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careen

/kəˈin/kur-EEN
/kɚˈin/kur-EEN

Meaningship's keel

Common meaning: tilt a ship for cleaning or repair

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAR‘be hard or rough’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 55, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincarina‘ship's keel’source
  3. Old Frenchcarènesource
  4. Frenchcarène‘ship's keel’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsship's keel → tilt a ship for cleaning or repaircareen‘tilt a ship for cleaning or repair’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin carina ‘ship's keel’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CAREEN, p. 94 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • carina Latin “ship's keel”

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