utopia
/juːˈtəʊpiə/yoo-TOH-pee-uh
/juˈtoʊpiə/yoo-TOH-pee-uh
Meaningno place
Common meaning: an ideal place (no place)
- uGreek ou: not
- topa placeLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1565 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘not’ + ‘a place’ → utopia
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τόπος ‘a place’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry τόπος, p. 1565 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τόπος Greek “a place”
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