Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spraint

/spɹeɪnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spraint
IPA: /spɹeɪnt/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of otter dung.

Example Sentences

"In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9."
"Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint."

Etymology

Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).

Inflected Forms

spraints (plural)

Rhymes With

can't ain't paint saint complaint faint restraint constraint quaint taint repaint feint

Questions

How do you pronounce spraint?: The recorded pronunciation is /spɹeɪnt/.
What does spraint mean?: A piece of otter dung.
Where does spraint come from?: Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).

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