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verb

/ˈvɜːb/VURB
/ˈvɝb/VURB

Meaninga word, a verb

Common meaning: a doing word

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAR‘speak, inform’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 350, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinverbum‘a word, a verb’source
  3. Frenchverbesource
  4. Englishverb‘a doing word’ · 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 Latin verbum ‘a word, a verb’.

Roots

  • verbum Latin “a word, a verb”

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