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Dwarf

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dwɔɹf

Definitions

  1. Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
  2. A standardized debugging file format.
  3. A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
    offensive, sometimes
  4. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
  5. A dwarf star.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansdwerg
العربيةالقزمتنبالحِنْتَارحَنْدَلقرموطقزمقَزَمَةقَزَمِيّ
Azərbaycan dilicırtdan
Беларускаякарлік
Българскигномджуджедребен
BosanskiAnaćorčovečuljakčovječuljakkepecnanapatuljakкарлицакепецпатуљакчовечуљакчовјечуљак
Catalànannananano
Češtinapidimužíkskřítektrpaslík
Cymraegcor
Danskdværgkrympeskrumpe
Ελληνικάνάνοςτζουτζές
Esperantomalgrandiginanoplietiĝi
Eestikääbus
فارسیکوتوله
Suomijättää varjoonsakääpiökutistaakutistuatypistää
Gaeilgeabhac
Gàidhligarcluspardantroich
Galegoanano
עבריתגמדגמדיננס
हिन्दीगुटकानाटाबौना
HrvatskiAnaćorčovečuljakčovječuljakkepecnanapatuljakкарлицакепецпатуљакчовечуљакчовјечуљак
Magyartörpe
Հայերենթզուկ
Bahasa Indonesiakurcaci
Íslenskadvergur
Italianonananano
日本語ちびドワーフ侏儒小人朱儒矮矮人矮性矮星
ქართულიჯუჯა
Қазақ тіліергежейліқортық
한국어난쟁이드베르그왜성왜인
Kurdîanacorçûçecûcemîniknan
Latinananananuspūmiliōpumilus
ລາວຄົນແຈ້
Lietuviųnykštukas
Latviešupundurzvaigzne
Македонскикепецџуџеџуџест
Монголодой хүн
မြန်မာပုတို
Nederlandsdwergdwerg-dwergsterin het niet doen verzinkenoverschaduwenverdwergenverschrompelen
Polskikarlikkarłowatykarzełkrasnoludkrasnoludekłokietekniziołekskrzat
PortuguêsAnaanãonanicosobrepujar
RomânăminimizaminusculpiticPiticaPrichindel
Русскийгномзатмеватька́рликкарликовыйкарлицалилипу́туменьшатьуменьша́ться
Shqipxhuxh
СрпскиAnaćorčovečuljakčovječuljakkepecnanapatuljakкарлицакепецпатуљакчовечуљакчовјечуљак
Svenskadvärgförminskakrympareducera
తెలుగుగిడ్డమరుగుజ్జు
Тоҷикӣқадпаст
ไทยคนแคระแคระ
Türkçecılızcüceminikufak
Українськакарлик
اردوبونا
Tiếng Việtchú lùnngười lùn
Yorùbáarara

Examples

“[T]he elf king and his queen made a royal progress⟳ every noon with a splendid retinue of dwarves and sprites, […]”
“Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live⟳ beneath the mountains and build⟳ their remarkable creations.”
“dwarf tree”
“dwarf honeysuckle”
“But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry⟳ them out of the galaxy like⟳ “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last⟳ two decades.”
“In debug mode, a compiled binary will include⟳ debugging symbols in the DWARF debugging format.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dwarf beech dwarf bilberry dwarf birch dwarf cassowary dwarf cherry dwarf chimpanzee

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