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entail

/enˈteɪl/en-TAYL
/ɛnˈteɪl/en-TAYL

Meaningsettle land in a restricted inheritance

Common meaning: involve as a necessary consequence

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchentaillersource
  2. Frenchensource
  3. Middle Englishentailensource
  4. Englishentail‘involve as a necessary consequence’ · 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 Old French entailler ‘settle land in a restricted inheritance’.

Roots

  • entailler Old French “settle land in a restricted inheritance”

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