Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbour

/bˈɑɹbɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: bar-bour
IPA: /bˈɑɹbɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

Ellipsis of Barbour County.

Etymology

From Old French barbour; name was given to a barber.

Inflected Forms

Barbours (plural)

Derived Forms

Barboursville

Phrases

Barbour County

Homonyms

barbre

Rhymes With

harbor harbour barber arbor garber farber arbour harber yarber barbre sharber sarber

Questions

How do you pronounce barbour?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑɹbɚ/.
What does barbour mean?: A surname.
Where does barbour come from?: From Old French barbour; name was given to a barber.

How to pronounce barbour

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