Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waldo

/ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: wal-do
IPA: /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of telefactor.

name

A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

Example Sentences

"Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism."
"He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'"

Etymology

From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: weald, -

Inflected Forms

waldos (plural) waldoes (plural) Waldeve (alternative) Waldef (alternative) Waltheof (alternative, historical)

Derived Forms

Waldoboro

Phrases

Waldo County

Synonyms

telefactor master-slave manipulator telemanipulator

Rhymes With

aldo geraldo rinaldo giraldo renaldo cataldo baldo grimaldo castaldo capaldo

Questions

How do you pronounce waldo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/.
What does waldo mean?: Synonym of telefactor.
Where does waldo come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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