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mistal

/ˈmɪstəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mistal
IPA
/ˈmɪstəl/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cowshed.

British usage

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *mystal, from myx (“dung”) + stal (“shed”). For the disappearance of /k/ before /st/, compare the disappearance of /x/ before /st/ in Anglian Old English hēst (“highest”), nēst (“nearest”), and sesta (“sixth”), surviving in Scots neest (“next”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mistals (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mistal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪstəl/.
What does mistal mean?
A cowshed.
Where does mistal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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