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annet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
an-net
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A duck or drake.

noun

The common eider (Somateria mollissima).

noun

A black-legged kittiwake.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

A silly fellow; gull.

Etymology

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oante (“duck”), West Frisian ein (“duck”), Dutch eend (“duck”), German Low German Aant (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian у́тка (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ende, ened, *anad, *anadz, *h₂énh₂ts

Usage

Inflected Forms

annets (plural) annot (alternative) anny (alternative)

Phrases

stock annet

Frequently Paired Words

drake

Questions

What does annet mean?
A duck or drake.
Where does annet come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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