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beaver

/ˈbivə/BEE-vur
/ˈbivɚ/BEE-vur

Meaningbeaver

Common meaning: a large, dam-building rodent

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishbefer‘beaver’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbever‘beaver’source
  3. Englishbeaver‘a large, dam-building rodent’ · 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 English befer ‘beaver’.

Roots

  • befer Old English “beaver”

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