bentley
/ˈbɛntliː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An English habitational surname from Old English.
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A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
name
A place name, including:
Example Sentences
- "The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley."
- "The EXP 100 GT is a two-door, four-seat behemoth measuring 19 feet (5.8 meters) in length. It’s designed to show what a Bentley GT might look like in the year 2035, complete with a pure-electric powertrain and self-driving capabilities."
- "While auto sales as a whole have suffered from factory shutdowns and other disruptions due to the pandemic, sales of super-expensive cars, like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis, finished 2020 at a blistering pace."
Etymology
From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word lēah or lēag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Beonetlēah, -