Interlingua English Dictionary revised in plain ascii format

maturitate = {n} ripeness, maturity

matutin = {adj} morning {Hence:} matutino-matutinal; matutinas

matutinal = {adj} 1. matutinal; 2. rising early

matutinas (-tí-) = {npl} [Eccl] matins

matutino = {n} morning

maure = {adj} Moorish {Hence:} mauro-mauresc-hispanomauresc etc., mauresca, Mauritania

mauresc = {adj} Moresque, Moorish

mauresca = {n} morris (dance)

Mauritania = {npr} 1. [Hist] Mauritania, Mauretania (= ancient district of North Africa); 2. Mauritania (= French colony of Mauritania)

Mauritio = {npr} 1. Maurice, Mauritius; 2. [Geog] Mauritius

mauro = {n} Moor

mauser [G] = {n} Mauser (rifle)

mausoleo (-éo) = {n} mausoleum

Mausolo = {npr} [Anc Hist] Mausolus {Hence:} mausoleo

mauve [F] = {adj/n} mauve

maxilla = {n} jawbone, jaw {Hence:} maxillar-intermaxillar, submaxillar; maxilliforme etc.

maxillar = {adj} maxillary; osso maxillar maxillary bone

maxilli-forme = {adj} maxilliform

maxim [A] = {n} maxim (gun), machine gun

maxima (máx-) = {n} maxim

maximal = {adj} maximal

maxime (máx-) = {adj} greatest, highest, maximal; precio maxime maximum price, ceiling price {Hence:} maximo-maximal; maxima

[maxime] (máx-) = {adv} 1. most; 2. especially, principally; 3. exceedingly, very; 4 certainly

maximo (máx-) = {n} maximum

mayonnaise [F] = {n} mayonnaise

mazurka [Polish] = {n} [Dancing] mazurka

me = {pron} 1. pers me; 2. refl myself (as in "I hurt myself", "I said to myself")

mear = {v} to go, pass {Hence:} meato; commear &; permear &

meato = {n} [Anat] meatus

mechan- = {n} [occurring in derivatives and compounds] {Hence:} mechanic; mechanico; mechanica-telemechanica etc.; mechanismo; mechanizar-mechanization; mechanotherapia etc.

mechanic = {adj} mechanical; ingeniero mechanic mechanical engineer

mechanica = {n} mechanies

mechanico = {n} mechanic

mechanizar = {v} to mechanize

mechanization = {n} mechanization

mechanismo = {n} mechanism

mechano-therapia (-ía) = {n} [Med] mechanotherapy

medalia = {n} medal {Hence:} medaliario; medalista; medalion

medaliario = {n} 1. collection of medals; 2. medal cabinet

medalion = {n} I. medallion (1. large medal; 2. round, flat ornament or portrait); II. locket

medalista = {n} medalist (1. maker of medals; 2. one skilled in medals)

mede = {adj} Median

media = {n} average, mean; media arithmetic arthimetical mean; media geometric geometrical mean Media {npr} Media

medial = {adj} [Philol] medial

median = {adj} median, medium; de etate median middle-aged; nervo median median nerve

mediana = {n} [Geom] median

mediante = {n} [Mus] mediant

mediar = {v} to mediate (1. to form a connecting link between; 2. to act as an intermediary)

mediastino = {n} [Anat] mediastinum

mediate 1. pp of mediar; 2. {adj} mediate (as in "a mediate cause")

mediation = {n} mediation

mediator = {n} mediator

medic (mé-) = {adj} medical {Hence:} medicina &; medicar-medicamento-medicamentose, medicamentar, medicabile-immedicabile, medication; medico-medicastro, medical

medicabile = {adj} medicable

medical = {adj} medical

medicamentar = {v} to treat with medicaments

medicamento = {n} medicament, medication, medicine

medicamentose = {adj} medicinal

medicar = {v} to medicate; to treat (medically)

medicastro = {n} medicaster, quack

medication = {n} medication (= act or process of medicating)

medicina = {n} medicine (1. medical science or art; 2. substance or compound taken internally to cure disease); doctor in medicina doctor of medicine; medicina legal forensic medicine {Hence:} medicinal, medicinar

