chabot
/ʃəˈboʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").
name
A surname from French.
name
A lake in Alameda County, California, United States, named after Anthony Chabot.
Example Sentences
- "Chabots[:] Or three chabots gu."
- "Over all an escutcheon of pretence : 1 and 4 , Gules, nine mascles conjoined or, 3, 3, 3 (Rohan); 2 and 3, Or, three chabots hauriant gules (Chabot)."
- ""Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot."
- "Arms : Gules three gemels gold on a quarter silver three chabots erect gules."
Etymology
From French chabot.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chabot
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.