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lectern

/ˈlektən/LEK-turn
/ˈlɛktɚn/LEK-turn

Meaningreading desk

Common meaning: sloping stand used for reading aloud

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinlectrum‘reading desk’source
  2. Middle Englishlectrun‘reading desk’source
  3. Englishlectern‘sloping stand used for reading aloud’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Late Latin lectrum ‘reading desk’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry LECTERN, p. 327 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • lectrum Late Latin “reading desk”

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