Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blacker

/ˈblækɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: black-er
IPA: /ˈblækɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who blacks (in various senses).

noun

Someone who creates black MIDI music.

adj

comparative form of black: more black

name

Example Sentences

"Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]"
"Blackers across the globe, many of them teens and preteens, are embroiled in a ferocious game of one-upsmanship, battling to see how many notes they can cram into a single composition. First it was 100K, then 500K, then a million—now upwards of five million notes are common."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English -er English blacker From black + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈblækɚ/

Inflected Forms

blackers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

black blacker Blackie blacky

Rhymes With

hacker tracker attacker cracker packer backer lacquer slacker acker wacker bakker thacker

Questions

How do you pronounce blacker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblækɚ/.
What does blacker mean?: One who blacks (in various senses).
Where does blacker come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English -er English blacker From black + -er.

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