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powder

/ˈpaʊdə/POW-dur
/ˈpaʊdɚ/POW-dur

Meaningdust

Common meaning: fine dry particles

Journey through time

  1. Latinpulvis, pulveris‘dust’
  2. Frenchpoudre
  3. Middle Englishpoudresource
  4. Englishpowder‘fine dry particles’ · today

powd also in: pulverize

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 Latin pulvis ‘dust’.

Roots

Related words

pulverize

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