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topic

/ˈtɒpɪk/TO-pik
/ˈtɑpɪk/TAH-pik

Meaningof places

Common meaning: a subject

Journey through time

  1. Greekτόπος‘a place’
  2. Englishtopic‘a subject’ · today

top also in: topographyutopia

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 τόπος ‘a place’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry τόπος, p. 1565 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

topographyutopia

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