Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

field

/ˈfi(ː)ld/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.24 in modern English

Syllables
field
IPA
/ˈfi(ː)ld/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

noun

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

noun

A place where competitive matches are carried out.

noun

A place where competitive matches are carried out.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English feld, feeld (“field”), from Old English feld (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut). Cognates Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fial, fälj (“field”), Saterland Frisian Fäild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German and Luxembourgish Feld (“field”), Vilamovian fald (“field”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk felt (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”), Finnish pelto (“field”), Asturian and Leonese platu (“plate”), Aragonese and Spanish plato (“plate”), Catalan plat (“plate”), French plat (“dish”), Galician, Mirandese, and Portuguese prato (“plate”), Italian piatto (“plate”), Latin *plattus (“flattened”), Greek πλατύς (platýs, “wide, broad”). Doublet of plate. Related also to Middle English flat (“flat”), Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at flat, fold. Not related to English felt.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pleth₂-, feld, *felþu, *felþuz, *pleh₂-

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports, People.

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Frequently Paired Words

Field in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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Questions

How do you pronounce field?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfi(ː)ld/.
What does field mean?
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
Where does field come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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