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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
revet
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Old French vestir Middle French vestir French vêtir French revêtirbor. English revet Borrowed from French revêtir (“to reclothe”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

revets (present, singular) revetting (participle, present) revetted (participle, past) revetted (past)

Derived Forms

unrevetted

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does revet mean?
To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.
Where does revet come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Old French vestir Middle French vestir French vêtir French revêtirbor. English revet Borrowed from French revêtir (“to reclothe”).

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