Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

singult

/ˈsɪŋɡəlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sin-gult
IPA: /ˈsɪŋɡəlt/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sob.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"There an huge heape of singults did oppresse / His strugling soule […]"
"So when her tears were stopp'd from either eye, / Her singults, blubberings, seem'd to make them fly"

Etymology

From Latin singultus.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

singults (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce singult?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪŋɡəlt/.
What does singult mean?: A sob.
Where does singult come from?: From Latin singultus.

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