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quay

/ˈki/KEE
/ˈki/KEE

Meaninglanding place

Common meaning: a stone or metal platform beside water for loading boats

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchquaysource
  2. Frenchquazsource
  3. Englishquay‘a stone or metal platform beside water for loading boats’ · 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 Old French quay ‘landing place’.

Roots

  • quay Old French “landing place”

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