Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaut

/ɡɔːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: gaut
IPA: /ɡɔːt/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Alternative form of ghaut (“ghat, mountain pass”).

Example Sentences

"[…] gauts, or passes, from which we should not be able to extricate ourselves without considerable loss, or the danger of starving in them."
"the only passages … are by narrow gauts or ravines. It is not a valley, properly so called, but consists of a number of very low hills or rather swells, […]"
"He advised me to examine the gauts which divide the two countries; for the mountains being very high and the ascent over them exceedingly difficult, he apprehended they might prove impassable for our cattle."

Etymology

English and French surname, variant of Gault.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Gauts (plural)

Homonyms

ghaut

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

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