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insurgent

/ˌɪnˈsɜːdʒənt/in-SUR-juhnt
/ˌɪnˈsɝdʒənt/in-SUR-juhnt

Meaningrising up

Common meaning: a person rising in revolt

‘in, into’ + ‘to rise’ → insurgent

Journey through time

  1. Latinsurgō, surrēctum‘to rise’
  2. Englishinsurgent‘a person rising in revolt’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

surg also in: surgeresurrection

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 surgō ‘to rise’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry surgō, p. 1817 · dictionary scan

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