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syringe

/səˈɪndʒ/sur-INJ
/sɚˈɪndʒ/sur-INJ

Meaningpipe

Common meaning: device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquid

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SWAR‘murmur, hum, buzz, speak’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 466, p. 746 · scan
  2. Greeksyrinx‘pipe’source
  3. Latinsyringem‘pipe’source
  4. Frenchmeaning shiftspipe → a siringe, a squirtsyringue‘a siringe, a squirt’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa siringe, a squirt → device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquidsyringe‘device with a plunger for drawing in or injecting liquid’ · 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 Greek syrinx ‘pipe’.

Roots

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