gnome

  • 31Gnome — This article is about the humanoid creature. For the computing desktop environment, see GNOME. For the lawn ornament, see garden gnome. For other uses, see Gnome (disambiguation). A gnome /ˈnoʊm …

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  • 32Gnome — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gnome (homonymie). Gnome regardant passer un train par Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885). Le gnome est une petite créature …

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  • 33GNOME Do — infobox software caption = GNOME Do in action author = David Siegel developer = [https://launchpad.net/ do core GNOME Do Core Team] frequently updated = yes platform = GNOME programming language = C# (Mono) genre = Application Launcher (utility… …

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  • 34gnome — I [[t]noʊm[/t]] n. myt (originally in the writings of Paracelsus) any of a group of dwarflike beings inhabiting the interior of the earth • Etymology: 1705–15; < F < NL gnomus, perh. < Gk gnṓmē; see gnome II gnom′ish, adj. syn: See… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35gnome — gnome1 gnomish, adj. /nohm/, n. 1. (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll. 2. an expert in monetary… …

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  • 36gnome — UK [nəʊm] / US [noʊm] noun [countable] Word forms gnome : singular gnome plural gnomes 1) an imaginary little man in children s stories who wears a pointed hat and can do magic 2) a stone or plastic model of a gnome, used in gardens for… …

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  • 37Gnome — Gno|me 〈f. 19; Lit.〉 kurzer Sinnspruch, (bes. in der alten nahöstl. u. antiken Literatur) [<grch. gnome „Erkenntnisvermögen, Verstand, Sinnspruch“] * * * Gno|me, die; , n [lat. gnome < griech. gnōmē, eigtl. = Gedanke, Einsicht, zu:… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 38Gnome — ● ►en sg. np. m. ►UNIX►WM GNU Network Object Model Environment. Desktop, c est à dire environnement de bureau, tournant sous X, concurrent de KDE, utilisant Corba. La version 2 est sortie en juin 2002. Icônes classiques de Gnome. http://www.gnome …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 39gnome — [18] Gnome comes via French from Latin gnomus, a word coined by the 16thcentury Swiss physician Paracelsus for a type of being that lives in the earth, in the same way that fish live in water. It seems to have been a pure invention on his part,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40gnome — I. /noʊm / (say nohm) noun 1. one of a species of diminutive beings said in story to inhabit the interior of the earth and to act as guardians of its treasures, usually thought of as shrivelled little old men. 2. → garden gnome. 3. a person… …