Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greaved

/ɡɹiːvd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: greaved
IPA: /ɡɹiːvd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having greaves (leg armour).

verb

simple past and past participle of greave

Etymology

greave + -ed

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ed

Homonyms

grieved

Rhymes With

received achieved leaved grieved cleaved heaved peeved

Questions

How do you pronounce greaved?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹiːvd/.
What does greaved mean?: Having greaves (leg armour).
Where does greaved come from?: greave + -ed

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