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magnate

/ˈmæɡnət/MAG-nuht
/ˈmæɡnət/MAG-nuht

Meaninggreat

Common meaning: wealthy or influential businessperson

Journey through time

  1. Latinmagnatem‘great’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsgreat → powerful personmagnas‘powerful person’source
  3. Frenchmagnatsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftspowerful person → wealthy or influential businesspersonmagnate‘wealthy or influential businessperson’ · 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 Latin magnatem ‘great’.

Roots

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