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/ˈɹisəntli/REE-suhnt-lee
/ˈɹisəntli/REE-suhnt-lee
Meaningin a fresh way
Common meaning: not long ago
- recenfresh, newLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1530 · scan
- tpast-participle ending
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinrecēns, -entis‘fresh, new’
- Old Frenchrecentsource
- Englishrecent‘not long ago’
- Englishformed in English from recentrecently‘not long ago’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from recent + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RECENT, p.494 · scan
Roots
- recēns, -entis Latin “fresh, new”
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