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tight

/ˈtaɪt/TYT
/ˈtaɪt/TYT

Meaningwatertight

Common meaning: close, firm

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STAG‘cover, thatch, roof over’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 420, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)þéttr‘tight, watertight’source
  3. Provincial Englishthitesource
  4. Englishtight‘close, firm’ · 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 Norse (Icelandic) þéttr ‘watertight’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TIGHT, p. 643 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • þéttr Old Norse (Icelandic) “watertight”

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