Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scute

/skjuːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: scute
IPA: /skjuːt/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.

noun

A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs

noun

A small shield.

Obsolete

noun

An old French gold coin.

Example Sentences

"Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him."
"But yet they ouer shote vs Wyth crownes and wyth scutus; With scutis and crownes of gold I drede we are bought and solde; […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *skey-, scutum

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

scutes (plural)

Synonyms

scutum

Rhymes With

minute shoot suit route cute fruit root dispute boot suite substitute pursuit

Questions

How do you pronounce scute?: The recorded pronunciation is /skjuːt/.
What does scute mean?: A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
Where does scute come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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