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dean

/ˈdin/DEEN
/ˈdin/DEEN

Meaninga leader of ten

Common meaning: a senior church or college official

Journey through time

  1. Latindecanussource
  2. Old Frenchdeiensource
  3. Middle Englishdensource
  4. Englishdean‘a senior church or college official’ · 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 decanus ‘a leader of ten’.

Roots

  • decanus Latin “a leader of ten”

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