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chasuble

/ˈtʃɒˌsuːbəl/CHO-soo-buhl
/ˈtʃɑˌsubəl/CHAH-soo-buhl

Meaninga cottage

Common meaning: a priest's outer vestment

Journey through time

  1. Latincasa‘a cottage’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsa cottage → a little housecasula‘a little house’source
  3. Frenchchasublesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa little house → a priest's outer vestmentchasuble‘a priest's outer vestment’ · 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 casa ‘a cottage’.

Roots

  • casa Latin “a cottage, house”

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