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loft

/ˈlɔːft/LAWFT
/ˈlɔft/LAWFT

Meaningthe air, the sky

Common meaning: an upper room

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)lopt‘air, an upper room’source
  2. Middle Englishloftsource
  3. Englishloft‘an upper room’ · 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 Old Norse (Icelandic) lopt ‘the air, the sky’.

Roots

  • lopt Old Norse (Icelandic) “the air, the sky”

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