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English
Etymology
Variant of with.
Pronunciation
Preposition
wid
- (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!
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Anagrams
Belizean Creole
Alternative forms
Preposition
wid
- 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
- 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
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
Adjective
wīd
- wide, far
- wīdcūþ ― widely known, famous
- wīdfæþme ― ample, far-reaching, extensive
- wīdmǣrsian ― to publish, widely proclaim
Declension
Declension of wīd — Strong
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Noun
wid m animal
- (obsolete) apparition, phantom, spectre
- Synonyms: widmo, widziadło, zjawa, zwid
Declension
Noun
wid m inan
- (obsolete) appearance (the way something looks; personal presence)
- Synonyms: aparycja, powierzchowność, wygląd
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- wid in Polish dictionaries at PWN