Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colporteur

/kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
col-por-teur
IPA
/kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

Etymology

Borrowed from French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

colporteurs (plural) colporter (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

colportage colport

Questions

How do you pronounce colporteur?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/.
What does colporteur mean?
A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
Where does colporteur come from?
It is traced to French.

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