Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ormer

/ˈɔːmə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: ormer
IPA: /ˈɔːmə/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

Example Sentences

"The food I like best of all foods is ormers; but you can't always get them."

Etymology

From Norman ormèr/ormer, variants of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris (“ear of the sea”), from Latin auris (“ear”) + mare (“sea”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ormèr, ormier, *auris maris, auris

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɔːmə/

Inflected Forms

ormers (plural)

Derived Forms

ormering

Phrases

green ormer

Synonyms

abalone sea-ear ear shell haliotis tuberculata

Rhymes With

former performer warmer transformer reformer informer dormer

Questions

How do you pronounce ormer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔːmə/.
What does ormer mean?: An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
Where does ormer come from?: It is traced to French.

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