stereotype
/sˈteɹiəˌtaɪp/STEH-ree-uh-typ
/sˈtɛɹiəˌtaɪp/STEH-ree-uh-typ
Meaninga solid pattern
Common meaning: a fixed general image
- sterestiff, solidLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1426 · scan
- typa blow; the mark it leaves; a patternLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 824 · scan
‘stiff, solid’ + ‘a blow’ → stereotype
Journey through time
- stere — Greek στερεός “stiff, solid” (path traced)
- typ — Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos) “a blow; the mark it leaves; a pattern” (path traced)
- Proto-Indo-European*star- or *stal-‘be firm, also set, place’source
- Greekστερεός + τύπος (túpos)‘stiff, solid + a blow’
- Englishstereotype‘a fixed general image’ · 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 Greek στερεός ‘stiff, solid’ + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos) ‘a blow; the mark it leaves; a pattern’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τύπος (túpos), p. 824 · dictionary scan
Roots
- στερεός Greek “stiff, solid”
- τύπος (túpos) Ancient Greek “a blow; the mark it leaves; a pattern”
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