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umbilical

/əmˈbɪlɪkəl/uhm-BIH-lih-kuhl
/əmˈbɪlɪkəl/uhm-BIH-lih-kuhl

Meaningof the navel

Common meaning: of the navel

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√NABH‘swell, burst, injure’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 181, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinumbilīcus, -ī‘the navel’
  3. Frenchumbilical
  4. Englishumbilical‘of the navel’ · 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 umbilīcus ‘the navel’.

Roots

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