Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colportage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-portage
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.

Uncountable

Etymology

1840s, from French colportage, from colporteur (1723).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: colportage

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

colportages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

colporter colporteur

Questions

What does colportage mean?: The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
Where does colportage come from?: It is traced to French.

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