Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sovenance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sove-nance
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Memory, remembrance.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"worldly sovenance he mustforsay"
"Her light behauiour, and loose dalliaunce / Gaue wondrous great contentment to the knight, / That of his way he had no souenaunce […]"

Etymology

From Old French souvenance, from the verb sovenir.

Usage

Questions

What does sovenance mean?: Memory, remembrance.
Where does sovenance come from?: From Old French souvenance, from the verb sovenir.

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