Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eaten

/ˈiː.tn̩/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
eat-en
IPA
/ˈiː.tn̩/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of eat

adj

Having been consumed by eating.

Etymology

From Middle English eten, from Old English eten, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etanaz; morphologically eat + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

etten (alternative) more eaten (comparative) most eaten (superlative)

Derived Forms

uneaten

Phrases

eaten bread is soon forgotten half-eaten moth-eaten time-eaten

Homonyms

Eaton Eton eating

Rhymes With

beaten eaton unbeaten keaton eton wheaton heaton seton sweeten seaton teton beaton

Questions

How do you pronounce eaten?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiː.tn̩/.
What does eaten mean?
past participle of eat
Where does eaten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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