Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soutane

/suːˈtɑːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: soutane
IPA: /suːˈtɑːn/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.

Example Sentences

"The sight of a soutane, or the sound of a bell, puts them to flight; but the object of greatest abhorrence to them is the Holy Virgin."
"The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; […] and the straight, black bar of his joined eyebrows[…] suggested something unlawful behind his priesthood, the idea of a chaplain of bandits."
"Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it."

Etymology

Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, from Latin subtana, from subtus (“below, beneath”), from sub (“under”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: soutane, sottana, subtana

Inflected Forms

soutanes (plural)

Synonyms

cassock

Questions

How do you pronounce soutane?: The recorded pronunciation is /suːˈtɑːn/.
What does soutane mean?: A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.
Where does soutane come from?: It is traced to French.

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