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leap

/ˈlip/LEEP
/ˈlip/LEEP

Meaningrunning, springing

Common meaning: to jump

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhleapan‘to run, leap, spring’source
  2. Middle Englishlepensource
  3. Englishleap‘to jump’ · 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 hleapan ‘running, springing’.

Roots

  • hleapan Old English “running, springing”

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