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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boet

/bʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
boet
IPA
/bʊt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.

Informal

noun

A familiar form of address: pal, mate.

Informal

Etymology

From Afrikaans boet (“brother, comrade”), from a Zealandic, West Flemish boet (“boy, youth”), probably a hypocoristic form of broeder (“brother”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

boets (plural)

Rhymes With

put foot root ut biscuit toot soot afoot kaput yakut bahut

Questions

How do you pronounce boet?
The recorded pronunciation is /bʊt/.
What does boet mean?
A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
Where does boet come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce boet

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