Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harebell

/ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: hare-bell
IPA: /ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

noun

Example Sentences

"How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […]."
"Her most striking feature, then as now, was her eyes: both large and expressive, but while one was the brown of a fresh hazelnut, the other was pale bluey-violet, the colour of harebells."
"I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles."

Etymology

From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: harebelle

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/
British English: /ˈhɛəˌbɛl/

Inflected Forms

harebells (plural) hairbell (alternative)

Synonyms

bluebell blawort lady's thimble witch's bells witch's thimbles campanula rotundifolia wild hyacinth wood hyacinth hyacinthoides nonscripta scilla nonscripta

Questions

How do you pronounce harebell?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/.
What does harebell mean?: A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.
Where does harebell come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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