Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fretum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fre-tum
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strait; a channel.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fretum (“strait, channel”). Doublet of fret (“strait; channel”).

Inflected Forms

freta (plural)

Synonyms

fret

Questions

What does fretum mean?: A strait; a channel.
Where does fretum come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Latin fretum (“strait, channel”). Doublet of fret (“strait; channel”).

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