wart

See also: Wart and wärt

English

Etymology

From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɔːt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wɔɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

wart (plural warts)

  1. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
  2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  3. (computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
    • 1998, "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation (on newsgroup microsoft.public.vc.language)
      Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
    • 2002, "Linonut", Computer Science (on newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy)
      Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

Derived terms

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See also

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaːrt/, [vaːʁt], [vaːɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]
  • Audio(file)

Verb

wart

  1. second-person plural preterite of sein

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vart/, [vaʁt], [vaɐ̯t], [vaːt], [ʋ-]

Verb

wart

  1. (chiefly colloquial) singular imperative of warten
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten

Middle Dutch

Verb

wart

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of werden

Middle English

Noun

wart

  1. Alternative form of warte

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vart/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: wart

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ, from *vьrtěti.

Noun

wart m inan

  1. the main current of a river
    Hypernym: nurt
Declension
Declension of wart
singular plural
nominative wart warty
genitive wartu wartów
dative wartowi wartom
accusative wart warty
instrumental wartem wartami
locative warcie wartach
vocative warcie warty
Derived terms
adjectives
noun
  • wartkość
proper noun
nouns
verbs

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German wert, from Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.

Alternative forms
  • warty (obsolete, proscribed)

Adjective

wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart)

  1. worth (having a value of; proper to be exchanged for)
    Antonym: niewart
  2. worth, worthy (deserving)
    Antonym: niewart
Declension
Declension of wart
case singular plural
masculine personal/animate masculine inanimate neuter feminine virile nonvirile
nominative, vocative wart warte warta warci warte
genitive wartego wartej wartych
dative wartemu wartym
accusative wartego wart warte wartą wartych warte
instrumental wartym wartymi
locative wartej wartych
Derived terms
adjective
noun
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
  • wartościowo
  • wartościująco
noun
  • wartościowość
verb

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Wert.

Noun

wart m inan

  1. (obsolete) price, worth, value
    Synonyms: cena, wartość
Declension
Declension of wart
singular plural
nominative wart warty
genitive wartu wartów
dative wartowi wartom
accusative wart warty
instrumental wartem wartami
locative warcie wartach
vocative warcie warty

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wart f

  1. genitive plural of warta

Further reading
  • wart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wart in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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