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tiver

/ˈtɪvə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tiv-er
IPA
/ˈtɪvə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

verb

To mark with tiver, as sheep.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *tever, tēafor, *taubr, *taubrą, *teveren, tēofrian

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈtɪvə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tivers (present, singular) tivering (participle, present) tivered (participle, past) tivered (past)

Rhymes With

river south river north river west river hunter river murray river liver clyde river giver shiver sliver quiver

Questions

How do you pronounce tiver?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪvə/.
What does tiver mean?
A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Where does tiver come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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