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chaos

/ˈkeɪɒs/KAY-os
/ˈkeɪɑs/KAY-ahs

Meaningthe empty space

Common meaning: utter confusion

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 Greek χάος ‘the empty space before the world’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry χάος, p. 881 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • χάος Greek “the empty space before the world”

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