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rug

/ˈɹʌɡ/RUHG
/ˈɹʌɡ/RUHG

Meaningrough hair

Common meaning: a thick mat for the floor

Journey through time

  1. Swedishrugg‘rough tangled hair’source
  2. Early English spellingrugssource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsrough tangled hair → a thick mat for the floorrug‘a thick mat for the floor’ · 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: Built on Swedish rugg ‘rough hair’.

Roots

  • rugg Swedish “rough hair”

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