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10 Language-to-English DictionariesThicket
/ˈθɪk.ɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dense group of bushes or trees.
"The deer hid in the thicket, safe from the hunters." - 2
A tangled or dense area of vegetation.
"We had to push through the thicket to reach the clearing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'thicket' originates from Middle English 'thikett', a diminutive form of 'thik', which means dense or thick. Its roots can be traced back to Old English 'þicce', which also means thick, indicating a dense growth of shrubs or trees.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thicket" is said worldwide
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fourré
Transliteration: foor-ray
"Le cerf s'est caché dans le fourré."
Dickicht
Transliteration: dik-icht
"Der Hirsch versteckte sich im Dickicht."
boscaglia
Transliteration: bos-gah-lya
"Il cervo si nascose nella boscaglia."
matorral
Transliteration: ma-tor-ral
"El ciervo se escondió en el matorral."
brioso
Transliteration: bree-oh-so
"O cervo se escondeu no brioso."
झाड़ी
Transliteration: jhadi
"हिरण झाड़ी में छिपा था।"
灌木丛
Transliteration: guànmùcóng
"鹿藏身于灌木丛中。"
덤불
Transliteration: deombul
"사슴이 덤불 속에 숨었다."
茂み
Transliteration: shigemi
"鹿は茂みに隠れていた。"
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