Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haidée

/hˈeɪdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haidee
IPA: /hˈeɪdi/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name originating as a coinage.

Example Sentences

"He had an only daughter, call'd Haidée, / The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles; / Besides, so very beautiful was she, / Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:"

Etymology

Lord Byron's transliteration of the Greek name Χάϊδι ("caress") for his 1819 "Translation of the Romaic Song." The name would become popularized in English when he used the name again in 1824 in Don Juan.

Questions

How do you pronounce haidée?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈeɪdi/.
What does haidée mean?: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Where does haidée come from?: Lord Byron's transliteration of the Greek name Χάϊδι ("caress") for his 1819 "Translation of the Romaic Song." The name would become popularized in English when he used the name again in 1824 in Don Juan.

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