frother
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To comfort.
verb
To feed.
Example Sentences
- "There is a battery-powered frother, and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass."
Etymology
From Middle English frotheren, alteration of Middle English frovren, from Old English frōferian, frōfrian, frēfrian (“to console, comfort”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to give solace or comfort”), of unclear origin. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvrian (“to console, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobren (“to console, comfort, help, assist”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: frotheren, frōferian, *frōbrijan
Inflected Forms
frothers (present, singular)
frothering (participle, present)
frothered (participle, past)
frothered (past)
frothers (plural)