syringe
/səˈɪndʒ/sur-INJ
/sɚˈɪndʒ/sur-INJ
Meaningpipe
Common meaning: device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquid
- syringepipeSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 620 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√SWAR‘murmur, hum, buzz, speak’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 466, p. 746 · scan
- Greeksyrinx‘pipe’source
- Latinsyringem‘pipe’source
- Frenchmeaning shiftspipe → a siringe, a squirtsyringue‘a siringe, a squirt’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsa siringe, a squirt → device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquidsyringe‘device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquid’ · 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 Greek syrinx ‘pipe’.
Roots
- syrinx Greek “pipe”
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