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french heel

French heel
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [french heel]
    • /frɛntʃ hil/
    • /frentʃ hiːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [french heel]
    • /frɛntʃ hil/

Definitions of french heel words

  • noun french heel a high, curved heel, characterized by a heel breast curving into a shank, used on women's shoes. 1
  • noun french heel a fairly high and narrow-waisted heel on women's shoes 0
  • noun french heel a curved high heel on a woman's shoe 0

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Origin of french heel

First appearance:

before 1655
One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1655-65

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for French heel

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

french heel popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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