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cantinière

/kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-tiniere
IPA
/kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cantinière, from cantine (“sutler's shop, canteen”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cantinières (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cantinière?
The recorded pronunciation is /kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/.
What does cantinière mean?
A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
Where does cantinière come from?
It is traced to French.

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