Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clothier

/ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
cloth-ier
IPA
/ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, taken from the surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English clothyer, an alteration of earlier clother, clothere (“a maker or seller of cloth”); equivalent to cloth + -ier.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

clothiers (plural)

Phrases

Clothiers Creek

Synonyms

draper haberdasher

Questions

How do you pronounce clothier?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/.
What does clothier mean?
A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
Where does clothier come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce clothier

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