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kitchen

/ˈkɪtʃən/KIH-chuhn
/ˈkɪtʃən/KIH-chuhn

Meaningto cook

Common meaning: a room for cooking

Journey through time

  1. Latincoquere‘to cook’source
  2. Latincoquina‘a kitchen’source
  3. Old EnglishcycenesourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishkichenesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto cook → a room for cookingkitchen‘a room for cooking’ · 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 coquere ‘to cook’.

Roots

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