Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gamet

/ɡˈæmɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: ga-met
IPA: /ɡˈæmɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Gamet.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Gamet, -

Inflected Forms

Gamets (plural)

Rhymes With

dammit hammett zammit hammitt

Questions

How do you pronounce gamet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈæmɪt/.
What does gamet mean?: A surname.
Where does gamet come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce gamet

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