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PRONUNCIATION OF UNGUES

ungues  [ˈʌŋɡwiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNGUES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ungues is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNGUES


Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
squeeze
skwiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
torques
ˈtɔːkwiːz
tweeze
twiːz
wheeze
wiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNGUES

ungual
unguard
unguarded
unguardedly
unguardedness
unguent
unguentaria
unguentarium
unguentary
unguerdoned
unguessable
unguessed
unguiculate
unguided
unguiform
unguilty
unguinous
unguis
ungula
ungulae

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNGUES

antiques
baby blues
blues
chaises longues
classic blues
combat fatigues
country blues
dues
family values
fatigues
gift of tongues
lues
rhythm and blues
speaking in tongues
tenues
the blues
union dues
values
virtues
winter blues

Synonyms and antonyms of ungues in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ungues» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNGUES

Find out the translation of ungues to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ungues from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ungues» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ungues
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ungues
570 millions of speakers

English

ungues
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ungues
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أظفار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ungues
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ungues
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ungues
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ungues
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ungues
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungues
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ungues
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ungues
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ungues
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ungues
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ungues
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्गेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ungues
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ungues
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ungues
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ungues
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ungues
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ungues
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ungues
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ungues
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ungues
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ungues

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGUES»

The term «ungues» is normally little used and occupies the 141.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGUES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ungues» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ungues» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ungues

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGUES»

Discover the use of ungues in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ungues and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
Anal spines long, at least three-quarters as long as hind ungues 7. Anal spines short, one-third to one-half as long as hind ungues 10. 7. Outer lamella of mucro with a large subtriangular lobe (fig. Ill) 8. Outer lamella of mucro with a small ...
‎1870
2
Totius Latinitatis Lexicon
Si sanguis in ungulis est, inter duos ungues cnltello leviter aperies, et moi. Si sanguis in inferiore parte úngula; est, extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vi- vum resecatur. f El de ungulis solidis. Martini. 1. 14. distich. 199. Hic brevis, ad numerara ...
Egidio Forcellini, Bailey, 1828
3
An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: ...
A. Six feet in both sexes ; caterpillars elongate. Tribe 1. Papillonidcs [more properly Fapilionides]. Anal edge of hind wings concave ; ungues simple. Tribe 2. Pieridts. Anal edge of hind wings without concavity ; ungues with one tooth, or bifid.
John Obadiah Westwood, 1840
4
A compendious dictionary of the Latin tongue: for the use of ...
7. ungues claufulae nervorum fumnue exi- mantur : omnibus hi. quibus ct digiti : fed fine imbricati, honiinibus lati, rapacious unci; teris rcílí, ut canibus, prater eum, qui a crure erifijjie dependct, Plin. II, 45 f. IOI. lilia de- :rpent tenero pucriliter ...
Alexander Adam, 1805
5
A Dictionary of Entomology
Ungues are usually smooth, curved and tapered. Ungues of some insects (e.g. beetles) may be pectinate; some wasps display a series of tines along the ventral surface. Usually Ungues are symmetrical, but asymmetry is noted in males of ...
Gordon Gordh, David Headrick, 2001
6
Transactions of the Linnean Society. - London, Davis 1791-
sculponei, digitorum phalanges extremas obvolventes: dentium qualitas raro triplex : ventriculis quatuor ruminantia. Subclassis 2. INEDUCABILIA. Cerebrum unilobum. 7. BRUTA. (Edentata.) Artus quatuor liberi; ungues digitorum summitatem ...
‎1838
7
Transactions of the Linnean Society
sculponei, digitorum phalanges extremas obvolventes : dentium qualitas raro triplex : ventriculis quatuor ruminantia. Subclassis 2. INEDUCABILIA. Cerebrum unilobum. 7. Bruta. (Edentata.) Artus quatuor liberi ; ungues digitorum summitatem ...
‎1841
8
P. Papinius Statius, Silvae Book II: A Commentary
Here it is pathetic in combination with the anaphora and the rhetorical question of 138. feros...exseris ungues: Ungues was conjectured by Scaliger and Meursius for M's angues (see van Dam 385-6): the Parcae are never described as ...
Harm-Jan Van Dam, 1984
9
M. Accii Plauti Comœdiæ
Quin ipsi pridem tonsor ungues demserat, Colle- git, omnia abstulit prxsegmina,' ubi Gruterus oblitus est, vel tenuissimum tonsoris ad ungues prœsecandos opera usum esse. Hinc Martialis cinae- dum quendam, qui operam illam tonsoris ...
Titus Maccius Plautus, Joannes Fredericus Gronovius, 1829
10
The transactions of the Linnean Society of London
Artus quatuor liberi ; ungues digitorum summitatem obvolventes, conici, fere sculponei : dentes radicibus destituti, aut duplicis aut unicae qualitatis, aut nulli ; incisivi nulli ; ubi molares 1 4 — 98. 8. Cheiroptera. (Volitantia.) Artus quatuor, antici ...
Linnean Society (London), 1838

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNGUES»

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1
How the Speed of Information Has Affected Human Progress
Not next week, when the caffeine has worn off and the fuchsia lacquer adorning your twenty little fashion-starved ungues has long since dried. But now, as in the ... «Daily Reckoning - American Edition, Apr 12»

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