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ventre à terre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
ven-tre a terre
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At breakneck speed.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ventre à terre.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ventre à terre (comparative) most ventre à terre (superlative)

Questions

What does ventre à terre mean?
At breakneck speed.
Where does ventre à terre come from?
It is traced to French.

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