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dorter

/ˈdɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dorter
IPA
/ˈdɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery.

Etymology

From Middle English dortour, from Old French dortoir, dortour (modern dortoir), from Latin dormitorium (“dormitory”). Doublet of dormitorium and dormitory.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dorters (plural) dortour (alternative) dortoir (alternative)

Derived Forms

reredorter

Questions

How do you pronounce dorter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/.
What does dorter mean?
A bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery.
Where does dorter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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