carl
/kɑɹl̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles.
Example Sentences
- "In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves."
- "[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]"
- "Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?"
- "And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house."
- "I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a six-foot tall and wide bouncer, but Ivor..."
- "Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis’ “crown jurist” and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration’s domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of “the exception”, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɑɹl̩/
Usage
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Homonyms
Karl
(Scotland) Carol