clatter

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
clat‧ter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈklætɚ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14ᵗʰ century.

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