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consign

/kənˈsaɪn/kuhn-SYN
/kənˈsaɪn/kuhn-SYN

Meaningmark or seal

Common meaning: send or entrust to someone

Journey through time

  1. Latinconsignare‘mark or seal’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsmark or seal → hand overconsigner‘hand over’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftshand over → send or entrust to someoneconsign‘send or entrust to someone’ · 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 consignare ‘mark or seal’.

Roots

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