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ennui

/eˈnuːi/eh-NOO-ee
/ɛˈnui/eh-NOO-ee

Meaningannoyance

Common meaning: feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WADH‘strike, kill, thrust away, hate’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 342, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old Frenchenui‘annoyance’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsannoyance → boredomenui‘boredom’source
  4. Englishennui‘feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Old French enui ‘annoyance’.

Roots

  • enui Old French “annoyance”

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