Wordwyrt

skipper

/sˈkɪpə/SKIH-pur
/sˈkɪpɚ/SKIH-pur

Meaningship

Common meaning: the captain of a merchant vessel

Journey through time

  1. Dutchschip‘ship’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsship → a seamanschipper‘a seaman’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa seaman → the captain of a merchant vesselskipper‘the captain of a merchant vessel’ · 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 Dutch schip ‘ship’.

Roots

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