attentat
/ˌætɑnˈtɑː/obsolete
attentat is spelled A-T-T-E-N-T-A-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, attentat means “Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of attentat is attentats.
How many letters and syllables are in attentat?
| Letters | 8: A-T-T-E-N-T-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is attentat?
Attentat appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce attentat?
- /ˌætɑnˈtɑː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of attentat
- attentate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attentat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteAnything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal.
- 2
obsoleteAny step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit.
- 3
obsoleteAn attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does attentat come from?
A variant of attemptate assimilated to Latin attentātus and French attentat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).