Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nîmes

/niːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: nimes
IPA: /niːm/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

Etymology

From French Nîmes.

Questions

How do you pronounce nîmes?: The recorded pronunciation is /niːm/.
What does nîmes mean?: A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Where does nîmes come from?: From French Nîmes.

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