prie-dieu

1. 1.

   low bench for kneeling on

   Broaderbench

Questions about prie-dieu

What does prie-dieu mean?

prie-dieu means "low bench for kneeling on".

How many syllables are in prie-dieu?

prie-dieu has 3 syllables and divides as prie--di-eu under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is prie-dieu a common word?

prie-dieu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.