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declaim

/dɪkˈleɪm/dih-KLAYM
/dɪkˈleɪm/dih-KLAYM

Meaningto shout out

Common meaning: to speak in a loud, dramatic way

‘down, away, off’ + ‘to shout, call out’ → declaim

Journey through time

  1. Latinclāmō, clāmāre‘to shout, call out’
  2. Old Frenchdeclamersource
  3. Englishdeclaim‘to speak in a loud, dramatic way’ · today

de- also in: deterdecampdecidededucedefame

claim also in: exclaimdisclaimclamorousacclamation

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 clāmō ‘to shout, call out’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry clāmō, p. 348 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

acclamationclamorousdisclaimexclaim

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