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ferry

/ˈfeɹi/FEH-ree
/ˈfɛɹi/FEH-ree

Meaningconveying, carrying

Common meaning: a boat that carries people across water

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishferian‘to carry’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishferiensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto carry → a boat that carries people across waterferry‘a boat that carries people across water’ · 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 English ferian ‘conveying, carrying’.

Roots

  • ferian Old English “conveying, carrying”

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