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orchard

/ˈɔːtʃəd/AWR-churd
/ˈɔɹtʃɚd/AWR-churd

Meaningplant-yard

Common meaning: a piece of land planted with fruit trees

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishortgeard‘garden’sourceB&T
  2. Old EnglishorceardsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishorchardsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsgarden → a piece of land planted with fruit treesorchard‘a piece of land planted with fruit trees’ · 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 ort + geard ‘plant + yard’.

Roots

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