Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whatten

/wɒtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: what-ten
IPA: /wɒtən/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

What.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:whatten."

Etymology

Originally a contraction of what kind (of) (the DSL traces the Scots cognate back to Middle English whatkin, whatkyn, but the MED's only example is of the two-word collocation what kyn), later used in place of bare what.

Usage

Archaic

Frequently Paired Words

whatna

Questions

How do you pronounce whatten?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɒtən/.
What does whatten mean?: What.
Where does whatten come from?: Originally a contraction of what kind (of) (the DSL traces the Scots cognate back to Middle English whatkin, whatkyn, but the MED's only example is of the two-word collocation what kyn), later used in place of bare what.

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