epaulette
Meaninga little shoulder-blade
Common meaning: a shoulder ornament on a uniform
- epaula broad flat bladeLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1411 · scan
- ettesmall-thing ending (French)
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek σπάθη ‘a broad flat blade’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry σπάθη, p. 1411 · dictionary scan
Roots
- σπάθη Greek “a broad flat blade”
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