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trench

/tˈɹentʃ/TRENCH
/tˈɹɛntʃ/TRENCH

Meaningcut or carve

Common meaning: a long narrow excavation

Journey through time

  1. Frenchtrenchersource
  2. Middle Englishtrenche‘a cut’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa cut → a long narrow excavationtrench‘a long narrow excavation’ · 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 French trencher ‘cut or carve’.

Roots

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