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amenity

/əˈmenəti/uh-MEH-nuh-tee
/əˈmɛnəti/uh-MEH-nuh-tee

Meaningpleasant

Common meaning: useful or pleasant feature of a place

Journey through time

  1. Latinamoenus‘pleasant’source
  2. Frenchaménité‘amenity, pleasantness’source
  3. Englishamenity‘useful or pleasant feature of a place’ · 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 Latin amoenus ‘pleasant’.

Roots

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