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casket

/ˈkæskət/KA-skuht
/ˈkæskət/KA-skuht

Meaninga chest

Common meaning: a small box

Other meanings: a coffin

Journey through time

  1. Latincapsa‘a chest’source
  2. Frenchcassesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa chest → a small boxcasket‘a small box’ · 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 Latin capsa ‘a chest’.

Roots

  • capsa Latin “a chest”

Related words

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