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precinct

/pˈɹiˌsɪŋkt/PREE-singkt
/pˈɹiˌsɪŋkt/PREE-singkt

Meaninga girded area

Common meaning: an area marked off by a boundary

‘before’ + ‘to put a belt round, encircle’ → precinct

Journey through time

  1. Latincingō, cīnxī, cīnctum‘to put a belt round, encircle’
  2. Englishprecinct‘an area marked off by a boundary’ · today

pre- also in: prefixprecedeprecisepredictpreface

cinct also in: cincturesuccinct

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 cingō ‘to put a belt round, encircle’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cingō, p. 332 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

cincturesuccinct

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