Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roomth

/ɹʊmθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roomth
IPA: /ɹʊmθ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Roominess; spaciousness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rymthe, rȳmþ, *rūmiþu, *rūm

Usage

Derived Forms

roomthsome roomthy

Rhymes With

gloomth

Questions

How do you pronounce roomth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹʊmθ/.
What does roomth mean?: Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
Where does roomth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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