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assiette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
assi-ette
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways

noun

A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface

Etymology

Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

assiettes (plural)

Questions

What does assiette mean?
A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
Where does assiette come from?
It is traced to French.

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