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smoke

/sˈməʊk/SMOHK
/sˈmoʊk/SMOHK

Meaningthe visible vapour from burning

Common meaning: the visible vapour from burning

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsmocasource
  2. Middle Englishsmokesource
  3. Englishsmoke‘the visible vapour from burning’ · 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 smoca ‘the visible vapour from burning’.

Roots

  • smoca Old English “the visible vapour from burning”

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