Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caut

/kɔːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: caut
IPA: /kɔːt/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To emit the characteristic call of a panther.

Obsolete

verb

To make a noise similar to the call of a panther.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A Panther Cauteth, which word is taken from the sound of his voice."
"If I have done Service to Men in what I have ſaid, I ſhall hope I have done Service to God; and that will be better than a ſilly Speech made for me, full of whining and cauting, which I utterly deſpiſe, and have never been uſed to; yet ſuch a one I expect to have my Ears tormented with, as I am paſſing along the Streets[.]"

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kɔːt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cauteth (present, singular) cauting (participle, present) cauted (participle, past) cauted (past)

Rhymes With

thought brought bought caught airport taught fought sought ought wrought distraught fraught

Questions

How do you pronounce caut?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔːt/.
What does caut mean?: To emit the characteristic call of a panther.
Where does caut come from?: Onomatopoeia.

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