Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peau d'orange

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
peau d'o-r-ange
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Human skin with the appearance and dimpled texture of an orange peel, associated with some medical conditions.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French peau d'orange, meaning "skin of orange", "orange skin".

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: peau d'orange

Usage

Questions

What does peau d'orange mean?
Human skin with the appearance and dimpled texture of an orange peel, associated with some medical conditions.
Where does peau d'orange come from?
It is traced to French.

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