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fissure

/ˈfɪʃə/FIH-shur
/ˈfɪʃɚ/FIH-shur

Meaninga split

Common meaning: a long narrow crack

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHID‘cleave, bite’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 240, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinfindō, fissum‘to split’
  3. Old Frenchfissuresource
  4. Englishfissure‘a long narrow crack’ · today

fiss also in: fission

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 Latin findō ‘to split’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry findō, p. 750 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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