Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negociant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-go-ciant
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wine merchant who purchases grapes, grape juice, or wine in bulk from vineyards, and bottles the wine for sale.

Etymology

Borrowing from French négociant.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: négociant

Inflected Forms

negociants (plural)

Questions

What does negociant mean?: A wine merchant who purchases grapes, grape juice, or wine in bulk from vineyards, and bottles the wine for sale.
Where does negociant come from?: It is traced to French.

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