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stubble

/sˈtʌbəl/STUH-buhl
/sˈtʌbəl/STUH-buhl

Meaningstalk or stubble

Common meaning: short stalks left after a crop is cut

Journey through time

  1. Latinstipula‘stalk or stubble’source
  2. Old Frenchestouble‘stubble’source
  3. Middle Englishstobil‘stubble’source
  4. Englishstubble‘short stalks left after a crop is cut’ · 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 Latin stipula ‘stalk or stubble’.

Roots

  • stipula Latin “stalk or stubble”

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