Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flipperling

/ˈflɪpɚlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flip-per-ling
IPA: /ˈflɪpɚlɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Literary

Example Sentences

"1893 August, Rudyard Kipling, "Seal Lullaby", in "The White Seal", National Review. Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow; / Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!"
"There the flipperlings—young seals—are born, and from there, as the ice begins to break up with the spring, they and their parents come floating southwards on huge blocks of ice."
"At last an unwary cod, in flight from the big male, sped close beside the flipperling."

Etymology

From flipper + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flipper

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈflɪpɚlɪŋ/
British English: /ˈflɪpəlɪŋ/

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

flipperlings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce flipperling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈflɪpɚlɪŋ/.
What does flipperling mean?: A young seal.
Where does flipperling come from?: From flipper + -ling.

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