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flaw

/fˈlɔː/FLAW
/fˈlɔ/FLAW

Meaningflake or crack

Common meaning: defect or weakness

Journey through time

  1. Swedishflaga‘flake or crack’source
  2. Middle Englishflawe‘flake’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsflake → defect or weaknessflaw‘defect or weakness’ · 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 Swedish flaga ‘flake or crack’.

Roots

  • flaga Swedish “flake or crack”

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