Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splitter

/ˈsplɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
split-ter
IPA
/ˈsplɪtɚ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or a thing that splits.

noun

A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.

noun

A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.

noun

A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.

Colloquial

noun

A split-finger fastball.

noun

A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

noun

A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.

American usage

noun

One who splits hairs in argument, etc.

Etymology

Etymology tree English split Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English splitter From split + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsplɪtɚ/
  • British English: /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

splitters (plural)

Derived Forms

hairsplitter sidesplitter splittercore splitterism

Phrases

beam splitter hair-splitter log splitter middle splitter skull splitter splitter bus Splitters Creek thumb splitter

Frequently Paired Words

cleaver

Synonyms

sash rail-splitter divider

Antonyms

lumper

Rhymes With

twitter bitter litter transmitter glitter hitter sitter fitter ritter emitter critter quitter

Questions

How do you pronounce splitter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsplɪtɚ/.
What does splitter mean?
A person or a thing that splits.
Where does splitter come from?
Etymology tree English split Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English splitter From split + -er.

How to pronounce splitter

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