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phocine

Meaningseal

Common meaning: relating to seals

Journey through time

  1. Greekphōkē‘seal’source
  2. Latinphoca‘phoce, a seal’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsphoce, a seal → relating to sealsphocine‘relating to seals’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek phōkē ‘seal’.

Roots

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