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brigantine

/bˌɹɪɡənˈtin/brih-guhn-TEEN
/bˌɹɪɡənˈtin/brih-guhn-TEEN

Meaninga pirate-ship

Common meaning: two-masted sailing vessel

Journey through time

  1. Italianbrigantino‘a pirate-ship’source
  2. Frenchbrigantin‘brigantine’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa pirate-ship → two-masted sailing vesselbrigantine‘two-masted sailing vessel’ · 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 Italian brigantino ‘a pirate-ship’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BRIGANTINE, p. 77 · dictionary scan

Roots

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