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saddle

/ˈsædəl/SA-duhl
/ˈsædəl/SA-duhl

Meaninga rider's seat

Common meaning: a seat for a rider

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsadolsource
  2. Middle Englishsadelsource
  3. Englishsaddle‘a seat for a rider’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Old English sadol ‘a rider's seat’.

Roots

  • sadol Old English “a rider's seat”

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