Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ripply

/ˈɹɪp.liː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rip-ply
IPA: /ˈɹɪp.liː/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having ripples.

Example Sentences

"Well, by this time I was most down to the foot of the island. A little ripply, cool breeze begun to blow, and that was as good as saying the night was about done."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ripple Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ripply From ripple + -y.

Inflected Forms

ripplier (comparative) rippliest (superlative) rippley (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ripply?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪp.liː/.
What does ripply mean?: Having ripples.
Where does ripply come from?: Etymology tree English ripple Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ripply From ripple + -y.

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