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intact

/ˌɪnˈtækt/in-TAKT
/ˌɪnˈtækt/in-TAKT

Meaninguntouched

Common meaning: whole and undamaged

‘in, into’ + ‘to touch’ → intact

Journey through time

  1. Latintangō, tetigī, tāctum‘to touch’
  2. Englishintact‘whole and undamaged’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

tact also in: tactcontacttangenttangible

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 tangō ‘to touch’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tangō, p. 1840 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

contacttacttangenttangible

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