medicinal = {adj} medicinal

medicinar = {v} to give or administer medicine to

medico (mé-) = {n} physician, doctor

medie = {adj} 1. half; 2. middle; 3. average, mean; termino medie [Philos] middle term; medie hora half an hour; medie fratre half-brother; medie etate Middle Ages {Hence:} medietate; mediar-mediante, mediation, mediator, mediate-immediate; mediastino; intermedie &; mediterranee etc.; mediedie etc.; medievo etc.; medio (1) &; medio (2)

medie-die (-díe) = {n} 1. noon; 2. south

medie-nocte = {n} midnight

medietate = {n} half; le medietate del (mundo) half the (world); a medietate half (= to half the full amount or degree); a medietate del camino halfway; (mi) car medietate (my) better half, wife

medieval = {adj} medieval

medi-evo = {n} Middle Ages {Hence:} medieval

medio = {adv} half medio {n} 1. middle, {also:} midst; 2. mean, medium; 3. means (= agent or instrument by which an end is attained); per medio de by means of; medios means (= pecuniary resources) {Hence:} medial; median-mediana; media

mediocre = {adj} mediocre {Hence:} mediocritate

mediocritate = {n} mediocrity (1. quality or state of being mediocre; 2. mediocre person)

*medisime = mesme {adj} same

*medisimo = mesmo {adv} 1. even 2. likewise

meditar = {v} I. to meditate (1. to be engaged in meditation; 2. to plan, contemplate); II. to think of, ponder; meditar super to meditate upon {Hence:} meditation; meditative; meditator; premeditar-premeditation, premeditate-impremeditate

meditation = {n} meditation

meditative = {adj} meditative

meditator = {n} meditator

medi-terranee = {adj} 1. inland; 2. Mediterranean {Hence:} mediterraneo

mediterraneo = {n} inland sea; Mediterraneo Mediterranean

medium [L] = {n} medium (as in "a spiritualistic medium") {Hence:} mediumnic

mediumnic (-úm-) = {adj} [Spiritualism] mediumistic

medo = {n} 1. Mede, Median; 2. Median (language), Medic {Hence:} Media; mede

medulla = {n} 1. marrow; 2. pith; medulla spinal spinal cord {Hence:} medullar; medullose

medullar = {adj} medullary (= containing, consisting of, or resembling, marrow)

medullose = {adj} 1. marrowy; 2. pithy

Medusa = {npr} [Gr Mythol] Medusa; medusa [Zool] medusa

meeting [A] = {n} (political) meeting

mega- [occurring in compounds] mega- (= great, extended; a million times) {Hence:} megametro etc.; megaphono etc.; megalopole etc.; megalosauro etc.; megalomania etc.; megalocephale etc.; megalomane etc.

megal- see mega-

megalo-cephale = {adj} megalocephalic

megalo-mane = {adj} megalomanical {Hence:} megalomano

megalo-mania (-ía) = {n} megalomania

megalomano (-ó-) = {n} megalomaniac

megalo-pole = {n} megalopolis

megalo-sauro = {n} [Paleontol] megalosaurus, megalosaur

mega-metro (-gá-) = {n} megameter

mega-phono (-gá-) = {n} megaphone

melancholia (-ía) = {n} melancholy; {also:} [Pathol] melancholia {Hence:} melancholic

melancholic = {adj} melancholy

melassa = {n} molasses

melic = {adj} melic (= of song; meant to be sung)

melio = {adv} better; tanto melio so much the better

melior = {adj} better; (le) melior (the) best {Hence:} meliorismo; meliorar-melioration, meliorator

meliorar = {v} to improve, ameliorate

melioration = {n} improvement, amelioration

meliorator = {n} improver, ameliorator

meliorismo = {n} meliorism

mellar = {v} to make honey, to honey

mellate = {adj} 1. honey, honeyed; 2. honeycolored

melle = {n} honey; luna de melle honeymoon {Hence:} mellero; mellate; mellifere; mellose; mellar; mellificar-mellification; melliflue etc.

mellero = {n} honey dealer

mellifere = {adj} melliferous

mellificar = {v} to make honey (as in "bees making honey")

mellification = {n} honey making

melli-flue = {adj} mellifluous {Hence:} mellifluitate

mellifluitate = {n} mellifluence, mellifluousness

mellose = {adj} honeyed, honeylike

melo- = {n} [occurring in compounds] melo-, mel- (= song) {Hence:} melic; melodrama etc.; melomania etc.; melodia etc.; melomane etc.; melopeia etc.

