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avourneen

/əˈvʊɹniːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
avourneen
IPA
/əˈvʊɹniːn/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

darling, sweetheart

Etymology

From Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”), from Middle Irish múirn, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to care for”), see also Latin memoria, Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “care”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈvʊɹniːn/
  • British English: /əˈvʊəniːn/

Frequently Paired Words

mavourneen

Questions

How do you pronounce avourneen?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈvʊɹniːn/.
What does avourneen mean?
darling, sweetheart
Where does avourneen come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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