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maigre

/ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
mai-gre
IPA
/ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).

adj

Belonging to a fast day or fast.

noun

A kind of fish; the meagre.

Etymology

Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/
  • British English: /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/

Inflected Forms

maigres (plural)

Phrases

soupe maigre

Frequently Paired Words

soupe maigre

Synonyms

maiger sciaena aquila

Rhymes With

agar eagre fragor

Questions

How do you pronounce maigre?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/.
What does maigre mean?
Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
Where does maigre come from?
It is traced to French.

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