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special

/sˈpeʃəl/SPEH-shuhl
/sˈpɛʃəl/SPEH-shuhl

Meaningof a kind

Common meaning: particular, distinctive

Journey through time

  1. Latinspecialissource
  2. Old Frenchspecialsource
  3. Middle Englishspecialsource
  4. Englishspecial‘particular, distinctive’ · 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 Latin specialis ‘of a kind’.

Roots

Related words

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