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leather

/ˈleðə/LEH-thur
/ˈlɛðɚ/LEH-thur

Meaningleather

Common meaning: tanned animal skin

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishleþersourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishlethersource
  3. Englishleather‘tanned animal skin’ · 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 leþer ‘leather’.

Roots

  • leþer Old English “leather”

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