Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

femerell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fe-merell
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English fumerelle, from Old French fumeraille; ultimately derived from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Likely a doublet of fumarole.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: fumeraille, fumus

Inflected Forms

femerells (plural) femerall (alternative) fumerell (alternative)

Questions

What does femerell mean?: The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
Where does femerell come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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