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rattery

/ɹætəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rat-te-ry
IPA
/ɹætəɹi/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding

Countable

noun

apostasy; traitorousness

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7461).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English rattery From rat + -ery.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ratteries (plural)

Rhymes With

battery flattery cattery batterie twattery

Questions

How do you pronounce rattery?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹætəɹi/.
What does rattery mean?
A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
Where does rattery come from?
Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English rattery From rat + -ery.

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