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ease

/ˈiz/EEZ
/ˈiz/EEZ

Meaningease, comfort

Common meaning: comfort

Other meanings: freedom from effort

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchaisesource
  2. Middle Englishesesource
  3. Englishease‘comfort’ · 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 French aise ‘ease, comfort’.

Roots

  • aise Old French “ease, comfort”

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