil
Czech: seznam m
Dutch: lijst f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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ttbc|French: liste
ttbc|German: Liste f
ttbc|Norwegian: liste mf
mid
ttbc|Slovak: zoznam m
ttbc|Swahili: orodha (noun 9/10)
ttbc|Swedish: lista c

Verb
en-verb

1. To create or recite a list.

Translations
trans-top|to create or recite a list
French: lister
Japanese: ���� (rekki-suru), ����� (risuto suru)
Norwegian: liste
trans-mid
Slovene: naštevati
Spanish: hacer una lista, leer una lista
Swahili: kuorodesha
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Etymology 3

Verb
en-verb|lists|listing|list

1. To listen

Quotations
1607 � w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra|Antony and Cleopatra iv 3
:Peace, what noise? <br/>List, list! <br/>Hark! <br/>Music i' the air.

Etymology 4
Possibly from tilting on lists in jousts.¹

Noun
en-noun

1. nautical a tilting or careening manoeuvre, which causes the ship to roll. Usually used to describe tilting not under a ship's own power.

Verb
en-verb

1. nautical to carry out such a manoeuvre

Category:1000 English basic words

Bosnian

Noun
list m s (p: listovi or liš�e)

1. leaf (part of a plant)
2. page (in a book)

Note: The plural liš�e applies only to leaves (parts of a plant) and is a collective noun.

Synonyms
liska#Bosnian|liska

Category:Bosnian nouns

Croatian

Etymology
From OCS.|hr term|scCyrl|ли���|trlistŭ|langcu, from proto|Slavic|list�|langcu.

Noun
hr-noun|m

1. leaf
2. computing|lang=hr leaf
3. sole (fish)
4. letter (written message)
5. sheet of paper
6. calf (leg part)
7. Special purpose certificate, e.g. of birth, ownership etc.

Declension
hr-decl-noun
|list|listovi
|lista|listova
|listu|listovima
|list|listove
|liste|listovi
|listu|listovima
|listom|listovima

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-list.ogg|audio

Noun
list m

1. leaf
2. letter; a written message
3. sheet (of paper)

Related terms
rel-top3
listovat
prolistovat
rel-mid3
listopad m
rel-mid3
listnatý m
rel-bottom

Category:Czech nouns

Dutch

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /lɪst/

Noun
list f

1. a cunning plan

Faroese

Noun
list f

1. art

Declension
fo-decl-noun-f2|list

Category:Faroese nouns

German

See List

Icelandic
Icelandic declension kvk sb 01|list

Noun
list f

1. art

#* þetta|�etta vera#Icelandic|er ekki#Icelandic|ekki list!
#*: that's|That's not art!

Derived terms

listasafn n
listasaga f
listaverk n
listasalur m
listaskóli m
listsýning f

See also
tónlist
ljóðlist

Category:Icelandic nouns

Old English

Etymology
Germanic *listiz. Cognate with Old Saxon list (Dutch #Dutch|list), Old High German list (German List), Old Norse #Old Norse|list (Swedish #Swedish|list).

Pronunciation
IPA|/list/

Noun
list f

1. cunning, guile, craft

Declension
oe-noun|list|liste|liste|liste|liste|lista|liste|listum

Polish

Pronunciation
IPA|/list/
audio|pl-list.ogg|audio

Noun
list m (plural listy, locative singular li�cie)

1. letter

Category:Polish nouns

Serbian

Noun
list m s (p: listovi or liš�e)

1. leaf (part of a plant)
2. page (in a book)

Note: The plural liš�e applies only to leaves (parts of a plant) and is a collective noun.

Cyrillic spelling
ли��#Serbian|ли��

Synonyms
liska#Serbian|liska

Category:Serbian nouns

Slovak

Noun
list

1. letter; a written message

Slovene

Noun
list m s (p: liste or listje)

1. piece of paper
2. leaf

Note: The plural listje applies only to leaves' (parts of a plant) and is a collective noun.

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