taught
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôt, IPA(key): /tɔːt/
- (Standard Southern British, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /toːt/
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- (General American)
- (without the cot–caught merger) enPR: tôt, IPA(key): /tɔt/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: tät, IPA(key): /tɑt/
Audio (US, cot–caught merger): (file)
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /tɔt/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /t̪ɒːt/
- Homophones: taut; tort (non-rhotic); tot (cot–caught merger); thought (th-stopping); thot (cot–caught merger, th-stopping)
- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Verb
taught
- simple past and past participle of teach
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
taught
- Misspelling of taut.
- 2010 March 11, Deborah MacFarlane, Skin Cancer Management: A Practical Approach, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 117:
- The bevel of the needle should be up and the injection should be made through taught skin.