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verbal

/ˈvɜːbəl/VUR-buhl
/ˈvɝbəl/VUR-buhl

Meaningof words

Common meaning: spoken rather than written

Other meanings: to do with words

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*war-‘speak, inform’source
  2. Latinverbum‘a word, a verb’source
  3. Frenchverbesource
  4. Englishverb‘a doing word’
  5. Englishformed in English from verbverbal‘spoken rather than written’ · 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: Formed in English from verb + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VERB, p.683 · scan

Source words

  • verbum Latin · source word “a word, a verb”

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