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malter

/ˈmɔl.tɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
mal-ter
IPA
/ˈmɔl.tɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who makes malt; a maltster.

Dated

Etymology

From Middle English maltare, malter, maltar; equivalent to malt + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɔl.tɚ/
  • British English: /ˈmɒltə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

malters (plural)

Homonyms

Malta (non-rhotic)

Rhymes With

walter alter altar gibraltar falter halter salter psalter defaulter balter saulter stalter

Questions

How do you pronounce malter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔl.tɚ/.
What does malter mean?
A person who makes malt; a maltster.
Where does malter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce malter

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