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siege

/ˈsidʒ/SEEJ
/ˈsidʒ/SEEJ

Meaninga seat

Common meaning: the surrounding of a town to capture it

Journey through time

  1. Frenchsiegesource
  2. Middle Englishsegesource
  3. Englishsiege‘the surrounding of a town to capture it’ · 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 French siege ‘a seat’.

Roots

  • siege French “a seat”

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