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monarchy

/ˈmɒnɑːki/MO-nahr-kee
/ˈmɑnɑɹki/MAH-nahr-kee

Meaningsole rule

Common meaning: rule by one person

Journey through time

  1. Latinmonarchiasource
  2. Frenchmonarchie‘a monarchie, a kingdom’source
  3. Middle Englishmonarchiesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa monarchie, a kingdom → rule by one personmonarchy‘rule by one person’ · 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 monarchia ‘sole rule’.

Roots

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