bête rouge
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He had picked up bêtes rouges in the bush and they were crawling and burrowing under his skin."
- "‘The rashes on his legs and arms are bêtes rouges, and we can get rid of them with ammonia and zinc ointment.’"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French