Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chieftaincy

/ˈtʃiːftənsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: chief-tain-cy
IPA: /ˈtʃiːftənsi/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The position or period of rule of a chief.

noun

The area or population ruled by a chief.

Example Sentences

"At first Matenge had hated his brother because he felt the chieftaincy should be his, and this hatred drove him to overreach himself until he was discovered in a plot to assassinate his brother."
"The two principles that governed my life at Mqhekezweni were chieftaincy and the Church."
"And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived."

Etymology

From chieftain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of captaincy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chieftain

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtʃiːftənsi/

Inflected Forms

chieftaincies (plural)

Synonyms

chieftainship

Questions

How do you pronounce chieftaincy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃiːftənsi/.
What does chieftaincy mean?: The position or period of rule of a chief.
Where does chieftaincy come from?: From chieftain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of captaincy.

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