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cost

/ˈkɒst/KOST
/ˈkɑst/KAHST

Meaningto stand firm, to cost

Common meaning: to have a price

Journey through time

  1. Latinconstaresource
  2. Old Frenchcoster‘couster’source
  3. Middle Englishcostensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscouster → to have a pricecost‘to have a price’ · 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 constare ‘to stand firm, to cost’.

Roots

  • constare Latin “to stand firm, to cost”

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