exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/ig-ZAWS-chuhn
/ɪɡˈzɔstʃən/ig-ZAWS-chuhn
Meaninga draining out
Common meaning: a state of being worn out
- exout
- haustto draw up liquid; to drainLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 842 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘to draw up liquid’ → exhaustion
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 hauriō ‘to draw up liquid; to drain’.
Roots
- hauriō, hausī, haustum Latin “to draw up liquid; to drain”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app