Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bristol

/ˈbɹɪstəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: bris-tol
IPA: /ˈbɹɪstəl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.

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Example Sentences

"In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols."
"Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: Bristowe, Bryċġstōw
Suffix: bryċġ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹɪstəl/
British English: /ˈbɹɪstəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bristole (alternative, obsolete) Brigstow (alternative, obsolete) Bristou (alternative, obsolete) Bristow (alternative, obsolete) Brizzle (alternative, informal) Bristols (plural)

Derived Forms

Bristolian

Phrases

Bristol Bay Bristol blue glass Bristol board Bristol brick Bristol Channel Bristol County Bristol diamond Bristol fashion and shipshape

Frequently Paired Words

bristol

Synonyms

Bristol board

Rhymes With

crystal pistol distal krystal cristal chrystal pistil christal mccrystal buccodistal linguodistal

Questions

How do you pronounce bristol?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪstəl/.
What does bristol mean?: A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
Where does bristol come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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