mel-odia (-ía) = {n} melody {Hence:} melodista; melodic; melodiose

melodic = {adj} melodic

melodiose = {adj} melodious

melodista = {n} melodist (= composer of melodies)

melo-drama [-ma-/-mat-] = {n} melodrama {Hence:} melodramatic

melodramat- see melodrama

melodramatic = {adj} melodramatic

melo-mane (-ó-) = {n} melomaniac

melo-mania (-ía) = {n} melomania

melon = {n} melon; melon de aqua watermelon {Hence:} meloniera

meloniera = {n} melon bed

melo-peia (-péya) = {n} [Antiq] melopoeia (1. composition of melodies; 2. chanting of verses)

membrana = {n} membrane; membrana mucose mucous membrane; membrana false [Pathol] false membrane {Hence:} membranacee; membranose

membranacee = {adj} membranous, membranaceous

membranose = {adj} membranous (= consisting of membranes)

membratura = {n} (human) frame

membro = {n} I. member (1. constituent part of a whole; 2. "member of a social group, organization, etc."); II. limb (of animal or human body); membro del parlamento member of Parliament {Hence:} membrana &; membratura; membrute; dismembrar &

membrute = {adj} stout-limbed

memorabile = {adj} memorable

memorandum (-án-) = {n} I. memorandum (1. note, record of events, etc.; 2. informal communication or report); II. memorandum book

memorar = {v} to remember (= to recollect, recall; bear in mind) {Hence:} memorabile-immemorabile; memorative; commemorar &; rememorar

memorative = {adj} commemorative

memore = {adj} mindful (of a person or a thing) {Hence:} memoria &; memorar &

memoria = {n} I. memory (1. faculty of remembering; 2. remembrance, recollection); II. memoir (memorandum, record, etc.); III. [Law] factum (= memorial); memorias memoirs (1. autobiographical record; 2. transactions of a learned society); de memoria from memory, by heart; in memoria de in memory of; facer memoria de to commemorate; de memoria de homine within living memory {Hence:} memorial-memorialista; immemorial

memorial = {n} I. memorials; II. memorial (= statement of facts in form of a petition)

memorialista = {n} memorialist (= a writer of memoirs)

menacia = {n} menace, threat {Hence:} menaciar

menaciar = {v} to menace, threaten

menage [F] = {n} household, ménage

menagerie [F] = {n} menagerie

menar = {v} to lead, guide, conduct {Hence:} promenar &

menchev- see menchevico

menchevico (menshevíco) = {n} menshevik, menshevist {Hence:} menchevismo; menchevista

menchevismo (-sh-) = {n} menshevism

menchevista (-sh-) = {n} menshevist, menshevik; attrib: menshevist, menshevistic

menda = {n} 1. defect, blemish; 2. fault, error {Hence:} mendose; emendar &

mendace = {adj} mendacious (1. lying, untruthful; 2. false, untrue)

mendacio = {n} lie (= falsehood); mendacio officiose white lie

mendic (-díc) = {adj} beggarly {Hence:} mendicitate; mendicar-mendicante, mendication; mendico

mendicante = {n} beggar, mendicant; specif: [Eccl] mendicant friar

mendicar = {v} to beg; to go begging

mendication = {n} (action of) begging

mendicitate = {n} mendicity

mendico (-íco) = {n} beggar

mendose = {adj} 1. defective, faulty; 2. erroneous

menestrel = {n} minstrel

meninge = {n} [Anat] meninx; meninges meninges {Hence:} meningitis

meningitis (-ítis) = {n} [Pathol] meningitis; meningitis cerebro-spinal cerebrospinal meningitis

[meno] = {adv} (= minus)

mens- see metir

mense = {n} 1. month; 2. monthly salary {Hence:} mensual-mensualitate; menstruo &; bimestre etc.; semestre etc.

mensor = {n} measurer; {also:} gauge

menstrual = {adj} menstrual (= pertaining to the menses)

menstruar = {v} to menstruate

menstruation = {n} menstruation

menstruo = {n} menstruation {Hence:} menstrual; menstruar-menstruation

mensual = {adj} monthly

mensualitate = {n} monthly payment

mensura = {n} measure {Hence:} mensurar-mensurabile-mensurabilitate, immensurabile-immensurabilitate, mensuration, mensurator, mensurate-dismensurate, commensurar &; agrimensura etc.

