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secular

/ˈsekjələ/SEH-kyuh-lur
/ˈsɛkjəlɚ/SEH-kyuh-lur

Meaningof the age

Common meaning: not religious

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SA‘sow, strew, scatter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 375, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinsaeculum, -ī‘a generation’
  3. Frenchseculier
  4. Middle Englishsecularsource
  5. Englishsecular‘not religious’ · 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 saeculum ‘a generation; an age’.

Roots

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