Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barrell

/bɑɹˈeɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: bar-rell
IPA: /bɑɹˈeɪl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Obsolete form of barrel.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: […]"
"[A] Lieutenant of a Troupe of compleat armed French Piſtoliers, is reputed better in degree then a Captaine of an hundred Foot, a Lieutenant of the late inuented Dragoones (being not aboue ſixteene inche Barrell, and full Muſquet bore) the Foot-Captaines equall, and the Lieutenant of a Troupe of Harquebuſsiers or Carbines his immediate younger brother."
"Mercurye the nimble poſt of heaven, / Stood ſtill to ſee the quarrell; / Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, / Beſtryd a ſtrong-beere barrell."

Etymology

Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”). * Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: baril, bār

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Barrells (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce barrell?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑɹˈeɪl/.
What does barrell mean?: A surname.
Where does barrell come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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