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pellet

/ˈpelət/PEH-luht
/ˈpɛlət/PEH-luht

Meaningball

Common meaning: small rounded piece of material

Journey through time

  1. Latinpila‘ball’source
  2. Old Frenchpelote‘a hand-ball, or tennis-ball’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa hand-ball, or tennis-ball → small ballpelet‘small ball’source
  4. Englishpellet‘small rounded piece of material’ · 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 pila ‘ball’.

Roots

  • pila Latin “ball”

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