Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaucerian

/t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: Chau-cer-ian
IPA: /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.

noun

A poet influenced by Chaucer.

noun

A student of the works of Chaucer.

Example Sentences

"Literary Bengali of prose, during the greater part of the 19th century, was thus a doubly artificial language ; and, with its forms belonging to Middle Bengali, and its vocabulary highly Sanskritised, it could only be compared to a 'Modern English' with a Chaucerian grammar and a super-Johnsonian vocabulary, if such a thing could be conceived."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Chaucer Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chaucerian From Chaucer + -ian.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/
British English: /tʃɔːˈsɪəɹɪ.ən/

Inflected Forms

more Chaucerian (comparative) most Chaucerian (superlative) Chaucerians (plural)

Derived Forms

Chaucerianism

Rhymes With

syrian nigerian criterion siberian algerian liberian shakespearean iberian hyperion sumerian valerian illyrian

Questions

How do you pronounce chaucerian?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/.
What does chaucerian mean?: Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
Where does chaucerian come from?: Etymology tree English Chaucer Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chaucerian From Chaucer + -ian.

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