Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecarteur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ecar-teur
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of retractor

Example Sentences

"[…] which consisted substantially in extracting the stone through the neck of the bladder and the posterior urethra dilated to its maximum with ecarteurs often to rupture."

Etymology

From French écarteur.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: écarteur

Inflected Forms

ecarteurs (plural)

Questions

What does ecarteur mean?: A type of retractor
Where does ecarteur come from?: It is traced to French.

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