voluptuous
/vəˈlʌptʃəwəs/vuh-LUHP-chuh-wuhs
/vəˈlʌptʃəwəs/vuh-LUHP-chuh-wuhs
Meaningpleasurable
Common meaning: curvy
Other meanings: pleasure-filled
- voluptpleasureLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2013 · scan
- uousadjective ending: inclined to
Journey through time
- Latinvoluptās, -ātis‘pleasure’
- Middle Englishvoluptuoussource
- Englishvoluptuous‘curvy’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin voluptās ‘pleasure’.
Roots
- voluptās, -ātis Latin “pleasure”
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