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carpenter

/ˈkɑːpəntə/KAHR-puhn-tur
/ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/KAHR-puhn-tur

Meaninga cart-maker

Common meaning: a woodworker

Journey through time

  1. Irishcarbad‘a chariot’source
  2. Old Frenchcarpentiersource
  3. Middle Englishcarpentersource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa chariot → a woodworkercarpenter‘a woodworker’ · 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 Irish carbad ‘a cart-maker’.

Roots

  • carbad Irish “a cart-maker”

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