partan

par·tan

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pahr-tn]
- /ˈpɑr tn/
- /pˈɑːtən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pahr-tn]
- /ˈpɑr tn/

Definitions of partan word

noun partan a crab. 1
noun partan a crab 0

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Origin of partan

First appearance:

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

1375-1425; late Middle English (Scots) < Scots Gaelic: crab

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Partan

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Partan

partan popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

partan usage trend in Literature

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