Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

equitant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eq-ui-tant
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

adj

Overlapping at the base.

Etymology

From Latin equitans, equitantis, present participle of equitō (“to ride on horseback”), from eques (“horseman”), from equus (“horse”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: equitans

Derived Forms

equitantly semiequitant

Questions

What does equitant mean?: Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
Where does equitant come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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