Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seck

/sˈɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: seck
IPA: /sˈɛk/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of sack.

Obsolete

adj

Only used in rent seck

name

Example Sentences

"[…] barn-fans, an' flails, an' fleers, / An' canasses, an' secks; / An' cheeks o' doors, an' doors themsel's, / Wi' broken ban's an' snecks; […]"
"The kittlings ligging on the secks […]"
"... a rough seck undher him, a bit o' flannel hardly coverin' him above, an' he looked like dyeath."
"This seck is elding to keep us fra starving!"

Etymology

Borrowed from both from Wolof and German Seck.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Seck

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

secks (plural) more seck (comparative) most seck (superlative)

Rhymes With

check tech high-tech neck low-tech deck sec dec heck quebec wreck trek

Questions

How do you pronounce seck?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɛk/.
What does seck mean?: Alternative form of sack.
Where does seck come from?: It is traced to German.

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