Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pièce de conviction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: piece de -con-vic-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incriminating exhibit shown as evidence in a criminal case.

Dated

Etymology

Borrowed from French pièce de conviction; first use appeared c. 1840.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pièce de conviction

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does pièce de conviction mean?: An incriminating exhibit shown as evidence in a criminal case.
Where does pièce de conviction come from?: It is traced to French.

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