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display

/dɪspˈleɪ/dih-SPLAY
/dɪspˈleɪ/dih-SPLAY

Meaningto fold

Common meaning: show or exhibit

Journey through time

  1. Latinplicare‘to fold’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsto fold → unfolddesplier‘unfold’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsunfold → show or exhibitdisplay‘show or exhibit’ · 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 plicare ‘to fold’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry DISPLAY, p. 145 · dictionary scan

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