based approaches are effectively computing cross-lingual similarity (Agirre et al.,2009), they work with mere translation equivalents instead of relying on expert judgments on a concept in a given language. The synsets in WordNet reflect the concrete meaning of words, whereas the concept sets in...
cacaoholic /a la chocoholic/ teaholic /one who is heavily fond of tea/teaist /a superfan of tea, stronger than SOED's: tea-drinker a person who drinks tea, esp. habitually or in large quantities;/chaist /a superfan of tea, closest to (Mandarin) chá/CHA, also with a lovely ring...
Some etymologists see the wordriveras a cognate of Greekeripne,ereipia,ereipein: “Latinriparius, fromripa… cognate with Greekereipeinplunge down, from Indo-European *reip/rip-” [Chambers Dictionary of Etymology].Miriam-Webster‘s Dictionary says of the wordriver; “perhaps akin to Greeker...
based approaches are effectively computing cross-lingual similarity (Agirre et al.,2009), they work with mere translation equivalents instead of relying on expert judgments on a concept in a given language. The synsets in WordNet reflect the concrete meaning of words, whereas the concept sets in...