Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ayn

/aɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: ayn
IPA: /aɪn/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A commune of Savoie department, France.

name

Synonym of Buhoodle, a district of Togdheer, Somalia.

name

A female given name.

name

Initialism of Anarchist Youth Network.

noun

Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.

noun

Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Etymology

From French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as the place Aginnum.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Ayn, Ainum, -, عَيْن, Cayn, аин

Inflected Forms

ayns (plural)

Synonyms

Buhoodle ayin ghayn

Homonyms

eyen

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ayn?: The recorded pronunciation is /aɪn/.
What does ayn mean?: A commune of Savoie department, France.
Where does ayn come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce ayn

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