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sirloin

Meaningabove

Common meaning: the upper loin of beef

Journey through time

  1. Frenchsur‘above’source
  2. Old Frenchsurlongesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsabove → the upper loin of beefsirloin‘the upper loin of beef’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on French sur ‘above’.

Roots

  • sur French “above”

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