Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tractation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trac-ta-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

treatment or handling of a subject; discussion

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"a full tractation of the points controverted"
"In the tractation of all which things our chief purpose and endeavour shall be (so near as the Lord will give us grace), not so much to intermeddle with outward affairs of princes[…]"

Etymology

From Latin tractatio.

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does tractation mean?: treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
Where does tractation come from?: From Latin tractatio.

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