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convoke

/kɒnˈvəʊk/kon-VOHK
/kɑnˈvoʊk/kahn-VOHK

Meaningto call

Common meaning: call together

Journey through time

  1. Latinvocare‘to call’source
  2. Latinconvocare‘to call together’source
  3. Frenchconvoquersource
  4. Englishconvoke‘call together’ · 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 vocare ‘to call’.

Roots

Related words

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