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council

/ˈkaʊnsəl/KOWN-suhl
/ˈkaʊnsəl/KOWN-suhl

Meaningassembly

Common meaning: group assembled to discuss or govern

Journey through time

  1. Latinconcilium‘assembly’source
  2. Old Frenchconcile‘assembly’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsassembly → group assembled to discuss or governcouncil‘group assembled to discuss or govern’ · 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 concilium ‘assembly’.

Roots

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