Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manchet

/ˈmænt͡ʃɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: manchet
IPA: /ˈmænt͡ʃɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You that can deal with Gudgins,^([sic]) and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means […]"
"And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, / And in her veil enfolded, manchet bread."
"As with modern breads, like the baguette, there is no one recipe for a manchet. Each of the few published English recipes from the 1500s and the 1600s is different, though each achieves a result that was accepted as a manchet […]"

Etymology

From Middle English manchet, of unknown origin; compare cheat (“low-quality bread”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: manchet

Usage

Inflected Forms

manchets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cheat raveled mashloch

Questions

How do you pronounce manchet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmænt͡ʃɪt/.
What does manchet mean?: A type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour.
Where does manchet come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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