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/kəntˈɹəʊl/kuhn-TROHL
/kəntˈɹoʊl/kuhn-TROHL

Meaninga roll (of record)

Common meaning: power to direct

Journey through time

  1. Latinrotulus‘a roll’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa roll → a duplicate registercontre-role‘a duplicate register’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa duplicate register → power to directcontrol‘power to direct’ · 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 rotulus ‘a roll (of record)’.

Roots

  • rotulus Latin “a roll (of record)”

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