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charter

/ˈtʃɑːtə/CHAHR-tur
/ˈtʃɑɹtɚ/CHAHR-tur

Meaninga sheet of rights

Common meaning: a written grant of rights

Journey through time

  1. Greekχάρτης‘a sheet of papyrus’
  2. Latinchartarius
  3. Old Frenchchartresource
  4. Middle Englishchartresource
  5. Englishcharter‘a written grant of rights’ · today

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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 χάρτης ‘a sheet of papyrus’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry χάρτης, p. 883 · dictionary scan

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