antipodes
/ˌæntɪˌpəʊdiz/an-tih-poh-deez
/ˌæntɪˌpoʊdiz/an-tih-poh-deez
Meaningfeet opposite
Common meaning: lands lying directly across the globe from each other
- antiagainst
- poda footLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1261 · scan
- esLatin verb stem part (-esc-, beginning to)
‘against’ + ‘a foot’ → antipodes
Journey through time
- Greekπούς, ποδός‘a foot’
- Englishantipodes‘lands lying directly across the globe from each other’ · today
anti- also in: antidoteantipathyantibioticantithesisantitechnology
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek πούς ‘a foot’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πούς, p. 1261 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πούς, ποδός Greek “a foot”
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