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fear

/ˈfɪə/FIR
/ˈfɪɹ/FIR

Meaningsudden danger, peril

Common meaning: an unpleasant feeling of danger

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishférsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishferesource
  3. Englishfear‘an unpleasant feeling of danger’ · 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 English fér ‘sudden danger, peril’.

Roots

  • fér Old English “sudden danger, peril”

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