Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kellogg

/kˈɛlɔɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: kel-logg
IPA: /kˈɛlɔɡ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

name

A surname from Irish.

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A city in Idaho.

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A city and town in Iowa.

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A city and town in Minnesota.

name

Ellipsis of Kellogg College, Oxford.

Informal

Example Sentences

"In the young United States, one of the loudest anti-masturbation voices was John Harvey Kellogg, a physician and devout Seventh-Day Adventist in Battle Creek, Michigan. […] While Kellogg worked as the superintendent at Michigan’s Battle Creek Sanitarium, he hit upon a few different healthy eating ideas."

Etymology

Originally a nickname for a butcher, from kill hog.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Ceallaigh

Usage

Informal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Kellough (alternative)

Phrases

Kellogg oak

Questions

How do you pronounce kellogg?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɛlɔɡ/.
What does kellogg mean?: An English surname transferred from the nickname.
Where does kellogg come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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