How do you pronounce covent?

The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌvənt/.

Where does covent come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/kˈʌvənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

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Obsolete

"And in this yere deyde Huberd erchebisshop of Caunterbury; and thanne the priour and the covent of Caunterbury chosen in there chapytre hous the noble clerk Stephen of Langeton, ayens the kynges will, whome the pope sacred at Viterke."
"BARABAS. Marry, the Turk [134] shall be one of my godfathers, But not a word to any of your covent."

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

covents (plural)

Covent Garden

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