Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pottage

/ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: pot-tage
IPA: /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

An oatmeal porridge.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And they have not in many places, neither pease ne beans ne none other pottages but the broth of the flesh."
"He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes."

Etymology

From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: potage, -
Suffix: pot

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/
British English: /ˈpɒtɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pottages (plural)

Derived Forms

pottinger

Phrases

mess of pottage pease pottage plum pottage sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage

Frequently Paired Words

potage

Synonyms

porridge potage

Rhymes With

cottage wattage

Questions

How do you pronounce pottage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/.
What does pottage mean?: A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
Where does pottage come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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