nacre
/ˈneɪkəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish[…]."
- "On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly encrusted with nacre, […]was lying a note from Lord Henry, and beside it was a book bound in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn and the edges soiled."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, naqareh, and naker. Also present in nacarat.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nacchara, نَقَّارَة, ن ق ر
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈneɪkəɹ/
- British English: /ˈneɪkə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
nacres (plural)
naker (alternative, obsolete)
nacker (alternative, obsolete)
nakir (alternative, obsolete)
nackir (alternative, obsolete)