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beast

/ˈbist/BEEST
/ˈbist/BEEST

Meaningan animal

Common meaning: an animal

Journey through time

  1. Latinbestia‘an animal’source
  2. Old Frenchbestesource
  3. Frenchbétesource
  4. Middle Englishbestesource
  5. Englishbeast‘an animal’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Latin bestia ‘an animal’.

Roots

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