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mouth

/ˈmaʊθ/MOWTH
/ˈmaʊθ/MOWTH

Meaningthe opening in the face for eating and speaking

Common meaning: the opening in the face for eating and speaking

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmuþsource
  2. Middle Englishmouthsource
  3. Englishmouth‘the opening in the face for eating and speaking’ · 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 muþ ‘the opening in the face for eating and speaking’.

Roots

  • muþ Old English “the opening in the face for eating and speaking”

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