Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

renaissance faire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: re-nais-sance -faire
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of Renaissance fair.

Example Sentences

"Mt Gox, for instance, started as a trading venue for enthusiastic nerds who loved fantasy games; its name, Mt Gox, stands for Magic the Gathering Online Exchange, where users traded cards for the game, giving bitcoins a place in the fringe-culture Venn diagram between Dungeons & Dragons and Renaissance faires. Fun stuff, but not really the stuff of mainstream legitimacy."
"Victoria Jamieson's Newbery-Honor-winning debut graphic novel, "Roller Girl," was terrific; her "All's Faire in Middle School" is even better. It's the epic of Impy, a.k.a. Imogene, an 11-year-old homeschooled girl who's grown up in the world of Renaissance faires."

Inflected Forms

Renaissance faires (plural)

Phrases

Ren faire

Questions

What does renaissance faire mean?: Alternative form of Renaissance fair.

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