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chott

/ʃɑt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chott
IPA
/ʃɑt/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.

Etymology

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: chott, شَطّ, ش ط ط

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ʃɑt/
  • British English: /ʃɒt/

Inflected Forms

chotts (plural) shott (alternative) shatt (alternative) shat (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

playa

Synonyms

sabkha

Homonyms

shott shot

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

How do you pronounce chott?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɑt/.
What does chott mean?
A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
Where does chott come from?
It is traced to French.

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