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weather

/ˈweðə/WEH-thur
/ˈwɛðɚ/WEH-thur

Meaningthe air and its moods

Common meaning: the state of the air: sun, rain, wind

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WA‘breathe, blow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 330, p. 741 · scan
  2. Old Englishweder‘weather’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishwedersource
  4. Englishweather‘the state of the air: sun, rain, wind’ · 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 weder ‘weather’.

Roots

  • weder Old English “weather”

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