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cupola

/kəˈpəʊlə/kuh-POH-luh
/kəˈpoʊlə/kuh-POH-luh

Meaninga cup

Common meaning: a small dome

Journey through time

  1. Late Latincufa‘a cup’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsa cup → a cu- pola domecupola‘a cu- pola dome’source
  3. Englishcupola‘a small dome’ · 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 Late Latin cufa ‘a cup’.

Roots

  • cufa Late Latin “a cup”

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