Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lucarne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-carne
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dormer-window.

noun

A window or opening in an industrial building that supports a hoist above doors on a lower floor.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucarne, from Germanic. See below.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: lucarne

Inflected Forms

lucarnes (plural)

Questions

What does lucarne mean?: A dormer-window.
Where does lucarne come from?: It is traced to French.

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