friction
/fˈɹɪkʃən/FRIK-shuhn
/fˈɹɪkʃən/FRIK-shuhn
Meaningrubbing
Common meaning: rubbing
Other meanings: disagreement
- fricto rubLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 782 · scan
- tionnoun ending: doing something, or its outcome
Journey through time
- Latinfricō, frictum‘to rub’
- Englishfriction‘rubbing’ · today
fric also in: fricative
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 Latin fricō ‘to rub’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fricō, p. 782 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fricō, frictum Latin “to rub”
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