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plover

/pˈlʌvə/PLUH-vur
/pˈlʌvɚ/PLUH-vur

Meaningrain bird

Common meaning: a small to medium shorebird

Journey through time

  1. Latinpluuialissource
  2. Late Latinpluuiariussource
  3. Old Frenchplovier‘a plover’source
  4. Middle Englishplouersource
  5. Englishplover‘a small to medium shorebird’ · 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 pluuialis ‘rain bird’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PLOVER, p. 451 · dictionary scan

Roots

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