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welt

/ˈwelt/WELT
/ˈwɛlt/WELT

Meaninga hem, a border

Common meaning: a strip of leather

Journey through time

  1. Welshgwald‘a hem’source
  2. Middle Englishweltesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa hem → a strip of leatherwelt‘a strip of leather’ · 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 Welsh gwald ‘a hem, a border’.

Roots

  • gwald Welsh “a hem, a border”

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