Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somme

/sɔm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: somme
IPA: /sɔm/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.

name

A river in northern France.

name

A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.

Etymology

From French

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce somme?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɔm/.
What does somme mean?: A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.
Where does somme come from?: It is traced to French.

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