Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sild

/sɪld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: sild
IPA: /sɪld/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, sild, síld

Usage

Inflected Forms

silds (plural)

Rhymes With

killed built build filled skilled thrilled guild rebuild fulfilled grilled billed drilled

Questions

How do you pronounce sild?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪld/.
What does sild mean?: Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.
Where does sild come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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