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floor

/fˈlɔː/FLAWR
/fˈlɔɹ/FLAWR

Meaninga floor, the ground

Common meaning: the part of a room you walk on

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishflorsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishflorsource
  3. Englishfloor‘the part of a room you walk on’ · 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 flor ‘a floor, the ground’.

Roots

  • flor Old English “a floor, the ground”

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