Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shopmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shop-mate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person working in the same shop.

Example Sentences

"Of the latter class many would come because they would not be chaffed by their shopmates for going into a theatre on Sunday, though they would be most fearfully if they went to church or chapel."

Etymology

From shop + -mate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shop

Inflected Forms

shopmates (plural)

Questions

What does shopmate mean?: A person working in the same shop.
Where does shopmate come from?: From shop + -mate.

How to pronounce shopmate

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