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balt

/bɔlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
balt
IPA
/bɔlt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic people, especially including ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians or Prussians, but generally not including ethnic Belarusians, Estonians, Germans, Jews, Livonians, Poles, Russians, Swedes or Tatars who have also inhabited or currently inhabit the modern Baltic states.

noun

A native speaker of one of the Baltic languages: Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian, Sudovian and related languages.

noun

An inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtasbor.? Germanicbor.? Medieval Latin Balthae plbf. ▲ Latin Balthaeder. Latin Balticusbor. English Balticbf. English Balt Back-formation from Baltic and/or Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic for more.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bɔlt/
  • British English: /bɒlt/

Inflected Forms

Balts (plural)

Derived Forms

Baltic Baltica

Phrases

Balto-Slavic Balto-

Rhymes With

fault salt assault default bolt halt walt vault alt revolt holt malt

Questions

How do you pronounce balt?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɔlt/.
What does balt mean?
An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic people, especially including ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians or Prussians, but generally not including ethnic Belarusians, Estonians, Germans, Jews, Livonians, Poles, Russians, Swedes or Tatars who have also inhabited or currently inhabit the modern Baltic states.
Where does balt come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtasbor.? Germanicbor.? Medieval Latin Balthae plbf. ▲ Latin Balthaeder. Latin Balticusbor. English Balticbf. English Balt Back-formation from Baltic and/or Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic for more.

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