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Scheldt

/ʃɛlt/

Scheldt proper noun: a river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Proper noun

Scheldt

  1. A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
    • Perhaps as a child she watched for his ship coming up the Scheldt.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 408

Origin of Scheldt

Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”). Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".

Words that rhyme with Scheldt

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Questions about Scheldt

What does Scheldt mean?
Scheldt means a river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
What part of speech is Scheldt?
Scheldt is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Scheldt?
Scheldt is pronounced /ʃɛlt/.

Words near Scheldt in the dictionary

  1. Scheirers
  2. scheiss
  3. scheisse
  4. scheiße
  5. Schela
  6. Scheldt
  7. Schelerian
  8. schelhammericine
  9. schelium
  10. Schell
  11. Schellenberg

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