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benefield

/bˈɛnəfild/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
bene-field
IPA
/bˈɛnəfild/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Beringafeld in the Cartularium Saxonicum, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Bera + -ing (“belonging to”) + feld (“field”). The -n- in the present name is most probably due to Anglo-Norman assimilation.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Benefields (plural) Benfield (alternative)

Phrases

Lower Benefield Upper Benefield

Questions

How do you pronounce benefield?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛnəfild/.
What does benefield mean?
A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.
Where does benefield come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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