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bell

/ˈbel/BEL
/ˈbɛl/BEL

Meaninga hollow metal object that rings

Common meaning: a hollow metal object that rings

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAL‘resound’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 238, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old EnglishbellasourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbellesource
  4. Englishbell‘a hollow metal object that rings’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English bella ‘a hollow metal object that rings’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BELL, p. 59 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • bella Old English “a hollow metal object that rings”

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