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carry

/ˈkæɹi/KA-ree
/ˈkæɹi/KA-ree

Meaninga car, a wagon

Common meaning: to convey

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcar‘a cart’source
  2. Middle Englishcariensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa cart → to conveycarry‘to convey’ · 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 Old French car ‘a car, a wagon’.

Roots

  • car Old French “a car, a wagon”

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