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caudle

/ˈkɔːdəl/KAW-duhl
/ˈkɔdəl/KAW-duhl

Meaninghot

Common meaning: warm sweet drink traditionally given to someone who is ill

Journey through time

  1. Latincalidus‘hot’source
  2. Late Latincalidus‘hot, a contr’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftshot, a contr → warm drinkchaudel‘warm drink’source
  4. Middle Englishcaudel‘warm drink’source
  5. Englishcaudle‘warm sweet drink traditionally given to someone who is ill’ · 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 Latin calidus ‘hot’.

Roots

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