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bayeux

/baɪˈjɜː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
bayeux
IPA
/baɪˈjɜː/
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Calvados department, Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bayeux, from Old French Baios, Baieus, from Late Latin Baiocae, from Latin Baiocassī, from Gaulish *Bodiocasses (a tribe name, literally “blond curls”) (compare Old Irish buidechass). Compare the surrounding region of Bessin (Old French Beissin), from Late Latin (pagus) Baiocassīnus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Baios, Baiocae, Baiocassī, *Bodiocasses

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce bayeux?
The recorded pronunciation is /baɪˈjɜː/.
What does bayeux mean?
A town in Calvados department, Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.
Where does bayeux come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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