mensurabile = {adj} measurable, mensurable

mensurabilitate = {n} measurability, mensurability

mensurar = {v} to measure

mensurate 1. pp of mensurar; 2. {adj} moderate, temperate

mensuration = {n} measuring, measurement, mensuration

mensurator = {n} measurer

mental = {adj} mental; restriction mental mental reservation

mentalitate = {n} mentality

mente = {n} mind (= intellectual powers, mental force) {Hence:} mental-mentalitate; demente &; mentecapte etc.

mente-capte = {adj} feeble-minded

mentha = {n} [Bot] mint; mentha piperate peppermint {Hence:} menthol &

menthol = {n} menthol {Hence:} mentholate

mentholate = {adj} mentholated

mention = {n} mention; facer mention de to make mention of, to mention; mention honorabile honorable mention {Hence:} mentionar-mentionabile-immentionabile

mentionabile = {adj} mentionable

mentionar = {v} to mention

mentir = {v} to lie, tell lies {Hence:} mentitor; mentita; dismentir

mentita = {n} lie, falsehood

mentitor = {n} liar

mento = {n} chin

*mentre {adv] < dum interim = while, meanwhile; {conj} mentre que = meanwhile that

menu [F] = {n} menu, bill of fare

menuet = {n} minuet

meravilia = {n} marvel (= that which excites wonder) {Hence:} meraviliose; meraviliar

meraviliar = {v} to marvel

meraviliose = {adj} marvelous

mercabile = {adj} merchantable

mercante = {n} merchant, dealer

mercantia = {n} 1. trade, traffic; 2. merchandise, ware

mercantil = {adj} 1. mercantile; 2. mercenary, grasping

mercantilismo = {n} mercantilism (1. commercialism, mercenary spirit; 2. theory and practice of the mercantile system)

mercar = {v} to trade, deal (= to do business)

mercato = {n} market (1. market place; 2. as in "cattle market"; 3. [Econ, Com]); a bon mercato at a low rate, cheap(ly); mercato nigre black market

mercator = {n} merchant, dealer, marketer

merce = {n} merchandise; traino de merces freight train {Hence:} mercero; merceria; mercar-mercante, mercantia, mercantil-mercantilismo; mercabile, mercator, mercato; commercio &

mercede = {n} grace, mercy, clemency, etc.; esser al mercede de to be at the mercy of

mercenari = {adj} mercenary {Hence:} mercenario

mercenario = {n} 1. hired worker; 2. mercenary

Mercer, John = {npr} [1791-1866; inventor of mercerizing process] {Hence:} mercerizar-mercerisage, mercerization, mercerizate

merceria (-ía) = {n} 1. notions, small ware; notion or small-ware trade or store

mercerisage (-aje) = {n} mercerizing, mercerization

mercerizar = {v} to mercerize

mercerizate 1. pp of mercerizar; 2. {adj} mercerized

mercerization = {n} mercerizing, mercerization

mercero = {n} dealer in notions, small-ware dealer

mercurial = {adj} I. mercurial (1. as in "mercurial temperament"; 2. as in "mercurial barometer"); II. Mercurial

mercuric = {adj} [Chem] mercuric

mercuri-di (-dí) = {n} Wednesday; mercuridi del cineres Ash Wednesday

Mercurio = {npr} Mercury (1. [Mythol]; 2. [Astron]) {Hence:} mercurial; mercuridi etc.; mercurio &

mercurio = {n} mercury, quicksilver {Hence:} mercurial; mercuric; mercuriose

mercuriose = {adj} [Chem] mercurous

merer = {v} to merit, deserve {Hence:} meretrice &; meritori; merito-meritar; demer- &; emer- &

meretrice = {n} prostitute {Hence:} meretricie

meretricie = {adj} meretricious (= of a prostitute)

merger [merg-/mers-] = {v} to plunge (into), sink (in) {Hence:} emerger &; immerger &; submerger &

meridian = {adj} meridian

meridiano = {n} meridian; meridiano magnetic magnetic meridian

meridie (-rí-) = {n} 1. noon; 2. south; a meridie at noon; ante meridie in the forenoon {Hence:} meridian-meridiano; meridional; antemeridian; postmeridie-postmendian

