Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gambet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gam-bet
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird of the obsolete genus Totanus, now principally in genus Tringa, including many called tattlers.

Etymology

From French gambette or Italian gambetta.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: gambette, gambetta

Inflected Forms

gambets (plural)

Questions

What does gambet mean?: Any bird of the obsolete genus Totanus, now principally in genus Tringa, including many called tattlers.
Where does gambet come from?: It is traced to French.

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