Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the dalles

/ðəˈdælz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: the -dalles
IPA: /ðəˈdælz/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.

Etymology

From dalles (“steep-sided part of a stream channel”), from French dalles, plural of dalle.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dalles

Questions

How do you pronounce the dalles?: The recorded pronunciation is /ðəˈdælz/.
What does the dalles mean?: A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
Where does the dalles come from?: It is traced to French.

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