Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compère

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: com-pere
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of compere.

British usage

verb

Alternative form of compere.

Example Sentences

"It was Moscow’s best known compère, George Bengalsky."
"The fact that compères routinely wait no more and no less than eight seconds before interrupting means that they decide at just that point that an audience has been clapping long enough, [...]"
"Suddenly compères were sipping coffee in the middle of their shows, …"
"Fashion elder compères his own celebration of designs revived from his archive by design director Sam Cotton[.]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French compère.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

compères (plural) compères (present, singular) compèring (participle, present) compèred (participle, past) compèred (past)

Questions

What does compère mean?: Alternative form of compere.
Where does compère come from?: Borrowed from French compère.

How to pronounce compère

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