product

A2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/ UK /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3149

Meanings

1

noun
Something that is made or grown to be sold.

The company launched a new cleaning product this year.
2

noun
A result of an action, effort, or set of conditions.

Her success is the product of years of hard work.
3

noun
The number you get by multiplying two or more numbers together.

The product of 2 and 3 is 6.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · something that is made or... goods merchandise wares

Word family

Forms products

Derived forms by-product

Related forms produce producer productionproductorproductressproductrixsuccessor

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

product Middle English prōductus Latin

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Topics

Business & Commerce Chemistry

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# product

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/
**Frequency rank:** 3149

## Meanings
1. Something that is made or grown to be sold.
2. A result of an action, effort, or set of conditions.
3. The number you get by multiplying two or more numbers together.

## Examples
- The company launched a new cleaning product this year.
- Her success is the product of years of hard work.
- The product of 2 and 3 is 6.

## Derived Forms
- by-product

## Related Forms
- produce
- producer
- production
- productor
- productress
- productrix
- successor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: product
- Root: prōductus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

## AI Etymology
Product comes from Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense. The historical chain includes product (Middle English), prōductus (Latin). In present-day English it covers something that is made or grown to be sold, a result of an action, effort, or set of conditions, and the number you get by multiplying two or more numbers together. The wider family includes derived forms such as by-product and related forms such as produce, producer, production, productor.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce
- Chemistry

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