occult
/əˈkʌlt/uh-KUHLT
/əˈkʌlt/uh-KUHLT
Meaninghidden
Common meaning: supernatural
Other meanings: hidden
- occultto cover, hideLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1251 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinocculō, -ere‘to cover, hide’
- Frenchocculte
- Englishmeaning shiftsto cover, hide → supernaturaloccult‘supernatural’ · 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 Latin occulō ‘to cover, hide’.
Roots
- occulō, -ere Latin “to cover, hide”
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