Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diamanté

/dˌaɪəmˈɑnti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: dia-mante
IPA: /dˌaɪəmˈɑnti/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of diamante.

Etymology

Borrowed from French diamanté. From past participle of diamanter (“adorn with diamonds”), from diamant (“diamond”), from oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “hard metal, diamond”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀδάμᾱς

Inflected Forms

diamantés (plural)

Rhymes With

brontë bronté

Questions

How do you pronounce diamanté?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˌaɪəmˈɑnti/.
What does diamanté mean?: Alternative spelling of diamante.
Where does diamanté come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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