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grief

/ɡˈɹif/GREEF
/ɡˈɹif/GREEF

Meaningheavy, sad, grave

Common meaning: deep sorrow

Journey through time

  1. Latingrauis‘heavy, sad, grave’source
  2. Middle Englishgriefsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsheavy, sad, grave → deep sorrowgrief‘deep sorrow’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin grauis ‘heavy, sad, grave’.

Roots

  • grauis Latin “heavy, sad, grave”

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