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corsair

/ˈkɔːseə/KAWR-suh
/ˈkɔɹsɛɹ/KAWR-ser

Meaninga run, course

Common meaning: a pirate

Journey through time

  1. Latincursus‘a course’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsa course → a piratecorsaro‘a pirate’source
  3. Frenchcorsairesource
  4. Englishcorsair‘a pirate’ · 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 cursus ‘a run, course’.

Roots

  • cursus Latin “a run, course”

Related words

course

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