How to pronounce sampler
American English pronunciation
SAM-plur
- IPA
- /ˈsæmplɚ/
- Syllables
- SAM · plur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
Love words? Try a free round: no sign-up, about two minutes. Play free
What sampler means
A cloth stitched with letters to show sewing skill
In a sentence: Great-grandma's sampler, stitched with the alphabet and her name, hangs by the stairs.
Where it comes from: This sense comes from an old French word, essamplaire, meaning a model to copy, from Latin. It is related to the word exemplar.
Can you spot the real meaning? Try one
Loading a word…
Can you spot the real meaning? Play Wordfib
One free round, no sign-up. Wordfib shows a word and four meanings: one real, three fibs.