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saeter

/ˈseɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sae-ter
IPA
/ˈseɪtɚ/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.

noun

A barn, cabin, dairy, or farm located in such a meadow.

noun

A meadow, especially one used for grazing that is attached to a dwelling.

Etymology

Borrowed from: * Norwegian Nynorsk sæter (obsolete spelling), seter, and Norwegian Bokmål seter, from Old Norse sætr, setr (“dairy lands, mountain pastures; residence, seat; setting (of the sun)”); and * Swedish säter (“mountain pastures”); all from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). The English word is a doublet of sit.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈseɪtɚ/
  • British English: /ˈseɪtə/

Inflected Forms

saeters (plural) säter (alternative) saether (alternative) sæter (alternative) seter (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

shieling

Homonyms

satyr (GA pronunciation) setter (one pronunciation) satyr

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce saeter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈseɪtɚ/.
What does saeter mean?
A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
Where does saeter come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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