office
/ˈɔːfɪs/AW-fis
/ˈɔfɪs/AW-fis
Meaninga duty, a service
Common meaning: a duty
Other meanings: a place of work
- officea duty, a serviceSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 401 · scan
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 officium ‘a duty, a service’.
Roots
- officium Latin “a duty, a service”
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