pensioner
/ˈpenʃənə/PEN-shuh-nur
/ˈpɛnʃənɚ/PEN-shuh-nur
Meaningone who has a pension
Common meaning: a person living on a pension
- pensto weigh; to hangLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1328 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
- Frenchpension
- Englishpension‘a regular payment after retirement’
- Englishformed in English from pensionpensioner‘a person living on a pension’ · 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: Formed in English from pension + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PENSION, p.433 · scan
Roots
- pendō; pendeō Latin “to weigh; to hang”
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