holm
/hoʊm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.
noun
Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).
noun
A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *kelH-, holm, holmr, *hulmaz, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoʊm/
- British English: /həʊm/