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beak

/ˈbik/BEEK
/ˈbik/BEEK

Meaninga beak

Common meaning: a bird's bill

Journey through time

  1. Frenchbecsource
  2. Middle Englishbekesource
  3. Englishbeak‘a bird's bill’ · 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 bec ‘a beak’.

Roots

  • bec French “a beak”

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