Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orne

/ˈɔɹn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: orne
IPA: /ˈɔɹn/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A department of Normandy, France.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A river in Normandy, France, flowing through the departments of Orne and Calvados.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from French.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French Orne.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ornes (plural)

Homonyms

orné

Rhymes With

born first-born porn worn corn horn torn warn sworn borne thorn mourn

Questions

How do you pronounce orne?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔɹn/.
What does orne mean?: A department of Normandy, France.
Where does orne come from?: Borrowed from French Orne.

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