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loaf

/ˈləʊf/LOHF
/ˈloʊf/LOHF

Meaningbread

Common meaning: a shaped mass of bread

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhlāf‘loaf’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishlofsource
  3. Englishloaf‘a shaped mass of bread’ · 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 hlāf ‘bread, a loaf’.

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Roots

  • hlāf Old English “bread, a loaf”

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