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shire

/ˈʃaɪə/SHYR
/ˈʃaɪɹ/SHYR

Meaningan office, a district

Common meaning: a county

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishscirsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishschiresource
  3. Englishshire‘a county’ · 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 Old English scir ‘an office, a district’.

Roots

  • scir Old English “an office, a district”

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