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fagot

 
Dictionary: fag·ot  fag·got (făg'ət) pronunciation
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n.
  1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
  2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
tr.v., -ot·ed, also -got·ed, -ot·ing, -got·ing, -ots, -gots.
  1. To bind into a fagot; bundle.
  2. To decorate with fagoting.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, possibly from Vulgar Latin *facus, from Greek phakelos, bundle.]


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
  Synonyms: faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf

Meaning #2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
  Synonym: faggot


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - risknippe, knippe brænde, trense, bøsse
v. tr. - bundte, binde sammen i knippe eller bundt, brænde på bål

Nederlands (Dutch)
gefrituurde gehakte lever, bosje aanmaakhout, bundel kruiden, vervelende vrouw, bundelen

Français (French)
n. - (Métal) faisceau
v. tr. - (Métal) faisceaux, (Cout) broder en faisceau

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Reisig)bündel
v. - zusammenbündeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεμάτι ξύλα, δέσμη σιδήρου σε ράβδους
v. - δεματιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
fascina, legare in fascine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - homossexual (m) masculino
v. - enfeixar, atar em feixe

Русский (Russian)
вязанка хвороста, педик

Español (Spanish)
n. - haz, manojo, haz de leña
v. tr. - adornar con vainicas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - risknippe, knippe bränsle, samling, knippe av stålstänger
v. - göra knippor, bunta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
柴把, 束薪, 捆, 束

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 柴把, 束薪
v. tr. - 捆, 束

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나뭇단, 다발
v. tr. - 다발로 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たきぎの束, 肉だんご, 薪束, ファゴット, ホモ
v. - 束ねる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حزمه عصي أو قضبان (فعل) يحزم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צרור עצים, הומו, חבילה‬
v. tr. - ‮איגד, קשר‬


 
 
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