ticket
English
/ˈtɪkɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
- (informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
- (dated) A little note or notice.
- (dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- (dated) A visiting card.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English ticket derived from Old French etiquet, estequier, estichier, estechier (stick, attach) derived from Frankish *stikkan derived from Proto-Germanic *stikaną (stick, stab, be sharp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (be sharp, pierce, prick, stab, stick, poke, peak, pointy, punctureVerb, goad, stabVerb, pointed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)teyg-
Gloss
be sharp, pierce, prick, stab, stick, poke, peak, pointy, punctureVerb, goad, stabVerb, pointed
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
岳, 峰
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- booth English
- e-ticket English
- golden English
- golden ticket English
- multiticket English
- nonticket English
- one-way English
- one-way ticket English
- pawn English
- pawnticket English
- reticket English
- ticket booth English
- ticketable English
- ticketbooth English
- ticketer English
- ticketless English
- ticketlessness English
- instīgātor Latin
- Ticket German
- ticket Italian
- ticket Dutch, Flemish
- vliegticket Dutch, Flemish
- ticket French
- tiquette French
- ticket Spanish, Castilian
- tiqueta Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *-h₃onh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stig- Proto-Indo-European
- ticket Portuguese
- *stikaną Proto-Germanic
- *stikiz Proto-Germanic
- *stikkô Proto-Germanic
- *stiklaz Proto-Germanic
- チケット Japanese
- ティケット Japanese
- तिज् Sanskrit
- तीक्ष्ण Sanskrit
- तेजते Sanskrit
- ticket Middle English
- ticéad Irish
- estequier, estichier, estechier Old French
- estequier, estichier, estechier, estiquer Old French
- etiquet Old French
- tiket Serbo-Croatian
- tiquet Catalan, Valencian
- टिकट Hindi
- تیز Persian
- tiket Indonesian
- stehhan Old High German
- tiket Tagalog
- estiquette Middle French
- *stekan gmw-pro
- *tayǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tikšnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tiketi Swahili
- 티켓 Korean
- ithikithi Zulu
- *stekan Frankish
- *stikkan Frankish
- ٹکٹ Urdu
- tiket Tok Pisin
- *stig- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ཊི་ཀ་སི Tibetan
- *stiďďō Proto-Hellenic
- tìkiti’ína Taos
- *tīr Parthian