Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lind

/lɪnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: lind
IPA: /lɪnd/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lime tree, or linden tree.

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

""And 'twere better for thee in the hill to be, And thy bride-dress finish sewing, Than sit under the lind and with runès-lay, A Christian man's heart to thee win.""

Etymology

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lind, *lindu, *lindō, -

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

linds (plural) Lynds (alternative)

Derived Forms

Lindmania

Phrases

Jenny Lind

Homonyms

lend (pin–pen merger)

Rhymes With

pinned skinned sinned rescind grinned sind linde thinned downwind lynde hinde lynd

Questions

How do you pronounce lind?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɪnd/.
What does lind mean?: The lime tree, or linden tree.
Where does lind come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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