mariette
/mˌɛɹiˈɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from French.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Mariette Behr and Arthur Ryle were married yesterday afternoon in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church by the Rev. George Cooper Hood. The bride, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hawthorne Behr of New York and Palm Beach, Fla., was given in marriage by her father."
- "Miss Mariette German, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. German, will be married to J. N. Evans, son of Mrs. P. M. Evans and the late Dr. Evans, on Dec. 30 in Middletown. Miss German is a graduate of the Culver Smith Kindergarten Training School."
- "The two Americans and one Norwegian were pronounced dead at the scene, said Mariette Hopley, who heads the Great White Shark Protection Foundation."
- "Actress Mariette Hartley has been through drama before, with decades of experience in film, television and on local stages, beginning with a Los Angeles production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Bert Lahr."
- "Some sobbed and hugged each other. "This is torture," [said] Mary Shevory, mother of crew member Mariette Wright."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Mariette