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call

/ˈkɔːl/KAWL
/ˈkɔl/KAWL

Meaningto shout aloud

Common meaning: to cry out

Other meanings: to name

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishcealliansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishcallensource
  3. Englishcall‘to cry out’ · 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 ceallian ‘to shout aloud’.

Roots

  • ceallian Old English “to shout aloud”

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