Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterchange

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-change
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give and receive; C; to exchange.

verb

To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.

noun

An exchange of one thing for another.

Obsolete

noun

Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Witch-elms that counterchange the floor / Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright."
"But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse [...]."

Etymology

From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

counterchanges (present, singular) counterchanging (participle, present) counterchanged (participle, past) counterchanged (past) counterchanges (plural)

Synonyms

interchange swap checker freck transpose

Questions

What does counterchange mean?: To give and receive; C; to exchange.
Where does counterchange come from?: From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).

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