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country

/ˈkʌntɹi/KUHN-tree
/ˈkʌntɹi/KUHN-tree

Meaningover against

Common meaning: a nation

Other meanings: rural land

Journey through time

  1. Latincontra‘over against’source
  2. Late Latincontratasource
  3. Old Frenchcontreesource
  4. Middle Englishcontrésource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsover against → a nationcountry‘a nation’ · 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 contra ‘over against’.

Roots

  • contra Latin “against a proclamation”

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