Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sontag

/sˈɑntˌæɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: son-tag
IPA: /sˈɑntˌæɡ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Dated

name

Example Sentences

"If it had, only think what a scattering of clothing there would have been—skirts, dresses, sontags, double-dresses, shawls, cloaks, hoods, scarfs, veils, and little black strings[…]"

Etymology

After Henriette Sontag (1806–1854), German soprano singer.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

sontags (plural)

Derived Forms

Sontagian

Questions

How do you pronounce sontag?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɑntˌæɡ/.
What does sontag mean?: A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
Where does sontag come from?: After Henriette Sontag (1806–1854), German soprano singer.

How to pronounce sontag

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