Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plateaux

/plæˈtoʊ(z)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: plateaux
IPA: /plæˈtoʊ(z)/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of plateau

Example Sentences

"1957: Justin O’Brien, The Fall, 1976 reprint, ch. 2, pp20–21 (Penguin Books; →ISBN); a translation from the original 1956 French work La Chute, by Albert Camus In the mountains I used to flee the deep valleys for the passes and plateaux; at the very least, I was a man of the uplands."
"In the rural plateaux of highland Ethiopia the present-day traveller can still find scattered standing ruins of monumental buildings which are evidently alien to the country's ancient architectural tradition. This little-known and rarely-studied architectural heritage is the silent witness of a fascinating cultural encounter [...]"

Homonyms

plateaus

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce plateaux?: The recorded pronunciation is /plæˈtoʊ(z)/.
What does plateaux mean?: plural of plateau

How to pronounce plateaux

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