Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porte-monnaie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: porte--mon-naie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken."

Etymology

From French porte-monnaie.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: porte-monnaie

Inflected Forms

porte-monnaies (plural) portemonnaie (alternative)

Questions

What does porte-monnaie mean?: A wallet.
Where does porte-monnaie come from?: It is traced to French.

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