perennially
/pəˈeniəli/pur-EH-nee-uh-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/pɚˈɛniəli/pur-EH-nee-uh-lee
Meaningin a perennial way
Common meaning: constantly
Other meanings: year after year
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- perthrough; thoroughly
- enna yearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 126 · scan
- ialadjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘through’ + ‘a year’ → perennially
Journey through time
- Latinannus‘a year’
- Englishperennial‘lasting through the years’
- Englishformed in English from perennialperennially‘constantly’ · 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 perennial + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PERENNIAL, p.434 · scan
Roots
- annus Latin “a year”
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