Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uniat

/ˈjuː.niːˌæt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: U-ni-at
IPA: /ˈjuː.niːˌæt/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of Uniate

noun

Alternative spelling of Uniate.

Example Sentences

"The Greek Uniat Archbishop at Polotzki Johannes Krasszofsky has sent 1970 rubles in bank assignments"
"temporal advantages were held out to the Uniat Greeks: no change was at first enforced"
"They are worse than the Uniats: they never look into the church of God"

Etymology

19th c., borrowed from Russian униат (uniat, “a united Greek”, noun), from Polish uniat (“one having the characteristics of union”), from unia (“union”) + -at (“-ate”), from Latin ūniō (“union”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: униат, uniat
Suffix: unia

Inflected Forms

Uniats (plural)

Synonyms

Eastern Catholic uniate uniate christian

Rhymes With

that at fat cat big cat flat sat chat combat matt hat old hat

Questions

How do you pronounce uniat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuː.niːˌæt/.
What does uniat mean?: Alternative spelling of Uniate
Where does uniat come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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