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collar

/ˈkɒlə/KO-lur
/ˈkɑlɚ/KAH-lur

Meaningfor the neck

Common meaning: the part of a garment around the neck

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAR‘curve, or to roll’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 56, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincollum‘the neck’
  3. Old Frenchcoliersource
  4. Middle Englishcolersource
  5. Englishcollar‘the part of a garment around the neck’ · today

coll also in: accolade

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 collum ‘the neck’.

Roots

Related words

accolade

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