chasm
/ˈkæzəm/KA-zuhm
/ˈkæzəm/KA-zuhm
Meaninga yawning gulf
Common meaning: a deep fissure
- chasma yawning gulfLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1717 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√GHA‘gape, yawn’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 106, p. 733 · scan
- Greekχάσμα‘a yawning gulf’
- Latinchasma
- Englishmeaning shiftsa yawning gulf → a deep fissurechasm‘a deep fissure’ · 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 Greek χάσμα ‘a yawning gulf’.
Roots
- χάσμα Greek “a yawning gulf”
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