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cholmondeley

/ˈtʃʌm.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
chol-monde-ley
IPA
/ˈtʃʌm.li/
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Cheshire, England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Calmundelai (in the Domesday Book), from Old English Ċēolmunde (“Ceolmund's”) + lēah (“wood; clearing”). Doublet of Chulmleigh. Cf. also Cholmondeston.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Calmundelai, Ceolmunde

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈtʃʌm.li/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cholmondeleys (plural) Chambley (alternative) Chamlee (alternative) Chumbley (alternative) Chumley (alternative)

Rhymes With

comely glumly dumbly numbly rumly drumly comly grumly

Questions

How do you pronounce cholmondeley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃʌm.li/.
What does cholmondeley mean?
A village in Cheshire, England.
Where does cholmondeley come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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