Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barton

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: bar-ton
IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Any of many places in England:

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Any of many places in England:

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Any of many places in England:

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Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:

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Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:

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Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:

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Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:

name

Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:

Example Sentences

"As Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman showed in his brilliant biography, Cheney deployed his masterful knowledge of policymaking to exert influence at all levels of government."
"There's the barton rich / With dyke and ditch / And hedge for the thrush to live in [...]."
"So fair a fancy few would weave / In these years! Yet, I feel, / If someone said on Christmas Eve, / “Come; see the oxen kneel, / “In the lonely barton by yonder coomb / Our childhood used to know,” / I should go with him in the gloom, / Hoping it might be so."

Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: bere, tūn

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

bartons (plural)

Derived Forms

Bartitsu bartonite

Phrases

Barton and Pooley Bridge Barton County Barton Hartshorn Barton Hill Barton-le-Street Barton-le-Willows Barton-McCombie deoxygenation Barton-Nackman trick

Rhymes With

martin spartan carton parton tartan marten marton smarten garton darton mcmartin harten

Questions

How do you pronounce barton?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/.
What does barton mean?: Any of many places in England:
Where does barton come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce barton

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