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hauriant

/ˈhɔɹɪənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hau-ri-ent
IPA
/ˈhɔɹɪənt/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin hauriēns (“drawing (water, etc.); draining”), the present participle of hauriō (“to draw (water, etc.); to drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to draw water”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhɔɹɪənt/
  • British English: /ˈhɔːɹɪənt/

Inflected Forms

haurient (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

naiant urinant

Antonyms

urinant

Questions

How do you pronounce hauriant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɔɹɪənt/.
What does hauriant mean?
Of a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).
Where does hauriant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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