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harbour

/ˈhɑːbə/HAHR-bur
/ˈhɑɹbɚ/HAHR-bur

Meaningan army-shelter, lodging

Common meaning: a shelter for ships

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)herbergi‘an inn’source
  2. Middle Englisherberwesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsan inn → a shelter for shipsharbour‘a shelter for ships’ · 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 Norse (Icelandic) herbergi ‘an army-shelter, lodging’.

Roots

  • herbergi Old Norse (Icelandic) “an army-shelter, lodging”

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