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reveal

/ɹɪˈvil/rih-VEEL
/ɹɪˈvil/rih-VEEL

Meaningto draw back the veil

Common meaning: to uncover

‘again’ + ‘a sail, covering, curtain’ → reveal

Journey through time

  1. Latinvēlum‘a sail, covering, curtain’
  2. Frenchreveler
  3. Englishreveal‘to uncover’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

veal also in: veilrevelation

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 vēlum ‘a sail, covering, curtain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vēlum, p. 1965 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vēlum Latin “a sail, covering, curtain”

Related words

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