synagogue
/ˈsɪnəˌɡɔːɡ/SIH-nuh-gawg
/ˈsɪnəˌɡɔɡ/SIH-nuh-gawg
Meaninga gathering together
Common meaning: a Jewish house of worship and assembly
- syntogether, at once
- agogleading; a leaderLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. · scan
- uespelling ending (via French)
‘together, at once’ + ‘leading’ → synagogue
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 ἀγωγός ‘leading; a leader’.
Roots
- ἀγωγός Greek “leading; a leader”
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