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enrichment

/enˈɹɪtʃmənt/en-RICH-muhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɛnˈɹɪtʃmənt/en-RICH-muhnt

Meaningthe act of enriching

Common meaning: improvement

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchenrichir‘to enrich’source
  2. Frenchensource
  3. Englishenrich‘make richer or improve’
  4. Englishformed in English from enrichenrichment‘improvement’ · 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: Formed in English from enrich + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ENRICH, p.192 · scan

Source words

  • enrichir Old French · source word “to enrich”

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