urn
/ˈɜːn/URN
/ˈɝn/URN
Meaninga jar
Common meaning: a tall vase
- urna jar, pitcherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1936 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinurna, -ae‘a jar, pitcher’
- Frenchvrne
- Englishmeaning shiftsa jar, pitcher → a tall vaseurn‘a tall vase’ · 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 urna ‘a jar, pitcher’.
Roots
- urna, -ae Latin “a jar, pitcher”
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