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quote

/kˈwəʊt/KWOHT
/kˈwoʊt/KWOHT

Meaningof what number

Common meaning: to repeat words

Journey through time

  1. Latinquotus‘how much, how many’source
  2. Late Latinquotaresource
  3. Old Frenchquotersource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftshow much, how many → to repeat wordsquote‘to repeat words’ · 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 quotus ‘of what number’.

Roots

  • quotus Latin “of what number”

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