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- [kar-oo-keyt, -yoo-]
- /ˈkær ʊˌkeɪt, -yʊ-/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kar-oo-keyt, -yoo-]
- /ˈkær ʊˌkeɪt, -yʊ-/
Definitions of carucate word
- noun carucate the area of land an oxen team could plough in a year 3
- noun carucate an old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres. 1
- noun carucate (historical) The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. 0
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Origin of carucate
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin carrūcāta, equivalent to car(r)ūc(a) plow, plow team (Latin: traveling carriage, with the sense “wheeled plow” in Gaul (> French charru plow); akin to Latin carrus four-wheeled Gaulish wagon; see car1) + -āta -ate1
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Parts of speech for Carucate
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
carucate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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