Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farfetch

/ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: far-fetch
IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.

Obsolete

noun

Example Sentences

"But Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far-fetches"
""`Come!' I said, for I thought she wandered. `Eat of the food and let us be gone. It is a far fetch from here to Akatan.'"

Etymology

From far + fetch.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

farfetches (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce farfetch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/.
What does farfetch mean?: Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
Where does farfetch come from?: From far + fetch.

How to pronounce farfetch

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