Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheft

/wɛft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wheft
IPA: /wɛft/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)

Etymology

Possibly a blend of waft (“breeze, indicative flag”) + Middle English wef (“odour, stench”), itself likely derived from weven (“to move about”) or a variant of wayf; compare wek, variant of weyk (“weak”).

Inflected Forms

whefts (plural)

Homonyms

weft

Questions

How do you pronounce wheft?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɛft/.
What does wheft mean?: A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)
Where does wheft come from?: Possibly a blend of waft (“breeze, indicative flag”) + Middle English wef (“odour, stench”), itself likely derived from weven (“to move about”) or a variant of wayf; compare wek, variant of weyk (“weak”).

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