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sparling

/spˈɑɹlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
spar-ling
IPA
/spˈɑɹlɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English sperlynge, shortened from Old French esperlinge, a Germanic borrowing, found in German Spiering, Spierling, Middle Low German spirling, Middle Dutch spierling, suffixed from the word now Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”). See also sparrow for a homonymic bird-name.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sperlynge, esperlinge, -

Inflected Forms

sparlings (plural)

Derived Forms

sperling

Synonyms

sperling european smelt osmerus eperlanus

Rhymes With

darling starling snarling carling marling harling garling gnarling zarling mcfarling

Questions

How do you pronounce sparling?
The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɑɹlɪŋ/.
What does sparling mean?
A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
Where does sparling come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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