Old English · noun
prætt
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /prætt/[præt]
- Syllables
- prætt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- trickpratprattprankjokepracticalpractical joke
Meaning
-
trick, prank, practical joke
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk; deceit, cunning, trick”). Cognate with Middle Dutch perte (“trick, stratagem”), Old West Norse prettr (Norwegian prette (“trick”)).
Descendants
prat, pratt
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