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sparrow

/sˈpeɹəʊ/SPEH-roh
/sˈpɛɹoʊ/SPEH-roh

Meaningthe sparrow

Common meaning: a small brown bird

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishspearwasourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsparwesource
  3. Englishsparrow‘a small brown bird’ · 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 spearwa ‘the sparrow’.

Roots

  • spearwa Old English “the sparrow”

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