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/ˈkəʊd/KOHD
/ˈkoʊd/KOHD

Meaninga tree trunk, a tablet

Common meaning: a set of laws

Journey through time

  1. Latincodexsource
  2. Frenchcodesource
  3. Englishcode‘a set of laws’ · 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 codex ‘a tree trunk, a tablet’.

Roots

  • codex Latin “a tree trunk, a tablet”

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