Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beknown

/bɪˈnoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-known
IPA: /bɪˈnoʊn/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

verb

past participle of beknow

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English known English beknown From be- + known.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more beknown (comparative) most beknown (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbeknown

Rhymes With

one own known phone alone none shown stone zone loan grown green zone

Questions

How do you pronounce beknown?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈnoʊn/.
What does beknown mean?: known
Where does beknown come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English known English beknown From be- + known.

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