congeries
/ˈkɔːŋdʒəˌɹiz/KAWNG-juh-reez
/ˈkɔŋdʒəˌɹiz/KAWNG-juh-reez
Meaningto bring together
Common meaning: a jumbled mass
- congeriesto bring togetherSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 106 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√GAS‘bring, heap together’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 100, p. 733 · scan
- Latincongerere‘to bring together’source
- Latinmeaning shiftsto bring together → a heapcongeries‘a heap’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsa heap → a jumbled masscongeries‘a jumbled mass’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Latin congerere ‘to bring together’.
Roots
- congerere Latin “to bring together”
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