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/kˈlaʊd/KLOWD
/kˈlaʊd/KLOWD

Meaningrock, lump

Common meaning: a floating grey or white mass high overhead

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishclūd‘rock’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishclude‘rock’source
  3. Middle Englishcloudesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsrock → a floating grey or white mass high overheadcloud‘a floating grey or white mass high overhead’ · 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 clūd ‘a rock, a hill’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CLOUD, p. 116 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • clūd Old English “a rock, a hill”

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