Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peters

/pˈitɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ters
IPA: /pˈitɚz/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of peter

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of peter

name

An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Peter.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Peterses (plural)

Derived Forms

Petersburg

Phrases

Gall-Peters projection Peters's elephantnose fish

Homonyms

peter's pieters

Rhymes With

meters metres peter's eaters liters heaters cheaters beaters repeaters treaters pieters teeters

Questions

How do you pronounce peters?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈitɚz/.
What does peters mean?: plural of peter

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