Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prattlement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prat-tle-ment
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

prattle; childish chatter

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"April 1805, Francis Jeffrey, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", in Edinburgh Review she had never listened to the prattlement of the river and mountain spirits"

Etymology

From prattle + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prattle

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

prattlements (plural)

Questions

What does prattlement mean?: prattle; childish chatter
Where does prattlement come from?: From prattle + -ment.

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