Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cattell

/kətˈɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: cat-tell
IPA: /kətˈɛl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Obsolete spelling of cattle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And haue ye cattell too? and sheepe too?"
"1578, Raphael Holinshed et al., Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, Volume I, Book 3, Chapter 1 “Of cattell kept for profit,” p. 222,"
"Or if a soule touch any vncleane thing, whether it be a carcase of an vncleane beast, or a carcase of vncleane cattell, or the carcase of vncleane creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be vncleane, and guilty:"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Cattells (plural)

Derived Forms

Cattellian

Rhymes With

well tell hell sell hotel cell fell bell el personnel nfl smell

Questions

How do you pronounce cattell?: The recorded pronunciation is /kətˈɛl/.
What does cattell mean?: A surname.

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