Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palmette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: pal-mette
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.

Etymology

From French palmette. By surface analysis, palm + -ette.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: palmette

Inflected Forms

palmettes (plural)

Synonyms

anthemion

Questions

What does palmette mean?: A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.
Where does palmette come from?: It is traced to French.

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