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morello

/mɚˈɛloʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
morel-lo
IPA
/mɚˈɛloʊ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin

name

A surname.

Etymology

Probably either: * an alteration of morel with Italian -ello substituted for the ending, perhaps after Italian morello (“dark-coloured”); or * from Italian amarello and/or Dutch amarelle, marelle, both from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus + -ellum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

morellos (plural) morelloes (plural)

Synonyms

prunus cerasus austera

Rhymes With

fellow yellow mellow cello costello melo marcelo bello othello belo jello monticello

Questions

How do you pronounce morello?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɚˈɛloʊ/.
What does morello mean?
A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin
Where does morello come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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