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blackett

/blˈækɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
black-ett
IPA
/blˈækɪt/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Middle English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Blacketts (plural)

Phrases

Blackett effect

Rhymes With

bracket racket hackett racquet brackett sackett jackett tackett tackitt packett

Questions

How do you pronounce blackett?
The recorded pronunciation is /blˈækɪt/.
What does blackett mean?
A surname from Middle English.
Where does blackett come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce blackett

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