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ridley

/ˈɹɪdli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
ri-d-ley
IPA
/ˈɹɪdli/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

name

A surname from Old English.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

name

A female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.

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Etymology

Unknown origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ridleys (plural)

Phrases

Kemp's ridley Kemp's ridley sea turtle olive ridley olive ridley sea turtle Pacific ridley Ash-cum-Ridley Bulkeley and Ridley

Rhymes With

gridley gidley diddley sidley fridley tiddly fiddly

Questions

How do you pronounce ridley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪdli/.
What does ridley mean?
Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Where does ridley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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