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wait [waited, waiting, waits] (delay until some event) verb [UK: weɪt] [US: ˈweɪt] | (Bokmål) venteverb (Nynorsk) ventaverb |
waiter [waiters] (a server in a restaurant or similar) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈweɪ.tər] | (Bokmål) servitørnoun (Nynorsk) servitørnoun |
waiter [waiters] (someone who waits) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈweɪ.tər] | ventendenoun |
waiting (the act of staying or remaining in expectation) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] | ventenoun |
waiting list [waiting lists] (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ lɪst] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈlɪst] | (Bokmål) ventelistenoun (Nynorsk) ventelistenoun |
waiting room [waiting rooms] (room) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ruːm] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈruːm] | (Bokmål) venteromnoun (Nynorsk) venteromnoun |
waitress [waitresses] (female waiter) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.trɪs] [US: ˈweɪ.trəs] | (Bokmål) servitrisenoun |
await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (transitive: to wait for) verb [UK: ə.ˈweɪt] [US: ə.ˈweɪt] | (Bokmål) avventeverb |
good things come to those who wait (patience is a virtue) phrase [UK: ɡʊd ˈθɪŋz kʌm tuː ðəʊz huː weɪt] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋz ˈkəm ˈtuː ðoʊz ˈhuː ˈweɪt] | |
Kuwait (country in the Middle East) proper noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt] [US: kuː.ˈweɪt] | (Bokmål) Kuwaitproper noun (Nynorsk) Kuwaitproper noun |
Kuwait City (capital of Kuwait) proper noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti] [US: kuː.ˈweɪt ˈsɪ.ti] | (Bokmål) Kuwaitproper noun |
Kuwaiti [Kuwaitis] (A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent) noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪ.ti] [US: kuː.ˈweɪ.ti] | (Bokmål) kuwaiternoun (Nynorsk) kuwaitarnoun |
Kuwaiti (of, from, or pertaining to Kuwait or the Kuwaiti people) adjective [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪ.ti] [US: kuː.ˈweɪ.ti] | (Bokmål) kuwaitsk, kuwaitiskadjective (Nynorsk) kuwaitsk, kuwaitiskadjective |
lady-in-waiting (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant) noun [UK: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] | (Bokmål) hoffdamenoun (Nynorsk) hoffdamenoun |