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unique

/juːˈnik/yoo-NEEK
/juˈnik/yoo-NEEK

Meaningone of a kind

Common meaning: unlike anything else

Other meanings: one of a kind

Journey through time

  1. Latinūnus‘one’
  2. Frenchunique
  3. Englishunique‘unlike anything else’ · today

uni also in: uniteunityunicornuniformuniverse

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 ūnus ‘one’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ūnus, p. 1932 · dictionary scan

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