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barrington

/bˈæɹɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
bar-ring-ton
IPA
/bˈæɹɪŋtən/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Barentinum

Usage

Inflected Forms

Barringtons (plural)

Derived Forms

barringtonite

Phrases

Barrington Tops Great Barrington Little Barrington Lower Barrington

Rhymes With

darrington yarrington

Questions

How do you pronounce barrington?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈæɹɪŋtən/.
What does barrington mean?
A placename:
Where does barrington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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