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bandy

/ˈbændi/BAN-dee
/ˈbændi/BAN-dee

Meaninga band

Common meaning: toss words back and forth

Journey through time

  1. Frenchbande‘a band’source
  2. Frenchbander‘to bandy (a ball) at tennis’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa band → toss words back and forthbandy‘toss words back and forth’ · 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 French bande ‘a band’.

Roots

  • bande French “a band”

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