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harangue

/həˈæŋ/hur-ANG
/hɚˈæŋ/hur-ANG

Meaninga ring of people

Common meaning: a long forceful speech

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanhring‘a ring of people’source
  2. Late Latinharengasource
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa ring of people → an orationharangue‘an oration’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsan oration → a long forceful speechharangue‘a long forceful speech’ · 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 Old High German hring ‘a ring of people’.

Roots

  • hring Old High German “a ring of people”

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