Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

millinery

/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: millinery
IPA: /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A shop selling women's hats.

Countable

noun

The business and work that a milliner engages in.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone."
"They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?""

Etymology

From milliner + -y (nominalizer).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

millineries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

haberdashery

Synonyms

woman's hat hat shop

Questions

How do you pronounce millinery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/.
What does millinery mean?: Women's hats.
Where does millinery come from?: From milliner + -y (nominalizer).

How to pronounce millinery

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