peculiar
/pəkˈjuːljə/puh-KYOOL-yur
/pəkˈjuljɚ/puh-KYOOL-yur
Meaningone's own
Common meaning: strange
Other meanings: belonging to one only
- peculprivate propertyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1322 · scan
- iaradjective ending (Latin -iaris)
Journey through time
- Latinpecūlium, -ī‘private property’
- Frenchpeculier
- Englishpeculiar‘strange’ · today
pecul also in: peculate
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 pecūlium ‘private property’.
Roots
- pecūlium, -ī Latin “private property”
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