Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deleatur

/ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-lea-tur
IPA: /ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dele (“mark signifying deletion”)

Example Sentences

"[…] having been ironically reprimanded for inventing ingenuous errors, [he] will have to allow the errors of others to pass, when what he is tempted to do, and rightly so, is to fill the margins of the page with a flurry of indignant deleaturs […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēleātur (“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”).

Inflected Forms

deleaturs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce deleatur?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/.
What does deleatur mean?: dele (“mark signifying deletion”)
Where does deleatur come from?: Borrowed from Latin dēleātur (“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”).

How to pronounce deleatur

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