Wordwyrt

morass

/məˈæs/mur-AS
/mɚˈæs/mur-AS

Meaningmire

Common meaning: a bog or swamp

Journey through time

  1. Dutchmoer‘mire, mud’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsmire, mud → a marshmoeras‘a marsh’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa marsh → a bog or swampmorass‘a bog or swamp’ · 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 Dutch moer ‘mire’.

Roots

  • moer Dutch “mire”

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