Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zaptié

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zap-tie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gendarme / carabineer in Italian colonies of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

From Turkish zaptiye.

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: zaptiye

Inflected Forms

zaptiés (plural)

Questions

What does zaptié mean?: A gendarme / carabineer in Italian colonies of the Ottoman Empire
Where does zaptié come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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