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engender

/enˈdʒendə/en-JEN-dur
/ɛnˈdʒɛndɚ/en-JEN-dur

Meaningto produce, generate

Common meaning: to cause

Journey through time

  1. Latiningenerare‘to produce, generate’source
  2. Middle Englishengendrensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto produce, generate → to causeengender‘to cause’ · 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 ingenerare ‘to produce, generate’.

Roots

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