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vinney

/ˈvɪni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vin-ney
IPA
/ˈvɪni/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional blue cheese made in Dorset, England, from skimmed cows' milk.

British usage; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Etymology

Variant of vinny (“mouldy”) used substantively, from Middle English *vinny, *finny, from Old English fyniġ (“mouldy”); related to vinew.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

vinny (alternative) Vinneys (plural)

Homonyms

vinny

Questions

How do you pronounce vinney?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪni/.
What does vinney mean?
A traditional blue cheese made in Dorset, England, from skimmed cows' milk.
Where does vinney come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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