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rotary

/ˈɹəʊtəi/ROH-tur-ee
/ˈɹoʊtɚi/ROH-tur-ee

Meaningwheeling

Common meaning: turning on an axis

Journey through time

  1. Latinrota‘a wheel’
  2. Englishrotary‘turning on an axis’ · today

rot also in: rotaterotation

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: Built on Latin rota ‘a wheel’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry rota, p. 1601 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • rota Latin “a wheel”

Related words

rotaterotation

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