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sconce

/sˈkɒns/SKONS
/sˈkɑns/SKAHNS

Meaninghidden

Common meaning: wall-mounted holder for a light

Journey through time

  1. Latinabsconsus‘hidden’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftshidden → covered lanternesconse‘covered lantern’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscovered lantern → wall-mounted holder for a lightsconce‘wall-mounted holder for a light’ · 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.
  • 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 absconsus ‘hidden’.

Roots

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