Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

béarn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: bearn
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France.

name

A former viscounty in the southwestern French Pyrenees, which became part of the French royal domain before it was united with the French crown, together with Navarra, as a single feudal province of the French realm.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Béarn.

Frequently Paired Words

Béarnais béarnaise

Questions

What does béarn mean?: A geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France.
Where does béarn come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French Béarn.

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