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curlew

Meaninga curlue

Common meaning: long-billed wading bird with a downward-curving beak

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcorlieu‘a curlue’source
  2. Middle Englishcurlewsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa curlue → long-billed wading bird with a downward-curving beakcurlew‘long-billed wading bird with a downward-curving beak’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French corlieu ‘a curlue’.

Roots

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