Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

croupiere

/kɹupˈjɛəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: croupiere
IPA: /kɹupˈjɛəɹ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).

Example Sentences

"The Croupiere or Buttock Piece was also some times formed of plates of copper, brass or iron, though often of jacked leather, when the chanfron and poitrinal were of metal."

Etymology

Borrowed from French croupière. Doublet of crupper.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: croupière

Inflected Forms

croupieres (plural)

Synonyms

crupper

Questions

How do you pronounce croupiere?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹupˈjɛəɹ/.
What does croupiere mean?: Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).
Where does croupiere come from?: It is traced to French.

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