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cave

/ˈkeɪv/KAYV
/ˈkeɪv/KAYV

Meaninga hollow

Common meaning: a hollow in rock

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KU‘swell out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 74, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincavus‘hollow’
  3. Frenchcave
  4. Englishcave‘a hollow in rock’ · today

cav also in: caverncavityconcaveexcavate

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 cavus ‘hollow’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cavus, p. 307 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

caverncavityconcaveexcavategaol

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