prairie
/ˈpɹeːɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
name
Alternative form of Prairies.
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Example Sentences
- "It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by."
Etymology
Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹeːɹi/
- British English: /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Attwater's prairie chicken
California coastal prairie
camas prairie
Canadian Prairies
coastal prairie
creeping white prairie aster
Dell Prairie
dry-mesic prairie