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crayfish

/kˈɹeɪfɪʃ/KRAY-fish
/kˈɹeɪfɪʃ/KRAY-fish

Meaningcrayfish

Common meaning: small freshwater crustacean

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germankrebiz‘crayfish’source
  2. Old Frenchcrevisse‘crayfish’source
  3. Middle Englishcrevis‘crayfish’source
  4. Englishcrayfish‘small freshwater crustacean’ · 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 Old High German krebiz ‘crayfish’.

Roots

  • krebiz Old High German “crayfish”

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