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leper

/ˈlepə/LEH-pur
/ˈlɛpɚ/LEH-pur

Meaningscaly disease

Common meaning: person with leprosy

Journey through time

  1. Greeklepra‘scaly disease’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsscaly disease → a leprosielèpre‘a leprosie’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa leprosie → person with leprosyleper‘person with leprosy’ · 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 Greek lepra ‘scaly disease’.

Roots

  • lepra Greek “scaly disease”

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