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fool

/ˈfuːl/FOOL
/ˈful/FOOL

Meaninga windbag, bellows

Common meaning: a silly person

Other meanings: a jester

Journey through time

  1. Latinfollissource
  2. Old Frenchfolsource
  3. Frenchfousource
  4. Middle Englishfolsource
  5. Englishfool‘a silly person’ · 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 Latin follis ‘a windbag, bellows’.

Roots

  • follis Latin “a windbag, bellows”

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