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nanterre

/nɑːnˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
nan-terre
IPA
/nɑːnˈtɜː(ɹ)/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nanterre, from Old French Nantuerre, Latin Nemetodurum, from Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary”) and Gaulish *durom (“door”), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰwer-, Nantuerre, Nemetodurum, *nemetom, *durom, *dʰwṓr

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /nɑːnˈtɜː(ɹ)/
  • British English: /nɒ̃ˈtɛə(ɹ)/

Questions

How do you pronounce nanterre?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɑːnˈtɜː(ɹ)/.
What does nanterre mean?
A city in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France.
Where does nanterre come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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