Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pettie

/pˈɛti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: pet-tie
IPA: /pˈɛti/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Diminutive of pet (“an animal companion”).

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I seem to remember reading that they lay an egg every other day. I'm suprised I didn't notice anything that might have alerted me earlier... But I havn't^([sic]) been paying quite so much attention to any of my petties, what with the holidays and all."
"Pay me, my petties, and I may bother to do a spell-check."
"Provide a cozy and warm house for your pettie and guarantee the sleeping Quality."
"Are my petties up yet? I have such slights to show them! Jordy wanted to opine wisely with Eisenhower..."

Etymology

From pet + -ie.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pet

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

Petties (plural)

Homonyms

petie pettey

Rhymes With

betty spaghetti sweaty getty petit bette jetty confetti yeti serengeti hetty nettie

Questions

How do you pronounce pettie?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɛti/.
What does pettie mean?: A surname.
Where does pettie come from?: From pet + -ie.

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