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kipper

/ˈkɪpə/KIH-pur
/ˈkɪpɚ/KIH-pur

Meaningto hatch

Common meaning: a split, salted and smoked fish

Journey through time

  1. Dutchkippen‘to hatch’source
  2. Early English spellingmeaning shiftsto hatch → a salmon after spawningkipper‘a salmon after spawning’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa salmon after spawning → a split, salted and smoked fishkipper‘a split, salted and smoked fish’ · 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 Dutch kippen ‘to hatch’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry KIPPER, p. 315 · dictionary scan

Roots

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app