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future

/fˈjuːtʃə/FYOO-chur
/fˈjutʃɚ/FYOO-chur

Meaningwhat is going to exist

Common meaning: the time yet to come

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHU‘grow, become, be, dwell, build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 242, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Frenchfutursource
  3. Middle Englishfuturesource
  4. Englishfuture‘the time yet to come’ · 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 French futur ‘what is going to exist’.

Roots

  • futur Old French “what is going to exist”

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