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release

/ɹiˈlis/ree-LEES
/ɹiˈlis/ree-LEES

Meaningto relax

Common meaning: to set free

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LAG‘be lax, to be slack or languid’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 317, p. 741 · scan
  2. Latinrelaxare‘to relax’source
  3. Old Frenchrelessiersource
  4. Middle Englishrelessensource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto relax → to set freerelease‘to set free’ · 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 relaxare ‘to relax’.

Roots

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