Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fees

/fiːz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: fees
IPA: /fiːz/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fee

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fees, a variant of Feese.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Fees

Inflected Forms

Feeses (plural)

Homonyms

feeze

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce fees?: The recorded pronunciation is /fiːz/.
What does fees mean?: plural of fee
Where does fees come from?: It is traced to German.

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