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resort

/ɹɪˈzɔːt/rih-ZAWRT
/ɹɪˈzɔɹt/rih-ZAWRT

Meaningto rise again

Common meaning: a holiday place

Other meanings: to turn to

Journey through time

  1. Latinresurgere‘to rise again’source
  2. Late Latinresortiresource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto rise again → a holiday placeresort‘a holiday place’ · 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 resurgere ‘to rise again’.

Roots

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