Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pensionnaire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-sion-naire
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone receiving a pension.

Obsolete

noun

Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries.

noun

A junior member of the Comédie Française.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French pensionnaire, pensionaire.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pensionnaire

Usage

Inflected Forms

pensionnaires (plural) pensionaire (alternative)

Questions

What does pensionnaire mean?
Someone receiving a pension.
Where does pensionnaire come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

How to pronounce pensionnaire

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