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bay

/ˈbeɪ/BAY
/ˈbeɪ/BAY

Meaningberry

Common meaning: a laurel tree or its leaves

Journey through time

  1. Frenchbaie‘berry’source
  2. Middle Englishbaysource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsberry → a laurel tree or its leavesbay‘a laurel tree or its leaves’ · 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 baie ‘berry’.

Roots

  • baie French “berry”

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