Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mendiant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: men-di-ant
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.

Etymology

From French mendiant.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: mendiant

Inflected Forms

mendiants (plural)

Questions

What does mendiant mean?: A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.
Where does mendiant come from?: It is traced to French.

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