Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arlene

/ˈɑɹlˌin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: ar-lene
IPA: /ˈɑɹlˌin/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name originating as a coinage.

Example Sentences

"Mama hated her own name, Arlene. "Arlene, Marlene, Darlene, they're all hayseed names," she deplored. Even more than Arlene, she hated Lena, which she'd been called in school, growing up."

Etymology

A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.

Inflected Forms

Arleen (alternative) Arline (alternative)

Rhymes With

marlene darlene carlene sharlene darleen

Questions

How do you pronounce arlene?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑɹlˌin/.
What does arlene mean?: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Where does arlene come from?: A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.

How to pronounce arlene

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