Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

messer

/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
mess-er
IPA
/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

Someone or something who messes.

noun

Form of address equivalent to signore.

Obsolete

noun

A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Messers (plural)

Phrases

messer-abouter messer-upper

Rhymes With

professor lesser successor compressor dresser aggressor suppressor assessor presser oppressor possessor stressor

Questions

How do you pronounce messer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/.
What does messer mean?
A surname.
Where does messer come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce messer

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