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strait

/stˈɹeɪt/STRAYT
/stˈɹeɪt/STRAYT

Meaningdrawn tight

Common meaning: narrow

Other meanings: a narrow channel

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STARG‘to stretch tight’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 427, p. 745 · scan
  2. Latinstrictumsource
  3. Old Frenchestreitsource
  4. Middle Englishstreitsource
  5. Englishstrait‘narrow’ · 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 Latin strictum ‘drawn tight’.

Roots

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