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ogre

/ˈəʊɡə/OH-gur
/ˈoʊɡɚ/OH-gur

Meaningan ogre

Common meaning: a giant who eats people

Journey through time

  1. Spanishogrosource
  2. Frenchogre‘an ogre’source
  3. Englishogre‘a giant who eats people’ · 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 Spanish ogro ‘an ogre’.

Roots

  • ogro Spanish “an ogre”

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