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intrude

/ˌɪntˈɹuːd/in-TROOD
/ˌɪntˈɹud/in-TROOD

Meaningto thrust in

Common meaning: to come in uninvited

‘in, into’ + ‘to thrust, push’ → intrude

Journey through time

  1. Latintrūdō, trūsī, trūsum‘to thrust, push’
  2. Englishintrude‘to come in uninvited’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

trud also in: extrudeabstruseprotrude

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 trūdō ‘to thrust, push’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry trūdō, p. 1905 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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