rancid
/ˈɹænsɪd/RAN-sid
/ˈɹænsɪd/RAN-sid
Meaningstale
Common meaning: stale and sour-smelling
- rancto be stale; a stale grudgeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1522 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
Journey through time
- Latinranceō; rancor‘to be stale’
- Englishrancid‘stale and sour-smelling’ · today
ranc also in: rancour
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 ranceō; rancor ‘to be stale; a stale grudge’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ranceō, p. 1522 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ranceō; rancor Latin “to be stale; a stale grudge”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app