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removal

/ɹɪˈmuːvəl/rih-MOO-vuhl
/ɹɪˈmuvəl/rih-MOO-vuhl

Meaningthe act of moving away

Common meaning: taking away

Other meanings: moving house

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchremouvoir‘to remove, retire’source
  2. Middle Englishremeuensource
  3. Englishremove‘to take away’
  4. Englishformed in English from removeremoval‘taking away’ · 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 remove + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REMOVE, p.501 · scan

Source words

  • remouvoir Old French · source word “to move back”

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