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peth

/pˈɛθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
peth
IPA
/pˈɛθ/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of phosphatidylethanol.

Uncountable

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Peth, shortened from old Germanic names containing the element *badu (“fight, battle”) or *berht (“bright”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Peths (plural)

Rhymes With

death breath seth beth meth macbeth sheth heth marybeth mcbeth neth speth

Questions

How do you pronounce peth?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɛθ/.
What does peth mean?
Acronym of phosphatidylethanol.
Where does peth come from?
It is traced to German.

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