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savoyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
savo-yard
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

name

The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).

noun

Ladyfinger cookie.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French Savoyard.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Savoyards (plural) savoyardi (plural)

Questions

What does savoyard mean?
A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Where does savoyard come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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