meridional = {adj} southern, meridional meridional {n} southerner, meridional

meringue [F] = {n} meringue (1. mixture of beaten egg whites and sugar; 2. thin case of meringue filled with whipped cream)

merino = {n} merino

meritar = {v} to merit, deserve

merito (mé-) = {n} merit

meritori = {adj} meritorious

merla = {n} blackbird, merl

mero- = {n} [occurring in compounds] mero-, mer- (= part) {Hence:} metamere-metameria, metamero; meropia etc.; isomere etc.; polymere etc.; pentamere etc.

mer-opia (-ía) = {n} [Med] meropia, partial blindness

-mes- see mense mes- = {adj} [occurring in compounds] mes-, meso- (= middle) {Hence:} mesenterio etc.; Mesopotamia etc.; mesocarpio etc.; mesozoic etc.; mesocephale etc.; mesolabio etc.

mésalliance [F] = {n} misalliance, mésalliance

meschin = {adj} mean, paltry, shabby {Hence:} meschineria

meschineria (-ía) = {n} meanness, shabbiness

mesenteric = {adj} mesenteric

mes-enterio = {n} [Anat] mesentery {Hence:} mesenteritis; mesenteric

mesenteritis (-ítis) = {n} [Pathol] mesenteritis

mesme 1. same; 2. myself, yourself, himself, etc. (as in "the king himself") {Hence:} mesmo

Mesmer, Friedrich Anton = {npr} [1734-1815; Austrian doctor] {Hence:} mesmerismo; mesmerista; mesmerian; mesmerizar

mesmerian = {adj} mesmeric, mesmerian

mesmerizar = {v} to mesmerize; {also:} to magnetize

mesmerismo = {n} mesmerism; {also:} animal magnetism

mesmerista = {n} mesmerist; {also:} animal magnetist

mesmo = {adv} 1. likewise; 2. even; hodie mesmo this very day; ora mesmo right now

meso-carpio = {n} [Bot] mesocarp

meso-cephale = {adj} mesocephalic {Hence:} mesocephalo

mesocephalo = {n} mesocephal

meso-labio = {n} mesolabe

Meso-potamia = {npr} Mesopotamia {Hence:} mesopotamian

mesopotamian = {adj} Mesopotamian

meso-zoic = {adj} [Geol] Mesozoic

message (-aje) = {n} message {Hence:} messagero; messageria

messageria (-ajería) = {n} shipping office, shipping service

messagero (-ajéro) = {n} messenger

messe = {n} harvest, crop(s) {Hence:} messidor etc.

Messia (-ía) = {n} Messiah {Hence:} messianismo; messianic

messianic = {adj} Messianic

messianismo = {n} Messianism

messi-dor = {n} [French Revolutionary Calendar] Messidor

mesticiage (aje) = {n} (action or process of) cross breeding

mesticiar = {v} to cross (= to cause to interbreed)

mesticio = {n} half-breed, mestizo {Hence:} mesticiar-mesticiage

mestiero = {n} craft, trade

mesura = {n} measure (1. size, extent, dimension, etc.; also: measurement; 2. standard of measure; {also:} system of measure units, measurement; 3. [Mus; Pros]; 4 degree, proportion; 5 as in "drastic measure(s)"); bon mesura good or ample measure; medie mesura half measure; a mesura que (in proportion) as; prender le mesuras de to take measurements of; prender su mesuras to take steps or measures {Hence:} mesurar-mesurabile-mesurabilitate, immesurabile-immesurabilitate, mesuration, mesurator, mesurate-dismesurate

mesurabile = {adj} measurable, mensurable

mesurabilitate = {n} measurability, mensurability

mesurar = {v} to measure (1. to ascertain the size, capacity, extent, measurements, etc., of; 2. to be of a certain measurement); mesurar su parolas to weigh one's words; mesurar se con (un persona) to measure one's strength against (someone); passo mesurate measured tread

mesurate 1. pp of mesurar; 2. {adj} moderate, temperate

mesuration = {n} measuring, measurement, mensuration

mesurator = {n} measurer

met- see meta-

meta- = {prefixo} [`met-' before vowels and `-h-'; used chiefly to form technical terms] meta-, met- (1. behind; 2. beyond, transcending, higher; 3. changed, transferred, transformed) Hence: metastase etc.; metempsychose etc.; metaphysic etc.; metamorphe etc.; methodo etc.

