Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eft

/ɛft/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: eft
IPA: /ɛft/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.

adv

Again; afterwards

Obsolete

noun

Initialism of electronic funds transfer.

name

Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”).

Example Sentences

"Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […]."
"How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover?"
"And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: evete, efete, eft, *afti

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

efts (plural)

Derived Forms

eftsoons

Frequently Paired Words

EFTPOS

Homonyms

effed

Rhymes With

left theft cleft deft bereft heft weft effed reft

Questions

How do you pronounce eft?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛft/.
What does eft mean?: A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.
Where does eft come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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