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king

/ˈkɪŋ/KING
/ˈkɪŋ/KING

Meaningone of the kin

Common meaning: a man who rules a realm by birthright

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishcyning‘king’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishkiningsource
  3. Middle Englishkingsource
  4. Englishking‘a man who rules a realm by birthright’ · 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 Old English cyning ‘man of the tribe’.

Roots

  • cyning Old English “man of the tribe”

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