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mild

/ˈmaɪld/MYLD
/ˈmaɪld/MYLD

Meaninggentle

Common meaning: gentle or not severe

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MARDH‘be soft, moist, or wet’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 269, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old Englishmilde‘gentle’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmildsource
  4. Englishmild‘gentle or not severe’ · 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 milde ‘gentle’.

Roots

  • milde Old English “gentle”

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