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garret

/ˈɡeɹɪt/GEH-rit
/ˈɡɛɹɪt/GEH-rit

Meaningwatchtower or refuge

Common meaning: a room under a roof

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchgarite‘watchtower or refuge’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftswatchtower or refuge → upper roomgarite‘upper room’source
  3. Englishgarret‘a room under a roof’ · 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 Old French garite ‘watchtower or refuge’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry GARRET, p. 208 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • garite Old French “watchtower or refuge”

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