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transfretation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trans-fre-ta-tion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a passage over a strait of narrow sea

Etymology

From Latin trānsfretātiō, from Latin trāns (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”) + -ātiō.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: trānsfretātiō, trāns

Inflected Forms

transfretations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fret fretum transfrete

Questions

What does transfretation mean?
a passage over a strait of narrow sea
Where does transfretation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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