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snail

/sˈneɪl/SNAYL
/sˈneɪl/SNAYL

Meaninga snail

Common meaning: slow-moving mollusc with a coiled shell

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsnegl‘a snail’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsnayle‘snail’source
  3. Englishsnail‘slow-moving mollusc with a coiled shell’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English snegl ‘a snail’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry SNAIL, p. 496 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • snegl Old English “a snail”

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