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pigeon

/ˈpɪdʒən/PIH-juhn
/ˈpɪdʒən/PIH-juhn

Meaningchirping young bird

Common meaning: common bird of the dove family

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PI‘pipe, chirp, of imitative origin’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 205, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpipionem‘chirping young bird’source
  3. Frenchpigeon‘a pigeon, or dove’source
  4. Middle Englishpijon‘pigeon’source
  5. Englishpigeon‘common bird of the dove family’ · 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 Latin pipionem ‘chirping young bird’.

Roots

  • pipionem Latin “chirping young bird”

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