Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloot

/ˈsluːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: sloot
IPA: /ˈsluːt/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

An irrigation channel.

Archaic

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running."
""I want to wait on the sexy time front though because I really am looking for an actual boyfriend and don't want him to think I'm a sloot [slut].""

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: sloot, slote, *slōt, *slaut

Usage

Inflected Forms

sloots (plural) sluit (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce sloot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsluːt/.
What does sloot mean?: A ditch.
Where does sloot come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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