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fetch

/ˈfetʃ/FECH
/ˈfɛtʃ/FECH

Meaningbringing, fetching

Common meaning: to go and bring back

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishfetiansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfecchensource
  3. Englishfetch‘to go and bring back’ · 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 fetian ‘bringing, fetching’.

Roots

  • fetian Old English “bringing, fetching”

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