vulture
/ˈvʌltʃə/VUHL-chur
/ˈvʌltʃɚ/VUHL-chur
Meaninga vulture
Common meaning: a carrion bird
- vultura vultureLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2016 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinvultur, -uris‘a vulture’
- Middle Englishvultursource
- Englishvulture‘a carrion bird’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Latin vultur ‘a vulture’.
Roots
- vultur, -uris Latin “a vulture”
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