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skin

/sˈkɪn/SKIN
/sˈkɪn/SKIN

Meaninga skin, hide

Common meaning: the outer covering of the body

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)skinn‘a skin’source
  2. Middle Englishskinsource
  3. Englishskin‘the outer covering of the body’ · 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 Norse (Icelandic) skinn ‘a skin, hide’.

Roots

  • skinn Old Norse (Icelandic) “a skin, hide”

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