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ebony

/ˈebəni/EH-buh-nee
/ˈɛbəni/EH-buh-nee

Meaningstone

Common meaning: a hard black wood

Journey through time

  1. Hebreweben‘a stone’source
  2. Hebrewhobnim‘ebony wood’source
  3. Greekἔβενοςsource
  4. Latinhebenussource
  5. Old Frenchebenesource
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsa stone → a hard black woodebony‘a hard black wood’ · 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 Hebrew eben ‘stone’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry EBONY, p. 185 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • eben Hebrew “stone”

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