Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slaty

/ˈsleɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: slaty
IPA: /ˈsleɪti/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the rock slate.

adj

Of a light grey colour as slate.

Example Sentences

"Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars."
"But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew."

Etymology

Etymology tree English slate Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slaty From slate + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsleɪti/

Inflected Forms

slatier (comparative) slatiest (superlative) slatey (alternative)

Derived Forms

slatily slatiness

Phrases

Bolivian slaty antshrike great slaty woodpecker Guianan slaty antshrike Natterer's slaty antshrike Peruvian slaty antshrike Planalto slaty antshrike slaty-backed gull slaty-breasted tinamou

Synonyms

slate-grey slate-gray slaty-grey slaty-gray slatey stone-grey stone-gray

Rhymes With

katie eighty haiti katy liberate weighty matey platy baity heiti

Questions

How do you pronounce slaty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsleɪti/.
What does slaty mean?: Resembling the rock slate.
Where does slaty come from?: Etymology tree English slate Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slaty From slate + -y.

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