feline
/ˈfiˌlaɪn/FEE-lyn
/ˈfiˌlaɪn/FEE-lyn
Meaningof cats
Common meaning: of cats
- fela catLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 733 · scan
- ineadjective ending: of the nature of
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√BHU‘grow, become, be, dwell, build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 242, p. 738 · scan
- Latinfēlēs, -is‘a cat’
- Englishfeline‘of cats’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fēlēs ‘a cat’.
Roots
- fēlēs, -is Latin “a cat”
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