replenishment
/ɹɪˈplenɪʃmənt/rih-PLEH-nish-muhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈplɛnɪʃmənt/rih-PLEH-nish-muhnt
Meaningthe act of replenishing
Common meaning: a refilling
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- reagain; back
- plenfull; to fillLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1386 · scan
- ishverb ending (from French -iss-)
- mentnoun ending: act or result
‘again’ + ‘full’ → replenishment
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 replenish + -ment.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REPLENISH, p.502 · scan
Roots
- plēnus; pleō Latin “full; to fill”
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