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howl

/ˈhaʊl/HOWL
/ˈhaʊl/HOWL

Meaningan owl

Common meaning: a long wailing cry

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√UL‘howl’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 37, p. 731 · scan
  2. Latinulula‘an owl’source
  3. Latinululare‘to shriek, howl’source
  4. Old Frenchhullersource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsan owl → a long wailing cryhowl‘a long wailing cry’ · 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 Latin ulula ‘an owl’.

Roots

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