Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sennet

/ˈsɛnɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: sen-net
IPA: /ˈsɛnɪt/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage

noun

noun

Alternative spelling of sennit.

noun

Alternative form of sennight, a sevennight, a week.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Boatswain Marsham fell to work overhauling the bolts of sail-cloth and the hanks of cordage and the coils of rope, till he had found a new foresail and laid it under the hatch, and had placed great ropes and such cordage as headlines and marlines and sennets so that a man could lay hands on them in a time of haste and confusion."
"I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]"

Etymology

Probably an alteration of the obsolete signet (“signal”)

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sennets (plural)

Phrases

southern sennet sennet whip

Rhymes With

senate bennett tenet kennett benet rennet

Questions

How do you pronounce sennet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛnɪt/.
What does sennet mean?: a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage
Where does sennet come from?: Probably an alteration of the obsolete signet (“signal”)

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