Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hugo

/ˈhju.ɡoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: hugo
IPA: /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.

name

A surname from French.

name

A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.

noun

A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.

name

Initialism of Human Genome Organisation.

Example Sentences

"He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?""
"Red Mars (1992) won a Nebula and Green Mars (1993) won a Hugo."

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: Hugo, -, *hugi

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/
British English: /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/

Inflected Forms

Hugos (plural)

Derived Forms

Hugoton

Rhymes With

lugo yugo verdugo dugo

Questions

How do you pronounce hugo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/.
What does hugo mean?: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
Where does hugo come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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