Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treant

/ˈtɹiːɛnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: tre-ant
IPA: /ˈtɹiːɛnt/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.

Example Sentences

"Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated."
"Pseudunus and his group looked around, frightened, and realized that three more treents surrounded them, accompanied by a myriad of other creatures. Centaurs, elves, humans, satyrs, halflings, mémechares and brounies surrounded them on all sides, except the one they had come from. Bears and wolves, clearly under the effect of natural magic spells, gritted their teeth and growled menacingly, while snakes hissed in defiance."

Etymology

From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.

Inflected Forms

treants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ent

Rhymes With

went event present sent percent spent content meant cent prevent rent extent

Questions

How do you pronounce treant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹiːɛnt/.
What does treant mean?: A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
Where does treant come from?: From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.

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