shoplet
/ˈʃɑplət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] that shoplet so obscurely placed amid other dark-browed houses […]"
- """At the Sign of the Jack-o'-Lantern" sounds like the name of a Hallowe'en comedietta, or perhaps of an arts-and-crafts shoplet […]"
- "[…] to me it was encouragingly romantic to be recommended to a remailleuse […] whose shoplet was "en face de la Tour de Charlemagne, Madame.""
- "[…] so long as he left 1 m 20 between the shoplet and his premises he has complied with the scheme's provisions."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English schoppe English shop Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English shoplet From shop + -let.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɑplət/
- British English: /ˈʃɒplət/