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weapon

/ˈwepən/WEH-puhn
/ˈwɛpən/WEH-puhn

Meaningan arm for fighting

Common meaning: an instrument for fighting

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwæpensourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwepensource
  3. Englishweapon‘an instrument for fighting’ · 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 Old English wæpen ‘an arm for fighting’.

Roots

  • wæpen Old English “an arm for fighting”

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