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distress

/dɪstˈɹes/dih-STRES
/dɪstˈɹɛs/dih-STRES

Meaninga narrowing, pressure

Common meaning: great trouble

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdestressesource
  2. Middle Englishdistressesource
  3. Englishdistress‘great trouble’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French destresse ‘a narrowing, pressure’.

Roots

  • destresse Old French “a narrowing, pressure”

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