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cradle

/kˈɹeɪdəl/KRAY-duhl
/kˈɹeɪdəl/KRAY-duhl

Meaninga child's cot

Common meaning: a baby's bed

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishcradolsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishcradelsource
  3. Englishcradle‘a baby's bed’ · 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 Old English cradol ‘a child's cot’.

Roots

  • cradol Old English “a child's cot”

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