petal
/ˈpetəl/PEH-tuhl
/ˈpɛtəl/PEH-tuhl
Meaninga leaf
Common meaning: a flower's coloured leaf
- petala leafLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1206 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAT‘spread out, lie flat or open’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 192, p. 736 · scan
- Greekπέταλον‘a leaf’
- Englishpetal‘a flower's coloured leaf’ · 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 Greek πέταλον ‘a leaf’.
Roots
- πέταλον Greek “a leaf”
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