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grace

/ɡˈɹeɪs/GRAYS
/ɡˈɹeɪs/GRAYS

Meaningfavour

Common meaning: elegance

Other meanings: favour

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘rejoice, be merry, orig’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 112, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latingratia‘favour’source
  3. Old Frenchgracesource
  4. Middle Englishgracesource
  5. Englishgrace‘elegance’ · 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 Latin gratia ‘favour’.

Roots

  • gratia Latin “lack of favour”

Related words

disgrace

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