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prêt-à-porter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
pret-a--porter
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Ready-to-wear.

Example Sentences

Etymology

First use appears c. 1957 in Punch. See cite below. Reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.

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Word Breakdown

Questions

What does prêt-à-porter mean?
Ready-to-wear.
Where does prêt-à-porter come from?
It is traced to French.

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