chaungen

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman chaungier, chaunger and continental Old French changier, from Latin cambiāre, from Gaulish cambion (change); equivalent to chaunge (change) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒən/, /ˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒən/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): (Northern) /ˈt͡ʃand͡ʒən/, (East Anglian, Kentish) /ˈt͡ʃɔnd͡ʒən/, (Western) /ˈt͡ʃæi̯nd͡ʒən/

Verb

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chaungen (third-person singular simple present chaungeth, present participle chaungende, chaungynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle chaunged)

  1. To change or vary; to become or make different:
    1. To change in opinion or emotion.
    2. To alter or transmogrify; to change in entirety.
    3. To replace or swap; to substitute for another.
    4. To move; to change (in) location.
    5. (physiology) To deteriorate or impair.
    6. (rare) To change clothing or outfit.
  2. To exchange or trade (especially money)
  3. (rare) To be different; to differ.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: change
  • Scots: cheenge, chinge, cheynge

References

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