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relate

/ɹɪˈleɪt/rih-LAYT
/ɹɪˈleɪt/rih-LAYT

Meaningto carry back

Common meaning: to tell

Other meanings: to connect

‘again’ + ‘carried, borne’ → relate

Journey through time

  1. Latinlātus (past part. of ferō)‘carried, borne’
  2. Frenchrelater
  3. Englishrelate‘to tell’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

lat also in: collateprelatetranslatesuperlative

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 lātus (past part. of ferō) ‘carried, borne’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry lātus (past part. of ferō), p. 1039 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

collateprelatesuperlativetranslate

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