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sorrento

/səˈɹɛntoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables
sor-ren-to
IPA
/səˈɹɛntoʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.

name

A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

noun

A kind of Italian walnut.

Etymology

From Italian Sorrento, from Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sorrento, Surrentum

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /səˈɹɛntoʊ/
  • British English: /səˈɹɛntəʊ/

Inflected Forms

Sorrentos (plural)

Derived Forms

Sorrentine

Phrases

Sorrento Peninsula Sorrento work

Rhymes With

sacramento memento bento lento mento divertimento dento- pentimento

Questions

How do you pronounce sorrento?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈɹɛntoʊ/.
What does sorrento mean?
A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.
Where does sorrento come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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