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Added 8 October 2026

list

/lɪst/ noun

In Latin: repertorium, index Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about list at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
Material used for cloth selvage.
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

verb

To create or recite a list.
To place in listings.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.

noun

Art; craft; cunning; skill.

verb

To listen.
To listen to.

Origin

From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).

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