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flutter

/fˈlʌtə/FLUH-tur
/fˈlʌtɚ/FLUH-tur

Meaningfloating to and fro

Common meaning: to flap quickly

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishflotorian‘to float about’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfloterensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto float about → to flap quicklyflutter‘to flap quickly’ · 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 flotorian ‘floating to and fro’.

Source words

  • flotorian Old English · source word “floating to and fro”

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