Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regretter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-gret-ter
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who regrets.

Example Sentences

"Catholics were not the only regretters of the British Government's lack of courtesy to Cardinal Lauri during his two passings through England and Wales."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English regretter From regret + -er.

Inflected Forms

regretters (plural)

Questions

What does regretter mean?: One who regrets.
Where does regretter come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English regretter From regret + -er.

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