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hawk

/ˈhɔːk/HAWK
/ˈhɔk/HAWK

Meaninghawk

Common meaning: a bird of prey with rounded wings

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAP‘contain, hold, seize, grasp’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 47, p. 731 · scan
  2. Old Englishhafoc‘hawk’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishhaueksource
  4. Middle Englishhawksource
  5. Englishhawk‘a bird of prey with rounded wings’ · 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 hafoc ‘hawk’.

Roots

  • hafoc Old English “hawk”

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