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longue-vue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
longue-vue
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ship's navigational monocular spyglass telescope

Etymology

From French longue-vue; Literally, “long view”. From longue (“long”) + vue (“view”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

longue-vues (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lorgnette

Questions

What does longue-vue mean?
A ship's navigational monocular spyglass telescope
Where does longue-vue come from?
It is traced to French.

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