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town

/ˈtaʊn/TOWN
/ˈtaʊn/TOWN

Meaningan enclosure, a farmstead

Common meaning: a large settlement with houses and streets

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishtunsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishtownsource
  3. Englishtown‘a large settlement with houses and streets’ · 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 tun ‘an enclosure, a farmstead’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TOWN, p. 652 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • tun Old English “an enclosure, a farmstead”

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