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caddy

/ˈkædi/KA-dee
/ˈkædi/KA-dee

Meaninga set weight (about a pound and a third)

Common meaning: a small box for keeping tea

Journey through time

  1. Malaykatisource
  2. Early English spellingcatty‘a set weight of tea’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa set weight of tea → a small box for keeping teacaddy‘a small box for keeping tea’ · 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 Malay kati ‘a set weight (about a pound and a third)’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CADDY, p. 87 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • kati Malay “a set weight (about a pound and a third)”

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