Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tontinier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ton-tinier
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tontineer (“a member of a tontine”).

Etymology

From French tontinier. By surface analysis, tontine + -ier.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: tontinier

Inflected Forms

tontiniers (plural)

Questions

What does tontinier mean?: Alternative form of tontineer (“a member of a tontine”).
Where does tontinier come from?: It is traced to French.

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