metabole = {n} [Rhet] antimetabole {Hence:} metabolismo

metabolismo = {n} [Biol] metabolism

metacarpal = {adj} [Anat] metacarpal

metacarpo = {n} [Anat] metacarpus

metallic = {adj} metallic; reserva metallic [Fin] bullion reserve

metallifere = {adj} metalliferous

metallin = {adj} metalline

metallizar = {v} to metallize

metallization = {n} metallization

metallo = {n} metal (as in "gold is a metal"); metallo blanc white metal, babbitt {Hence:} metallic; metallifere; metallin; metalloide-metalloidic; metallizar-metallization; metallographia etc.; metallurgo etc.; bimetallismo etc.; monometallista etc.

metallo-graphia (-ía) = {n} metallography (1. study of metals; 2. [Print]) {Hence:} metallographic

metallographic = {adj} metallographic

metalloide = {n} metalloid

metalloidic = {adj} metalloidal

metallo-therapia (-ía) = {n} metallotherapy

metallurgia (-ía) = {n} metallurgy

metallurgic = {adj} metallurgical, metallurgic

metallurgista = {n} metallurgist

metall-urgo = {n} metallurgist {Hence:} metallurgia-metallurgista; metallurgic

metamere = {adj} metamerous, metameric (1. [Zool]; 2. [Chem])

metameria (-ía) = {n} metamerism, metamery (1. [Zool]; 2. [Chem])

metamero (-tá-) = {n} [Zool] metamere

metamorphe = {adj} metamorphic, metamorphous

metamorphic = {adj} metamorphic; {also:} [Geol]

metamorphismo = {n} metamorphism (1. metamorphosis; 2. [Geol])

metamorphosar = {v} to metamorphose, transform (= to cause to change form)

metamorphose = {n} metamorphosis {Hence:} metamorphosar

metaphora (-tá-) = {n} metaphor {Hence:} metaphoric; metaphorizar

metaphoric = {adj} metaphorical, metaphoric

metaphorizar = {v} to metaphorize

metaphras- = {v} [occurring in derivatives] {Hence:} metaphrase-metaphrasar; metaphraste; metaphrastic

metaphrasar = {v} to metaphrase

metaphrase (-tá-) = {n} metaphrase

metaphraste = {n} metaphrast

metaphrastic = {adj} metaphrastic

metaphysic = {adj} metaphysical

metaphysica = {n} metaphysics

metaphysico = {n} metaphysician

metastase (-tástase) = {n} [Pathol] metastasis

metathese (-átese) = {n} [Gram] metathesis

metempsychose = {n} metempsychosis

meteoric = {adj} meteoric

meteorite = {n} meteorite

meteoro = {n} meteor (1. atmospheric phenomenon; 2. shooting star) {Hence:} meteorite; meteoric; meteorologo etc.

meteorologia (-ía) = {n} meteorology

meteorologic = {adj} meteorologic, meteorological

meteorologista = {n} meteorologist

meteoro-logo (-ró-) = {n} meterorologist {Hence:} meteorologia-meteorologista; meteorologic

meth- see methy-; methyleno

methano = {n} [Chem] methane, swamp gas

methodic = {adj} methodical

methodisar = {v} to methodize

methodismo = {n} Methodism

methodista = {n} Methodist

methodo (mé-) = {n} method {Hence:} methodismo; methodista; methodic; methodisar; methodologia etc.

methodo-logia (-ía) = {n} methodology

methy- = {n} [occurring in derivatives and compounds] methy- (= wine) {Hence:} methyleno &; amethysto

methyl- see methyleno

methyl-amino = {n} [Chem] methylamine

methyleno = {n} methylene (1. wood alcohol, methyl alcohol; 2. [Chem] methyl) {Hence:} methylo-methylic, methano, methylamino etc.

methylic = {adj} [Chem] methylic; alcohol methylic methyl alcohol, methylic alcohol, wood alcohol

methylo = {n} [Chem] methyl, methylene

meticulose = {adj} meticulous {Hence:} meticulositate

meticulositate = {n} meticulosity, meticulousness