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restavec

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
restavec
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant.

Etymology

Borrowed French reste-avec, from Haitian Creole restavèk, from French rester (“stay”) + French avec (“with”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

restavecs (plural)

Questions

What does restavec mean?
A child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant.
Where does restavec come from?
It is traced to French.

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