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remain

/ɹɪˈmeɪn/rih-MAYN
/ɹɪˈmeɪn/rih-MAYN

Meaningto stay behind

Common meaning: to stay

‘again’ + ‘to stay, remain’ → remain

Journey through time

  1. Latinmaneō, mānsum‘to stay, remain’
  2. Frenchimpers
  3. Englishremain‘to stay’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

main also in: manormansionremnantpermanent

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 maneō ‘to stay, remain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry maneō, p. 1107 · dictionary scan

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