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frock

/fˈɹɒk/FROK
/fˈɹɑk/FRAHK

Meaninga monk's gown

Common meaning: a dress

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinfrocussource
  2. Frenchfrocsource
  3. Middle Englishfroksource
  4. Englishfrock‘a dress’ · 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 Late Latin frocus ‘a monk's gown’.

Roots

  • frocus Late Latin “a monk's gown”

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