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enid

/ˈiːnɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
enid
IPA
/ˈiːnɪd/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.

name

An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma

noun

Any snail in the family Enidae.

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: eneit, *anatyom, *h₂enh₁-, Enidae

Inflected Forms

enids (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce enid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːnɪd/.
What does enid mean?
A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
Where does enid come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

How to pronounce enid

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