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felucca

/fɪˈlʌkə/fih-LUH-kuh
/fɪˈlʌkə/fih-LUH-kuh

Meaninga ship

Common meaning: a small sailing boat

Journey through time

  1. Arabicfulk‘a ship’source
  2. Italianfelucasource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa ship → a small sailing boatfelucca‘a small sailing boat’ · 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 Arabic fulk ‘a ship’.

Roots

  • fulk Arabic “a ship”

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