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tusk

/ˈtʌsk/TUHSK
/ˈtʌsk/TUHSK

Meaninga tooth, a tusk

Common meaning: a long tooth

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishtusesourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishtusksource
  3. Englishtusk‘a long tooth’ · 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 Old English tuse ‘a tooth, a tusk’.

Roots

  • tuse Old English “a tooth, a tusk”

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