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trespass

/tˈɹesˌpæs/TREH-spas
/tˈɹɛsˌpæs/TREH-spas

Meaningacross

Common meaning: enter land without permission

Journey through time

  1. Latintrans‘across’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsacross → a crimetrespas‘a crime’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa crime → enter land without permissiontrespass‘enter land without permission’ · 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 Latin trans ‘across’.

Roots

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