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mushroom

/ˈmʌʃɹuːm/MUH-shroom
/ˈmʌʃɹum/MUH-shroom

Meaninga mushroom

Common meaning: fleshy fruiting body of a fungus

Journey through time

  1. Frenchmousseron‘a mushroom’source
  2. Middle Englishmuscheron‘mushroom’source
  3. Englishmushroom‘fleshy fruiting body of a fungus’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on French mousseron ‘a mushroom’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry MUSHROOM, p. 341 · dictionary scan

Source words

  • mousseron French · source word “a mushroom”

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