jabot
/ˈʒæ.bəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She was wearing tan today, with a ruffled jabot at her throat."
- "She was a dream of winter bourgeois elegance: little black town suit with tiny white jabot of lace-froth; pencil skirt; three-quarter-length coat with lynx collar; long green gloves of suède; suède shoes of dull green; two shades of green in her leafy velvet hat: slim, clean, lithe-looking, delicately painted."
Etymology
Borrowed from French jabot.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈʒæ.bəʊ/