artois
/ɑɹˈtwɑ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
name
A census-designated place in Glenn County, California, United States.
Example Sentences
- "The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Artoys, Artois, Arteis, Atrebatēs
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹˈtwɑ/
- British English: /ɑːˈtwɑː/