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parr

/pɑː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
parr
IPA
/pɑː(ɹ)/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

A suburb, ward and historic township in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5395).

name

An unincorporated community in Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”). For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the Middle English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

parrs (plural)

Homonyms

par Parr pa (non-rhotic)

Rhymes With

are far car star all-star bar guitar hr pr mar par ar

Questions

How do you pronounce parr?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɑː(ɹ)/.
What does parr mean?
Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
Where does parr come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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