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/ˈkɔː/KAWR
/ˈkɔɹ/KAWR

Meaninghorn

Common meaning: the hard centre of a fruit

Journey through time

  1. Latincornu‘horn’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftshorn → a corn on the footcor‘a corn on the foot’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa corn on the foot → the hard centre of a fruitcore‘the hard centre of a fruit’ · 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 Latin cornu ‘horn’.

Roots

Related words

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