wharf
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), Greek καρπός (“wrist”).
The fact that wharves often have warehouses next to them for storing offloaded goods has led to the popular etymology that ‘wharf’ is an acronym of 'warehouse at river front'; however this is incorrect.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʍɔː(ɹ)f/, X-SAMPA: /WO:(r))f/
- (in accents with the wine-whine merger) enPR: wô(r)f, IPA: /wɔː(r)f/, X-SAMPA: /wO:(r)f/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)f
Noun [edit]
wharf (plural wharves or wharfs)
- A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
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Translations [edit]
man-made landing place
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English wharf
Noun [edit]
wharf m (plural wharfs)
