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cuttle

/ˈkʌtəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
cut-tle
IPA
/ˈkʌtəl/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of cuttlefish.

noun

A knife.

Obsolete

noun

A foul-mouthed fellow.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudulǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ulǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cutil, cudele, *kudulǭ, *kuddô, *gewt-, coutel
  • Suffix: cod

Usage

Inflected Forms

cuttles (plural)

Derived Forms

cuttlebone

Synonyms

cuttlefish

Questions

How do you pronounce cuttle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌtəl/.
What does cuttle mean?
Synonym of cuttlefish.
Where does cuttle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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