Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

'prentice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: 'pren-tice
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Apheretic form of apprentice.

Obsolete

verb

Apheretic form of apprentice.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

""You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver.""
"Two thousand a-year without debt or drawback — except for the little love-child, indeed; aye, I had forgot her; but she may be 'prenticed out at a small cost, and then what does it signify?"

Etymology

From prentice, an old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice, with the apostrophe added to indicate the lost letters.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

'prentices (plural) 'prentices (present, singular) 'prenticing (participle, present) 'prenticed (participle, past) 'prenticed (past)

Synonyms

apprentice prentice

Questions

What does 'prentice mean?: Apheretic form of apprentice.
Where does 'prentice come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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