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trellis

/tˈɹeləs/TREH-luhs
/tˈɹɛləs/TREH-luhs

Meaningan arbour

Common meaning: an open framework for plants or screens

Journey through time

  1. Late Latintrichila‘an arbour’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsan arbour → a kind of calicotreillis‘a kind of calico’source
  3. Frenchtreillis‘a trellis’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa kind of calico → an open framework for plants or screenstrellis‘an open framework for plants or screens’ · 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 Late Latin trichila ‘an arbour’.

Roots

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