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message

/ˈmesədʒ/MEH-suhj
/ˈmɛsədʒ/MEH-suhj

Meaningsent

Common meaning: news sent to someone

Journey through time

  1. Latinmissussource
  2. Late Latinmissaticum‘message’source
  3. Frenchmessage‘a message’source
  4. Englishmessage‘news sent to someone’ · 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 Latin missus ‘sent’.

Roots

Related words

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