stray

/stˈɹeɪ/STRAY
/stˈɹeɪ/STRAY

Meaninga street

Common meaning: to wander off

Journey through time

  1. Latinstrata‘a street’source
  2. Old Frenchestraiersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa street → to wander offstray‘to wander off’ · 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 strata ‘a street’.

Roots

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