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vibration

/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/vigh-BRAY-shuhn
/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/vigh-BRAY-shuhn

Meaningthe act of shaking

Common meaning: a quick shaking movement

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wip-‘tremble, vibrate, shake’source
  2. Latinvibrō, -āre‘to shake, quiver’
  3. Englishvibrate‘to shake rapidly’
  4. Englishformed in English from vibratevibration‘a quick shaking movement’ · 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 vibrate + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VIBRATE, p.686 · scan

Roots

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