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paquebot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paque-bot
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a mailboat

noun

a postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.

adj

Relating to mail posted at sea.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French paquebot (“mailboat”). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897.

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Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

paquebots (plural)

Questions

What does paquebot mean?
a mailboat
Where does paquebot come from?
It is traced to French.

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