stift
“stift” is a Swedish word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- a prong, a tongue (of a belt buckle)
- a prong (on an electric plug or the like)
- a pin
- a lead (in a pencil, especially a mechanical pencil (stiftpenna))
- a stick (of lipstick, deodorant, mosquito repellent, or the like)
- a needle, a stylus (on a phonograph or the like)
- the style of a pistil
- a diocese, a bishopric, a see (region administered by a bishop, especially in Sweden)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German stift, steft, a variant of stippen (“to nick”). Cognate of German Stift.
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