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oyer

/ˈɔɪə/OY-ur
/ˈɔɪɚ/OY-ur

Meaningto hear

Common meaning: a hearing in court ('oyer and terminer')

Journey through time

  1. Latinaudire‘to hear’source
  2. Frenchouirsource
  3. Anglo-Frenchoyer‘to hear’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto hear → a hearing in courtoyer‘a hearing in court ('oyer and terminer')’ · 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 Latin audire ‘to hear’.

Roots

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