Wordwyrt

adverse

/ædˈvɜːs/ad-VURS
/ædˈvɝs/ad-VURS

Meaningturned against

Common meaning: harmful

Other meanings: opposed

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchadvers‘generally avers’source
  2. Middle Englishaduersesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgenerally avers → harmfuladverse‘harmful’ · today

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 Old French advers ‘turned against’.

Roots

  • advers Old French “turned against”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app