Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-nal
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A freshman at a German university.

name

A village and community in southern Gwynedd, Wales, historically in Merionethshire (OS grid ref SH6900).

Etymology

From German Pennal, from Latin penna (“feather, quill”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Pennal, penna, -

Inflected Forms

pennals (plural)

Derived Forms

pennalism

Questions

What does pennal mean?: A freshman at a German university.
Where does pennal come from?: It is traced to German.

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