sentry

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• /ˈsɛn.tɹi/
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• [ˈsɛn.tɹ̝̊ɪi̯] ~ [ˈsɛn.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ɪi̯]
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• /ˈsɪn.tɹi/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
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• [ˈsɪ̟n.tɹ̝̊ɪi̯] ~ [ˈsɪ̟n.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ɪi̯] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
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• rhymes with -ɛntɹi
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• homophone: century (for some speakers)
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aromanian: viglã — guard
• Aromanian: cãrãuli — guard
• Azerbaijani: qarovulçu — guard
• Azerbaijani: keşikçi — guard
• Belarusian: вартавы́ (vartavý) — guard
• Belarusian: вартаўні́к (vartawník) — guard
• Belarusian: карау́льны (karaúlʹny) — guard
• Belarusian: страж (straž) — guard
• Bulgarian: стра́жа (stráža) — guard
• Bulgarian: часови́ (časoví) — guard
• Bulgarian: карау́л (karaúl) — guard
• Catalan: sentinella — guard
• Chinese Mandarin: 哨兵 (shàobīng) — guard
• Chinese Mandarin: 步哨 (bùshào) — guard
• Czech: strážný — guard
• Czech: hlídka — guard
• Czech: stráž — guard
• Danish: vagtpost — guard
• Danish: skildvagt — guard
• Dutch: schildwacht — guard
• Finnish: vartija — guard
• Finnish: vartiomies — guard
• French: sentinelle — guard
• Galician: sentinela — guard
• German: Wache — guard
• German: Wachposten — guard
• German: Schildwache — guard
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja) — guard
• Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — guard
• Greek: φρουρός (frourós) — guard
• Ancient Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — guard
• Ancient Greek: φρουρός (phrourós) — guard
• Hindi: प्रहरी (prahrī) — guard
• Italian: sentinella — guard
• Italian: guardia — guard
• Japanese: 歩哨 (hoshō) — guard
• Korean: 초병 (chobyeong) — guard
• Macedonian: стра́жар (strážar) — guard
• Macedonian: стра́жа (stráža) — guard
• Macedonian: ка́раул (káraul) — guard
• Māori: kaimataara — guard
• Māori: matira — guard
• Māori: kaimatira — guard
• Navajo: haʼasídí — guard
• Iranian Persian: یَزَک (yazak) — guard
• Pohnpeian: kaiko — guard
• Polish: strażnik — guard
• Portuguese: sentinela — guard
• Romanian: strajă — guard
• Romanian: străjer — guard
• Romanian: santinelă — guard
• Romanian: caraulă — guard
• Russian: часово́й (časovój) — guard
• Russian: карау́льный (karaúlʹnyj) — guard
• Russian: дежу́рный (dežúrnyj) — guard
• Russian: страж (straž) — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̀жа̄р — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̑жа — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: дежурни — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: stràžār — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: strȃža — guard
• Serbo-Croatian: dežurni — guard
• Sicilian: guardia — guard
• Sicilian: vardia — guard
• Swedish: vaktpost — guard
• Turkish: nöbetçi — guard
• Turkish: gözcü — guard
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — guard
• Ukrainian: вартови́й (vartovýj) — guard
• Ukrainian: карау́льний (karaúlʹnyj) — guard
• Ukrainian: вартови́к (vartovýk) — guard
• Ukrainian: страж (straž) — guard
• Ukrainian: стра́жа (stráža) — guard
• Welsh: gwarchodwr — guard
• French: tourelle — watchtower
• German: Wachturm — watchtower
• Macedonian: стража́рница (stražárnica) — watchtower
• Macedonian: кара́ула (karáula) — watchtower
• Macedonian: набљудува́чница (nabljuduváčnica) — watchtower
• Spanish: torreón — watchtower