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epiphany

/ɪˈpɪfəni/ih-PIH-fuh-nee
/ɪˈpɪfəni/ih-PIH-fuh-nee

Meaningappearance

Common meaning: sudden insight or Christian feast of Christ's manifestation

Journey through time

  1. Greekepiphaneia‘appearance’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsappearance → manifestationepiphania‘manifestation’source
  3. Frenchépiphanie‘the epiphany’source
  4. Englishepiphany‘sudden insight or Christian feast of Christ's manifestation’ · 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 Greek epiphaneia ‘appearance’.

Roots

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