erection
/ɪˈɹekʃən/ih-REK-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ih-REK-shuhn
Meaningthe act of erecting
Common meaning: building or raising something
Other meanings: a structure
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- eout
- rectstraight; rightLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1536 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘straight’ → erection
Journey through time
- Latinrēctus‘straight’
- Middle Englisherectsource
- Englisherect‘upright’
- Englishformed in English from erecterection‘building or raising something’ · 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: Formed in English from erect + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ERECT, p.194 · scan
Roots
- rēctus Latin “straight; right”
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