tunic
/ˈtuːnɪk/TOO-nik
/ˈtunɪk/TOO-nik
Meaningan undergarment
Common meaning: a loose garment
- tunican undergarmentLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1916 · scan
Journey through time
- Latintunica, -ae‘an undergarment’
- Englishmeaning shiftsan undergarment → a loose garmenttunic‘a loose garment’ · 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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin tunica ‘an undergarment’.
Roots
- tunica, -ae Latin “an undergarment”
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