Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smatch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
smatch
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smack or taste.

Obsolete

noun

A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon.

Obsolete

verb

To have a taste; to taste (something).

Obsolete

verb

To have a feeling; to smack (of something).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”), Norwegian smak (“a taste”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: smacchen,smecchen, smæċċan, *smakkijan, *smeh₂g-

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does smatch mean?
A smack or taste.
Where does smatch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce smatch

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