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muzzle

/ˈmʌzəl/MUH-zuhl
/ˈmʌzəl/MUH-zuhl

Meaninganimal's snout

Common meaning: the projecting mouth and nose of an animal

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchmusel‘animal's snout’source
  2. Middle Englishmosel‘animal's snout’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsanimal's snout → the projecting mouth and nose of an animalmuzzle‘the projecting mouth and nose of an animal’ · 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 French musel ‘animal's snout’.

Roots

  • musel Old French “animal's snout”

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