Wordwyrt

beleaguer

/bɪˈliɡə/bih-LEE-gur
/bɪˈliɡɚ/bih-LEE-gur

Meaninga camp

Common meaning: to besiege

Other meanings: to harass

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LAGH‘lie down’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 318, p. 741 · scan
  2. Dutchleger‘a camp’source
  3. Dutchmeaning shiftsa camp → to besiegebelegeren‘to besiege’source
  4. Early English spellingbeleaguingsource
  5. Englishbeleaguer‘to besiege’ · 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 Dutch leger ‘a camp’.

Roots

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