Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noyade

/nwɑˈjɑd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noy-ade
IPA: /nwɑˈjɑd/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.

verb

To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage."
"Alongside this, there were the infamous noyades: perhaps 2,000 alleged counter-revolutionaries strapped in to barges were towed into the river Loire where the barges were scuppered, leaving the victims to drown."

Etymology

From French noyade.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nwɑˈjɑd/
British English: /nwaˈjaːd/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

noyades (plural) noyades (present, singular) noyading (participle, present) noyaded (participle, past) noyaded (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce noyade?: The recorded pronunciation is /nwɑˈjɑd/.
What does noyade mean?: A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
Where does noyade come from?: From French noyade.

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