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orvietan

/ˌɔɹviˈeɪtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-vie-tan
IPA
/ˌɔɹviˈeɪtən/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicinal preparation made from herbs, wine and honey, thought to be an antidote for any poison.

Uncountable

Etymology

17th century: from French orviétan, from Italian orvietano (“of Orvieto”), after the place of origin of its creator.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: orviétan, orvietano

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɔɹviˈeɪtən/
  • British English: /ˌɔːvɪˈeɪtən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

orviétan (alternative)

Rhymes With

satan clayton straighten leighton drayton seitan gayton thetan greaten beaten eaten unbeaten

Questions

How do you pronounce orvietan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔɹviˈeɪtən/.
What does orvietan mean?
A medicinal preparation made from herbs, wine and honey, thought to be an antidote for any poison.
Where does orvietan come from?
It is traced to French.

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