Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maid child

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
maid- child
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young female human; a girl.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English mayde child, maide child, maide-child, maide childe, maidechilde, mayde childe, mayde-chyld, maydechylde. Compare Middle English maidenchild, from Old English mæġdenċild.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

maid children (plural) maid-child (alternative) maidchild (alternative)

Questions

What does maid child mean?
A young female human; a girl.
Where does maid child come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce maid child

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