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screen

/skˈɹin/SKREEN
/skˈɹin/SKREEN

Meaninga screen

Common meaning: a partition

Other meanings: a shield from view

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchescransource
  2. Middle Englishscrensource
  3. Englishscreen‘a partition’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French escran ‘a screen’.

Roots

  • escran Old French “a screen”

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