Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beachy head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
beachy -head
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A high, prominent headland and cliff in Eastbourne borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5895).

Etymology

From Old French beau chef (“beautiful headland”), recorded as Beauchef in 1279, later anglicised as Beachy Head.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Beachey Head (alternative, obsolete)

Frequently Paired Words

beachhead

Questions

What does beachy head mean?
A high, prominent headland and cliff in Eastbourne borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5895).
Where does beachy head come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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