Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dublinese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dubli-nese
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The dialect spoken in Dublin.

Example Sentences

"His spicy language is both best-quality Dublinese in the style of John Joyce and that of James Joyce the accomplished parodist."
"When Beckett arrived one of the first surprises was his Dublin accent; but Lennon was also somewhat taken aback by the idiomatic Dublinese of his discourse..."
"Neighbours would strain to hear if the fast passionate arguments were being conducted in Italian or high-speed Dublinese."
"...he found her flat Dublinese as difficult to navigate, but by the end of that night language had lost meaning..."

Etymology

From Dublin + -ese.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Dublin

Questions

What does dublinese mean?: The dialect spoken in Dublin.
Where does dublinese come from?: From Dublin + -ese.

How to pronounce dublinese

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