streamlet
/ˈstɹiːmlət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]"
- "[A] ſtreamlet inviting repoſe / Soft-murmuring vvanders avvay, […]"
- "[…] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell."
- "I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew-der. Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s Proto-Germanic *straumaz Proto-West Germanic *straum Old English strēam Middle English strem English stream Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English streamlet From stream + -let.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈstɹiːmlət/