Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oates

/oʊts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: oates
IPA: /oʊts/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology

* As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Old Norman Ode, Odes, from the Germanic name Audo, shortened from compound names containing the element *aud (“wealth”). See also Ott. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Cuirc or Mac Cuirc and mistakenly associated with coirce (“oats”). See Quirk.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊts/
British English: /əʊts/

Inflected Forms

Oatis (alternative)

Homonyms

oats

Rhymes With

notes votes boats quotes promotes coats goats floats denotes oats throats totes

Questions

How do you pronounce oates?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊts/.
What does oates mean?: A surname.
Where does oates come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce oates

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