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careenage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-reenage
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The expense of careening a ship.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English careenage From careen + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

careenages (plural)

Questions

What does careenage mean?
A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
Where does careenage come from?
Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English careenage From careen + -age.

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