parchment
/ˈpʰɑɹt͡ʃmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
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Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs."
- "Never found Hattie and they never found the shack Never made the trip back in There was a parchment note they found tacked to a stump Said: Don't come lookin' again."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νός (-nós) Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós) Ancient Greek Περγαμηνὴ (διφθέρα) (Pergamēnḕ (diphthéra))bor. Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus Old French parcheminbor. Middle English parchemyn English parchment From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamon”), which is named for the ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Danish pergament, Dutch perkament, French parchemin, German Pergament, Greek περγαμηνή (pergaminí), Italian pergamena, Norwegian pergament, Portuguese pergaminho, Galician pergameo, Romanian pergament, Russian пергамент (pergament), Spanish pergamino, and Swedish pergament.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: parchemyn, parchemin, pergamīna, Περγαμηνός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʰɑɹt͡ʃmənt/
- British English: /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/
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