aviary

/ˈeɪviˌeɹi/AY-vee-eh-ree
/ˈeɪviˌɛɹi/AY-vee-eh-ree

Meaninga place for birds

Common meaning: a large bird cage

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√AW‘blow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 26, p. 731 · scan
  2. Latinavis‘a bird’
  3. Englishaviary‘a large bird cage’ · today

av also in: aviatoraviation

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 avis ‘a bird’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry avis, p. 215 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • avis Latin “a bird”

Related words

aviationaviator

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