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cover

/ˈkʌvə/KUH-vur
/ˈkʌvɚ/KUH-vur

Meaningto cover

Common meaning: to put over

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latincooperire‘te cover’source
  3. Old Frenchcovrirsource
  4. Middle Englishcouerensource
  5. Englishcover‘to put over’ · 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 cooperire ‘to cover’.

Roots

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