flake

/fˈleɪk/FLAYK
/fˈleɪk/FLAYK

Meaninga piece torn off

Common meaning: a thin, flat piece

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)flaksource
  2. Norwegian (dialect)flak‘a slice, an ice-floe’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa slice, an ice-floe → a thin, flat pieceflake‘a thin, flat piece’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) flak ‘a piece torn off’.

Roots

  • flak Old Norse (Icelandic) “a piece torn off”

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