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thible

/ˈθaɪbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thi-ble
IPA
/ˈθaɪbəl/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stick for stirring food.

British usage; Obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English thyvelle, perhaps from Old English þȳfel (“thicket”) through an intermediate sense of "whisk".

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: thyvelle, þȳfel

Usage

Inflected Forms

thibles (plural) thivel (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce thible?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθaɪbəl/.
What does thible mean?
A stick for stirring food.
Where does thible come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce thible

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