Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: vi-er
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who vies for something.

Example Sentences

"Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy."

Etymology

Etymology tree English vie Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vier From vie + -er.

Inflected Forms

viers (plural)

Questions

What does vier mean?: One who vies for something.
Where does vier come from?: Etymology tree English vie Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vier From vie + -er.

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