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truncheon

/tˈɹʌntʃɪn/TRUHN-chin
/tˈɹʌntʃɪn/TRUHN-chin

Meaningsmall cut piece

Common meaning: short heavy stick carried as a weapon

Journey through time

  1. Frenchtronchonsource
  2. Middle Englishtronchoun‘broken spear shaft’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbroken spear shaft → short heavy stick carried as a weapontruncheon‘short heavy stick carried as a weapon’ · 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 French tronchon ‘small cut piece’.

Roots

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