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woo

/ˈwuː/WOO
/ˈwu/WOO

Meaningto woo

Common meaning: try to win someone's affection

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwogian‘to woo’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwowen‘court’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscourt → try to win someone's affectionwoo‘try to win someone's affection’ · 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 Old English wogian ‘to woo’.

Roots

  • wogian Old English “to woo”

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