Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seedtime

/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: seed-time
IPA: /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The time to sow seeds.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A time for new development.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Seed time and Harvest, Heat and hoary Frost Shall hold thir course"

Etymology

From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: seed tyme, sǣdtīma, *sādatīmō, *sēdatīmô

Usage

Inflected Forms

seedtimes (plural) seed-time (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce seedtime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/.
What does seedtime mean?: The time to sow seeds.
Where does seedtime come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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