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league

/ˈliɡ/LEEG
/ˈliɡ/LEEG

Meaningalliance

Common meaning: association of people or groups

Journey through time

  1. Italian/ega‘alliance’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsalliance → binddigare‘bind’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsbind → allianceligue‘alliance’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsalliance → association of people or groupsleague‘association of people or groups’ · 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 Italian /ega ‘alliance’.

Roots

  • /ega Italian “alliance”

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