Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staffage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
staffage
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The people and animals represented in a landscape painting.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from German Staffage. By surface analysis, staff + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

staffages (plural)

Questions

What does staffage mean?
The people and animals represented in a landscape painting.
Where does staffage come from?
Borrowed from German Staffage. By surface analysis, staff + -age.

How to pronounce staffage

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