Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

linn

/ˈlɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: linn
IPA: /ˈlɪn/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.

noun

A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.

name

name

A city and town in Kansas, United States.

name

A small city, the county seat of Osage County, Missouri, United States.

name

A town in Wisconsin, United States.

Example Sentences

"What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?"
""For it's o'er the bank, and it's o'er the linn, "And it's up to the meadow ridge—" "Ay," quo' the Stumpie hirpling in,"
"And the roaring of the linn."
"Hear! now, Yon linn's melodious thunder!"
"There frisks the freckl'd finny tribe, In linns both wide and steep."
"In the clear linn the trouts shuttled from stone and crevice."

Etymology

From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *linne, hlynn, -, linn, *lınn, *lindos

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɪn/

Inflected Forms

linns (plural) lin (alternative) lyn (alternative) lynn (alternative)

Phrases

Linn County West Linn

Homonyms

lin Lynn lyn

Rhymes With

been within win win-win skin begin thin min spin berlin sin twin

Questions

How do you pronounce linn?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪn/.
What does linn mean?: A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
Where does linn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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