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admire

/ædˈmaɪə/ad-MYR
/ædˈmaɪɹ/ad-MYR

Meaningto wonder at

Common meaning: to look at with approval

‘to, towards’ + ‘to wonder at’ → admire

Journey through time

  1. Latinmīror, mīrārī‘to wonder at’
  2. Englishadmire‘to look at with approval’ · today

ad- also in: addadaptadoptadoreadorn

mir also in: mirrormiraclemarvel

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mīror ‘to wonder at’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mīror, p. 1149 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MIRROR, p. 370 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

marvelmiraclemirror

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